FUN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ScotsFest 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n Bagpipes and Highland games will be the order of two days at Lyon College, 2300 Highland Road, Batesville, as it hosts ScotsFest 2025, the 45th Arkansas Scottish Festival, Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n The weekend\u2019s events kick off Friday with open Lyon College classes, vendors and Scottish clan gatherings, a Scottish Heritage Program director\u2019s reception and a free rocket-building workshop.<\/p>\n Combined with homecoming weekend, Friday\u2019s lineup concludes with the annual alumni awards celebration on campus and an all-alumni social at Polk & Paddle in downtown Batesville.<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s lineup includes Highland heavy athletics; living history presentations by MacLachlan\u2019s Jacobite Highlanders and Colonel Munro\u2019s 37th Regiment of Foot; Scottish dancing; sheepdog demonstrations; pipe band performances; a British car show; and a dog show. New this year: a petting zoo.<\/p>\n More than 20 Scottish clans will have displays and information about their unique histories and traditions in the clan village.<\/p>\n Entertainment throughout the weekend will include performances by Celtic rock bands Mudmen and Barleyjuice, Celtic high-soprano singer-songwriter Misty Posey, entertainer and bagpipe educator Patrick Regan and the all-female Central High School Kiltie Drum and Bugle Corps of Springfield, Mo. The festival will also offer authentic, traditional foods, including savory meat pies and Scottish pastries.<\/p>\n The festival culminates on Sunday with a Kirkin\u2019 o\u2019 the Tartan worship service and the annual Club 50 luncheon.<\/p>\n General admission is free; some alumni and festival activities, including the Friday evening alumni awards banquet, the Saturday evening c\u00e8ilidh feast and entertainment zone, require tickets. Proceeds support the college\u2019s Scottish Heritage Program and fund student scholarships.<\/p>\n For a full schedule and more information, visit arscottishfest.com.<\/p>\n Haunted theater<\/strong><\/p>\n The Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton, opens its sixth annual\u00a0Haunted House\u00a0on Thursday, 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday through Oct. 31. (There\u2019s also a 7 p.m. walk-through Oct. 29.) Tickets are $10 (plus fees); visit our.show\/trthauntedhouse2025.<\/p>\n MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Halloween by candlelight<\/strong><\/p>\n Promoter FeverUp is bringing its Candlelight concert series \u2014 the revolving-membership Listeso String Quartet performing classical music and pop tunes in the glow of thousands of candles \u2014 back to Little Rock, starting with a Halloween program \u201ccarefully curated to pay tribute to the spooky, the fantastical, and the supernatural,\u201d according to a news release, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Albert Pike Memorial Center, 712 Scott St. Tickets are $26-$47.50. Visit feverup.com\/m\/192221.<\/p>\n The\u00a0\u201cCandlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics\u201d\u00a0program includes \u201cDanse Macabre\u201d by Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns, \u201cFuneral March of a Marionette\u201d (better known as the theme for TV\u2019s \u201cAlfred Hitchcock Presents\u201d) by Charles Gounod, and the second movement of Dmitri Shostakovich\u2019s String Quartet No. 8, plus Mike Oldfield\u2019s \u201cTubular Bells\u201d (the theme from \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d), \u201cNight on Bald Mountain\u201d by Modest Mussorgsky (featured in Disney\u2019s \u201cFantasia\u201d), \u201cPrelude\u201d from \u201cPsycho\u201d by Bernard Herrmann, Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller\u201d (arranged for string quartet), \u201cTime Warp\u201d from \u201cThe Rocky Horror Picture Show\u201d and the main themes from \u201cBeetlejuice,\u201d \u201cThe Addams Family,\u201d \u201cGhostbusters,\u201d \u201cHalloween,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cStranger Things\u201d and \u201cThe Nightmare Before Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n That same evening, at 8:45, and at the same venue, using (presumably) the same candles:\u00a0\u201cCandlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites,\u201d\u00a0the quartet performing a program that tentatively includes SZA\u2019s \u201cGood Days,\u201d Lauryn Hill\u2019s \u201cEx-Factor,\u201d Solange\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Touch My Hair,\u201d Miguel\u2019s \u201cAdorn,\u201d Frank Ocean\u2019s \u201cThinkin Bout You,\u201d Prince\u2019s \u201cPurple Rain,\u201d Sade\u2019s \u201cSmooth Operator,\u201d Childish Gambino\u2019s \u201cRedbone,\u201d Alicia Keys\u2019 \u201cYou Don\u2019t Know My Name\u201d and Boyz II Men\u2019s \u201cEnd of the Road.\u201d That program will repeat at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 17. Tickets are $26-$47. Visit feverup.com\/m\/395889.<\/p>\n Met Live onscreen<\/strong><\/p>\n The Metropolitan Opera kicks off its 19th season of\u00a0\u201cThe Met: Live in HD\u201d\u00a0cinecasts to movie theaters \u2014 including the Movie Tavern in Little Rock and the Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville \u2014 with the company\u2019s new production of Vincenzo Bellini\u2019s \u201cLa Sonnambula,\u201d noon Saturday. The Razorback Cinema will \u201cair\u201d an encore at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n Soprano Nadine Sierra sings the role of Amina with tenor Xabier Anduaga as Elvino. Riccardo Frizza conducts. Ticket information is available at fathomentertainment.com\/releases\/the-metropolitan-opera-la-sonnambula.