ON THE GO: Three Dog Night performs Saturday Robinson Center Performance Hall; Annie comes up at Murry's Dinner Playhouse

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Three Dog Night. Special to the Democrat-Gazette
Three Dog Night. Special to the Democrat-Gazette

'JOY TO YOU AND ME'

Classic rockers Three Dog Night bring their hits, including "Joy to the World" to Robinson Center Performance Hall, Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock, 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $39-$89. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.

Clive Carroll. Special to the Democrat-Gazette
Clive Carroll. Special to the Democrat-Gazette

ARGENTA ACOUSTIC

London-based guitarist Clive Carroll performs for the Argenta Acoustic Music Series at 7:30 p.m. today at The Joint, 301 Main St., in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 425-1528, email [email protected] or visit argentaacoustic.com.

'THE SUN WILL COME UP'

Berkeley Courtney-Moore plays the irrepressible title orphan in Annie (music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, book by Thomas Meehan, based on Harold Gray's comic strip Little Orphan Annie), through Dec. 31 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Doors and the buffet open 90 minutes before showtime — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sunday, with 12:45 p.m. matinees only on Wednesdays through Dec. 4. (No shows Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.) Tickets are $33-$37, $25 for children 15 and younger, $25 show only; special times and prices for New Year's Eve. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.

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Chonda Pierce. Special to the Democrat-Gazette

'STILL LAUGHING'

Comedian Chonda Pierce brings her "Still Laughing Tour" to El Dorado's Murphy Arts District, 7 p.m. Sunday at First Financial Music Hall, 101 E. Locust St. Tickets are $17-$55. Call (870) 444-3007 or visit eldomad.com or eventbrite.com.

Boston Brass -- (from left) Jose Sibaja, trumpet; William Russell, tuba; Chris Castellaanos, French horn; Domingo Pagliuca, trombone; and Jeff Conner, trumpet. Special to the Democrat-Gazette
Boston Brass -- (from left) Jose Sibaja, trumpet; William Russell, tuba; Chris Castellaanos, French horn; Domingo Pagliuca, trombone; and Jeff Conner, trumpet. Special to the Democrat-Gazette

SWINGIN' BRASS

Boston Brass — Jeff Connor and Jose Sibaja, trumpets; Chris Castellaanos, French horn; Domingo Pagliuca, trombone; and William Russell, tuba — and the Brass All-Stars Big Band will offer a program titled "Christmas Bells Are Swingin'," 7:30 p.m. today at Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $30-$40, $10 for children and students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/Reynolds.

ART SALE I

Talented faculty and students at the Arkansas Arts Center Museum School will offer their creations at the annual Museum School Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Hall of Industry, Arkansas State Fairgrounds, 2600 Howard St., Little Rock. Admission is free. The members-only preview party is 6-9 p.m. Friday. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org.

ART SALE II

Four local artists — Lori Arnold, Alison Parsons, Suzie Burch and Erma Steelsmith — gather to sell their sell paintings, mosaics, sculpture and jewelry and share their skills at the Hot Springs Christmas: Studio Open Houses, at the Alison Parsons Studio, 1017 Lakeshore Drive, and Studio 404, 404 Burchwood Bay Road, Hot Springs. Admission is free. Visit hotsprings.org.

GARDEN LIGHTS

Garvan Woodland Gardens, 550 Arkridge Road, Hot Springs, gets a jump on the Christmas spirit with the Saturday opening of its annual elaborate display of more than 4.5 million Holiday Lights, 4-9 p.m. daily (except Thanksgiving and Christmas days, when the facility is closed) through Dec. 31. Admission is $15, $5 for children 4-12. Reserved-date and -time tickets are available online. Call (501) 262-9300 or visit garvangardens.org.

— Compiled by Jennifer Nixon

and Eric E. Harrison

Weekend on 11/21/2019

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