Social calendar

April 18 The British Invasion 50th fi nale, 7 p.m. at the Argenta Community Theater.

The event features the Argenta Arts Foundation Friend of the Arts Award, an art auction, and British Invasion music by Steve Bates and Midas Coven. Tickets are $100 and may be purchased online at bit.ly/1lG805V.

22 It Takes a Presbyterian Village Annual Gala, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. Reception and cocktail buffet, entertainment by Swing Band Reunion and live and silent auctions. Proceeds will be spent updating the dining room of the retirement lodge.

Tickets are $100. For more information, or to order tickets, contact Leah Johnson at (501) 225-1615, Extension 15.

24 Third Annual Seersucker Social, 6 to 9 p.m. on the lawn of the Old State House Museum.

Hosted by the 1836 Club, the event will have croquet, mint juleps and a band playing rhythm and blues. Tickets are $35 and include a one-year membership in the club. For additional information, call Brooke Malloy at (501) 324-8647.

24 Twelfth Annual Empty Bowls for Arkansas Food bank, 6 p.m. at Next Level Events.

Tickets are $75. The evening includes sampling dishes prepared by local chefs, silent and live auctions, and music by The Rodney Block Band. More information is available by calling Becky Barnes Campbell at (501) 569-4329.

24 Spring Quartet in the Garden, 6:30 p.m. at the Governor’s Mansion. A benefit for the Arkansas Chamber Singers with music by the Soma Quartet in the Mansion’s Parterre Garden. Tickets are $65. Call (501) 377-1121 for more details.

24 Business of Art, 5:30 p.m.

in Pulaski Technical College’s Grand Hall, in the Campus Center at the North Little Rock site.

Honoring Jim Cargill, president and chief lending officer of Arvest Bank and artist Kevin Kresse, the event includes a silent auction of work by Arkansas artists, an art exposition and a reception, with food prepared by the college’s Arkansas Culinary School. Tickets are $75. For more information, call (501) 812-2200.

25 Appomattox Club Gala and Scholarship Banquet, 6:15 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Country Club. The event is free but donations are accepted. For more information call Carree Coleman Jr. at (501) 580-9316.

25 17th Annual Food and Foam Fest, 6-9 p.m. at Dickey-Stephens Park. A craft beer festival offering samples of over 250 different kinds of beer, with wine and food from local restaurateurs to raise money for Juvenile Arthritis research and education. VIP tickets are $70 and include early admission, samplings of rare beers and a T-shirt. Regular admission is $45. More information may be found at foamfest.org.

25 Sculpture at the River Market Preview Party, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the River Market Pavilion. The event features music by Dizzy 7, a cocktail buffet and an opportunity to visit with the sculptors. Tickets are $100. From 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

is the after-party, Bronze and Brewskis, with beer and wine and music by That Arkansas Weather. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Preview party tickets are good for the after-party. For more information call (501) 664-1919.

26 Finale Gala, 6 p.m. Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Fine Arts Building. The optional black-tie event honoring Craig O’Neill and Jane F. Hankins will have a full bar and heavy hors d’oeuvres, and students performing songs from the musical The Fantasticks. Tickets are $200 each. To reserve tickets, call (501) 569-3296.

26 St. Vincent’s IV party begins at 6:30 p.m. with a benefactor event - tickets are $500 - and the main event starts at 8 p.m. - tickets for which are $175. It’s held on the west side of St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. Music by Los Angeles band Play. Tickets available at bit.ly/1fHLSUT.

26 Tea and Tiaras, 10:30a.m. at Chenal Country Club. The event will have crafts, photos with a special guest and brunch.

It benefits the Waner Children’s Vascular Anomaly Foundation.

Tickets for children 17 and under are $25 and adult tickets are $40. Previously purchased tickets - this event is a rescheduling of a winter one canceled due to weather - will be honored.

For more information, contact executive director Sherri Foster at (917) 703-1903 or sfoster@wanerkids.org .

26 Annual RockStar Lounge, 7 p.m. at Rock Town Distillery.

Hosted by the Envoys, the evening will benefit research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.

Vince & the Revelation, a Prince tribute band, will headline.

Tickets are $50 and can be ordered at cancer.uams.edu/rockstar or by calling (501) 526-2277.