Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Jazz trio
The Peter and Will Anderson Trio — Peter and Will Anderson, clarinet and saxophone, and Alex Wintz, guitar — will kick off Wildwood Park for the Arts’ 2016 House Concert series with a performance at 7 p.m. today in the Cabe Festival Theatre Studios at Wildwood, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. The concert follows a 6 p.m. Art in the Park reception for Jane Lovett Holt’s “Arkansas Seen & Scenes” exhibit. Admission is by $15 suggested donation; beer, wine and snacks will be available. Call (501) 821-7575 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
OBU choir
The Ouachita Baptist University Concert Choir will perform Mark Hayes’ Requiem and Te Deum at 7:30 p.m. today in McBeth Recital Hall at OBU in Arkadelphia. Jon Secrest will conduct the choir with organist Adam Haas, OBU’s chamber orchestra and soloists Seth Russell, baritone; Esther Atkinson, mezzo-soprano; and Jake Briggs, baritone. Tickets are $10. Call (870) 245-5555 or visit obu.edu/boxoffice.
FRIDAY
Hot Springs arts
The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance will hold its annual 10-day Arts & the Park festival, more than 50 events and exhibitions showcasing visual artists, musicians, dancers, poets, jewelers, potters, performers, authors, glass makers and sculptors, Friday-May 8 at venues throughout Hot Springs. A full schedule is available at hotspringsarts.org.
Memphis abstract painter and Hot Springs native Thomas Green, one of the festival’s featured artists, will participate in the Launch Party, 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Mid-America Science Museum, 500 Mid America Blvd., Hot Springs. An audio-visual display of Green’s work will debut in the museum’s Oaklawn Foundation Digital Dome Theater, where it will show through May 8 with paid museum admission. The party will also feature “live painting” by artists Gary Simmons, Richard Stephens, Bethannie Newsom Steelman and Alex Oberste, and music from Clifton Coleman, Marque Haupert and Brittany Osman, plus hors d’oeuvres by Next Level Kitchen. Tickets are $25 in advance (hotspringsarts.org), $35 at the door. Green will hold an artist talk at 6 p.m. Saturday at Justus Fine Art Gallery, 827 Central Ave., where his paintings will be on display through May as part of an exhibition titled “Natural Design,” which will also feature work by Robert Fogel and Tony Saladino. Fogel and Saladino will give brief gallery talks at 6 p.m. May 6, during the monthly Hot Springs Gallery Walk. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. Call (501) 321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.
SATURDAY
Jungle kids
Conway’s Red Curtain Theatre will stage The Jungle Book, Kids!, adapted by Marcy Heisler from the Disney animated film (music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Terry Gilkyson, additional lyrics by Heisler, music adapted and arranged by Bryan Louiselle), 2, 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday at Trieschmann Fine Arts Building, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 499-9776, email info@redcurtaintheatre.com or visit redcurtaintheatre.com.
Chili Cook-off
Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday for the Pine Bluff Chili Cook-off, 200 Lake Saracen Drive, Pine Bluff. The event will include an 11:30 a.m. salsa demonstration by University of Arkansas Extension agents, plus performances by the Brian Austin Blues Band, the On Call Band and Platinum Hits Band; kayak and paddleboat racing on the lake; a rock-climbing wall; line dancing; and face-painting for the kids. Chili and hot pepper tastings start at noon; the chili becomes available at 2:30 p.m. for people’s choice voting. Winners will be announced at 4:30. Admission is free. Call (870) 536-0920.
SUNDAY
Mountain View music
The Ozark Folk Center State Park kicks off its f irst-Sunday 2016 Court Square Concert Series on the Court Square in Mountain View with a performance by the Roger Fountain Band, 2-3 p.m. Sunday. An open pickin’ session will follow, 3-4 p.m. Admission is free. Call (870) 269-3851.
The rest of the lineup:
June 5: Fog on the Mountain
July 3: Hog Wild
Aug. 7: Possum Juice
Sept. 4: Harmony
Oct. 2: Chinkypin.