LITTLE ROCK — 1 BRIGHT NIGHT
Country stars Martina McBride and Trace Adkins will “Shine All Night” — that’s the name of their current tour — starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Verizon Arena, 1 Verizon Arena Way (East Broadway and Interstate 30), North Little Rock. Tour sponsors include BC Powder, GAC and Sunny D. Tickets are $59.75, $49.75 and $35.75, including facility fee but not service or convenience charges. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
2 LUMINOUS LORETTA
Loretta Lynn, the Queen of Country Music, will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The show is part of UCA’s Public Appearances series. Tickets are $50, $45 and $40, with discounts for UCA, staff and students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca. edu/tickets.
3 ALCOTT ADAPTED
The Arkansas Arts
Center Children’s Theatre will open its production of Little Women, adapted by Sandra Deer from the book by Louisa May Alcott, at 7 p.m. Friday with shows at 7 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 7 at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park, 10th and Commerce streets, Little Rock. Tickets are $14, $11 for children. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkarts.com. (See full story, Page 4E)
4 IF IT FLOATS
A flotilla of boats, party
barges and watercraft of all kinds will be decked out at the Statehouse Convention Center this weekend for the annual Arkansas Marine Expo. In addition to all the vendors and displays, professional wakeboarder Clay Fraley will be on hand to talk about his sport. Show hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5, free for children 12 and under. Call (501) 225-6177 or (501) 765-1423.
5 LOFTY STRINGS
The SoMa String Quartet — Darby BeDell and Geoffrey Robson, violins; Joe Joyner, viola; and Stephen Feldman, cello — have a lofty program for their chamber music concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Warehouse Lofts (a historic auto garage being turned into a loft-style apartment building), Unit CD, 1509 Louisiana St., Little Rock. The program: Josquiniana, six secular songs by 16thcentury composer Josquin des Prez, arranged by Charles Wuorinen; Visions and Miracles by Chris Theofanidis; and the String Quartet No. 4 by Dmitri Shostakovich. Tickets are $30, $15 for students, and include wine and cheese. Call (501) 650-6883 or visit somastringquartet. com.
6 SURGE OF SERGEI
Pianist Mary Scott Goode joins the
Texarkana Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marc-Andre Bougie to perform Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Perot Theatre, 219 Main St., Texarkana. Bougie, who will also conduct the Symphony No. 5 by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, will give a concert preview at 6:45. Tickets are $40, $33, $26, $19 and $7. Call (903) 792-4992 or visit texarkanasym phony.org.
7 IN COLD BLOOD
The slithery, the slimy
and the scaly are back as the Museum of Discovery presents Cold Blooded Creatures, through Saturday. Special showtimes for this gathering of reptiles and amphibians will be 1:30 p.m. today-Friday, 11:30 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday. Museum admission is $8, $7 for ages 65 and older and children 1-12. Regular hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 396-7050 or visit amod.org.
8 ARGENTA APPETITES
Sample the best chow
that downtown North Little Rock has to offer as Argenta Restaurant Week draws to a close Saturday. Restaurants like Cornerstone Pub, Reno’s Argenta Cafe, Starving Artist Cafe and Ristorante Capeo offer two-course lunches for $8 and three-course prix fixe dinners for $25. There’s also the chance to enter the Diner Drawings and win prizes like jewelry and gift certificates. Call (501) 993-1234 or visit argentarestaurantweek. com.
9 OH, DEER
It’s a weekend for hunters
and outdoor sportsmen at the annual Arkansas Big Buck Classic, Friday-Sunday at the State Fairgrounds, 2401 W. Roosevelt Road. In addition to the deer competition, visitors can expect a bow shoot, chili cook-off, vendors, climbing wall and knife-making demonstrations. The doors will be open 1-9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10, $5 for ages 5-12. Call (501) 985-1533 or visit bigbuckclassic.com.
10 KLEZMER
CONNECTION
The Meshugga Klezmer Band takes the stage with its high-energy performance of eastern European Jewish music at The Afterthought, 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. The music starts at 8 p.m. Saturday. Cover charge is $8. Call (501) 663-1196 or visit afterthoughtbar.com.
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