LITTLE ROCK — 1 BILL
Master monologist, muchhonored humorist and national treasure Bill Cosby will take the stage at 3 p.m. Sunday at Robinson Center Music Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. Tickets are $27-$72 plus handling fees. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story Page 8E.
2 BEAT Electric rock violinist Mark Wood of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra returns to Little Rock for the fifth time with his band, the Mark Wood Experience, to perform with about 120 young musicians (mostly from Mills and Conway high schools) who compose The Point 94.1’s Youth Rock Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday at Robinson Center Music Hall. They’ll be playing music by Journey, Adele, Kansas, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and original music by Wood. Tickets are $20. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit youthrockorchestra.com or Ticketmaster.com. See story Page 5E.
3 BROWN
The William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock, welcomes Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Charlie Brown and, of course, Snoopy as it opens “Inside Peanuts: The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz”
Friday. The 6-8 p.m. opening reception will feature a performance by the Gentleman Jazz. The exhibit remains through May 13. Hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 758-1720. See story Page 4E.
4 BEAUTY Take a very special egg home with you at Eggshibition XXI: Extreme Makeover — Youth Home Edition, 7 p.m. Friday at the Jack Stephens Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave. The annual Youth Home fundraiser features live and silent auctions, music and refreshments, but the highlight is the eggs — fanciful plaster creations decorated by local artists. This year’s celebrity-autographed eggs include the signatures of coach Bobby Petrino and actor Matthew Mc-Conaughey. The event kicks off with a patron party at 6 p.m. Tickets are $50, $75 for patrons. Call (501) 821-7054.
5 BANDS
Folksinger Michael Johnathon and his WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour will record two one-hour broadcasts showcasing Arkansas and Arkansas-connected musicians at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Confirmed acts include The Cleverlys, Mountain Viewbased Blue Rain Bluegrass Band, Bonnie Montgomery, junior-high bluesman Nathan A., Fayetteville “folkgrass” group Still on the Hill and mountain dulcimer champion Scott Odena with Peterson’s Original Ragtime Band. Tickets are $30-$40, $27-$37 for senior citizens, $10 for students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/reynolds. The show airs at 8 p.m. Thursdays on Little Rock station KUAR-FM, 89.1. See story Page 4E.
6 BUNNY And speaking of eggs, the Clinton Presidential Center will host its seventh annual Easter Family Festival and Egg Hunt, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday on the park grounds, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Free games, activities (pictures with the Easter Bunny, a petting zoo and a major toy giveaway), plus Arkansas’ largest egg hunt. Rain would move the event to 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonpresidentialcenter.org.
7 BATTLE The five finalists — pianist QiaoMei “Anna” Cheng, baritone Darren Drone, sopranos Grace Johnson and Rebecca Rollene and oboist Andreas Oeste — in the annual “Trinity Presents” Collegiate Performance Showcase will each give 12-minute performances at 6 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock. The program will range from Franz Liszt to Stephen Sondheim. Last year’s winner, tenor Jacob Keith Watson, will also perform. Each finalist receives a $500 cash prize; the overall winner gets an additional $1,000. Admission is by free ticket. Call (501) 377-1161.
8 BOUNTY Student and alumni choreographers conceived eight of the nine contemporary pieces on the program for the Hendrix College Dance Ensemble’s spring concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday in Staples Auditorium, Hendrix, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. Admission is free. Call (501) 505-2947 or visit www.hendrix.edu.
9 BLAST Musical group Geezer will headline an evening of classic rock for a good cause at Amp Out Alz: A Rock & Roll Event, 7 p.m. Saturday at The Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Admission, $25, benefits Alzheimer’s Arkansas. Call (501) 224-0021 or visit ampoutalz.com.
10 BARK Magic Springs & Crystal Falls, on U.S. 70 in Hot Springs, is putting on the dog Saturday. Bark for Life, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. features dog-friendly demonstrations, contests, games and walking to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Registration is $10 for one person and dog in advance, $20 day-of, $5 per additional dogs (participants are limited to two dogs each). Call (501) 624-8103, (501) 624-8100 or (501) 620-0391 or visit relayforlife. org/garlandarbark.
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