THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Bonus\u2019 shows on docket<\/strong><\/p>\nFayetteville\u2019s Walton Arts Center will present six touring Broadway shows, five of them \u201ccoming straight from Broadway,\u201d according to Jennifer Ross, the center\u2019s vice president of programming, in its\u00a02026-\u201927 Procter & Gamble Broadway Series.<\/p>\n
The lineup: \u201cThe Outsiders,\u201d Sept. 1-6; \u201cBuena Vista Social Club,\u201d Dec. 15-20; \u201cThe Notebook,\u201d Feb. 24-28; \u201cThe Sound of Music,\u201d April 13-18, 2027; \u201cOperation Mincemeat: A New Musical,\u201d May 25-30, 2027; and \u201cJust in Time,\u201d July 6-11, 2027.<\/p>\n
In addition to the six-show series, four touring \u201cbonus\u201d shows are on the docket, to which subscribers will have first access to buy tickets: eight performances of \u201cDirty Dancing,\u201d Oct. 21-25; five performances of \u201cJersey Boys,\u201d Nov. 27-29; four performances of \u201cKinky Boots,\u201d April 30-May 2, 2027; and five performances of \u201cBeetlejuice,\u201d June 4-6, 2027.<\/p>\n
Season subscribers will also \u201cbe the first in line to guarantee your seats for the Northwest Arkansas debut of \u2018Wicked,\u2019\u201d already on the schedule for the 2027-\u201928 season.<\/p>\n
Six-show Broadway subscription packages are $351-$585. Dates, programs and prices are subject to change. Call (479) 571-2785 or visit waltonartscenter.org.<\/p>\n
Historian Curt Fields personates former president and general U.S. Grant on the balcony of Little Rock\u2019s Capital Hotel, where Grant stayed in April 1880. (Democrat-Gazette file photo)<\/figcaption><\/div>\nETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Grant programs<\/strong><\/p>\nCurt Fields, a lifelong student of the American Civil War and active living historian and who recently co-authored a book, \u201cUnconditional Surrender: Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War,\u201d personates Grant for \u201cAn Evening with General Grant,\u201d 7 p.m. Tuesday and \u201cAn Evening with President Grant,\u201d 7 p.m. Wednesday at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Co-sponsor for the two-night event is the Civil War Round Table of Arkansas and the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. Admission to both \u201cevenings\u201d is free. Fields\u2019 book is for sale in the museum\u2019s gift shop. Call (501) 376-4602.<\/p>\n
Grant, by then a former president, visited Little Rock April 14-15, 1880, and stayed at the Capital Hotel. The first former president to visit Arkansas\u2019 capital city, he made speeches and also attended a parade in his honor.<\/p>\n
Museum\u2019s spring break<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Rogers Historical Museum, 313 S. Second St. at Cherry Street, will be spending \u201cSpring Break at the Museum: Colonial Days,\u201d\u00a0examining how children\u2019s work and play in 18th-century America compares to life today, Tuesday-Thursday. It\u2019s part of the museum\u2019s yearlong celebration of America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n
The lineup:<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f \u201cYo-Yos,\u201d Tuesday, 45-minute sessions at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Kids will discover how simple gadgets entertained colonial children and then build their own classic yo-yo to take home.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f \u201cOff the Sheep,\u201d Wednesday, 90-minute sessions at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Colonial toys made from farm byproducts like wool taught children to handle the materials they would later process as adults. Presenter Eddon Boyd from the Brick Street Handspinners will demonstrate the processing by hand of raw fleece shaved off the sheep before it can be felted or spun, and woven into cloth. Kids will learn how to sort the wool, discovering what can be washed and used and what should be thrown away.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f \u201cJacob\u2019s Ladder,\u201d Thursday, 45-minute sessions at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Via an 18th-century \u201coptical illusion\u201d flip toy made from simple wood and ribbon, youngsters will discover how these entertained families on the American frontier and build their own heirloom toy to take home.<\/p>\n
The series is recommended for youngsters 6-12. It\u2019s free; timed registration is required for each day\u2019s session with the option to register for one day or all three. Sign up is only required for children, but parents\/guardians are required to stay with their children during the programs.<\/p>\n
To register, call (479) 621-1154 or visit rogershistoricalmuseum.org\/spring-break.<\/p>\n
Garden talks<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 2026 Mount Holly Garden Series kicks off with Ted Lewis of Floral Express giving a talk titled \u201cIt\u2019s A Spring Thing,\u201d 9 a.m. April 18 at the Bell House in the center of Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock.<\/p>\n
Take along a lawn chair; there will be door prizes. Admission is by suggested $10 donation; proceeds benefit the cemetery. Email mewtfrontporchlady@gmail.com.<\/p>\n
The rest of the lineup (all at 9 a.m. Saturdays at the cemetery\u2019s Bell House):<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f May 16: \u201cRoses, A to Z,\u201d James Shelton, manager, Baucum Nursery, Arkansas Forestry Division.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f June 20: \u201cWhat\u2019s New in Aquaculture,\u201d Mark Gibson, Green Thumb Water Gardens.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f July 18: \u201cHow to Grow BEAUTIFUL African Violets,\u201d Alice Brown, president, Arkansas African Violet Society.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Aug. 15: \u201cAncient and Old Growth Ecosystems of Arkansas: From Forests to Grasslands,\u201d Theo Witsell, co-founder and chief conservation officer for the Southeastern Grasslands Institute.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Sept. 19: \u201cPreparing Your Garden for Fall,\u201d Susan Rose, Master Gardener.<\/p>\n
\u25fc\ufe0f Oct. 17: \u201cMaking a Compost for Your Spring Garden,\u201d Wintersage and Sydney Red Horse, Luck Be A Lady Rentals and Repairs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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