1 CONSOMME
For the 35th year, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families will ladle up warm, tasty treats at Soup Sunday, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Statehouse Convention Center, 101 E. Markham St., Little Rock. Chefs from 35 restaurants will serve up their best samples of soup, bread and dessert. For the first time, they'll also have a live auction. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 after 5 p.m. Friday, $10 for children 5-17. VIP tickets, which give access to the VIP room, are $50. Call (501) 371-9678 or visit aradvocates.org. See Transitions on Page 8E.
2 CRUISE
Get up close and personal with birds of prey at DeGray Lake Resort State Park's Eagles Et Cetera, Friday-Sunday. This is the 37th year for the celebration, which includes guided boat tours, hikes, a birds of prey show and a live falconry hunt. Most activities are free, but reservations are recommended for some events, and some special tours have participation fees. The park is at 2027 State Park Entrance Road, Bismarck. Call (501) 865-5810 or visit degray.com. See story on Page 5E.
3 CLOCKS
Time is frozen and a prince must tackle a seemingly impossible task to rescue his lady love in The 13 Clocks. The latest production at the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock, will run Friday-Feb. 14. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, and tickets are $12.50, $10 for AAC members and groups of 10 or more. Children age 2 and under are free. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkarts.com.
4 CONCERTO
Concertmaster Kiril Laskarov will solo in the Violin Concerto in e minor by Felix Mendelssohn with his musical mates in the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Maumelle Performing Arts Center, Maumelle High School, 100 Victory Lane, Maumelle. The program will also include the Overture from Gioacchino Rossini's opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie); Black Bend by ASO Composer of the Year Dan Visconti; and the 1919 Suite from The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky. Philip Mann conducts. Tickets are $19-$58, $10 for students and active duty military, free for K-12 students to the Sunday matinee with a paying adult. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org. See story on Page 4E.
5 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, ETC.
The Arkansas Symphony Youth Ensembles -- Preparatory, Prelude and Academy orchestras -- follow the professional players at 6 p.m. Sunday with a midwinter concert at Maumelle Performing Arts Center. Young musicians from around the state will perform music by Antonio Vivaldi, Marvin Hamlisch, Bedrich Smetana and Camille Saint-Saens. Tickets are $10, free for K-12 students. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
6 CANN
Pianist Michelle Cann, under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock and Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, will give a recital at 7:30 p.m. today at the Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock. She'll play "Los Requiebros" from Goyescas by Enrique Granados, Piano Suite by Michael Leibowitz, Carnival Music by George Rochberg, Book I of Images by Claude Debussy and Concert Arabesque on Themes from "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II. Tickets are $30; admission for K-college students is free. Call (501) 993-5832 or visit ChamberMusicLR.com.
7 COMMEMORATE
Little Rock native and American Idol contestant Charlie Askew will be the title performer, backed by Stellar Wayz, in All Things Bowie! A Tribute to David Bowie, 9 p.m. Saturday at the Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Doors open at 8; the show is "18 & up." Tickets are $10, $15 for reserved seating, $20 for VIP passes (includes bar server, access to and choices of lounge couch area, balcony or a table of your choice). Call (501) 823-0090 or visit Arkansaslivemusic.com. See Music Scene on Page 4E.
8 COLLABORATE
Local indie rock bands Mad Nomad and Ghost Bones will perform for an Arkansas Sounds concert at 7 p.m. Friday at Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Tickets are $10. Visit tinyurl.com/zhura3c.
9 "COME TOGETHER"
The Conway Symphony Orchestra will join forces with the Liverpool Legends, a Beatles tribute band, for "All You Need Is Love ... and Music With the Liverpool Legends," a special concert of the band's big hits, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, in Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 223 Beatrice Powell St., Conway. Tickets are $30-$50, $20 for UCA faculty and staff, $10 for children and students; there are additional taxes and fees. Call (866) 810-0012 or visit conwaysymphony.org.
• Northwest Arkansas will also get in on the Beatlemania when Classic Albums Live presents The Beatles' Abbey Road at Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. The full, live album performance, including hits such as "Here Comes the Sun" and "Come Together," starts at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $25 plus fees. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
10 CANDY
Eat chocolate for charity as Cooperative Christian Ministries and Clinic holds its 12th annual Chocolate Festival, 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 400 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. As of press time, 16 vendors -- local restaurants and professional and amateur chocolatiers -- set up booths and enter their confections in a competition; judges will weigh presentation and taste, and there's also a people's choice award. The event also features a silent auction, face painting, door prizes and entertainment. Tickets are $15 in advance (tinyurl.com/zjme76v), $20 at the door, free for kids 5 and younger with paying adult, $50 VIP ticket (includes valet service and entry to the VIP lounge with easy access to the silent auction). Proceeds benefit the clinic's ongoing medical activities. Call (501) 321-4417 or (501) 318-1153 or visit ccmchs.org.
Weekend on 01/28/2016