<\/p>\n The rest of the \u201cLive in HD\u201d lineup: Giacamo Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Boh\u00e8me,\u201d Nov, 8; Richard Strauss\u2019 \u201cArabella,\u201d Nov. 22, Umberto Giordano\u2019s \u201cAndrea Ch\u00e9nier,\u201d Dec. 13;. Bellini\u2019s \u201cI Puritani,\u201d Jan. 10; Richard Wagner\u2019s \u201cTristan und Isolde,\u201d March 21; Peter Tchaikovsky\u2019s \u201cEugene Onegin,\u201d May 2; and Gabriela Lena Frank\u2019s \u201cEl \u00daltimo Sue\u00f1o de Frida y Diego,\u201d May 30. All performances will be Saturday matinees transmitted live from the Met stage.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> ART<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Space\u2019 and spooky<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cS P A C I O U S,\u201d\u00a0works by painter, photographer and multidisciplinary artist Andrea Kielpinski, opens with an Argenta Third Friday Art Walk reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. It\u2019s up through Nov. 7; library hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free. Call (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.<\/p>\n Also during Third Friday Art Walk, 5-8 p.m. Friday, The Innovation Hub, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock, hosts a special\u00a0\u201cMake It Spooky\u201d\u00a0event with hands-on activities including gourd painting, spooky temporary tattoos, \u201cspooky STEAM activities\u201d and an indoor artist market showcasing \u201cunique, spooky creations from local artists and artisans,\u201d according to a news release. Meanwhile, \u201cHey Y\u2019all! Look at My Legs!\u201d \u2014 leg-themed ceramics by Gigi Gabriel, is on display through Oct. 31. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the first and third Saturday of each month. Admission is free. Call (501) 907-6570 or visit Hub.NLRlibrary.or.<\/p>\n UALR exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\n Two exhibitions are opening at the\u00a0Windgate Center of Art and Design\u00a0at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 5617 W. 28th St., Little Rock.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f \u201cLauren DiCioccio: Soft Skills,\u201d fiber-art sculpture and mixed media by DiCioccio, opens Thursday in the Maners Pappas Gallery.<\/p>\n \u25fc\ufe0f The 2025 Annual Student Competitive exhibition opens Tuesday and will be up through Nov. 7 in the Brad Cushman Gallery. Juror Kevin Cole selected 53 works by more than two dozen student artists. A reception is set for 2-4 p.m. Nov. 7 with the announcement of student awards at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 916-5103.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> Villegas \u2018Voices\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cVoices in the Space of Time,\u201d\u00a0mixed-media works by Maria Botti Villegas, goes on display with a 5-7 p.m. reception Thursday in the Ben J. Altheimer Gallery at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 S. Main St., Pine Bluff. The exhibition will be up through Feb. 21. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission to the reception and the gallery is free. Call (870) 536-3375 or visit artx3.org\/exhibitions.<\/p>\n AUTHOR, AUTHOR<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Debut novelist<\/strong><\/p>\n Naturalist India Hayford\u00a0will discuss and sign copies of her debut novel, \u201cThe Song of the Blue Bottle Tree,\u201d 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. The book is a 2025 Arkansas Gems Selection from the Arkansas Center for the Book and the Arkansas State Library. Copies of the novel will be for sale, courtesy of Paper Hearts Bookstore. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. Call (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org. Hayford, an Arkansas native whose family roots stretch back to the 1830s (her family\u2019s tree farm still stands in Hempstead County), is now based in Wyoming.<\/p>\n ETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Goats and Gardening\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Wintersage Red Horse, Arkansas native gardener and goat herder and owner of handywoman firm Luck Be a Lady Rentals and Repairs, will discuss\u00a0\u201cGoats and Gardening \u2014 Raising Both\u201d\u00a0at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Bell House, in the center of Mt. Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock. It\u2019s the final session of the 2025 Mt. Holly Garden Series. Take along a lawn chair; there will be door prizes. Admission is by suggested $10 donation; proceeds benefit the cemetery. Email [email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n Harvest Hootenany<\/strong><\/p>\n Historic Washington State Park, 103 Franklin St. in the Arkansas town of Washington, celebrates a 19th-century way of life at Harvest Hootenanny, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, with historical cooking, 19th-century games, vintage dancing, a hayride and a scavenger hunt. The park\u2019s Williams Tavern Restaurant will be open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission\/parking is $20 per vehicle for 2-10 individuals; if the vehicle contains more than 10 people, parking is $10 per person over that number. Cash only. Call (870) 983-2684.<\/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":" FUN ScotsFest 2025 Bagpipes and Highland games will be the order of two days at Lyon College, 2300 Highland Road, Batesville, as it hosts ScotsFest 2025, the 45th Arkansas Scottish Festival, Friday and Saturday. 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