Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
Siberian throat singers
Alash Ensemble, a trio of master throat singers from Tuva, Siberia, will put on two Arkansas concerts this weekend:
• 7 p.m. today, Ozarka College, 1800 College Drive, Mountain View, under the auspices of the Arkansas Craft School. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Call (870) 269-8397.
• 7 p.m. Friday, Grand Hall, Campus Center, Pulaski Technical College's Main Campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 812-2200.
Eagles tribute show
Eagles tribute band 7 Bridges will offer up The Ultimate Eagles Experience to open the 2014-15 Arkansas State University-Newport Patron Series, 7 p.m. Saturday, Center for the Arts, Arkansas State University-Newport, 7648 Victory Blvd., Newport. Tickets are $20. Call (870) 512-7802.
'Classical Masters'
The Pine Bluff Symphony and conductor Charles Jones Evans will open their 28th season with a program titled "The Classical Masters," 4 p.m. Sunday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center Auditorium, 500 E. Eighth Ave., Pine Bluff. Pianist Hee-Kyung Juhn, on the faculty at Henderson State University, will be the soloist in the Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor," by Ludwig van Beethoven. The program will include the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Symphony No. 94, "Surprise," by Franz Joseph Haydn. Tickets are $30 and $25, $12 and $8 for students. Call (870) 536-7666 or visit pinebluffsymphony.com.
Prokofiev and Mahler
Yevgeny Yontov will play the Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev and Twyla Robinson will be the soprano soloist in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the South Arkansas Symphony and conductor Kermit Poling, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado. Sponsor is Murphy Oil Corp. Tickets are $10-$25. Call (800) 792-0521 or visit SouthArkansasSymphony.org.
'Mac-O-Lanterns'
Bring your inner pumpkin carving talents to Little Rock's MacArthur Park, on East Ninth Street, Saturday for "Mac-O-Lanterns!", a new benefit for the park. Carving for pre-registered pumpkins, painting for walk-ins, takes place 3-6 p.m., with judging at 6 (top cash prize is $500) and candles lighted 6:24-8 p.m. Food trucks -- Southern Gourmasian, Cheto's and Loblolly Creamery -- and Stone's Throw Brewing will sell food and beverages from 5-8 p.m. Admission is $5, free for children 12 and younger. Call (501) 375-0121 or visit downtownlr.com.
Volunteers field band
The Volunteers of the United States Army Field Band will perform at 7 p.m. today at the Vada Sheid Community Development Center, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home. Admission is free. Call (870) 508-6109.
'Dreamscapes'
Organist Jason A. Pennington and mezzo-soprano Tonya Thompson will give a concert titled "Autumnal Dreamscapes," described as "an evening of music selected to inspire introspection, dreams and seasonal catharsis," at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. It's part of the St. Luke's Festival of the Senses.
Organ works include "The War March of Priests" from Athalia by Felix Mendelssohn; Sonate I by Paul Hindemith; the Toccata and Fugue in d minor, BWV 565, by Johann Sebestian Bach; an arrangement of the "Adagio for Strings" from the String Quartet, op.11, by Samuel Barber, Suite Gothique by Leon Boellmann; and the Fantasie and Andante for Musical Clock in f minor, K. 608, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Thompson will sing "The Black Swan" from The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti and "Apres un Reve," the first of the Trois Melodies, op.7 No. 1, by Gabriel Faure.
Admission is free; a reception will follow in the parish hall. Call (501) 753-4281.
The pipes are calling
The Lyon College Pipe Band will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The performance is part of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' monthly Arkansas Sounds concert series. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3033 or visit arkansassounds.org.
Career fair for vets
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, will host a Veteran Career Fair for veterans, active duty, National Guard and military reserve members and military spouses. This event will be a free hiring fair for employers and job seekers, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. More than 25 companies and agencies will participate, including Home Depot, Arvest Bank, Verizon, Starbucks Coffee, H&R Block, Pulaski County, Troops to Teachers, TeleTech, U.S. Foods, Cardinal Health, Skippy Foods, ABF Trucking, Frito Lay, Arkansas State Police, Wal-Mart, Regions Bank and the Heritage Co. Call (501) 376-4602.
Weekend on 10/23/2014