LITTLE ROCK — 1 MATRIMONY
Brides, grooms and their attendants will have stacks of wedding information at their fingertips at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Bridal Show, 12:30-5 p.m. Sunday at the Statehouse Convention Center. The event features vendors, musical acts and prizes. The runway fashion show starts at 4:30 p.m. and reserved seating is available. Tickets are $7 in advance, $10 at the door. Call (501) 378-3807.
2 MUSEUM After months of renovations, the Museum of Discovery has a new entrance on President Clinton Avenue and a new look. The redesigned museum is packed with dozens of new interactive exhibits on earth science, physical science and biology aimed at every age group, from toddlers to senior citizens. The museum reopens Saturday. Regular hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, and the museum will also be open Jan. 16. Admission is $10, $8 for ages 1-11. Call (501) 396-7050 or visit amod.org.
3 MOTION The horses are ready to shoot out of the starting gate. Racing season at Oaklawn, 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs, begins Friday with the first post at 1 p.m. Regular racing continues through April 14, Thursday-Sunday with first posts at 1:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday and Sunday, 1 p.m. Saturday and holiday Mondays. Call (800) 625-5296.
4 MURDER
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
by Moises Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber, a sequel looking at the longer-term effects in the decade since the 1998 beating death of a gay Wyoming college student, opens Friday at the Weekend Theater, West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Jan. 28. Tickets are $16, $12 for students and senior citizens 65 and older. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit weekendtheater.org.
5 MUTTS Little Rock band the Salty Dogs — Brad Williams (vocals/guitars), Bart Angel (kick and snare/percussion/backing vocals), Brent LaBeau (upright bass), and Nick Devlin (lap steel/guitars) — will perform for the William F. Laman Public Library’s monthly “Live at Laman” show at 7 p.m. today at the main library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 758-1720 or visit LamanLibrary.org.
6 ‘MR. GOODTIME’ Country performer Colt Ford takes the stage at Shooter’s Sports Bar and Grill, 9500 Interstate 30, for a special performance, 9:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $20-$25. Call (501) 565-4003.
7 METROPOLITAN A score of singers from across the country will be taking part in the Arkansas District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, starting at approximately 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave. Top performers will receive cash awards and move on to the Feb. 11 regional finals in Memphis; regional finalists get a fare-paid trip to New York to participate in the national semifinals on the Metropolitan Opera stage and the chance (if they make the national finals) to compete in a public concert at the Met for cash prizes of up to $15,000 and a big career launch. Admission is free. Call (501) 569-3294 or visit metoperafamily.org/ metopera/auditions/national/index.aspx. See story Page 5E.
8 MISERABLES
Benton’s Young Players will stage
Les Miserables School Edition
at 7 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. The two-hour version of the musical is “specially adapted to meet the needs of young performers.” Tickets are $12, $10 for senior citizens, $5 for students. Call (501) 315-5483 or visit www.theroyalplayers.com.
9 MUSIC
Choo Choo Soul With Genevieve!
— singer Genevieve Goings and beatbox artist “DC” from the Disney Junior Channel show — will be onstage at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Fine Arts Center Auditorium at East Arkansas Community College, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. The show is part of the college’s Family Series. Tickets are $12. Call (870) 633-4480 Extension 352 or visit eacc.edu.
10 MAYHEM It’s a battle on skates Saturday as Central Arkansas Roller Derby’s Big Dam Rollers take on the Mountain Gateway Sisterhood of Steel from Poteau, Okla., with Attack of the 50-foot Rollergirl. The bout starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at SkateWorld, 6512 Mabelvale Cut Off. Tickets are $10, free for children 10 and under, and portions of the proceeds will go to Camp Quality of Arkansas. Call (501) 758-9269 or visit littlerockrollerderby.com.
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