THE WEEKEND TEN

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Steely Dan (right) and Steve Winwood photo illustration.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Steely Dan (right) and Steve Winwood photo illustration.

1 STEELY/STEVE

Steely Dan and Steve Winwood will rock North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $78.50-$102.50. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story on Page 4E.

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Country singer Brooke Eden

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West Side Story

2 SCOTT

The Plantation Agriculture Museum in Scott celebrates its 27th anniversary with Dutch oven desserts and homemade ice cream, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. The museum, home to exhibits on pre-mechanized farming methods, is at U.S. 165 and Arkansas 161 in Scott. Admission is free. Call (501) 961-1409 or visit arkansasstateparks.com.

3 SEERSUCKER

Southern summer fashion gets an airing at the Old State House Museum's annual Seersucker Social, 7-9:30 p.m. today. Tickets are $45. Call (501) 324-9685 or visit oldstatehouse.com.

4 SWIMMERS

Break out the rods and reels, pick a spot and practice a little patience during the Big Bass Bonanza, Friday-Sunday. The tournament spreads over 300 miles of the Arkansas River with check-in stations at Fort Smith, Dardanelle, Little Rock/North Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Dumas. Fishing starts at 6 a.m. each day with weigh-ins on the hour 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Winners will be announced at 4 p.m. Sunday at North Little Rock's Riverfront RV Park. Entry is $80 per person per day. Call (501) 340-5312 or visit arkansasbigbass.com.

5 SKY DIVERS, SIMULATOR

Planes, no trains, and automobiles will be on display at Wings Over the Rock, the North Little Rock Air & Car Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the North Little Rock Municipal Airport, 8200 Remount Road, North Little Rock (use the Maryland Avenue entrance). Organizers estimate 200 custom, antique and classic cars will be on display; the air show starts at noon with sky divers bringing in the American flag and formation flying during the national anthem; the show will also feature aerobatics, helicopter rides, a kiddie airplane ride, food court, a full-size aircraft simulator and, on display, World War II-era, sport, experimental and current military aircraft. Admission is $5, free for kids 8 and younger; parking is also free. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Call (501) 835-5654.

6 SHOPPING

An Affair of the Heart, an arts, crafts and boutique marketplace, returns to the Conway Expo Center, 2505 E. Oak St., Conway, with jewelry, furniture, foods, home decorations and other items, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7. Call (918) 935-1582 or visit heartofconway.com.

7 SINGERS

Country singer Brooke Eden performs at 7 p.m. today, with opening acts Levi Hummon and Levon, at the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center, Vada Sheid Community Development Center, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home. Doors open at 6 p.m. Sponsor is radio station KPFM-FM, 105.5. Tickets (credit or debit cards only) are $10 general admission, $15 for reserved floor seats, $30 VIP (includes an exclusive 5 p.m. meet-and-greet). Call (800) 965-9324 or visit thesheid.com.

8 SELFISH

Five co-workers under the thumb of an abusive boss go ballistic when it appears that one of them may be holding a $350 million lottery ticket and holding out on them in Windfall by Scooter Pietsch. It's the final weekend for the world-premiere production, directed by Jason Alexander -- 7 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday -- at Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock. Tickets are $30-$40, $20 for students. Call (501) 378-0405 or visit therep.org.

9 STEWING

What could be more perfect for a dinner theater than a play about a restaurateur, his daughter and a French chef failing to show up at their gourmet restaurant? Too Many Cooks by Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes runs through July 16 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Doors and the buffet open 90 minutes before curtain time: 7:45 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (except 12:45 p.m. matinees only June 29 and July 6), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $31-$35, $23 for children 15 and younger; show only, $25 and $15. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.

10 SHAKESPEARE

Elsewhere in area theater:

• It's no hold Bard this weekend for the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway, with outdoor performances of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at 7:30 p.m. today on the lawn in front of McCastlain Hall (pay what you can, $15 suggested donation), and his Romeo and Juliet at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and the musical West Side Story at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Reynolds Performance Hall ($32, $25 for students, military and adults 65 and older). Call (866) 810-0012 or visit arkshakes.com.

• It's the final weekend for the musical Grey Gardens (music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, book by Doug Wright, based on the movie of the same name), in which the aunt and cousin of former first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis age, not very gracefully, in a mansion in the Hamptons, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. Tickets are $20, $16 students and senior citizens; visit weekendtheater.org. For more information, call (501) 374-3761.

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