LITTLE ROCK — Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts: Kids and characters
The Cat in the Hat and Clifford the Big Red Dog will be on hand for photos in the lobby of the Museum of Discovery, 500 President Clinton Ave., as PBS Kids and AETN are partnering with the museum for family fun days, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Friday. Other activities and story times will take place throughout each day. As part of the spring break celebration, visitors are invited to dress as their favorite PBS Kids character. Regular museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Admission is $10, $8 for kids age 1-11; lobby admission is free. Call (501) 396-7050 or visit museumofdiscovery.org.
Aldean tickets
Tickets - $40.50 and $68.50 - go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for the Jason Aldean 2013 Night TrainTour, with Aldean headlining and Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett as “special guests,” 7:30 p.m. May 11 at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena. There is a four-ticket limit and the arena is using its paperless ticket policy. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
The horror! The horror!
The second annual Little Rock Horror Picture Show, a production of the Little Rock Film Festival, will show 10 feature horror and science fiction films and 17 shorts from all over the world (some of them by Arkansans), 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m.Friday, 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-midnight Sunday at the Argenta Community Theatre, 405 Main St., and the Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock.
The three-day festival will also feature question-and-answer sessions with actors and filmmakers and four panel discussions on aspects of horror filmmaking.
Nine of the feature films will be competing for grand jury and audience favorite awards; awards will also be given for best Arkansas and best international shorts.
Film Festival director Justin Nickels says two of the feature films are made by Arkansans: the Arkansas-made The Eureka Incident, directed by Neil Osam, which will have an out-of-competition screening Saturday afternoon, and Roadside, by Arkansas native Eric England, a thriller about a pair of travelers tormented by an unseen psychopath while trapped in a stalled car, which will be the closing film Sunday night. A festival after-party at the White Water Tavern, 2500 W. Seventh St., will follow, featuring a performance by Foul Play Cabaret.
Tickets are $40 plus fees and taxes. Visit lrff. eventbrite.com, call (501) 205-0400 or e-mail info@ littlerockfilmfestival.org. A complete schedule will be available at littlerockfilmfestival.org.
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