1 SPARKLE
The Statehouse Convention Center is already glittering with bright and sparkly decorations for the CARTI Festival of Trees, through Saturday. The casual Festival After Dark is $50, 7 p.m. today. Friday has the Stroll Through the Forest, 1:30-4 p.m., and the Festival of Fashion, 5-7:30 p.m., $50. It all leads up to the formal Tux N Trees, 6 p.m. Saturday, $200. Call (501) 660-7616 or visit carti.com.
2 SYNC
It's a musical battle royale as the American Cancer Society and Ben E. Keith Co. present the ACS Lip Sync Battle, 6-10 p.m. Saturday at the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock. The competition, inspired by the segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, will feature performances by local TV and radio personalities, former Razorbacks and other community members teaming up to "sing" their hearts out to popular songs. Tickets, which include food and drinks, are $50. Call (501) 603-5202 or visit relayforlife.org/LipSyncBattle2015. See story on page 5E.
3 STRIVE
It's an afternoon of fall-theme, family-friendly games as Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock, presents "Turkey-lympics," noon-2 p.m. Saturday. The Family Fun Saturday event includes Touchdown Turkey and Holiday History and will also offer refreshments and prizes. Admission is free. Call (501) 683-3610 or visit mosaictemplarscenter.com.
4 'STRUCK (A VEIN)'
The Cate Brothers Band -- Earl and Ernie Cate -- reunite for a Butler Center for Arkansas Studies' Arkansas Sounds concert, 7 p.m. Friday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Tickets are $20. Call (501) 918-3033 or visit arkansassounds.org. See story on page 4E.
5 STRING
String quartet Brooklyn Rider -- Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violins; Nicholas Cords, viola; and Eric Jacobsen, cello -- bridges the antique and the avant-garde in a concert at 7:30 p.m. today at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. It's a partnership between Wildwood and the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock. The program includes Franz Schubert's String Quartet No. 13, "Rosamunde" and 21st-century poetry-, literature-, art- and music-inspired music from the quartet's latest album, Almanac. Tickets are $30, free for students. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
6 SING
Also at Wildwood this weekend, soprano, Little Rock native and University of Central Arkansas alumna Kristin Lewis takes a weekend off from the international opera circuit to headline a gala benefit for her year-old scholarship fund for emerging Arkansas vocalists, 4 p.m. Sunday. Lewis will sing arias and choruses from Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino, Un Ballo in Maschera, Nabucco and Il Trovatore; she and bass-baritone Kevin Short will divide up a suite from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, with pianist Louis Menendez. And they, 2015 scholarship winner Anna Berry and members of performing arts group Praeclara will perform the second act of Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme. Tickets are $50, $15 for students, $100 for premium tickets (which include VIP seating, VIP parking and a post-concert reception). A percentage of the ticket sales benefits the Kristin Lewis Foundation Vocal Scholarship. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
7 SCANDAL
Politics and farce make for strange bedfellows, literally and figuratively, in Ray Cooney's Out of Order, onstage through Dec. 31 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (12:45 Wednesday matinees only Nov. 25 and Dec. 2), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $32-$36, $23 for children 15 and under; $25 and $15 show only. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
8 STEPS
University of Arkansas at Little Rock student choreographers and dancers will present original work for their Fall Dance Harvest, "From All Corners," 8 p.m. today-Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the University Theatre, UALR Center for Performing Arts, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Tickets are $10, $5 for UALR students and employees, and senior citizens. Call (501) 569-3456.
9 SALE
• Merchants from several states are expected for the Conway Regional Women's Council's 14th annual Dazzle Daze, Thursday-Saturday at the Conway Expo Center, 2505 E. Oak St. (U.S. 64 East), Conway. The event will open with "Girls' Nite Out," 6-9 p.m. today, with general shopping 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $5 for general shopping, $25 in advance, $30 at the door for "Girls' Nite Out." The event includes a raffle for a black 2016 Ford Mustang convertible and other prizes; the 500 tickets are $100 each. Call (501) 513-5191 or visit DazzleDaze.com. The event has raised more than a half million dollars to buy medical equipment and services, and provide academic and health and fitness scholarships.
• Jacksonville gets crafty with the 38th annual Holiday Craft & Gift Sale, 2-8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Jacksonville Community Center, 5 Municipal Drive. Admission is $2, $1 for children 12-18 or free with a new, unopened, unwrapped toy. Call (501) 982-4171.
10 SHINE
Garvan Woodland Gardens, 550 Arkridge Road, Hot Springs, will glow with 4 million lights over 17 acres during its annual Holiday Lights display. The animated displays will be turned on from 5 to 9 each night starting Saturday and continuing through Dec. 31. It will be closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission is $15, $5 for ages 6-12. Call (501) 262-9300 or visit garvangardens.org.
Weekend on 11/19/2015