Elsewhere in leisure, occasions and the humanities:

MUSIC: Chamber with cello

Cellist Zuill Bailey, in Arkansas this weekend to play Antonin Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (3 p.m. right this moment at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway), sticks round to play Franz Schubert’s Quintet in C main, D.956, with the orchestra’s Quapaw Quartet, 7 p.m. Tuesday within the Great Hall of the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock.

Bailey is the orchestra’s Richard Sheppard Arnold Artist of Distinction. The quartet members are Meredith Maddox Hicks and Charlotte Crosmer, violins; Timothy MacDuff, viola; and Chava Appiah, cello. It’s the fifth live performance within the orchestra’s 2022-23 River Rhapsodies Chamber Music collection.

Also on this system: orchestra percussionists Madison Shake, Erick Saoud, Rick Dimond and Ryan Lewis play Steve Reich’s “Mallet Quartet” and Ross Ahlhorn, trumpet; Andrew Irvin, violin; and Kazuo Murakami, piano, play the Trio for Trumpet, Violin and Piano by Eric Ewazen.

Tickets are $26, $10 for college students and lively obligation army. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 1, or go to ArkansasSymphony.org.

    Singer Genine Latrice Perez joins the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas and the Fayetteville Jazz Collective for his or her “Battle of the Bands” live performance Saturday at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)  ‘Battling’ bands

The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas provides “Battle of the Bands,” a collaboration/competitors with Fayetteville Jazz Collective, plus a visitor singer — Genine Latrice Perez — 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.

For this system, the orchestra and Music Director Paul Haas alternate items with these performed by the jazz band, then play some collectively. Sponsors are Bob & Becky Alexander and Greenwood Gearheart.

Tickets are $36-$60 with reductions for college students and free for youngsters beneath 18 with the acquisition of an grownup ticket. Call (479) 443-5600 or go to sonamusic.org.

ETC.: Legacies & Lunch

Brian Thompson, retired from a 34-year profession with Tyson Foods, will focus on his guide, “Saving the Buffalo River — Again,” for the Central Arkansas Library System’s Legacies & Lunch collection, noon-1 p.m. Wednesday by way of Zoom. Thompson’s guide is a firsthand account of the seven-year controversy over a allow quietly granted in 2013 for a big industrial hog farm alongside the banks of Big Creek, a significant tributary of the Buffalo National River. It’s free to attend; register at tinyurl.com/y27x5b7a.

Maya Project

The Celebrate! Maya Project is marking the ninety fifth birthday of the late poet, creator and actor Maya Angelou with a collection of April occasions, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday with the debut screening of “A Journey Back to Now,” a documentary that traces a bunch of 19 circus performers from the streets of Battambang, Cambodia, attempting to get a grip on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime, on the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock.

The remainder of the lineup:

• ◼️ 6 p.m. Friday: A profit live performance that includes the Rodney Block Collective, with a gap birthday homage to Angelou by Arkansas poet and artist CC Mercer, on the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College Center for Humanities and Arts Theater, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Tickets are $25-$35; go to tinyurl.com/53hkyws6.
• ◼️ 6 p.m. April 12: The third annual Sisterhood & Social Justice, a digital gathering with music, poetry, and inspiration, a collaboration with the Coretta Scott King Center.
• ◼️ 11:30 a.m. April 18: Celebrating Maya@95 Birthday Luncheon and Celebration, that includes 2023 Spirit of Maya award recipient Barbara Higgins Bond, music by Kami Renee and poetry by youth members of the Writeous Poets, Heifer International Headquarters, 1 World Ave., Little Rock.
• ◼️ 10 a.m. April 29: Inaugural “Celebrating Maya Community Festival,” in collaboration with Central High School Historic District’s Neighborhood Alliance, Little Rock Centennial Park, 1850 W. sixteenth St., Little Rock.

A single $95 ticket covers the screening, the luncheon and the neighborhood competition. Visit tinyurl.com/53hkyws6.

For extra info, go to celebratemayaproject.org or electronic mail Celebrate! Maya Project President Janis F. Kearney at janis@celebratemayaproject.org.

Sensory Day

In recognition of World Autism Awareness Month, Mid-America Science Museum, 500 Mid America Blvd., Hot Springs, hosts a Sensory Day, Sep 11 a.m. Tuesday for households and youngsters with autism or different sensory sensitivities. Through funding by the Elisabeth D. Wagner Foundation, the primary 125 occasion contributors will get into the museum free.

The museum holds 4 Sensory Days all year long. Mid-America Science Museum Chief Executive Officer Diane LaFollette explains that the museum’s “loud sounds and bright lights … can be overwhelming for some of our guests who are sensitive to so much sensory stimulation. On Sensory Days, we turn down the lights and the volume to ensure the museum is a place for all curious minds.” A sensory information obtainable on the museum’s web site provides secure exploration of every exhibit; sensory backpacks obtainable on the entrance desk present noise-reducing headphones, sun shades and fidget toys.

General admission is $12, $10 for youngsters 3-12 and senior residents 65 and older, $11 for academics and army. Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 767-3461 or go to midamericamuseum.org.

Autism consciousness

Three moms of autistic youngsters are placing on the second annual Autism Awareness Funday, 2-4 p.m. April 15 in Pavilions 3-6 at Murray Lock and Dam Park, 5900 Rebsamen Park Road, Little Rock. Admission is free; the occasion, celebrating autistic children whereas additionally bringing neighborhood consciousness, will function autism-friendly video games, meals and leisure. Call (501) 298-9030.

Garden collection

Leslie Cooper of Quail Forever will focus on “Designing a Shade Garden For Pollinators,” 9 a.m. April 15 on the garden by the Bell House at Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock. It’s a part of the Mount Holly Garden Series. Admission is free; take a garden chair.

The remaining lineup for 2023:

• ◼️ May 20: “Seedlings for Landscaping Needs,” James Shelton, Baucum Nursery supervisor, Arkansas Forestry Commission
• ◼️ June 17: “Fish, Tadpoles, and Decorative Features for Lawn and Garden,” Mark Gibson, Green Thumb Water Gardens
• ◼️ July 15: “Gardening With The Red, White and Blue,” Ted Lewis, proprietor, Floral Express
• ◼️ Aug. 19: “Hydrangeas: Those Tried and True, As Well As New !!!,” Master Gardener Susan Rose
• ◼️ Sept. 16: “Creating a Community Seed Pantry,” Genevieve Neumeier
• ◼️ Oct. 21: “Gardening!!!! It’s for the Birds (and Wildlife !!!!),” Central Arkansas Master Naturalist Lynn Foster.

Call (501) 372-3372 or electronic mail mewtfrontporchlady@gmail.com.