1 CAMELOT
There simply is not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering this weekend than the Maumelle Performing Arts Center, 100 Victory Lane, Maumelle, where Phoenix Entertainment's national tour of the Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot will be on stage (courtesy of Celebrity Attractions), 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $42-$68.50 plus handling charges. Call (800) 982-2787 or (501) 244-8800 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story on Page 5E.
2 CAVORT
With inspiration from Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly and Eleanor Powell, among others, Broadway veterans Joan Hess and Kirby Ward will be "Dancing and Romancing" with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Pulaski Academy's Connor Performing Arts Center, 12701 Hinson Road, Little Rock. The combination Broadway-Hollywood program is part of the orchestra's Acxiom Pops Live! Series; concert sponsor is the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Tickets are $19-$58, $10 for students and active duty military, free to the Sunday matinee for K-12 students. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
3 CLOTHES
Happy hour doesn't get much more stylish than Fashion Hour at the Capital, 5-7 p.m. today at the Capital Hotel, 111 W. Markham St., Little Rock. With vintage and contemporary fashion videos, personal video messages, signature drinks and new creations from designer Linda Rowe Thomas, the event is the first in a Fashion Footprints party series. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 374-7474 or visit capitalhotel.com. See story on Page 4E.
4 CONTEMPORARY
The Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock will present contemporary works by Arkansas artists with two new exhibits opening Friday. In "John Harlan Norris: Public Face," Arkansas State University art professor Norris uses uniforms and tools to put a twist on traditional portraits, on display through May 3. Little Rock artist Lisa Krannichfeld was influenced by South American and Chinese cultures to create "She," open through April 5. There will be a reception for both exhibits with music by Whale Fire, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Regular hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9307 or visit historicarkansas.org.
5 COLOR
Bright spots of color will cover the Arkansas Arts Center's Samuel Strauss Sr. Gallery at Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock, when the Mid-Southern Watercolorists Juried Exhibition opens Friday. The exhibit, now in its 45th year, will contain 30 works chosen by guest juror Linda Baker and will continue through April 12. Center hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and admission to the exhibit is free. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org.
6 'CLIMB (EVERY MOUNTAIN)'
The Weekend Theater, West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock, will be alive with The Sound of Music (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp), 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday through March 1, with special performances at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 and 26. Samantha Fish plays Maria Rainer, with Jimmy Walker as Captain von Trapp and Karena White as the Mother Abbess. Tickets are $20, $16 for students and senior citizens. Visit weekendtheater.org/boxoffice; for more information call (501) 374-3761.
7 COMMEMORATE
Anonymous 4 (Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Jaqueline Horner-Kwiatek and Susan Hellauer), on their farewell tour, will perform songs from their latest and presumably last album, 1865: Songs of Hope and Home From the American Civil War, at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., Little Rock. The concert is part of the church's Arts@Christ Church series. Tickets are $25, $15 for students. Call (501) 375-2342 or visit anonymous4.com.
8 CLASSICAL
The Borromeo String Quartet -- Kristopher Tong and Nicholas Kitchen, violins; Mai Motobuchi, viola; and Yeesun Kim, cello -- concludes a two-day residency at the University of Central Arkansas with a concert at 7:30 p.m. today in the Snow Fine Arts Center at UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The program: violinist Kitchen's transcription of the Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582, by Johann Sebastian Bach; the String Quartet No. 4 by Bela Bartok; and the String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887, by Franz Schubert. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-5754 or email [email protected].
9 COUPLES
Get outside and take a hike with the one you love at Petit Jean State Park's Hikes, Hearts & Hugs Weekend, Friday-Sunday. The weekend of guided hikes, meals, strolls and tours are geared specifically toward romantic couples. Most activities are free but the Valentine's Day evening buffet is $16.99. Call (501) 727-5441 or visit petitjeanstatepark.com.
10 COMIC
Comic speaker Jeanne Robertson brings her family-friendly, real life-based act to the Perot Theatre, 219 Main St., Texarkana, at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $35-$45. Call (903) 792-4992 or visit trahc.org.
Weekend on 02/12/2015