Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Guitarist in Argenta
Guitarist Dakota Dave Hull performs a blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing and vintage pop for the Argenta Arts Acoustic Music Series, 7:30 p.m. today at the Joint, 301 Main St. in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 425-1528 or visit argentaartsacousticmusic.com or centralarkansastickets.com.
Sounds in the Stacks
Singer and pop pianist Jeff Coleman performs at 6:30 p.m. today at the Central Arkansas Library System Sanders Library, 31 Shelby Drive, Sherwood, as part of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' Sounds in the Stacks series. Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3033, email [email protected] or visit butlercenter.org.
UCA chorus
Four student conductors will be on the podium for a concert by the University of Central Arkansas University Chorus, 7:30 p.m. today in the Recital Hall, Snow Fine Arts Center, UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The program includes four pieces by Arkansas native Andrea Ramsey and, with the Voices of Central Arkansas High School Choir, Daniel Elder's "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," "Sure on This Shining Night" by Morten Lauridsen, Dolly Parton's "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" and "Shout Glory" by Byron Smith. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-5774 or email [email protected].
Christmas lighting
El Dorado's annual Downtown Holiday Lighting Ceremony, 5-7 p.m. today, in the Union Square District, kicks off the "El Dorado Spectacular!" schedule of seasonal events. The ceremony will feature a DJ, performances by local dance schools, Christmas songs, a sneak peek from the South Arkansas Arts Center's Hollywood and Pine Holiday Revue and the announcement of the grand marshals for the El Dorado Christmas Parade. A local celebrity flips the lighting switch at 6:10 p.m. The ceremony also marks the start of free rides on a horse-drawn carriage and the PJ's Express Holiday Train, through Sunday which will continue, at a cost, Friday-Saturday throughout the end of the year.
Retail shops will offer Christmas displays and decor, specials and unique gifts during El Dorado's Downtown Holiday Open House, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Main Street will also be on the square during the day offering free hot dogs and drinks to shoppers. Santa will hand out cookies and toys at The Spot on North Washington Avenue.
Call (870) 862-4747 or visit mainstreeteldorado.org.
OBU opera
Ouachita Baptist University's division of music and department of theater arts will stage Michael Ching's contemporary comic opera Speed Dating Tonight!, involving a group of strangers (including an origami artist, a budding country singer, a cat lover and a woman who is certain she has been abducted by aliens) at a speed dating event, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jones Performing Arts Center at OBU, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia. Tickets are $12, free (one per student ID) for OBU students. Call (870) 245-5555 or visit obu.edu/boxoffice.
Quintet of one-acts
Northark Drama will stage All in the Timing, a collection of five one-act plays by David Ives detailing happenings in apparently dissimilar worlds, 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lyric Theater, 113 W. Rush Ave., Harrison. The production contains adult themes and content; parental guidance is recommended. Tickets are $4, $2 for North Arkansas College students (with ID) in advance, $5 and $3 at the door. Call (870) 391-3504 or visit TheLyric.org.
FRIDAY
Benefit art show
Galaxy Furniture, 304 Main St., North Little Rock, is hosting "Texture," an art show of works by clients of United Cerebral Palsy of Arkansas to benefit the organization, 5-8 p.m. Friday. The show will include wine, cheese and a silent auction. Admission is free. Call (501) 224-6067 or visit ucpark.org.
Cosplay Con
Comic books, pop culture, writers, artists, illustrators and costumes will be on display at the 2017 Cosplay Con & Anime Experience, 1-9 p.m. Friday at the Innovation Hub, 201 E. Broadway, North Little Rock, and 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena. Cosplay fans can attend discussion panels, entertainment and trivia competitions; there will be door prizes, games and contests. Ciara Renee, who plays Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl on the CW's series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, will be on hand 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday at the Innovation Hub and 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the arena. Tickets are $12.50 Friday, $20 Saturday, $25 for a weekend pass; for kids, $7, $10 for a weekend pass. A complete schedule and more information is available at thecosplaycon.com; call (501) 777-8486.
UAM Fiddler
The University of Arkansas at Monticello Music Theatre Workshop and the SEARK Concert Association will stage Fiddler on the Roof (music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joseph Stein, based on the tales of Sholem Aleichem), 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday in the Fine Arts Center, University of Arkansas at Monticello, U.S. 425, Monticello. Tickets are $20, $15 for children under 12, free for UAM students with ID. Call (870) 460-1888 or vist searkconcert.org.
SATURDAY
UALR singers
The UALR Community Chorus, with the adult and children's choirs of Second Presbyterian Church; the Praeclara Vocal Company; soloists Shannon Rookey, soprano, and Luke Angelo, baritone; and an orchestra, will perform John Rutter's Mass of the Children, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. The program will also include Ralph Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music. Bevan Keating conducts. Tickets are $20, free (one ticket per) for UALR students and employees with ID. Visit praeclara.org.
And the UALR Gospel Chorale performs at 4 p.m. Sunday Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Admission to concerts is free. Call (501) 569-3294.
'90s rockers
The Rockin' Road Trip Tour, featuring '90s rockers Fuel, Dishwalla and Marcy Playground, will be onstage, 8 p.m. Saturday at Griffin Music Hall, 101 E. Locust St., El Dorado, in the new Murphy Arts District. Tickets are $30. Call (870) 863-4547 or visit eldomad.com.
SUNDAY
Indian dance drama
Antar-Yatra, subtitled "the journey within," a classical dance drama featuring women choreographed and directed by India's Sharmila Biswas, will be onstage 5 p.m. Sunday at Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway, Little Rock. Admission is free; tax-free donations are welcome. Call (501) 952-9410 or visit aimforsevausa.org/Little-Rock.
TICKETS
Verizon concerts
Tickets -- $50, $70 and $90 plus service charges -- go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for a concert by Chicago, 7:30 p.m. May 13 in the Theater @ Verizon Arena, East Broadway and Interstate 30, North Little Rock. There is an eight-ticket limit per household.
Tickets -- $15-$129.75 plus service charges -- go on sale at the same time for Chris Tomlin's "Worship Night in America" show, featuring Tomlin, Kim Walker Smith of Jesus Culture, Matt Maher, Christine D'Clario, Tauren Wells, and Pat Barrett, 7 p.m. May 12 at Verizon.
And tickets -- $39.99-$129.99 plus service charges -- go on sale at noon Friday Nov. 17 for Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson's "Honky Tonk Highway Tour" concert, with "special guest" Lauren Alaina, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20 the arena. There is an eight-ticket limit.
Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Weekend on 11/16/2017