{"id":2498054,"date":"2026-07-11T17:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2498054"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:08:43","slug":"entertainment-mandolin-legend-set-for-ozark-folk-center-benefit-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-mandolin-legend-set-for-ozark-folk-center-benefit-the-arkansas-democrat-gazette\/","title":{"rendered":"ENTERTAINMENT: Mandolin legend set for Ozark Folk Center benefit | 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>MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bluegrass legend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mandolinist Sam Bush, a member of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame and three-time Grammy Award winner, performs with his band as headliners of a 7 p.m. concert Saturday in the Ozark Highlands Theater, the indoor music venue at Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1302 Park Ave., Mountain View.<\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 6 p.m. The Music Roots Ensemble, young Mountain View area fiddlers, banjo players and musicians, will open the show.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsor is the Committee of One Hundred for the Ozark Folk Center. Tickets are $40-60 in advance, available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/events.ticketleap.com\/events\/ozarkfolkcenter\">online<\/a> \u2014 $5 more day of show; $150 for VIP passes that include a premium, front-and-center seat, limited-edition concert poster and post-show meet-and-greet. Proceeds benefit the Music Roots Program, which offers classes and instruments free of cost to Stone County children in grade four and above.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intext-photo inline inline_photo fr-draggable\" draggable=\"true\" id=\"4459174\">\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>Henhouse Prowlers, a bluegrass-Americana-folk band from Chicago, kicks off the West Live Series Sept. 11 at Fayetteville\u2019s Walton Arts Center. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette\/Stephanie Heath)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fr-img-space-wrap2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"overlay\"><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><strong>WAC concert series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chicago-based, four-piece bluegrass-Americana-folk band Henhouse Prowlers kicks off the\u00a0West Street Live\u00a0series, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Starr Theater at Fayetteville\u2019s Walton Arts Center, 495 W Dickson St.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the five-concert lineup (all shows, 7:30 p.m. in the Starr Theater):<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Oct. 1: Carlene Carter<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Nov. 19: Victor Wooten and the Wooten Brothers<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f April 3: Davina &amp; the Vagabonds<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f April 24: Nashville Songwriters (Keesy Timmer, Adam Craig and Adam James)<\/p>\n<p>Series subscribers can renew for the 2026-27 season via the\u00a0website; new subscriptions are available July 22 and single tickets go on sale later this summer. Call (479) 443-5600.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intext-photo inline inline_photo fr-draggable\" draggable=\"true\" id=\"4459175\">\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\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Walton Arts Center\u2019s Alexander Gallery, in collaboration with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History, has created \u201cThis Wheel\u2019s Still On Fire: The Levon Helm Oral History Project,\u201d in conjunction with the Levon Helm exhibition currently on display at the gallery in Fayetteville. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)\" class=\"article-photo fr-fic fr-dii\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/img\/photos\/2026\/07\/10\/HelmExhib_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\" width=\"800\"\/><span class=\"fr-inner\"><figcaption>Walton Arts Center\u2019s Alexander Gallery, in collaboration with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History, has created \u201cThis Wheel\u2019s Still On Fire: The Levon Helm Oral History Project,\u201d in conjunction with the Levon Helm exhibition currently on display at the gallery in Fayetteville. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fr-img-space-wrap2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"overlay\"><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>ART &amp; EXHIBITS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helm oral history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walton Arts Center\u2019s Alexander Gallery, in collaboration with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Oral and Visual History, has created\u00a0\u201cThis Wheel\u2019s Still On Fire: The Levon Helm Oral History Project,\u201d\u00a0highlights from the Pryor Center\u2019s extensive collection of interviews with Arkansans who knew, worked with and admired Helm.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s in conjunction with the \u201cThis Wheel\u2019s Still On Fire: The Legacy of Levon Helm\u201d exhibit, curated by the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame in Boston, on display through Sept. 6 at the gallery at the Porter Art Warehouse, 212 N. West Ave., Fayetteville.