THE WEEKEND TEN

— 1 BLUES

Two legendary bluesmen — 97-year -old pianist Pinetop Perkins and “harpist” Willie “Big Eyes” Smith , fresh off winning the “Best T raditional Blues Album” Grammy earlier this month for Joined at the Hip — will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at Stickyz Rock ’N’ Roll Chicken Shack, 107 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Voodoo Sauce will be the opening act. Tickets are $20. Call (501) 372-7707 or visit www.stickyfingerz. com. See full story, Page 5E.

2 BULBS

It’s time to prepare for spring planting, spring cleaning and spring home improvements. The Arkansas Flower & Garden Show offers gardening tools, educational booths, seed swaps, display gardens and juried flower show. On Sunday, the Big Backyard Family Learning Center will provide interactive activities for children. Show hours at the Statehouse Convention Center are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8, $6 for ages 60 and older and military, children 11 and under free; $12 for a three-day pass. Call (501) 821-4000 or visit arflowerandgardenshow.org. Across the river in North Little Rock, the Home Builders Association of Greater Little Rock presents its annual Home Show at Verizon Arena. In addition to tips and displays on home-related designs, technology, products and services, this year’s show includes a Biergarten area and a Kids Zone full of children’s activities Saturday. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8, free for children under 12 with an adult. Call (501) 758-3646 or visit www.hbaglr. com/home-show. If you attend the Home Show and the Flower & Garden Show, you can get $1 off your admission to one show if you have a ticket stub for the other.

3 CLASSICAL

Violinist Augustin Hadelich will solo with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philip Mann on Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in a pair of Masterworks concerts called “Incredible Beethoven,” 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Robinson Center Music Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. Mann will also conduct the Symphony No. 3 by Johannes Brahms. Crowne Plaza Little Rock is the sponsor. Tickets are $14-$48 plus handling charges; student and military tickets are $10. K-12 students can get into the Sunday matinee free (with the purchase of an adult ticket). Call (501) 666-1761 or visit ArkansasSymphony.org. Hadelich will also headline the orchestra’s next River Rhapsodies chamber concert, 7 p.m. March 8 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave. Tickets are $22.

4 GLASS-ICAL

It’s the 25th anniversary for Arkansas Glasshoppers’ Depression Era Glass Show and Sale. Dealers from 14 states will display period glassware, pottery and kitchen items, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at the Hall of Industry at the State Fairgrounds. Admission is $5 and is good for both days. (501) 868-4969.

5 BACH

The Little Rock Wind Symphony will put on a concert called “Perennials” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. Organist Robert Bidewell (substituting as soloist for injured saxophonist Andy Wen) will play J.S. Bach’s Fantasia in G major. The program will also include Fillmore: Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna by Franz von Suppe, The Gumsucker’s March by Percy Grainger and Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik by Adam Gorb. Karen Fannin conducts. Concert sponsor is Chris Vanlandingham. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens, $5 for students. Call (501) 666-0777 or visit lrwindsymphony.org.

6 BOOKS

Load your shelves full of bargain books at the Friends of Central Arkansas Libraries Used Book Sale. Hundreds of volumes — $1 for hardcovers, 50 cents for paperbacks — will be on sale in the Main Library basement at 100 Rock St., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 918-3000.

7 FOLK

Six-time Grammy-winning Irish folk group The Chieftains will give a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday in Baum Walker Hall of Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. The concert, part of the Chieftains’ 2011 U.S. tour in support of their 2010 album San Patricio, will feature “an array of surprise guests and local musicians,” according to a news release, including between six and 20 local dancers and Scottish pipe bands performing the “March to Battle,” which Liam Neeson narrated for the album. Tickets are $46-$72 plus handling charges. Sponsor is E&J Gallo Winery. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.

8 FUNK

Mardi Gras Indians, the 101 Runners, a “heavy percussive Indian funk band” from New Orleans, will perform their tribal rhythms and swampy voodoo funk at 7 p.m. today at George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville; 7 p.m. Friday at the Arlington Hotel, Fountain Street and Central Avenue, Hot Springs; and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Dreamland Ballroom, 800 W. Ninth St., Little Rock. Admission to the Fayetteville show is $10; to the Hot Springs show, $30; to the Little Rock show, $35, $5 of which supports Friends of Dreamland’s restoration efforts. Winner of a costume contest will receive a 101 Runners gift assortment and the chance to dance onstage with the group. Call (501) 993-7502 or visit arconventionsandevents.com or dreamland ballroom.com.

9 BOATS

Get ready for vacation season at the Hot Springs Boat, Tackle & RV Show at the Hot Springs Convention Center, 134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. The show includes seminars and exhibits as well as a children’s casting competition on Saturday and Sunday and a visit by Yogi Bear on Saturday. Show hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5, children 12 and under free. Call (501) 765-1423.

10 BALL

The first Krewe of Hogs Hillbillies and Po’Boys Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at Vino’s, West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock. Music will be by Rip Van Shizzle; there will be a “Hillbillies and Po’Boys” costume contest and the winners will be crowned king and queen of the ball. Tickets are $5 in advance — e-mail KreweOfHogs@att.net; $10 at the door, and include beer and beads. All proceeds go to Community Theatre. Call (501) 626-0049 or visit the Krewe of Hogs Facebook page, www.facebook.com/#!/home. php?sk=group_174514849244535 .

Weekend, Pages 33 on 02/24/2011

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