{"id":2435089,"date":"2026-05-28T04:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2435089"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:05:13","slug":"entertainment-muralfest-unites-area-artists-amfa-concerts-set-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-muralfest-unites-area-artists-amfa-concerts-set-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTERTAINMENT: MuralFest unites area artists; AMFA concerts set | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-arkonline\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>                <!-- Audio Player Container --><\/p>\n<div id=\"audioPlayer\" style=\"display: none;\"><figcaption class=\"player-label\">Let us read it for you. Listen now.<\/figcaption><audio id=\"audio\" controls=\"\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\"><br \/>\n                Your browser does not support the audio element.<br \/>\n            <\/audio>\n        <\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>FUN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sixth Street Muralfest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Area artists, including Brennan Henson, Lindsey Witting, Barnum Samuel Hale, Bethannie Newsom Steelman, Jade Rivers and Kait Culberston, will \u201ctransform the underbelly\u201d of the East Sixth Street railroad bridge in Little Rock\u2019s East Village for\u00a0MuralFest, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. The bridge separates the new Windgate Artspace development on the west and the East Village to the east. Crews have been powerwashing the area under the bridge to prepare the surface for the artwork to be applied.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the live mural painting and artist installations, starting at 11 a.m., a lineup of area musicians that includes Leta Joyner, Steven Boyster and Don Doc and the Devine,with a DJ set by Deja Blu, will perform at The Rail Yard, 1212 E. Sixth St., Little Rock. Also at the Rail Yard will be kids zone activities including a bounce house. Karaoke with a DJ starts at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Presenters are the Downtown Little Rock Partnership and The Rail Yard. Admission is free. Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/littlerock.com\/events\/mural-fest\">littlerock.com\/events\/mural-fest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Warfield picnic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Grizzlies House Band, featuring guitarist and producer Garry Goin, performs for the annual Warfield Concert Series picnic, 6 p.m. Saturday on the lawn of Phillips Community College, 1000 Campus Drive, Helena-West Helena. Admission is free; take along lawn chairs, blankets, snacks and beverages. The show moves inside in case of inclement weather. Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/warfieldconcerts.com\">warfieldconcerts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intext-photo inline inline_photo fr-draggable\" draggable=\"true\" id=\"4430457\">\n<div class=\"fr-img-space-wrap\"><span class=\"fr-img-caption article-photo fr-fic fr-dii\" style=\"width: 565px;\"><span class=\"fr-img-wrap\"><span class=\"fr-inner\"><figcaption>Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (center left) sings the role of Frida Kahlo with baritone Carlos \u00c1lvarez (center right) as her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, in the Metropolitan Opera production of Gabriela Lena Frank\u2019s opera, \u201cEl \u00daltimo Sue\u00f1o de Frida y Diego.\u201d&#13;<br \/>\n(Special to the Democrat-Gazette\/Marty Sohl\/Met Opera)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fr-img-space-wrap2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"overlay\"><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><strong>Met Live in HD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Opera production of Grammy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winner Gabriela Lena Frank\u2019s first opera,\u00a0\u201cEl \u00daltimo Sue\u00f1o de Frida y Diego,\u201d\u00a0with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, hits big screens, including the Movie Tavern in Little Rock and the Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville, noon Saturday as part of the Met:\u00a0Live in HD series.<\/p>\n<p>The opera\u2019s surreal plot imagines Frida Kahlo (three-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard) returning from the underworld on the Mexican Day of the Dead to confront her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera (baritone Carlos \u00c1lvarez) and relive their tumultuous love. The opera is sung in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Ticket information is available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/metopera.org\/season\/in-cinemas\">metopera.org\/season\/in-cinemas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AMFA concerts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Annie and the Caldwells, a Mississippi gospel-soul group, opens the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 2026-27 concert series Sept. 3 in the Performing Arts Theater at the museum 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the lineup (all concerts at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Theater):<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Oct. 1: John Gallagher Jr., singer\/songwriter and Tony award-winning actor (\u201cSpring Awakening,\u201d \u201cAmerican Idiot\u201d and \u201cSwept Away\u201d on Broadway). The concert will follow a screening of the movie \u201c10 Cloverfield Lane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Nov. 12: Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen. Cleary is a British-born, American funk and R&amp;B musician based in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Jan. 13: Bluegrass musician Dan Tyminski, winner of 14 Grammy Awards and the man who sang \u201cMan of Constant Sorrow\u201d in the movie \u201cO Brother, Where Art Thou?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Feb. 18: Folk, soul, and Americana singer Dustin Dale Gaspard<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f April 1: Davina and the Vagabonds, jazz, blues and ragtime<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f May 6: Roots musician Dom Flemons.