THE WEEKEND TEN

The top things to do and places to be

— 1 Short

Lunafest, a festival of short films by, for and about women, comes to the Riverdale 10 Cinemas, 7 p.m. today. The traveling festival, which includes a silent auction and reception, benefits the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas and the Breast Cancer Fund, and is presented by Stroller Strides. The theater is at 2600 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. Tickets are $25. Call (888) 335-4041 or visit lunafest.org.

2 SOUTHERN

“Southern Journeys: African American Artists of the South,” paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and mixedmedia works by 54 artists about or in reaction to the American South, opens with a reception at 5 p.m. today at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock. Jazz musician Rodney Block will perform. Admission is free; refreshments will be served. Call (501) 683-3593 or visit mosaictemplarscenter.com. The exhibition, from ExhibitsUSA, a national program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, will be up through Aug. 11.

3 SOUNDS

The Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus; the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts Chorus; and the adult and children’s choirs of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will sing choral works by jazz legend Dave Brubeck in Dave Brubeck’s “Music for Peace,” 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 228 Spring St., Hot Springs. The concert is a collaboration between Brubeck, who wrote the pieces with his wife and lyricist, Iola, and Hot Springs Music Festival General Director Laura Rosenberg. Also participating: organist Lynn Payette, pianist Louis Menendez, bassist Bill Huntington and drummer Jay Payette. Tickets are $10, $5 for students. Call (501) 623-4763.

4 SURVIVAL

The Clinton Presidential Center’s focus on Haiti comes to an end as its exhibit, “Haiti: Building Back Better,” closes Sunday. At the Homes for Haiti Demonstration and Family Activity, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, guests can make “Homes for Haiti” pins. Regular center hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7; $5 for retired military, college students and ages 62 and older; $3 for children ages 6-17; free for active military and children under 6. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonpresidentialcenter.org.

5 SILLY

Impressionist Rich Little, who impersonates characters from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Kermit the Frog, not to mention 40 years of U.S. presidents, will put on a one-man show at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The performance is part of the university’s Nostalgia Series. Tickets are $30-$40, $27-$37 for senior citizens, with discounts for UCA alumni, faculty staff and students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012.

6 SAIL

Search for the birds and animals that make Arkansas their winter home on a Winter Discovery Cruise. The boat tours, presented by Pinnacle Mountain State Park, will leave from Jolly Roger’s Marina, 11800 Maumelle Harbour Road, on Lake Maumelle at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $10, $5 for children ages 6-12 and advance reservations and payment are required. Call (501) 868-5806 or visit arkansasstateparks.com/pinnaclemountain.

7 STORIED New Orleans-based entertainer Adella Gautier, who goes by Adella, Adella the Storyteller, will give a performance at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 Main St., Pine Bluff. Admission is free. Call (870) 536-3375 or visit artssciencecenter.org. Following the performance, families can make “activist buttons” with the staff from Little Rock’s Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and storytelling masks with Husny Dahlan, art professor at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

8 SUNDOWN

Fayetteville theater company Theatre Squared will stage the world premiere of Sundown Town by Arkansas playwright Kevin Cohea at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios, 505 W. Spring St., Fayetteville. Cohea has woven more than a dozen bluegrass, folk and Americana musical tunes into a story involving a young black drifter in 1918 seeking work in a rural north Arkansas town where a law prohibits “strangers” after dark. Joining the cast of local and national actors and singers is folk trio 3 Penny Acre. Additional performances at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; and, through Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. The play features violence and strong language; parental discretion is advised. Tickets are $22-$24. Call (479) 571-2728 or visit, theatre2.org.

9 SWEET

The Chocoholics Dream Night Out, a fundraiser for the Humane Society of Faulkner County, is a chocolate-lover’s fantasy complete with all-you-can-eat chocolate, 5-8 p.m. Friday. As they gorge on sweets, guests can enjoy music, bid in the silent auction and meet adoptable pets. The event will be at First United Methodist Church, 1610 Prince St., Conway. Admission is $12-$15. Call (501) 499-9776.

10 SHOW

The Arkansas Community Theater Association will hold its annual Community Theater festival, titled “Battle on the Boards,” at 6:45 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado. The festival will feature performances of Kitchen Dance by Ronald Robinson (Ouachita Little Theatre, Mena); Graceland by Ellen Byron (Little Theatre of Crittenden County, West Memphis); Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade (South Arkansas Arts Center, El Dorado); and Tuesdays With Morrie by Jeffery Hatcher and Mitch Albom (Conway Community Arts Association, Conway). Tickets are $10 (includes all four performances). Call (870) 862-5474, e-mail kelly@saac-arts.org or visit saac -arts.org or ARCTA.net.

Weekend, Pages 33 on 02/03/2011

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