‘Trial by Jury’
Historic Washington State Park, 103 Franklin St., Washington, Ark., takes an inside look at 19th-century justice as part of its “Trial by Jury” drama series on Saturday.
The evening starts at 6 p.m. with a meal at the park’s Williams’ Tavern Restaurant, followed by the trial — a reenactment of a Washington court case from 1856, “Illness and Influence: The Battle Over Joseph Crosby’s Estate” — at the nearby 1836 Hempstead County Courthouse. Guests will be seated family-style with other guests for dinner.
Cost is $35 per person; reservations are required — call (870) 983-2684.
ArtLinks 2025
Consultant Gabe Holmstrom, former executive director of the Little Rock Downtown Partnership, will be the featured speaker for ArtLinks 2025: Innovation Through Partnership, Oct. 7-9 at the Mosaic Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock.
ArtLinks, the Arkansas Arts Council’s biennial statewide arts conference, provides educational opportunities for arts administrators, artists, community leaders and educators, according to the Arts Council website, as well as an opportunity to learn about innovative arts initiatives and arts programs from national and local speakers.
Fee for the full conference (includes lunch) is $120 before Aug. 29, $150 thereafter; single-day fee, including lunch: $50 and $60.
More details, including a full list of speakers and a daily schedule, are available at arkansasheritage.com/arkansas-art-council/aac-programs/arkansas-art-links. For more information, email [email protected].
ASU-Beebe series
A free outdoor concert by progressive rock band Emerald City Council, featuring Arkansas State University-Beebe faculty member Brent Bristow on saxophone and keyboards, kicks off the university’s 2025-26 Performing Arts Series, 7 p.m. Sept. 23 in The Grove, behind State Hall on the Beebe campus, 1000 Iowa St.
“Food and fun” begin at 5 p.m. Guests are encouraged to provide their own lawn chairs. Sponsor is Arkansas Record-CD Exchange.
The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all concerts at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s Owen Center Theater):
◼️ Oct. 7: “Private Eyes: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John Oates”
◼️ Sept. 19, Nov. 17, March 5, April 30: Symphonic Band
◼️ Oct. 9, Nov. 20, March 3, May 5: ASU-Beebe’s Singers and Chamber Singers
◼️ Oct. 27-31: “Echoes of the Ozarks,” a celebration of Arkansas’ haunted folklore and urban legends. Included: a lecture by associate professor of education Amber Bramlett titled “The History of the Urban Legend,” and a guest presentation by folklorist Gregory Hansen.
◼️ Oct. 30: Daniel Littlefield, director of the Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will lecture at 12:30 p.m. in the Science Building Lecture Hall.
◼️ Nov. 6-9: ASU-Beebe theater department stages “Bright Star,” a bluegrass musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. $5.
◼️ Jan. 29, Hank Nightshade & The Midnight Sons, working-class rock band from Northeast Arkansas
◼️ March 31: Dr. Jan Pol, star of Nat Geo WILD’s “The Incredible Dr. Pol,” 7 p.m.
◼️ April 23-26: ASU-Beebe theater department stages “Peter Pan.”$5.
General admission to most events is $10, $5 for educators, military personnel, K-12 students and senior citizens age 60 and older, free (one ticket per) for ASU-Beebe students, employees, alumni, retirees and emeriti. Visit ASUB.edu/tickets.