1 BEVERLY, ETC.
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly headlines Union Rescue Mission Presents: Night on the Streets 2016 "Multicultural," 6:30 p.m. Saturday at War Memorial Stadium, West Markham Street and Fair Park Boulevard, Little Rock. Also on the bill: Mary Mary, Kris Allen, Tamela Mann and Amber Bullock. Gates open at 4 p.m. General admission is $40; VIP tickets, $100, include "blue" seating in front of the stage, no waiting in line and VIP parking. Proceeds benefit the Union Rescue Mission of Little Rock. Call (501) 749-8388 or visit urmissionlr.org.
2 BASH
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock, celebrates Juneteenth with music, food trucks, living history and family activities, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Call (501) 683-3593 or visit mosaictemplarscenter.com.
3 BIRTHDAY
Pyramid Art, Books & Custom Framing, 1001 Wright Ave., Little Rock, one of the 48 remaining black-owned bookstores in the United States, is celebrating its 28th anniversary with an Arkansas Author Marathon, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. More than a dozen Arkansas writers of fiction, nonfiction and books for teens and children will participate in book reviews and signings. Admission is free. Call (501) 372-6822. See story on Page 5E.
4 BERNSTEIN, ETC.
WindSync -- Garrett Hudson, flute; Jack Marquardt, clarinet; Emily Tsai, oboe; Tracy Jacobson, bassoon; and Anni Hochhalter, horn; guest artists for the Wildwood Academy of Music and the Arts -- perform at 7:30 p.m. today at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road. The program will include the quintet's arrangements of the Overture to Candide and selections from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, selections from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet and Exit Music for a Film by Radiohead, plus works by Adam Schoenberg and Paul English. An opening reception for the exhibit, Cloth as Community/Hmong Textiles in America, will precede the concert at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15, free for students (admission to the reception is free). Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
5 BROADWAY
The Muses Project will perform solos, duets, quartets, ensembles, instrumental and dance routines from 10 Broadway shows for a Broadway Cabaret concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Woodlands Auditorium, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village, and 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Muses Cultural Arts Center, 428 Orange St., Hot Springs. The program includes selections from Annie Get Your Gun, Guys & Dolls, Sweeny Todd, Les Miserables, West Side Story, The King & I, Candide, Chicago, Man of La Mancha and Cabaret. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 609-9811 or visit themusesproject.org; for the Hot Springs Village show, HSVTicketSales.com.
6 'BACK TO THE ISLAND'
Oklahoma-born musician Leon Russell will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 823-0090, or go to revroom.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
7 BRAVO!
The music of Mozart, Britten, Puccini and Leoncavallo will ring through the hills during the 66th season of Opera in the Ozarks. The season begins Friday with a performance of Don Giovanni. Other productions are Albert Herring, Il Tabarro and Pagliacci and the season continues through July 15. Performances are at Inspiration Point, 16311 U.S. 62 W., Eureka Springs, and the Arend Arts Center, 1901 SE J St., Bentonville. Tickets are $25-$30, $10 for children under 18. Call (479) 253-8595 or visit opera.org. See story on Page 4E.
8 BINGO!
Free concerts, horseshoe pitching, arm wrestling, turtle races, bingo, Bunco, dog show, rib cook-off, children's activities and a yellow duck race down No Name Creek are all part of the 45th annual Smackover Oil Town Festival, today-Saturday, Broadway and 10th Street in downtown Smackover. Tonight is J.T. Stocks Gospel Night, with Southern gospel acts Blake Bolerjack and the Shute's Sisters. Friday's musical lineup includes the Cummins Prison Band and party band Windstorm; on Saturday hear country rockers Band of Stepbrothers and country band Louisiana Swamp Donky. Admission is free. Call (870) 725-3521, email smkovrcofc@sbcglobal.net or visit smackoverar.com or the Facebook page, Facebook/SmackoverOilTownFestival.
9 BRILLIANCE
Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro lets visitors dig for buried treasure throughout the year, but the search for sparkly rocks is even more exciting at the annual Prospector's Gemboree, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. The event has games and activities as well as the Famous Crater of Diamonds Exhibition with collectors, finders and rare diamonds found at the park. Admission is $8, $5 for ages 6-12. Call (870) 285-3113 or visit craterofdiamondsstatepark.com.
10 BUMPER CROP
The 58th annual Petit Jean Show and Swap Meet is already underway at the Museum of Automobiles, Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton. The gathering, hosted by the Mid-America Old-Time Auto Association, is open 8 a.m.-7 p.m. through Saturday. Admission is free. Call (501) 727-5427 or visit museumofautos.com.
Weekend on 06/16/2016