THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n T2 premiere<\/strong><\/p>\n Fayetteville\u2019s TheatreSquared kicks off its 20th season with the world premiere of \u201cMalcolm X & Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy\u2019s Chicken Shack in Harlem,\u201d<\/strong> a comedy from Jonathan Norton, opening Wednesday at T2\u2019s Spring Theatre, 477 W. Spring St.<\/p>\n Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 26.<\/p>\n Two young men in Harlem \u2014 Little (Edwin Green) and Foxy (Trey Smith-Mills) \u2014 form an unlikely friendship over leftover fried chicken and dirty dishwater; during the long, hot summer of 1943, marked by heartbreak, betrayal and racial uprising, they move away from one another \u2014 \u201cbut much closer to the history-making American icons they are destined to become,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n TheatreSquared commissioned the play in 2023 and introduced it during its 2024 Arkansas New Play Festival. The show is a co-production with City Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company and Dallas Theater Center.<\/p>\n Smith-Mills and Green are University of Arkansas alumni and also travel across the country to perform in several of the co-productions.<\/p>\n Tickets are $25-71, $15 for students and patrons under 30. Through the theater\u2019s Lights Up! For Access program, with support from the Walmart Foundation, SNAP benefit recipients can buy tickets for $1. Call (479) 777-7477; visit theatre2.org\/jimmys-chicken.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> DANCE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Remember Balloons\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n A touring company brings\u00a0\u201cThe Remember Balloons,\u201d\u00a0based on the award-winning children\u2019s book by Jessie Oliveros, which uses contemporary choreography, an original score and digital projections to tell the story of a child and his grandfather facing Alzheimer\u2019s, to Fayetteville\u2019s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., 6 p.m. Wednesday. Co-producer\/director\/choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson mixes late 20th-century American modern dance and social dance with an original score that combines elements of jazz, blues, Motown and classical music. It\u2019s part of the center\u2019s Pringles Family Fun Series. Tickets are $10. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.<\/p>\n \u2018Patterns in the Dust\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Western Arkansas Ballet company dancers execute\u00a0\u201cPatterns in the Dust,\u201d\u00a02 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the King Opera House, 427 Main St., Van Buren. The program is in two acts, one of original choreography and another set on the music of Simon & Garfunkel, including \u201cThe Boxer,\u201d \u201cHazy Shade of Winter\u201d and \u201cThe Sounds of Silence.\u201d Tickets are $15. Call (479) 785-0152 or visit waballet.org.<\/p>\n ART<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A-State artist talks<\/strong><\/p>\n The Bradbury Art Museum, in Arkansas State University\u2019s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, hosts\u00a0artist talks\u00a0in conjunction with its fall semester exhibitions:<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f \u201cStil\/Leven, Still\/Even\u201d artist Shelby Shadwell will give a talk at 4:15 p.m. Monday in the Fowler Center Grand Hall. A live drawing demonstration will precede the talk, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. in the atrium of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building; Shadwell will create detailed charcoal and pastel drawings from start to finish. The exhibition is up through Nov. 5.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f Printmaker Chenxi Gao, on the faculty at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va., will speak about her techniques, 4:15-5 p.m. Oct. 31. Her interdisciplinary practice combines various printmaking processes, bookbinding and fiber arts. An artist book and quilt by Gao are also part of the \u201cStil\/Leven, Still\/Even\u201d exhibition.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f Artist Somayeh Faal will give a talk, 4-5 p.m. in the Grand Hall prior to the opening reception, 5-7 p.m. Nov. 13, of \u201cInspired 11,\u201d for which Faal will be the juror. Her multidisciplinary explorations in printmaking, ceramics, and digital video projection are on display in \u201cEchoes of Silent Migration\u201d through Dec. 17, with a brief break Nov. 6-13 during the installation of \u201cInspired 11,\u201d an exhibition of student artwork inspired by museum displays.<\/p>\n Admission to all the talks is free. Call (870) 972-3434 or visit BradburyArtMuseum.org.<\/p>\n AUTHOR, AUTHOR<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Short-story insights<\/strong><\/p>\n Jared Lemus, author of the short story collection \u201cGuatemalan Rhapsody\u201d and the Kenan Visiting Writer at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, will share insights into his craft at 2 p.m. Friday in Gallery 1 in the Fine Arts Building at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. It\u2019s the university English program\u2019s fall 2025 Visiting Writers Series Lecture. Admission is free. Visit ualr.edu\/event\/a-reading-with-ua-little-rock-alum-jared-lemus.<\/p>\n A 3 p.m. student reading and party after the lecture marks the release of the latest issue of Equinox, UALR\u2019s undergraduate literary magazine.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> Poetry, cookbooks<\/strong><\/p>\n Poet, young adult novelist and cookbook author\u00a0Caroline Randall Williams\u00a0will read from and discuss her literary work as well as her work as an activist, public intellectual, performance artist and scholar at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Reves Recital Hall at Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave, Conway.<\/p>\n Randall Williams is a Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Visiting Writer; a planned February appearance was postponed because of inclement weather.<\/p>\n A reception and book signing in the nearby Trieschmann Gallery will follow the reading. Admission is free. Visit hendrixmurphy.org.<\/p>\n Randall Williams is the great-granddaughter of Harlem Renaissance poet Arna Bontemps and daughter of author Alice Randall. An excerpt of Bontemps\u2019 poem \u201cA Black Man Talks of Reaping\u201d is inscribed on the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation-funded Poetry Sidewalk at the college.<\/p>\n Randall Williams also hosts a television series, \u201cHungry for Answers,\u201d with Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis as executive producer, for Discovery+. She is a writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University\u2019s Medicine, Health, and Society Department.<\/p>\n TICKETS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Book of Mormon\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Celebrity Attractions is bringing back the touring production of\u00a0\u201cThe Book of Mormon\u201d\u00a0(book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone), which had a one-week Little Rock run in 2019, for three shows \u2014 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 \u2014 at Little Rock\u2019s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. Tickets are $40-$140 via CelebrityAttractions.com or Ticketmaster.com, or by calling (501) 244.8800.<\/p>\n Monster Jam<\/strong><\/p>\n Eight top drivers and their 6-ton monster trucks battle it out for the Arena Championship Series East title and a spot in the July 4-weekend Monster Jam World Finals in Salt Lake City, Utah, at\u00a0Monster Jam, 7 p.m. Feb. 28 and 3 p.m. March 1 at North Little Rock\u2019s Simmons Bank Arena.<\/p>\n The lineup (subject to change): Grave Digger, driven by Krysten Anderson; El Toro Loco, driven by MJ Solorio; Sparkle Smash, driven by Loghan Ashline; Dragon, driven by Coty Saucier; Megalodon, driven by Jon Zimmer Sr.; Terminal Velocity, driven by Jon Zimmer Jr.; Krazy Train, driven by Triton Robbins; and Plane Krazy, driven by Montana Robbins.<\/p>\n Pit parties (at which fans can encounter the trucks up close, do high-fives with and get autographs from drivers, and enjoy \u201cfamily-friendly activities\u201d) start 2\u00bd hours before each show. Tickets are $28.65-$110.67 (including fees). Visit Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nwaonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THEATER T2 premiere Fayetteville\u2019s TheatreSquared kicks off its 20th season with the world premiere of \u201cMalcolm X & Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy\u2019s Chicken Shack in Harlem,\u201d a comedy from Jonathan Norton, opening Wednesday at T2\u2019s Spring Theatre, 477 W. 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