Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
Music
• Boston Brass -- Jose Sibaja and Jeff Conner, trumpets; Chris Castellanos, horn; Domingo Pagliuca, trombone; and Sam Pilafian, tuba -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., Little Rock. The first half of the program, titled "And the Nominees Are ...," consists of the quintet's "most-loved virtuosic musical selections," including Sibaja's arrangements of the "Ritual Fire Dance" from El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla, "Wachet auf" by J.S. Bach and "Verano Porteno" from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazolla; Castellanos' arrangements of Danza Fantastica by Joaquin Turina and "Primavera Portena" from Piazolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires; and Pilafian's arrangement of the Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers by Giocchino Rossini. During intermission, the audience will fill out ballots and choose the program for the second half. Tickets are $20, $10 for students. Call (501) 375-2342.
• Country singer and Helena-West Helena native Matthew Huff will open the 2014-15 Warfield Concert Series with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Beth El Heritage Hall, 406 Perry St., Helena-West Helena. This concert is being sponsored by Helena National Bank. Admission is by free ticket, available at warfieldconcerts.com. Call (870) 338-8327.
• The Muses will kick off their Opera Week, Saturday-Sept. 19 with two "Opera Classics" concerts, 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Muses Cultural Arts Center, 428 Orange St., Hot Springs. The program will include opera arias, duets and ensemble pieces from Georges Bizet's Carmen, Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata and Rigoletto, Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute. The concerts are the group's fall offering in its "Four Seasons in Art and Song" subscription series. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 609-9811 or visit themusesproject.org.
• The South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2014-15 season with guests Canadian band Jeans 'n Classics (lead vocals by Gavin Hope and Jean Meilleur) performing the music of Chicago, Earth Wind & Fire and Blood Sweat & Tears at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth St., El Dorado. Tickets are $10-$25. Call (800) 792-0521 or visit SouthArkansasSymphony.org.
• Barbershop-style ensembles the Fun City Chorus (male) and the Top of the Rock Chorus (female), the Stardust Big Band, singer Robert Raines, pianist Tommy Priakos and a group of area middle school students will perform in a program titled "Give My Regards to Broadway," 7 p.m. Saturday in Horner Hall, Hot Springs Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Blvd., Hot Springs. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 and $25 at the door. Call (501) 624-6100 or visit funcitychorus.org.
Theater
• The Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, will stage the musical Little Shop of Horrors (music by Alan Menken, book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, based on Charles B. Griffith's screenplay for the 1960 Roger Corman film), 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, Sept. 18-20 and 25-27 and 5 p.m. Sept. 21. Tickets are $20; visit eventbrite.com.
• Hendrix College alumni, students and staff will take part in a staged reading of RookBishopKing*Queen by Robert Preston Jones, Hendrix Class of 1975 and winner of the 2014 Hendrix-Murphy Alumni Playwriting Contest, 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Cabe Theatre, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. Admission is free. An audience discussion and a reception will follow. Call (501) 450-4597, email vanaman@hendrix.edu or visit hendrix.edu/HendrixMurphy.
Film
• The Little Rock Film Festival will open a new series of second-Sunday film programs by screening Wes Anderson's 1998 comedy Rushmore, starring Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray and Olivia Williams, at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Tickets are $8. Call (501) 205-0400, email levi@littlerockfilmfestival.org or visit littlerockfilmfestival.org or cals.org.
• The Central Arkansas Library System will screen the 2011 film The Muppets at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater. An after-party will follow. Tickets are $5. Call (501) 320-5709 or visit ronrobinsontheater.org.
Art, exhibits, etc.
• Two new exhibitions open Friday in the galleries of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, with a 5-8 p.m. reception as part of Second Friday Art Night: "ALAartShow: The Arkansas League of Artists' Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition" (up through Dec. 27), and "Echoes of the Ancestors: Native American Objects from the University of Arkansas Museum" (on display through March 15). Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3033 or visit butlercenter.org.
• Also opening Friday in conjunction with Second Friday Art Night, also with a 5-8 p.m. reception, are two exhibits at the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St., Little Rock: "Disciplined Inspiration: Jack Kenner and Ed Pennebaker," photography by Kenner of Horseshoe Lake and art glass by Pennebaker, who lives near Osage, in the museum's Trinity Gallery for Arkansas Artists, and "40 Years of the Arkansas Times" in the Second Floor Gallery. Both exhibits will remain on display through Nov. 9. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9304 or visit HistoricArkansas.org.
• Some 25 vendors will proffer antiques, jewelry, clothing, furniture, toys, comics, magazines and art prints, among other items, at the South Main Vintage Market, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday at the Bernice Garden, 1401 S. Main St., Little Rock. The Southern Salt Food Co. food truck will sell breakfast and lunch. Visit the Facebook page, facebook.com/SouthMainVintageMarket.
Weekend on 09/11/2014