1 MIRANDA
Country superstar Miranda Lambert returns to North Little Rock's Verizon Arena at 7:30 p.m. Friday with special guests Jukebox Mafia, RaeLynn and Justin Moore. Tickets are $52.50-$69. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 MARATHON
The streets of Little Rock become pedestrian-only as the Little Rock Marathon returns this weekend. The Marathon Health & Fitness Expo gets things going, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at the Statehouse Convention Center. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. Saturday. The final mile of the Little Rockers Kids Marathon for ages 7-12 starts at 10 a.m. Saturday. The marathon, half-marathon and 10K start at 8 a.m. Sunday in downtown Little Rock. There are still spots available for the half for $100 and 10K for $60. Call (501) 371-4639 or visit littlerockmarathon.com.
3 MASTERWORKS
Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman joins the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philip Mann to play the Violin Concerto in D major, op.77, by Johannes Brahms at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Maumelle Performing Arts Center, 100 Victory Lane, Maumelle. Also on the Masterworks concert program: the Prelude to Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner and Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in b minor, "Unfinished." Tickets are $19-$58, $10 for students and active military, free to the Sunday matinee for K-12 students with paying adult. Call (501) 666-1761 or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
4 MOLDED
Complete a collection or start a new one at the Arkansas Glasshoppers' 29th annual Depression Era & Vintage Glass Show and Sale. Collectors and vendors will present antique and vintage glassware of all types, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at the Hall of Industry, State Fairgrounds, Roosevelt Road and Howard Street in Little Rock. Identifications and evaluations will also be provided. Admission, which is good for both days, is $5. Call (501) 868-4969. See story on Page 5E.
5 "(Fly Into the) Mystery"
Cult rocker Jonathan Richman performs an 8 p.m. Sunday show (doors open at 7 p.m.) at Juanita's, 614 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Admission is $15. Call (501) 372-1228 or visit juanitas.com. See story on Page 4E.
6 MEMENTOS
The mighty pen has its day at the Arkansas Pen and Watch Show, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel, 2 Riverfront Place, North Little Rock. Vendors from around the country will present collectible pens, pencils and watches and there will also be seminars on repair and inks. Master silversmith Henry Simpole will be in attendance. Admission is $5, free for children under 12 and Little Rock Marathon participants. Call (501) 951-0904 or visit arkansaspenclub.com.
7 "(THE ANGRY) MONK"
Americana slide guitarist and banjo player Tony Furtado will perform at 7:30 p.m. today at South on Main, 1304 Main St., Little Rock, under the auspices of The Oxford American. Opening act is Fayetteville-based Smokey & the Mirror, led by husband/wife team Bryan and Bernice Hembree, who founded and annually produce the Fayetteville Roots Festival and formerly led the folk group 3 Penny Acre. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $17. Call (800) 293-5949 or visit metrotix.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
8 MEZZO-SOPRANO
Praeclara, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Concert Choir and Arkansas Festival Ballet, will perform Henry Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, UALR, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Julia Aronson will dance, and mezzo-soprano Kathryne Overturf will sing the role of Dido, queen of Carthage, with dancer Matthew Morley and baritone Timothy Tucker as Aeneas, prince of Troy. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 569-8993 or (501) 227-0000, email info@praeclara.org or visit praeclara.org or ualr.tix.com.
9 MOSCARDINI, ETC.
Russian classical guitarist Anton Baranov, winner of the 2013 Guitar Foundation of America Tour Prize, will give an Artspree recital at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. His programming, divided between classical and 20th-century works, includes works by Luigi Legnani, Yuri Smirnov, David del Puerto, Anton Garcia Abril, Miguel Llobet, Augustin Barrios, Carlos Moscardini, Eduardo Angulo and Guido Satorsola. Tickets are $15, $10 for students. Call (501) 569-3294.
10 Military
Airlifter Brass, the brass quintet of the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, will present a concert of American music, from military marches to jazz standards, at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 7 p.m. Friday at 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 376-4602 or visit littlerock.org.
Weekend on 02/26/2015