The Carroll County Judge has rejected a formal request by Holiday Island residents to incorporate as a city. The rejection was based on an unforeseen legal technicality. Residents of the upscale planned vacation community eight miles north of Eureka Springs had signed a petition to incorporate and were preparing to become a town.

There are chances to see a wide variety of music during the next few days in northwest Arkansas; from Americana and Roots country to Bummer pop and several virtuoso guitarists, here are some options: Thursday, Apr. 26 Parker McCollum at George’s Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $10, 9 to 11 p.m. Loren & Mark at Sunrise Stage (Fayetteville) - $25, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Air Loom (Dana Louise and Jacksen Jennings) at 21st Amendment (Fayetteville) - 7 to 9 p.m. Anna Bunch w/ Ankle Pop at George’s

A Wednesday digest includes more results of a Talk Business and Politics/Hendrix College poll of likely GOP voters, money for help after the Mountainburg tornado and news about the evolving new arts district in south Fayetteville.

The children’s book, Willo Mancifoot and the Mugga Killa Whomps , written and illustrated by Eureka Springs artist Valerie Hubbard Damon, is being professionally staged as a musical . The elaborate production will premiere the weekend of May 5 during Eureka Springs Festival of the Arts.

Thursday, the University of Arkansas Global Campus and Department of Theatre will host an open house. Following renovations, Global Campus staff members returned to their building on the northeast corner of the downtown Fayetteville Square in March. The renovation project also included the creation of the UA Black Box Theater, a state-of-the art facility that will better equip students searching for jobs in theater.

On today’s show, The U of A Department of Theatre invites the public to visit its new black box theater in downtown Fayetteville tomorrow. Plus, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical brings dozens of familiar songs to the Walton Arts Center stage. And, a musical based on the book Willo Mancifoot and the Mugga Killa Whomps will premiere in Eureka Springs early next month.

This week, Walton Arts Center hosts Beautiful: The Carole King Musical . This morning, we talked with Jacob Heimer about his work portraying Barry Mann in the production.

This week's KUAF Vinyl Hour will mark the second anniversary of the death of Prince with a Prince-only program. The show can be heard at 5 p.m. Sunday on KUAF3 . Leigh Wood, the host of the KUAF Vinyl Hour, offers a preview, and asks for help with an upcoming edition of the show.

Our Militant Grammarian Katherine Shurlds brings us a list of words no longer used much (or at all) that she suggests should be brought back from extinction.

University of Arkansas Ph.D. Biology Candidate Casey Brewster spends his summers on remnant Ozark glades monitoring the elusive and rare Eastern Collared Lizard. Brewster will lead a Collared Lizard expedition at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 5 during a public hike at Lake Leatherwood Park, where several isolated colonies are documented. The free event is part of a month-long Arkansas Department of Heritage grant program in Eureka Springs, called "Off the Beaten Path" coordinated by the Native Plant