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed by Pryor Center associate director Scott Lunsford alongside Trey Marley and Will Gisler, the recordings include concert footage as well as interviews with members of the Levon Helm Band and several of Helm\u2019s close family and friends, including Arkansas musicians Ronnie Hawkins, Earl and Ernie Cate, Terry Cagle, John Ware and Ron Eoff.<\/p>\n<p>There are also interviews with people who knew Helm from his earliest days in Phillips County, including A.B. Thompson of Helm\u2019s hometown of Turkey Scratch; Anna Lee Amsden, immortalized as \u201cMiss Anna Lee\u201d from \u201cThe Weight\u201d; Bubba Sullivan, the longtime organizer of the King Biscuit Blues Festival; and Morse U. Gist, owner of the music store in Helena that Helm frequented as a young man.<\/p>\n<p>Also part of the project: videos from a 2005 concert of the Levon Helm Band at the then-Peabody Hotel Little Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Links to the new oral history project have been incorporated into the exhibition and are available at the exhibition <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/waltonartscenter.org\/visual-arts\/exhibitions\/this-wheels-still-on-fire-the-legacy-of-levon-helm\/\">homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 5-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intext-photo inline inline_photo fr-draggable\" draggable=\"true\" id=\"4459176\">\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\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Melissa Dysart, marketing manager and project coordinator for Mansfield, Texas-based Level 5 Architecture, will lead a webinar under the aegis of Preserve Arkansas\u2019 \u201cWomen in Preservation\u201d virtual speaker series on Tuesday. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)\" class=\"article-photo fr-fic fr-dii\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/img\/photos\/2026\/07\/10\/WIP-Dysart-Candid-768x1024_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\" width=\"800\"\/><span class=\"fr-inner\"><figcaption>Melissa Dysart, marketing manager and project coordinator for Mansfield, Texas-based Level 5 Architecture, will lead a webinar under the aegis of Preserve Arkansas\u2019 \u201cWomen in Preservation\u201d virtual speaker series on Tuesday. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fr-img-space-wrap2\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"overlay\"><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><u>ETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preservation webinar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Dysart, marketing manager and project coordinator for Mansfield, Texas-based Level 5 Architecture, will \u201cheadline\u201d a webinar under the aegis of Preserve Arkansas\u2019 \u201cWomen in Preservation\u201d virtual speaker series, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. \u201cAdmission\u201d is free; register <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_x3sgDBkhRy-vrb9ypjOXYA#\/registration\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dysart, who according to a news release has \u201can Arkansas agrarian upbringing,\u201d also serves on the board of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History and is the Arkansas Quilt Trails Coordinator for Madison County.<\/p>\n<p>The series features women from a variety of backgrounds who are working to save historic places in Arkansas and across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preservation awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to submit nominations for\u00a0Preserve Arkansas\u2019 2026 Arkansas Preservation Awards, recognizing \u201coutstanding preservation achievements, people who make a difference in their communities, and projects that inspire others to protect Arkansas\u2019 special historic places,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can submit nominations for eligible projects in 13 categories:<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Service in Neighborhood Preservation<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Work by a Craftsperson<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Excellence in Preservation through Restoration<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Achievement in Adaptive Reuse<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Excellence in Personal Preservation Projects<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Advocacy<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding New Construction in a Historic Setting<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Preservation Reporting in the Media<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Ned Shank Award for Outstanding Preservation Publication<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Education<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f W.L. Cook Award for Excellence in Heritage Preservation<\/p>\n<p>\u25fc\ufe0f Parker Westbrook Award for Lifetime Achievement<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be named in January.<\/p>\n<p>Complete details and nomination instructions are available on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/preservearkansas.org\/what-we-do\/nomination-instructions\/\">website<\/a>. Call (501) 372-4757 or email <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arkansasonline.com\/news\/2026\/jul\/11\/entertainment-mandolin-legend-set-for-ozark-folk-center-benefit\/mailto:info@preservearkansas.org\">info@preservearkansas.org<\/a>.<\/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\/jul\/11\/entertainment-mandolin-legend-set-for-ozark-folk-center-benefit\/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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