Bevan Keating News Today

Laugh-wise, Fridays opening-night performance of "Monty Pythons Spamalot" at Little Rocks Wildwood Park for the Arts was more than a romp and less than a riot.

"Transcending Stereotypes," works by Kenny Reams, goes on display with an opening night reception, 5-7 p.m. Friday in the Parish House Gallery at Christ Episcopal Church in Little Rock.

The Royal Players stage "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman, with additional songs by Menken and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton, based on the Disney animated feature), 7 p.m. today-Saturday and June 23-25, 2 p.m. Sunday and June 26 at the Royal Theatre in Benton.

The Ohio School Boards Association said all districts across the state have been impacted by the decline in substitute teachers.

Two Central Arkansas theaters will be alive with "The Sound of Music" (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse): Argenta Community Theater in North Little Rock, and the Lucy Lockett Cabe Theatre at Wildwood Park for the Arts in Little Rock.

ADVERTISEMENT MUSIC: Help from Foreigner — Rock band’s show features local church choir, donation to children’s music ministry by Sean Clancy | Today at 1:46 a.m. Rock band Foreigner — Jeff Pilson (from left), Chris Frazier, Michael Bluestein, Kelly Hansen,Tom Silverstein, Mick Jones and Bruce Watson — will perform Sunday at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Karsten Staiger) Foreigner brings its considerable catalog of hits to Sim...

Heavy snow and unusually cold temperatures in the southern U.S. have allowed an Ontario-native to share his love of outdoor hockey rinks.