Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Cline concerts
Mandy Barnett, who played the title role in Always ... Patsy Cline, sings Cline's songs, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Doors and buffet open 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $35-$37, $23 for children 15 and younger; show only, $25 and $15. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
'Fall Into Jazz'
The Goat Band -- Barry McVinney, Steve Hudleson, Brian Wolverton and Patrick Lindsey -- will play jazz and jazz-influenced music for "Fall Into Jazz," a benefit for the Arkansas Chamber Singers, 6:30 p.m. today at the Lobby Bar, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. The event will feature food from Taziki's and "assorted beverages." Tickets are $50. Call (501) 377-1121 or visit ar-chambersingers.org/events.html.
'Prized Evening'
The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies will hand out two honors at "A Prized Evening," 6:30 p.m. today in the Darragh Center, Central Arkansas Library System Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock:
• The Booker Worthen Literary Prize, to Kenneth C. Barnes for his book Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910-1960
• The Porter Fund Literary Prize to University of Arkansas faculty member Padma Viswanathan for her body of work, including her debut novel, The Toss of a Lemon; two plays; and personal essays, cultural journalism and reviews.
A book signing and reception will follow. Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3033 or email [email protected].
History meets mystery
Paul Prater, North Little Rock-based vaudevillian, paranormal enthusiast and historian, will lead 90-minute history-meets-mystery walking tours around the downtown Argenta district, describing the area's history and including tales of ghosts, paranormal entities and bizarre events, 8-9:30 p.m. today-Saturday and Halloween night, with additional late-night tours (10-11:30 p.m.) Friday-Saturday. Tours start at the gazebo at the north end of the Main Street Bridge (Washington and Main streets). Wear appropriate clothing and shoes. Tickets are $15; tour sizes are limited and reservations are recommended. Visit universe.com/hauntedargenta.
FRIDAY
Rock and Rising
Barbershop-style ensembles Top of the Rock Chorus (women) and Acapella Rising (men) will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. It's part of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' Arkansas Sounds series. Doors open at 6. Admission is free. Call (501) 320-5728 or email [email protected].
Lunar look
The Central Arkansas Astronomical Society, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock physics and astronomy department and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub will set up telescopes to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night, 7 p.m. Friday at the Hub, 201 E. Broadway, North Little Rock. Society members will answer questions and provide guidance. Admission is free. Rain date is 7 p.m. Saturday. Call (501) 907-6570.
SATURDAY
Patio on Park Hill
The Park Hill Business and Merchants Association will hold its sixth Patio on Park Hill event, noon-6 p.m. Saturday in the back parking lot of the Park Hill Elementary School, 3801 John F. Kennedy Blvd. at H Street, North Little Rock. The event will feature music in the beer garden, food trucks, beer, wine and margaritas, and local vendors and businesses. The North Little Rock History Commission will give tours of the original historic school building, built in 1923-24, slated for sale. The playground will also be open. Take lawn chairs and blankets; no coolers allowed. Dogs are welcome but must be licensed and on a leash no more than 6 feet long (and bring your own "poop bag.") Admission is $3, free for children 12 and younger. Proceeds benefit the association. Visit parkhillbusiness.com6.
Kris Allen at Beebe
American Idol winner Kris Allen will give a community concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday beside the Science Building at Arkansas State University-Beebe, 1000 Iowa St., Beebe. Blankets and lawn chairs are encouraged, but no outside food or drink. Admission is free but the university is suggesting you register at asub.ticketleap.com.
DeltaMade festival
Performers, artists, musicians and vendors born in or living in Arkansas' Delta Region will take part in the inaugural DeltaMade, a music and maker festival, 2-9 p.m. Saturday in front of the restaurant/clubhouse at Harbor Oaks Golf Club, Regional Park, 1 Harbor Oaks Drive, Pine Bluff. The event will include music by Sarah Cecil, Charlotte Taylor and Gypsy Rain, and headline act Big Piph and Tomorrow Maybe; plus food trucks; Arkansas craft beer from Lost 40 and Buffalo Brewing; performances by Arkansas Circus Arts, vaudevillian Paul Prater and the Pine Bluff Dance Academy; booths from independent businesses and nonprofits; a Parade of Paws (Pine Bluff Animal Shelter); a car show and baggo tournament (Kiwanis Club); inflatables (Pine Bluff Police Department); and a chicken-wing cook-off (Smoke on the Water Productions). The Jefferson County sheriff's office will create ID cards for kids. Visit the Facebook page, facebook.com/DeltaMadeFest.
SUNDAY
Catfish Road Festival
North Little Rock Parks & Recreation is putting on the Catfish Road Festival, 2-7 p.m. Sunday at the Burns Park Soccer Complex, Hellman Drive and Soccer Avenue, in the park, Exit 150 off Interstate 40. The event will include music, bounce houses, face painting and food trucks. All proceeds go toward the expansion of the Burns Park One Heart Playground, built for children of all abilities. Admission is $1 per person, free for kids 12 and younger. Call (501) 791-8543 or email [email protected].
Concert au chocolat
The Conway Symphony Orchestra's "confectionery" concert, at 4 p.m. Sunday in Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway, will include Symphonic Chocolates by Maxime Goulet and the Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz. Israel Getzov conducts. Through a partnership with Kilwin's of Little Rock, custom boxes of chocolates will be for sale in the lobby ($4, free to subscribers); one box will contain a Golden Ticket for a prize. Tickets are $20-$38, $5 for children/students. Call (501) 450-3265 or visit uca.edu/tickets.
Crabb at church
Grammy-winning gospel-country-pop singer Jason Crabb performs at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Church Alive, 1205 E. Skyline Drive (U.S. 65 North), Conway. Admission is free; a love offering will be accepted. Call (501) 327-4763 or visit thechurchalive.org.
ETC.
10-minute plays
Acansa Arts Festival and the Yarn Storytelling are partnering on the inaugural Ten-Minute Play Showcase, featuring short (10-minute) works written, directed and acted by Arkansans, March 1 at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock. Submissions are open to "experts and novices" through Dec. 15; a panel of artists will choose five for staging. A Playwriting Bootcamp is set for 9 a.m.-noon Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Advance registration is required; visit acansa.org/10-minute-play. Call (501) 663-2287 or email [email protected].
Weekend on 10/26/2017