Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
Band concert
The Natural State Brass Band will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday in the auditorium of Immanuel Baptist Church, 501 N. Shackleford Road, Little Rock. The program, postponed by inclement weather in April, includes Entry of the Celts by Bertrand Moren, Misty by Erroll Garner, Padstow Lifeboat by Malcolm Arnold, Birdland by Joe Zawinul, the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini and "Somewhere" and "America" from Leonard Bernstein's score for West Side Story. Rusty Morris conducts; Neal Moore will be the narrator. Admission is free. Call (501) 920-2539 or (501) 765-1638.
Idol finalist
Casey Abrams, a 2010 American Idol finalist, will perform at 7 p.m. today at the the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center, Vada Sheid Community Development Center, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home. The concert kicks off the university's 2014-15 Arvest Concert Series. Admission is free. Call (870) 449-7164.
Scary-oke benefit
The fourth annual Scary-oke, a celebrity karaoke bash and auction, benefits Open Arms Shelter for Arkansas' children who are survivors of abuse and neglect, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock.
Doors open at 6:15 p.m. The $25 ticket includes hors d'oeuvres, sodas and water; beer, wine and Scary-oke cocktails are available at the cash bar. The celebrity karaoke lineup will include Loca Luna/Red Door chef Mark Abernathy; "DJ Taylor" from KSSN-FM, 96; Ashley King & Drew Mitchell from radio station KKPT-FM, 94.1, "The Point"; former pro football player Reggie Swinton; and former North Little Rock Mayor Terry Hartwick. Judges are former Miss Arkansas Paula Montgomery Swindle, North Little Rock's Danny Bradley and former Razorback quarterback Ron Calcagni.
KTHV-TV, Channel 11 weatherman Tom Brannon will be the emcee. "Were-Elvis" and "Elvira" will provide pre-show entertainment. An auction will include airline tickets, vacations and one-of-a-kind experiences. An optional $25 donation to the shelter will entitle attendees to pick one of 150 Trick-or-Treat bags, valued between $25 and $150. There's a prize for best costume. Call (501) 676-6166 or visit openarmsshelter.org.
Flat Stanley
The Dallas Children's Theater will put on its touring show, The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley, an adaptation of Jeff Brown's 1964 children's book Flat Stanley, at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The show is part of Conway's 2014 ArtsFest. Tickets are $10, $5 for children. Sponsor is Little Rock radio station KURB-FM, 98.5. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/reynolds.
Pride Parade
The second annual Pride Parade will start at Third Street and World Avenue, Little Rock, and ending on the grounds of the Clinton Presidential Center, 2-3 p.m. Sunday. A festival will follow, 3-8 p.m., featuring entertainment and music, vendors, food trucks and a kid zone. Admission is free. Call (501) 213-6543 or visit centralarkansaspride.com.
1964: The Tribute
Beatles tribute show 1964: The Tribute will be onstage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the East Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. The show is part of the university's 2014-15 Performance Season's Spotlight Series. Tickets are $39. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352 or visit eacc.edu.
Maumelle farce
The Maumelle Players community theater will stage See How They Run, a farce by Phillip King, at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Oct. 10-11 and 3 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Little Scholars Academy, 10910 Maumelle Blvd. at Counts Massie Road, North Little Rock. Tickets are $15, $12 senior citizens (65+) and students. Call (501) 492-9851 or visit maumelleplayers.org.
Cookin' in Spa City
The Hot Springs Pocket Community Theatre, 170 Ravine St. at Ramble Street, just off Park Avenue, Hot Springs, will stage Cookin' with Gus by Jim Brochu at 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Oct. 10-11 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Oct. 12. Tickets are $10, $5 for K-12 students. Call (501) 623-8585 or visit pockettheatre.com.
Herb festival
The Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View will host the 25th annual Herb Harvest Fall Festival Friday-Saturday at the state park, focusing this year on culinary herbs, fiber arts and medicinal remedies of the British Isles.
Justin M. Nolan, associate anthropology professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, will be the keynote speaker at 9:30 a.m. Friday, speaking on "Field Notes of British, Irish and Scots-Irish Folk Uses of Medicinal Plants and Corresponding Ozark Traditions." Culinary herbalist Susan Belsinger will speak on the "Gardens of the Emerald Isle" at 4:30 p.m. Friday and on "The Pleasures of Irish Cookery: From 'Tatties and Neeps' to Colcannon and Champ" at 10:15 a.m. Saturday.
Sessions run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. A full schedule with registration information is available at ozarkfolkcenter.com. At-the-door registration is 8-10 a.m. each day; the two-day fee is $120. Call (870) 269-3851.
Costume sale
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, will be selling hand-crafted costumes and props from its "closet" for productions that include Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wiz, White Christmas and A Chorus Line from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the theater lobby. Items start at at $2. Proceeds benefit Rep's production office. Call (501) 378-0405.
Weekend on 10/02/2014