1 RIVERFEST
The Flaming Lips, Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Stapleton and Cole Swindell are just a few of the names on the lineup for this year's revamped Riverfest, 1-11 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Most of the family activities were moved to the new Springfest event in April, but there will still be plenty of music, games, food, arts and crafts and fireworks in Little Rock's Riverfront Park. Weekend passes are $37.50 in advance, $50 at the gate, free for children 10 and under. The Flowing on the River kickoff, 6-9 p.m. Friday in the River Market, is $25 in advance, $35 at the door. Call (501) 255-3378 or visit riverfestarkansas.com. See stories on Page 4E.
2 RARE
Vintage Market Days will bring original art, antiques, jewelry, furniture, food and plants to Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday at the State Fairgrounds, 2600 Howard St. Admission is $10 for all three days, $5 for Saturday-Sunday only. Children 12 and under are free. Call (918) 671-9712 or visit vintagemarketdays.com.
3 RHAPSODY
Members of the Little Rock Wind Symphony will perform George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, arranged for clarinet quartet, plus works and/or arrangements of works by Francis Poulenc, William Grant Still, Aaron Copland and John Cheatham, in a Diversions chamber concert titled Sunday Serenades, 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2223 Durwood Road, Little Rock. Israel Getzov conducts. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens 65 and older, free for students. Call (501) 666-0777 or visit lrwindsymphony.org.
4 REGALE
Arkansas Enterprises for the Developmentally Disabled gets to take a bow with its sixth annual Curtain Call for a Cause cocktail reception, dinner and silent auction, 6 p.m. today at the Argenta Community Theatre, 405 Main St., North Little Rock. The evening also includes a Broadway-style variety show and AEDD's Acts in the Rock troupe will perform; Craig O'Neill is master of ceremonies and auctioneer. Tickets are $100; proceeds go to scholarships for the nonprofit's adult clients to attend Pulaski Technical College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Institute's 3D program. Centennial Bank is the presenting sponsor. Call (501) 801-3648 or visit aeddinc.org.
5 ROWDY
Community Theatre of Little Rock gives Irving Berlin's musical Annie Get Your Gun its best shot, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and June 10-11 and 17-18 and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 12 and 19 at the Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. There's a pay-what-the-patron-can "Pocket Preview" at 7:30 p.m. today; run-of-show tickets are $18, $16 for military, students (age 10-college) and senior citizens 65 and older, $8 for children 4-9, free for kids 3 and younger ($1 off with a pair of gently used running shoes). Call (501) 410-2283 (ACT3) or visit ctlr-act.org.
6 REVENGE
Koty Mansfield plays the title role of the melancholy Danish prince as Saline County Shakes stages William Shakespeare's Hamlet, 7 p.m. today-Saturday and June 9-11, outdoors at Tyndall Park Amphitheater, 913 E. Sevier St., Benton. Admission is free (but the company will accept donations). Call (501) 249-3169 or visit facebook.com/SalineCountyShakes.
7 RHYTHM
Sir Charles, Lenny Williams, Terry Wright, J-Wonn, Jaye Hammer, the On Call Band and the Platinum Hitz Band will perform for the 2016 Pine Bluff-Altheimer Blues Festival, noon Saturday, Cook Family Park, U.S. 79 between Pine Bluff and Altheimer. Hosts are Broadway Joe of radio station KIPR-FM, 92.3, and comedian Keith Glason. No grills, please. Tickets are $20 in advance at the Record Rack in Pine Bluff, Uncle T's and Ugly Mike's in Little Rock, Butler Furniture in North Little Rock and Kibb's Bar-B-Q in Stuttgart; $30 at the door. Call (501) 413-7683. VIP seating (minimum one table, four chairs) is $100; call (870) 540-6529. Or visit pinebluffbluesfest.com.
8 RUNNING
It'll be a good, clean race when the theme-decorated bathtubs zoom down Central Avenue in Hot Springs. The Stueart Pennington Running of the Tubs begins with the parade of tubs at 9 a.m., followed by the race itself at 9:30 a.m., a wacky competition with some complicated (and somewhat arbitrary) rules. Spectator admission is free. Call (501) 321-2027 or visit hotsprings.org.
9 ROAR
The T-Rex is roaring at the Mid-America Science Museum this summer. "Dinosaurs Revealed," the museum's new summer exhibit, includes skeleton replicas, a paleontology dig box, "Dino Scavenger Hunt" and animatronic dinosaurs, through Labor Day. Hours at the museum, 500 Mid America Blvd., Hot Springs, are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10, $8 for ages 3-12. Call (501) 767-3461 or visit midamericamuseum.org.
10 RETRO
Classic characters get the royal treatment with arts and crafts, music, children's activities, contests and a car show at Mena's annual Lum & Abner Festival, Friday-Saturday in downtown Mena's Janssen Park. General admission is free. Call (479) 394-8355 or visit visitmena.com.
Weekend on 06/02/2016