Fayetteville displays showcase native, international expertise

Elsewhere in leisure, occasions and the humanities:

ART: Regional exhibition

Eighty-four works by 74 artists from 16 Northwest Arkansas cities shall be on show within the second annual “Our Artwork, Our Area, Our Time,” opening with a reception, 6-8 p.m. Thursday within the Pleasure Pratt Markham Gallery at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Middle, 495 W. Dickson St. Curator Kathy Thompson says the works had been chosen from 401 submitted by greater than 200 artists. The exhibition will stay up by means of Nov. 14. Admission to the reception and the gallery are free. Gallery hours are noon-2 p.m. weekdays and one hour previous to performances and through their intermissions. Go to waltonartscenter.org.

Handmade artwork

“The Hand at Fenix Arts,” handmade prints and pictures from 28 states and 5 international locations, chosen by Adam Finkelston, the co-editor and writer of The Hand journal, goes on show with a reception, 5-8 p.m. Thursday on the Fenix Gallery at Mt. Sequoyah Middle, 150 N. Skyline Drive, Fayetteville. The exhibit shall be up by means of Nov. 12. Gallery hours are noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Name (479) 250-7707 or go to fenixarts.org.

Artist speak

Margo Duvall, visiting professor of images on the College of the Ozarks, will give a presentation on her exhibit, “All She Wanted to Do” — on show by means of Friday within the Focus Gallery of the College of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Windgate Middle of Artwork — at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room 101 of the Windgate Middle, UALR, 2801 S. College Ave., Little Rock. A reception will comply with. Admission is free. Duvall’s exhibit focuses on preserving the images of her beloved grandmother, Bobbie Jones, who died at 96. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Name (501) 916-5110 or electronic mail [email protected]

MUSIC: Pageant of Senses

    Husband-and-wife singer/songwriter duo Cliff and Susan Erwin Prowse carry out Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in North Little Rock. (Particular to the Democrat-Gazette)
  Husband-and-wife singer/songwriter duo Cliff and Susan Erwin Prowse carry out at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, a part of the church’s Pageant of the Senses collection. Admission is free. A meet-the-performers reception within the church’s parish corridor will comply with. The efficiency shall be livestreamed and accessible for later viewing, by way of facebook.com/frcarey. Name (501) 753-3578 or electronic mail [email protected]

ETC.: Cardboard trains

    Groups will race cardboard trains Saturday by means of downtown Rogers, beginning on the Rogers Historic Museum. (Particular to the Democrat-Gazette)
  Cardboard trains will as soon as once more sprint by means of downtown Rogers with the return of the Nice Cardboard Practice Race, 10 a.m. Saturday exterior the Rogers Historic Museum, 313 and 322 S. Second St., Rogers. The race is together with the seventh annual Frisco Inferno Barbecue Competitors & Tasting, the official barbecue contest at Bikes, Blues and BBQ.

Groups current their prepare creations for judging earlier than maneuvering them by means of a fun-filled impediment course. Contestants, kindergarten by means of grownup, can enter one among 4 divisions. Every successful workforce will obtain a trophy; the quickest groups in every division will obtain complimentary tickets to pattern barbecue Frisco Inferno. Drop off accomplished entry kinds on the museum and choose up an official “prepare package,” which features a ready-to-assemble cardboard prepare and directions. For extra data and to register, go to rogershistoricalmuseum.org/great-cardboard-train-race.

Historical warfare

Edward Anson, professor of historical past on the College of Arkansas at Little Rock, will discover the aim of Greek and Roman warfare in historic historical past in “We Are the Champions: Terrorism, Physique Counts, and the Final Goal of Historical Warfare,” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St., Little Rock. Refreshments shall be served at 7. It is the primary UALR “Evenings with Historical past” lecture for 2022-23, sponsored by the College Historical past Institute, during which UALR school and visitor audio system share their analysis and educating pursuits. Admission is by annual subscription — $50 (particular person), $90 (joint), $250 (Fellow of the Institute), $1,000 (life membership), free for one-time attendees and UALR college students. Name (501) 916-3236, electronic mail [email protected] or go to ualr.edu/history/history-institute.

Poet laureate

    U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon reads from her work Thursday at Hendrix School in Conway. (Particular to the Democrat-Gazette/Lucas Marquardt)
  Ada Limon, the U.S. poet laureate, will learn from and focus on her work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Staples Auditorium at Hendrix School, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. A e-book signing will comply with in Mills Foyer (WordsWorth Books will promote choose Limon titles). Admission is free; Limon’s workers requests that viewers members put on masks.

Limon is the creator of six poetry collections, together with “The Carrying,” which received the Nationwide E book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; and “Vivid Useless Issues,” a finalist for the Nationwide E book Award and the Nationwide Books Critics Circle Award. Milkweed Editions revealed her “The Hurting Sort” in Could.

The occasion is sponsored by the Hendrix-Murphy Basis Packages in Literature and Language. E-mail [email protected]