1 RISE
Start Easter Sunday at the river for the
Community Easter Sunrise Service, 7
a.m. Sunday at the Riverfest Amphithe
atre. This is the 25th year for the ser
vice, which includes participation from
community leaders, clergy and choirs.
Call (501) 664-3600 or visit communi
tysunriseservice.com.
2 RUFF/RABBIT Break out Fido’s Easter bonnet and basket. The annual Angels Care
Animal Rescue Dog-Gone Easter Egg
Hunt returns Saturday at a new location,
MacArthur Park. In addition to the Easter
bonnet parade, the egg hunt, silent auc
tion, music and Easter photos, the cele
bration will also include the grand opening
of the MacArthur Unleashed Dog Park.
Registration starts at noon and admission
is $10 per dog. Call (501) 541-1057.
It’s a big weekend for the Easter
Bunny, but he’s taking the time to stop
by the Little Rock Zoo. While enjoying
breakfast or lunch, guests to the zoo can
meet a few special animals, decorate an
Easter cookie, make an egg basket and
get a photo with the bunny. Breakfast
starts at 9:30 a.m. and lunch is at 1 p.m.
Saturday. Sunday is lunch only, at 1 p.m.
Tickets are $21.95 for members, $25.95
for nonmembers and $16.95 for children.
Advance tickets are required. Call (501)
661-7218 or visit littlerockzoo.com.
3 REMEMBER JFK: 50 Years Later, a collection of archival photographs of John
F. Kennedy, is spread throughout North
Little Rock’s Argenta District through
Saturday. General admission is free. In
conjunction, the Argenta Film Series will
present a screening of Oliver Stone’s JFK,
7 p.m. today at the Argenta Community
Theatre, 405 Main St., North Little Rock.
The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock,
will host “Shooting JFK: A Conversation
With Photographer Willie Allen,” 4 p.m.
Saturday. Admission to both events is free, but reservations are required. Call (501) 993-1234 or visit argentaartsdistrict.org.
4 RETROSPECTIVE Garrison Keillor will take visitors on a journey through the past as he brings his Garrison Keillor: A Brand New Retrospective show to Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. The performance starts at 7 p.m. today and tickets are $38-$76. Call (479) 443-5600.
5 RALLY The Lafayette County town of Bradley will be buzzing with bikers, crafters and partygoers during the annual Governor Conway Days Festival, Friday-Saturday. The gathering includes car, tractor and motorcycle shows; music;
arts and crafts; a bass tournament and children’s activities. General admission is free. Call (870) 894-3935.
6 REEL Reel Arkansas, a new nonprofit group, will hold the 2013 Reel Women Festival, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton, featuring 13 shorts and one full-length feature each from Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi. Festival highlights include Sarah Jones’ Arkansas-made John Wayne’s Bed, inspired by the life story of Allen Schmidt, an Arkansas outdoorsman with Lou Gehrig’s disease, and G.B. Shannon’s Fresh Skweezed, shot in Tennessee, about a street-smart little girl determined to outwit the neighborhood bully. All the directors presenting films at the festival will take
part in a closing panel discussion at 5:10 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Visit reelarkansas.
org for ticket information and a complete schedule or e-mail reelarkansas@gmail.com.
7 ROMEO It’s no holds Bard for the South
Arkansas Symphony
Orchestra as actors
from Fayetteville’s The
atreSquared join the
musicians and con
ductor Kermit Poling
for a program of piec
es by Sergei Prokofiev,
Hector Berlioz and
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the El Dorado MunicipalAuditorium, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado.
Tickets are $20, $15 for senior citizens, $10 for college students, $5 for K-12 kids. Call (870) 862-0521 or visit southarkansassymphony.org.
8REPAhoy! It’s closing weekend for the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s world-premiere production of Treasure Island: A New Musical (music and lyrics by musical director Corinne Aquilina, book by director/choreographer Brett Smock and Carla Vitale, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic), with shows at 7 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Rep, 601 Main St. Ticket information is available at (501) 378-0405 or online at therep.org.
9 ROWDY It isn’t yet, however, the last night for The Last Night at Orabella’s, which continues through April 27 at The Joint, 301 Main St., in North Little Rock’s downtown Argenta District. The Main Thing (Brett Ihler, Charlie Kendrick and Vicki and Steve Farrell) portrays, cabaret-style, all the many residents of the tiny town of Dumpster, Ark., on hand for the swan song for their favorite honky-tonk.
Admission is $20. Call (501) 372-0205.
10REXNatalie Canerday, Kelley Ponder and Heather Dupree play Sweetgum, Texas’ Verdeen cousins, once again desperate to avoid disaster, especially when a funeral goes comically awry, in Rex’s Exes by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. The sequel to The Red Velvet Cake War runs Tuesday-Sunday through April 13 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Doors open and dinner begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 11 a.m. for Sunday and April 3 Wednesday matinees (no April 3 evening show); 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 12:30 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday matinees;
6:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets (including buffet and show) are $33 Sunday evening-Thursday, $35 Friday-Saturday, $31 Sunday and Wednesday matinees, with discounts for children and show-only tickets. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit the website, murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.
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