<\/p>\n<p>Season tickets \u2014 $374, $339 for museum members \u2014 go on sale June 8 at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arkmfa.org\">arkmfa.org<\/a>. Tickets for individual concerts \u2014 prices to be announced \u2014 go on sale July 1. Season tickets include access to pre-show lounges and complimentary tickets to film screenings and talks. Among them are a pre-show performance by Broadway star Fergie L. Philippe, best known for his role as Hercules Mulligan\/James Madison in \u201cHamilton,\u201d ahead of the performance by Annie and the Caldwells, and a live Q&amp;A with actor Gallagher following the screening of \u201c10 Cloverfield Lane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scholarship winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winners of the Hot Springs\/Hot Springs Village Symphony Guild scholarships, via auditions held May 9:<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Percussionist Giea de los Reyes, a senior at the Arkansas School for Math, Science and the Arts in Hot Springs who will be attending the University of Central Arkansas this fall<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Singer and flutist Anabelle Kramarenko, a senior at Fountain Lake High School who will attend Arkansas Tech University at Russellville in the fall<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Tuba player Jonah Martin, a senior at Jessieville High School, who also plans to attend Arkansas Tech in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/symphonyguild.org\/College-Scholarships\">symphonyguild.org\/College-Scholarships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>ART &amp; EXHIBITS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Arkansas Black Voices\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cArkansas Black Voices: Shaping a Nation at 250,\u201d highlighting \u201cthe powerful stories and lasting impact of Black Arkansans whose lives and legacies have helped shape the United States,\u201d according to a news release, opens Thursday at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St. The exhibit, in partnership with the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, includes personal histories, artifacts, photographs and stories. It\u2019s part of Arkansas\u2019 contributions to the nationwide America 250 commemoration and remains up through Aug. 29. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday. Call (501) 683-3593 or visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mosaictemplarscenter.com\">mosaictemplarscenter.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Supplying the Battlefront\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cManufacturing Victory in Arkansas: Supplying the Battlefront and Changing the Homefront During World War II,\u201d\u00a0an exhibit \u201chighlight(ing) the role and contributions of ordnance plants in Arkansas during the war,\u201d according to a news release, opens with a reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday at the museum, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Attendees can consume birthday cake and light refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith resources such as coal, natural gas, water and electricity coupled with an expansive transportation network, good climate and the low cost of land, the military supported placing ordnance plants in Arkansas,\u201d according to a news release. \u201cCongress approved funds for construction in Jacksonville, Maumelle, Pine Bluff, Hope and El Dorado. Later, a sixth plant was approved in Camden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition remains up through Dec. 31, 2027. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 376-4602.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>ETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual author talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PEN and Edgar Award-winning author Walter Mosley takes part in a virtual author talk, \u201cAn Evening with Walter Mosley,\u201d 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday in the fifth-floor Fred Darragh Center for Intellectual Freedom, Central Arkansas Library System Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. The live simulcast reading and author question-and-answer session is in partnership with Pyramid Art, Books &amp; Custom Framing and in association with the National Association of Black Bookstores. The event focuses on Mosley\u2019s \u201cGhalen: A Romance in Black,\u201d copies of which will be for sale at the event or by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cals.click\/pyramid\">pre-order<\/a> (includes a signed copy with custom artwork) through Pyramid.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Advanced registration is encouraged. The library will validate parking in the surface lot accessible from Second Street or the Library Parking Deck accessible from Rock Street via President Clinton Avenue. Visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/events.cals.org\/event\/16536532\">events.cals.org\/event\/16536532<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summer @ CALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Central Arkansas Library System offers\u00a0Summer @ CALS, a seven-week summer series that includes weekly programs, activities and contests for readers of all ages centering on dinosaurs and the theme \u201cUnearth a Story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Registration is underway via cals.org\/summer; the series officially kicks off with a Prehistoric Kickoff Party, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. June 6 at the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children\u2019s Library &amp; Learning Center, 4800 W. 10th St., Little Rock, featuring \u201cJurassic-themed activities, snacks, and entertainment by Tommy Terrific,\u201d according to a news release. Party sponsor is Wright Lindsey Jennings.<\/p>\n<p>Activities continue systemwide through July 26. All registrants receive a tote bag or backpack, plus a ticket to Library Night at the Travelers on June 24, while supplies last. A full calendar of events is available at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cals.org\/summer\">cals.org\/summer<\/a> or at individual library branches.<\/p>\n<p>        <!--Author Byline Cards--><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline-card\">\n<div class=\"byline-text\">\n<h3 class=\"author\">\n<p>                        <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/staff\/eric-harrison\">Eric E. Harrison<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p class=\"author-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"staffer__email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2026\/may\/27\/entertainment-muralfest-unites-area-artists-amfa-concerts-set\/mailto:eharrison@adgnewsroom.com\">eharrison@adgnewsroom.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eric E. Harrison covers classical music, theater and restaurants for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He joined the then-Arkansas Democrat on the copy desk in June 1977 and served for 17 years (including the entirety of the newspaper war) as the paper&#8217;s entertainment editor before taking on his current role as features reporter. He is also host of the weekly classical music show &#8220;Major and Minor Masterpieces&#8221; on public radio station KLRE-FM, 90.5.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.arkansasonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. 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