THE WEEKEND TEN

The top things to do and places to be

 Colin Davis shows some intensity in this file photo.
Colin Davis shows some intensity in this file photo.

1 FOCUS

The American Taekwondo Association World Expo has returned and is already underway in Little Rock, where the association has its headquarters, with workshops, competitions and demonstrations continuing through Sunday, mostly at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets. The Tournament of Champions is 1:30-6 p.m. today and 1-6 p.m. Friday. The new season's tournaments are 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. There's also a Family Fun Night with rides, games, food trucks and opening ceremony events, 6-10 p.m. Friday for ATA members, friends and family in First Security Amphitheater. Spectator admission for the weekend is $10, free for kids 5 and younger. Call (501) 568-2821 or visit ataonline.com.

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Martial arts practitioners of all ages and skill levels will be in Little Rock for the American Taekwondo Association's annual World Expo.

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Sophia Bazzi, left, from Brazil, spars with Christie Booth, from Little Rock, are shown in this file photo.

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The Studio Theater, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, will stage the musical comedy Xanadu.

2 FINE ART

For the 57th year, some of the best painters, sculptors, sketchers and photographers will display their pieces in the annual Delta Exhibition, Friday-Sept. 20 at the Arkansas Arts Center, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. George Dombek is the juror for this year's exhibit. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and admission is free. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkarts.com.

3 FILM

Professional and amateur filmmakers will fight to beat the clock when the 48 Hour Film Project returns. This is the 11th year for Little Rock's version of the international competition. It kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Screenings of submitted films will follow later in the month. Registration is $175 per team. Call (214) 755-6803 or visit 48hourfilm.com/little-rock-ar. See story on Page 4E.

4 FUNCTION

Handcrafted chairs, baskets, fiddles and other pieces make up "Art. Function. Craft. The Life and Work of Arkansas Living Treasures," the newest exhibit at the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. The exhibit focuses on the works of Arkansas artists and artisans who practice traditional crafts and will be open Friday-Feb. 15 in the museum's Cabe Gallery. A reception for 2nd Friday Art Night, 5-8 p.m. Friday, will include music by fiddle champion Clancey Ferguson and beer from Arkansas brewer Saddlebock Brewery. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the gallery is free. Call (501) 324-9351 or visit historicarkansas.org.

5 PHOTOS

"Light Through the Pines," a collection of 100 current photographs (and one video) by a baker's dozen members of the Blue Eyed Knocker Photo Club documenting the past splendor and current decay of the historic Hotel Pines in downtown Pine Bluff, go on display Friday at the Central Arkansas Library System's Cox Creative Center, 120 River Market Ave., Little Rock. There will be free "meet the photographers" receptions with refreshments, 5-8 p.m. Friday and Aug. 14 in conjunction with each month's Second Friday Art Walk. The luxury hotel opened in 1913 and closed in 1970 and has since fallen into disrepair and decay. Admission to the exhibit, through Aug. 31, is free; gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (870) 538-7414 or (501) 664-0553 or visit facebook.com/blueeyedknocker.

6 FLOATS

Blueberry pie ice cream, sodas and sidewalk chalk help Loblolly Creamery celebrate the Thea Foundation during the Ice Cream Happy Hour, 5-7 p.m. today at the Green Corner Store & Soda Fountain, 1423 Main St., Little Rock. The family-friendly party will also include "boozy floats" (for attendees over 21), courtesy of Rock Town Distillery, and everyone is invited to decorate the sidewalks between drinks and bites. A portion of proceeds will benefit the foundation and its arts education programs. Call (501) 379-9512 or visit theafoundation.org.

7 FLICKS

The Road Warrior (rated R), the second film in the "Mad Max" trilogy, will be on the screen of the Ron Robinson Theater at 10 p.m. Friday, part of a Central Arkansas Library System film series. And at 2 p.m. Saturday they'll screen the animated Song of the Sea (rated PG). Tickets are $5. Concessions will be for sale at every showing. Beer and wine are available at screening scheduled after 5 p.m. Call (501) 918-3086 or email [email protected].

8 FIXING A FILM FLOP

The Studio Theater, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, will stage the musical comedy Xanadu (music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, book by Douglas Carter Beane, based on the 1980 film), 7 p.m. today-Saturday and July 16-18 and 2 p.m. Sunday and July 19. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and senior citizens (65 and older); visit tinyurl.com/xanadutix. For more information, call (501) 374-2615 or visit thestudiotheatre-lr.org.

9 FARMHAND

The Royal Players will stage Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, 7 p.m. today-Saturday and July 16-18, 2 p.m. Sunday and July 19 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. Sponsor is the W.W. and Anne Jones Charitable Trust. Tickets are $12, $10 senior citizens, $5 students. Call (501) 315-5483 or visit theroyalplayers.com.

10 B-FLAT FLUEGELHORN

Jim Blount plays traveling salesman/con man Harold Hill, with Lynetta Ivey Reid as Marian Paroo, the small-town Iowa librarian and piano teacher he sweeps off her feet, in Meredith Willson's The Music Man, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and July 16-18 and 3 p.m. Sunday and July 19 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale. Tickets are $30, $15 for students 18 and younger, for Friday's gala opening night; $20 and $10 for all other performances. Call (479) 751-5441 or visit acozarks.org.

Weekend on 07/09/2015

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