ENTERTAINMENT: Summer Jazz Concert Series starts at Walton Arts Center | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

MUSIC

‘Into the Secret Garden’

The Hot Springs-based Muses Project presents “Into the Secret Garden,” a cabaret fusion of selections by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and Lucy Simon:

◼️ 6 p.m. Monday, Muses Cultural Arts Center, 428 Orange St., Hot Springs. Student show; admission is free. Call (501) 609-9811 to register.

◼️ 7 p.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church of El Dorado, 300 E. Main St., El Dorado. Admission is free. (870) 863-7144.

◼️ 7 p.m. Thursday, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, 321 W. Fourth St., Texarkana. (903) 792-8681.

◼️ 7 p.m. Friday, Woodlands Auditorium, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village. hsvticketsales.com.

◼️ 3 p.m. Saturday and June 16, Muses Cultural Arts Center.

Tickets for the Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village and Texarkana shows are $35. Call (501) 609-9811 or themusesproject.org.

A news release describes the program as “a musical quest that starts ‘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

Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society offers two Summer Jazz Concert Series shows in the Starr Theater at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.:

◼️ 7:30 p.m. Saturday: the Ted Ludwig Quartet — Ludwig on guitar, Pat Bianchi on Hammond B3, Paul Carr on tenor sax and Steven Pruitt on drums.

◼️ 7 p.m. June 30: Eddie Gomez Trio, with Gomez on bass, pianist Stefan Karlsson and drummer Steven Pruitt.

Tickets to each show are $30-$45. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.

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Museum camp

The 2024 Summer Camp program for youngsters rising into grades 3-9, 8 a.m.-noon June 24-28 at the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, focuses on the “Forty Years in the Woods: The Botanical Drawings of Kent Bonar” exhibit, exploring native Arkansas plants and their medicinal uses. Discover the work of early Arkansas naturalists and the state’s diverse ecosystems. Participants will learn how to press flowers, mount plant specimens, keep a nature journal, identify trees, hear guest speakers, play games and participate in “interactive activities.” The fee, $75, includes all snacks, supplies and a T-shirt. Deadline to register is June 14. Visit tinyurl.com/3wa368ph. For more information, call (501) 324-8642 or email amanda.colclasure@arkansas.gov.