LITTLE ROCK — 1 On the ice
Verizon Arena presents “Holiday Celebration on Ice,” with Brian Boitano and champion ice skaters performing to music by REO Speedwagon and Rick Springfield at 7 p.m. today.
Tickets are $46.75-$61.75. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit Ticketmaster.com. See full story, Page 3E.
2 ON THEIR ‘TOES’
Also performing this weekend at
Verizon Arena: The Country Music Association-nominated, Atlanta-based Zac Brown Brand. The group — Zac Brown, Jimmy De Martini, John Driskell Hopkins, Coy Bowles (guitar, organ), Chris Fryar (drums) and Clay Cook — will be serving up hits like “Chicken Fried” and “Whatever It Is” at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $30.25. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit Ticketmaster.com.
3 ON THE WALL
Decorate your home with works
by local artists or tick off a few items on your Christmas shopping list at the Museum School Holiday Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Held at the Hall of Industry Building at the State Fairgrounds, this sale will feature jewelry, photographs, woodwork, glass, drawings, paintings and pottery from the faculty and students at the Arkansas Arts Center’s Museum School. Admission is free. Call (501) 372-4000.
4 IN THE HOUSE
Houses in North Little Rock’s
Shady Valley neighborhood will open their doors for the annual Home for the Holidays home tour. Presented by the Junior League of North Little Rock, the houses will be open for tours noon-7 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10. Those who want an early start can take part in the luncheon and preview tour, 11 a.m. Friday at Pulaski Technical College for $25. Or guests can attend a wine and cheese party and silent auction, 7 p.m. Friday at 567 Silverwood Trail, $20. Call (501) 372-1436 or visit jlnlr.org.
5 IN THE BAG
It will be three
days of shopping madness at the Conway Regional Women’s Council’s Dazzle Daze, today-Saturday. The Don Owen Sports Complex at Interstate 40 and U.S. 65 in Conway will turn into a shoppers’ paradise, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Music and craft tips will entertain crowds during shopping hours. Admission is $5, $4 for ages 55 and older, free for children under 12. There are also special events like the Girls’ Nite Out preview party, 6-9 p.m. today; $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be available for pictures, 5-8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, $12. Call (501) 513-5778 or visit conwayregional. org/body.cfm?id=74.
6 ON THEIR FEET
Student choreographers did the
sowing and students in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s new bachelor of fine arts degree program in dance performance do the reaping (and leaping) in “Dance Harvest,” 8 p.m. today through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre, Center for Performing Arts, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave. Tickets are $7, $5 for students and senior citizens. Call (501) 569-3456 or visit ualr.edu/ theatre/dance.
7 ON THE FIELD
If you’re headed to Little Rock’s
War Memorial Stadium on Saturday to see or just tailgate at the SEC football game between Arkansas and Mississippi State, or if you need to know just when to avoid the area around West Markham Street and Fair Park Boulevard, kickoff is 11:21 a.m. Need information on tickets or anything else regarding the game? Visit arkansasrazorbacks.com.
8 IN TOP VOICE
More than 500 of central
Arkansas’ best young singers, selected by audition from 77 junior and senior high schools, will be at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Saturday for the Central Arkansas Choral Directors Association’s All-Region Choir Clinic. The day-long event culminates in a 6 p.m. performance with members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra at Robinson Center Music Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. The program will range from the Te Deum by Franz Josef Haydn to spirituals and folk tunes. Admission is free. Call (501) 569-3294.
9 ON THE LAWN
The Old State House Museum,
300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, will help visitors travel back to the Federal military occupation of Little Rock, fall and winter of 1863-64, via a Civil War living history event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday on the museum lawn. Events will feature youth programs, firing demonstrations at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and re-creation of the 1864 Constitutional Convention at 11 a.m. and the 1864 election at 2 p.m. Attendees will receive a period-style newspaper replica. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9685.
10 IN THE ASYLUM Emilie Autumn, Courtney
Love’s “anarchy violinist,” will perform her “Asylum stage show” (she claims to live in an insane asylum for wayward girls) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Village, 3915 University Ave. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, plus handling surcharge. Call (501) 570-0300 or visit www. thevillagelive.com.
Weekend, Pages 33 on 11/19/2009