THE WEEKEND TEN

Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic
Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic

1 WALT DISNEY

A gaggle of Disney favorites turn North Little Rock's Verizon Arena into a fantasy land when Disney Live! Mickey and Minnie's Doorway to Magic arrives, 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $21.50-$56.50 plus fees. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.

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Briana Hill and Will Frueauff star in Once on This Island at the Weekend Theater.

2 WICKED, WIZ, ETC.

Broadway singers-actors Christiane Noll, Capathia Jenkins and Rob Evan will join the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and Associate Conductor Geoffrey Robson to perform selections from rock and contemporary Broadway hits (including Wicked, The Lion King, The Wiz, Rent and Hairspray) in a Pops Live! concert titled Broadway Rocks!, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Connor Performing Arts Center, Pulaski Academy, Hinson Road, Little Rock. Series sponsor is Acxiom. Tickets are $19-$58, $10 for students and active duty military, free for K-12 kids to the Sunday matinee with paying adult. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org. See story on Page 4E.

3 WATERCOLOR

The 46th Mid-Southern Watercolorists Annual Juried Exhibition begins its run at the Arkansas Arts Center, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock, on Friday, continuing through April 17. Also this weekend, the Arts Center presents Super Sunday Free Family Funday, where families can create their own relief sculpture, noon-3 p.m. Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org.

4 'WALKED ON WATER'

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center opens its newest exhibit, "I Walked on Water to My Homeland," by Delita Martin, with an artist talk, refreshments and music by Acoustix with Rod P., 6-8 p.m. Friday. Admission is free and the exhibit continues through March 26. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. On Saturday, the museum will present a special "After Dark" screening of the 1997 film Love Jones and refreshments at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 683-3593 or visit mosaictemplarscenter.com.

5 WIDE

There's a lot to take in in the Butler Center Galleries' newest exhibit, "Painting 360: A Look at Contemporary Panoramic Painting," opening with a reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday. The exhibit has works on curved surfaces by artists including Marcia Clark, Melissa Cowper Smith and Matthew Lopas and continues through April 30. The Butler Center is at 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, and is open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Admission is free. Call (501) 320-5790 or visit butlercenter.org/art.

6 WEEKEND THEATER

An orphan discovers that love crosses boundaries of class, ethnicity and even death in the musical Once on This Island (music by Stephen Flaherty, book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based upon the novel My Love, My Love by Rosa Guy), 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 28 at The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock. Tickets are $20, $16 for students and senior citizens. Visit weekendtheater.org/boxoffice; for more information, call (501) 374-3761.

7 'WAITIN' FOR MY DEARIE'

There will be heather on the onstage "hill" as the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock, stages the musical Brigadoon (music by Frederick Loewe, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner), 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday (a special Valentine's matinee), 7 p.m. Tuesday-Feb. 18 and 8 p.m. Feb. 19-20. There will be an opening-night champagne reception with hors d'oeuvres (sponsored by the Ben E. Keith Co.) at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets for opening night are $50-$75; for all other shows, $30-$50. Call (501) 353-1443 or visit argentacommunitytheater.com or tinyurl.com/brigadoon1.

8 WOO

Soprano Mary Ann Robinson and tenor Scott Stern join Trinity United Methodist Music Minister David Glaze for a special Valentine's Day collaboration, 6 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock. The concert is part of the Trinity Presents Performance Series. Admission is free. Call (501) 666-2813.

9 WANDER

Those planning to do some long-distance road-tripping might want to check out the Arkansas RV Show, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Admission is $5, free for children 12 and under. Call (501) 765-1423 or visit dgattractions.com.

10 WISEGUY

Actor and comedian Sinbad will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $30-$40, $10 for students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/reynolds.

Weekend on 02/11/2016

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