1 BLOSSOM
Spring is upon us, and Historic Washington State Park is celebrating with its annual Jonquil Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. The festival includes crafts, music, tours and lots of flowers in and around the park’s historic buildings. Admission to the festival is free, but there’s a $5 parking fee and tours are $8, $4 for children 6-12. Call (870) 983-2684 or visit historicwashingtonstatepark.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 BLOOM
More flowers are on display at the Arkansas Daffodil Society Show, 1-5 p.m. Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday at the White Hall Community Center, 9801 Dollarway Road, White Hall. Admission is free. Call (901) 652-8261.
3 BOOM
Bands from Germany, California and points in between will gather in Hot Springs for the annual Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival, Friday-Tuesday. The lineup, which includes Shilpa, Native Lights, The Memphis Dawls and Jamaican Queens, will play at venues around the Spa City, mainly at Low Key Arts, 118 Arbor St. Admission prices vary for single events, but VIP festival passes are $50. Call (501) 282-9056 or visit valleyofthevapors.com. See story on Page 4E.
4 BOHM
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra players and several area professional dancers will take the stage of the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock, at 7 p.m. today for "The Sound of Dance," the first of two 2015 ACT in Concert performances. The program focuses on solos by orchestra principals (including cello, snare drum and French horn) and small ensembles, including eight violinists and a marimba performing Perpetual Motion by Karl Bohm; cellist David Gerstein will play a piece he commissioned, Ekphrasis sobre "El Miedo" de Tanguy by Jairo Duarte-Lopez; and a pair of dancers will do the "Grand Waltz" from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella. Tickets are $20 with a limited number of free seats for students. Call (501) 353-1443, email plively@argentacommunitytheater.com or visit argentacommunitytheater.com.
5 BRUSHSTROKES
"Carole Katchen's Art, Then and Now," oils and pastel paintings of the people Katchen sees in the world around her "with all their quirks and foibles," will be on display Friday-April 10 at Argenta Gallery, 413 Main St., in North Little Rock's Argenta District. A 5-8 p.m. Friday opening reception coincides with the monthly Argenta ArtWalk. Admission to reception and the gallery -- hours are 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday-Saturday -- is free. Call (501) 225-5600, email info@ArgentaGallery.com or visit ArgentaGallery.com.
6 BLEND
An evening of sipping, tasting and seeing will be all for the love of music when the Art Group Gallery hosts The Art of Music, 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Featuring wine, food, door prizes and a collection of original oil paintings, the party is a fundraiser for the Arkansas Chamber Singers. Tickets are $60. The gallery is in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road. Call (501) 377-1121 or visit ar-chambersingers.org.
7 BENEFIT
Relive the old days and support historic preservation with A Night at the Victory Canteen, 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Jacksonville Community Center, 5 Municipal Drive, Jacksonville. The fundraiser for the Jacksonville Museum of Military History includes dinner, an auction and music. Tickets are $35. Call (501) 241-1943.
8 (I STILL) BELIEVE IN YOU
"Vince Gill & Friends" -- that's Gill and fellow country performers Ashley Monroe, Charlie Worsham and Jenny Gill -- will perform at 7 p.m. today at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth St. Doors open at 6. Sponsors are Main Street El Dorado and Murphy USA. Tickets are $100 (golden circle), $60 (orchestra), $50 (parquet), $40 (loge) and $30 (balcony). Call (870) 862-4747 or visit mainstreeteldorado.org.
9 BLUFF
The Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra ends its season with a concert, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, 500 E. Eighth Ave. The concert, titled "Exotic Inspirations," includes Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade and Carl Maria von Weber's Andante and Hungarian Rondo. Tickets for preferred seating are $30, $12 for students, or $25 and $8 for general seating. Call (870) 536-7666 or visit pinebluffsymphony.com.
10 BURR
A digitally remastered version of Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 thriller about an injured and restless photojournalist-turned-voyeur (Jimmy Stewart) who suspects one of his neighbors (Raymond Burr) of murdering his wife, will be on the big screen at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday at the Breckenridge 12 in Little Rock and the Tinseltown in Benton. The film co-stars Grace Kelly and Thelma Ritter; Ben Mankiewicz hosts a special introduction. Ticket information is available at fathomevents.com/event/rear-window.
Weekend on 03/19/2015