1 ROCKERS
Lita Ford and Loverboy will perform a show at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Timberwood Amphitheater at Magic Springs, U.S. 70 East (East Grand Avenue) in Hot Springs. Lawn seating is part of the gate admission: $59.99, $36.99 for children under 4 feet tall and adults 55 and older, free for kids 3 and younger. Reserved seating is sold out. Call (501) 624-0100 or visit MagicSprings.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 REIMAGINE
A British family and the village where they live find strength and a sense of community in the midst of the Blitz in the world stage premiere of the World War II drama Mrs. Miniver, adapted by Judy Goss from the Oscar-winning 1942 film and the book by Jan Struther, 7 p.m. today, and Tuesday-July 30; 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and July 31-Aug. 1; and 2 p.m. Sunday at Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock. Tickets are $30-$50. Call (501) 353-1443 or visit argentacommunitytheater.com.
3 "RUN AND TELL THAT"
Tracy Turnblad rocks out in 1960s Baltimore as Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, presents the award-winning musical Hairspray, continuing through Aug. 29. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday, with special Wednesday matinees Wednesday and Aug. 5. Dinner starts at 6 p.m., 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively. Tickets are $32-$36, $23 for children 15 and under and $25 and $15 for show-only. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
4 RIDES
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, welcomes an army of jeeps, trucks and other methods of conveyance with its third annual Vintage Military Vehicle Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. The Arkansas Military Vehicle Preservation Association and the West Tennessee Military Vehicle Collectors Club will participate along with vendors and food trucks. Admission is free. Call (501) 376-4602 or visit arkmilitaryheritage.com.
5 ROWLING
Muggles can spend a week in the wizarding world when the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock, presents a Harry Potter movie marathon based on the series by J. K. Rowling, starting with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 6 p.m. Sunday. The rest of the schedule: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at 7 p.m. Monday, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at 7 p.m. July 30, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at 7 p.m. July 31, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows parts 1 and 2 at 2 and 7 p.m. Aug. 1. Attendees can expect Potter-theme activities and concessions. Tickets are $7 per film, $40 for all eight. Call (501) 320-5715 or visit ronrobinsontheater.org.
6 ROSSINI, RACHMANINOFF, ETC.
Lyric soprano Maria Natale and pianist Kyung-Eun Na will perform arias and art songs by Gioachino Rossini, William Bolcom, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Francis Poulenc and Joaquin Turina in the final recital in Wildwood Park's Guest Artist Concert Series, 7:30 p.m. today in the Cabe Festival Theatre, Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Tickets are $15, free for students and children. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
7 RACES
It's sink or swim as the annual World Championship Cardboard Boat Race takes on a "Jimmy Buffett Style" theme, 10 a.m. Saturday. Located at Dam Site Park on Greers Ferry Lake in Heber Springs, the race features a flotilla of cardboard vessels all competing for prizes such as the Pride of the Fleet Award and the Titanic Award (for most dramatic sinking). Land-based activities include a treasure dig, a watermelon-eating contest and a volleyball tournament. Spectator admission is free and boat registration is $65-$70. Call (501) 362-2444 or visit heber-springs.com.
8 REALISM
Crystal Bridges looks at six decades of art by Jamie Wyeth in its latest exhibit, opening Saturday. The exhibit includes works by Wyeth ranging from childhood drawings to his approaches to realism and surrealism and will continue through Oct. 5. A special art talk on Wyeth and Andy Warhol by curator Chad Alligood is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday. The museum, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. Admission is free. Call (479) 418-5700 or visit crystalbridges.org.
9 RAILLERY
Steve "Mudflap" McGrew, once a performer at the Comedy Workshop in Houston, which also launched the careers of Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks, returns to the Loony Bin, in the Breckenridge Village Shopping Center, Interstate 430 and North Rodney Parham Road, for shows at 7:30 p.m. today ($8), 7:30 and 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday ($12). Call (501) 228-5555 or visit loonybincomedy.com/LittleRock.
10 ROADSHOW
It's no longer possible to get tickets, but PBS' Antiques Roadshow will be in Little Rock on Saturday, part of a six-city tour, with an all-day appraisal event at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets. Specialists from the country's leading auction houses and independent dealers will provide free valuations of antiques and collectibles for about 5,000 folks who got tickets through an invitation lottery or via social media contests; the show will create three hour-long episodes to air during its 20th season in 2016 (7 p.m. Mondays on the Arkansas Educational Television Network).
Weekend on 07/23/2015