THEATER
Royal ‘Hunchback’
The Royal Players stage “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Peter Parnell, based on the Disney animated film and the novel by Victor Hugo), 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and Aug. 15-17 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Aug. 18 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. The production has a strobe and haze warning. Tickets are $18, $15 for senior citizens 60 and older, members of the military and college students with valid ID, $8 for K-12 students. Visit TheRoyalPlayers. Ticketleap.com. For more information, call (501) 315-5483, email trtboxoffice@gmail.com or visit theroyaltheatre.org.
ART
Steel sculptures
More than a dozen new sculptures, crafted from stainless steel and Cor-Ten steel by Massachusetts sculptor Dale Rogers, debut Thursday on the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home-City of Mountain Home Art Walk, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home. The works will be up for six months; community members can select four or five pieces to be permanently featured along the James and Sally Moore Recreational Trail at the university and the Shirley Baker Nature Trail in Mountain Home’s McCabe Park. Visit asumh.edu/pages/main/805/mountain-home-art-walk.
“Rabbit Jumping” and “Wise Owl” are among the steel sculptures by Dale Rogers going on display today on the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home-City of Mountain Home Art Walk. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
“Rabbit Jumping” and “Wise Owl” are among the steel sculptures by Dale Rogers going on display today on the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home-City of Mountain Home Art Walk. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Oils and acrylics
The Arkansas River Valley Arts Center, 1001 E. B St., Russellville, opens a show of oil and acrylic paintings by art instructor Lisa Jones in its Main Gallery with a 6-8 p.m. reception Friday. The show remains up through Aug. 30. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free. Call (479) 968-2452 or visit rivervalleyartscenter.org.
ETC.
Family Fun Day
North Little Rock CARES Youth Coalition holds a family fun day, featuring bounce houses, face painting, haircuts and guest speakers, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Sherman Park Community Center, 624 Beech St., North Little Rock. Backpacks and school supplies will be available. Sponsors include North Little Rock Parks & Recreation and Seis Puentes. Admission is free. Call (501) 340-5373.
AUDITIONS
‘Idol Across America’
“American Idol” holds an open audition call via Zoom in Arkansas on Monday. Potential contestants need to register at us.castitreach.com/a/fmna/ai8abc/welcomeOnsite (registration does not guarantee the opportunity to audition) and meet eligibility requirements (which include having been born between June 2, 1995, and Feb. 15, 2010 — sorry, no baby boomers allowed — and legal U.S. residency). It’s the fifth year for the “Idol Across America” live virtual nationwide audition process that includes all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., through Sept. 17. Visit americanidol.com/auditions for more details, locations, full eligibility requirements, submission forms, terms and conditions.
