Tickets - $34-$44, $55, $65.50, $125 and $159.50, with no additional fees - go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday at all Ticketmaster outlets for Bon Jovi’s 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 “Because We Can - The Tour” concert at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena. There is an eight-ticket limit and the arena is using its paperless ticket system. Call (800) 745-3000 or (866) 448-7849 (automated self-service only) or visit ticketmaster.com.
Painting exhibition
Works by New York photorealist painter Eric Forstmann will be on display Monday-Friday in the Thea Foundation Gallery, 401 Main St., North Little Rock. The artist will give a talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, part of a special 6:30-9 p.m. reception that will include music by Amasa Hines and heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinks. The display will include a piece that the artist created specifically for the foundation; prints will be available for sale. Call (501) 379-9512 or visit theafoundation.org.
Wicked tickets
Tickets - $43-$144 - go on sale at 9 a.m. Aug. 12 for the Sept. 25-Oct. 6 run of the musical Wicked (music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Winnie Holzman, based on the novel by Gregory Maguire) at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall. The show opens Celebrity Attractions’ 2013-14 season. Curtain times will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, with an additional 2 p.m. special matinee Sept. 26. Call (501) 244-8800 or (800) 982-2787 (ARTS); buy tickets at Ticketmaster outlets (including Celebrity Attractions); or visit Ticketmaster.com.
ASU Fowler shows
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage will kick off Arkansas State University’s seven-concert 2013-14 Riceland Distinguished Performance Series at 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at ASU’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all performances 7:30 p.m. in the Fowler Center):
Nov. 9: All Hands on Deck! A 1940s Big-Band Musical, based on Bob Hope’s 1942 USO tour
Dec. 12: Mark O’Connor & Friends: An Appalachian Christmas
Jan. 30: Strings of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestraand Music Director Philip Mann (pre-concert talk, 6:30 p.m.)
Feb. 22: The Kenyan Boys Choir with the Moipei Quartet
March 18: Claddagh: An Explosion of Celtic Dance and Passion
April 4: Street Corner Symphony, Nashville, Tenn.-based a cappella group
Season tickets are $100-$150, $115 and $70 for students and those 55 and older. Single tickets are $30 and $20, $23 and $15 for students and those over 55, with discounts for ASU students, faculty and staff with a current ID. Call (870) 972-2781 or (888) 278-3267 or visit astate.edu/tickets and yourfowlercenter.com.
The center’s new Family Friendly Series will feature ventriloquist-comedian Lynn Trefzger at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 and the Lightwire Theatre’s productions of The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise & the Hare, 7 p.m. Feb. 8 and 2 p.m. Feb. 9. Tickets to each show are $8.
Stuttgart series
Country quintet Restless Heart kicks off the 2013-14 performance season with a concert at 8 p.m. Aug. 16 in Riceland Auditorium, Grand Prairie Center, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas, Stuttgart, 2709 U.S. 165 S., Stuttgart. Tickets are $30 and $20.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all performances at 8 p.m.; tickets are $30 and $20):
Nov. 3: Touring company production of Ring of Fire - The Music of Johnny Cash. 3 p.m.
Dec. 7: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s “Holiday Traditions” pops concert
Dec. 12: Christmastime in Ireland with Tony Kenny
Feb. 8: Ronnie Baker Brooks. $20, $15.
March 11: Montana Repertory Theatre production of The Miracle Worker by William Gibson. 7 p.m.
March 29: Houston Ballet II’s production of Act III of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty
April 19: Singer/songwriter B.J. Thomas
May 31: Rockabilly Reunion, featuring Ace Cannon, Stan Perkins and Sonny Burgess & the Legendary Pacers. 6 p.m.; $20, $15.
Season tickets are $200 and $136 through Aug. 16. Call (870) 673-4201, Extension 1895, or visit pccua.edu.
Singers sought
The Arkansas Chamber Singers will hold auditions for singers for its 2013-14 season, titled “The Spirit Soars in Song,” by appointment, beginning at 5 p.m. Aug. 20 at St. James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. Prepare a solo; the audition will also involve vocalization, evaluation of pitch memory and sight-reading. Rehearsals are 7:15-9:45 p.m. Tuesdays at the church from the end of August through March. Concert dates have not been announced. Call (501) 377-1121 or visit the website, AR-ChamberSingers.org.
Celts coming
The Arkansas Educational Television Network Foundation is selling tickets - $50 to $150 - to a 5 p.m. Oct. 27 performance by Irish six-man vocal ensemble Celtic Thunder in the Arkansas Best Corp. Performing Arts Center, Fort Smith Convention Center, 55 S. Seventh St., Fort Smith. Call (800) 662-2386 or visit the website, aetnfoundation. org/boxoffice.
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