THE WEEKEND TEN

LITTLE ROCK — 1 BULL!

Professional bull riders will be converging on North Little Rock this weekend for the PBR Touring Pro Division event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Verizon Arena. The tour culminates in the Oct. 26-30 PBR World Finals in Las Vegas, with a $1 million bonus going to the winner. Tickets are $10 plus handling fees. Call (501) 975-9000 or (800) 745-3000 or visit verizonarena.com or ticketmaster.com.

2 SNEETCHES!

Yertle, Horton, The Grinch and their companions are taking up temporary residence at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock. “The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss” exhibit, which examines seven decades of Theodor Geisel’s work, opens Saturday at the center and will continue through May 22. Also, the center will have a free admission day Monday. Otherwise, admission is $7, $5 for retired military, college students and ages 62 and over; $3 for children 6-17; free for active military. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonpresidentialcenter.org.

3 SLURP!

More than 30 restaurants will ladle up their best soups for Soup Sunday, 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the Embassy Suites, 11301 Financial Centre Parkway in Little Rock. The fundraiser for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is celebrating its 30th year with soups, children’s activities, music by Little Joe and the BKs and a silent auction.

There will also be a VIP room where chef Scott McGehee will give demonstrations. General admission is $20, $5 for children 5-12, $50 for the VIP room. Call (501) 371-9678 or visit aradvocates.org.

4 ROAR!

Sing along as big purple dinosaur Barney and his friends offer “Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!” at 3 and 6:30 p.m. today at Robinson Center Music Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. Tickets are $15 and $20, with a limited number of $25 Gold Circle Seats and $50 Dino Seats (sit on the front row, plus a pre-show meet and greet) plus handling fees. Call (501) 244-8800 or (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.

5 TWINKLE!

Fire pits and luminarias will light the paths at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, during the annual Lanterns! festival.

Guests can visit eight cultural areas (Shakespearean England, Venice, Asia, India, Russia, the American Wild West,Mexico and Germany) for crafts, demonstrations, performances and other special activities. The festival hours are 6-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 6-9 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10, $5 for children 6-12. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.

6 GOOD!

The Community Theatre of Little Rock will stage Aaron Sorkin’s military courtroom drama A Few Good Men at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26 and March 4-5 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 and March 6 at the Public Theatre, 616 Center St., Little Rock.

Tickets are $14, $12 for military members, students and senior citizens 65 and over, free for children 6 and under. There will be a “Pocket Price Preview” at 7:30 p.m. today; admission is whatever you can pay, but seating is strictly first-come, first-served. Call (501) 410-2283 (ACT3) or visit communitytheatreoflittlerock.org.

7 OY!

Singers from the Hot Springs Music Festival, a children’s chorus (members of the Congregation House of Israel Hebrew School Choir and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Angelchoir) and a professional instrumental ensemble including visiting Israeli woodwind player Amir Gwirtzman will gather for the world premiere of Oy Vey Cabaret, a concert tracing the path of Jewish song from Old World Eastern European celebrations through its migration to the New World, the golden age of Yiddish musical theater and its influence on today’s movies and popular music, at 7 p.m. today in the ballroom of the Arlington Hotel, Central Avenue and Fountain Street, Hot Springs. Tickets are $10, $5 for students; special stage-side table seats are $50. Call (501) 623-4763.

8 WITCH!

Center on the Square, 111 W. Arch Ave., Searcy, will stage Arthur Miller’s witch-trial drama The Crucible at 7 p.m. today-Saturday. The production is the center’s first “Actor’s Showcase.” Sponsors are Citizens State Bank in Bald Knob and Stott’s Drugstorein Searcy. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Call (501) 368-0111 or visit centeronthesquare.org.

9 ACTION!

Former President Bill Clinton and Academy Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen will attend Argenta Community Theater’s “Opening Act Celebration,” today-Saturday at 405 Main St. in North Little Rock’s Argenta district. Things get under way today with the Little Rock Film Festival screening a feature motion picture, Small Town Murder Songs, with a 6:30 p.m. reception and the screening at 7:30. Admission is free; 200 tickets are available on a first-come, firstserved basis. The theater will be dedicated in an invitation-only event Friday; Clinton and Steenburgen will attend Saturday’s fundraising dinner in an outdoor tent, on a parking lot across from the theater and that block of Main Street will be closed that evening. Tickets are $150, $1,500 for a table of 10. Call (501) 353-1443 or e-mail kbryant@argentacommunityth eater.com.

10 WOOF!

Prize pups will go through their paces at the South Arkansas Kennel Club Dog Shows and Obedience Trials. Show hours are 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at the Highland Airport Facilities, 204 Ouachita 212 (Veterans Road) in Camden. Admission is $5, $1 for ages 65 and older and children 6-12. No unregistered dogs are allowed. Call (870) 836-7297.