MUSIC
‘In the Secret Garden’
The Musas Project, based in Hot Springs, presents “In the Secret Garden,” a cabaret fusion of selections from Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and Lucy Simon:
◼️ 6pm Monday, Muses Cultural Arts Center, 428 Orange St., Hot Springs. Student show; entry is free. Call (501) 609-9811 to register.
◼️ Tuesday, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of El Dorado, 300 E. Main St., El Dorado. Entry is free. (870) 863-7144.
◼️ 7 p.m. Thursday, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, 321 W. Fourth St., Texarkana. (903) 792-8681.
◼️ 7pm Friday, Woodlands Auditorium, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village. hsvticketsales. with.
◼️ 3pm on Saturday and June 16th, Centro Cultural de Artes Musas.
Tickets for the Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village and Texarkana shows are $35. Call (501) 609-9811 or themusesproject.org.
A press release describes the show as “a musical quest that begins ‘Into the Woods’ of wild and unknown adventure and ends in the ‘Secret Garden’ where there is domesticity, beauty, hope and flourishing.”
Jazz at WAC
The Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society offers two Summer Jazz Concert Series shows at the Starr Theater at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.:
◼️ 7:30 pm Saturday: Ted Ludwig Quartet – Ludwig on guitar, Pat Bianchi on Hammond B3, Paul Carr on tenor sax and Steven Pruitt on drums.
◼️ 7pm, June 30: Eddie Gomez Trio, with Gomez on bass, pianist Stefan Karlsson and drummer Steven Pruitt.
Tickets for each show cost between $30 and $45. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
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Museum camp
The 2024 summer camp program for youth in grades 3-9, 8 a.m. to noon, June 24-28, at the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, focuses on “Forty Years in the Forest: The Botanical Drawings of Kent Bonar” exhibit, exploring native Arkansas plants and their medicinal uses. Discover the work of Arkansas’s first naturalists and the state’s diverse ecosystems. Participants will learn how to press flowers, assemble plant specimens, keep a nature journal, identify trees, listen to guest speakers, play games and participate in “interactive activities.” The fee, $75, includes all snacks, supplies and a t-shirt. The deadline for registration is June 14th. Visit tinyurl.com/3wa368ph. For more information, call (501) 324-8642 or email [email protected].
