1 BITES
The International Greek Food Festival returns for another year of gyros and other treats, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 1100 Napa Valley Drive, Little Rock. This year's new offerings are a Mediterranean lamb shank dinner, a lamb burger and Greek fries. Also expect the craft market, performances and children's activities. Admission is free; free shuttle service is available from Asbury United Methodist Church, 1700 Napa Valley Drive, and Pulaski Academy, 12601 Hinson Road. Call (501) 221-5300 or visit greekfoodfest.com.
• More than 30 Little Rock restaurants, caterers and distributors will offer up tasty morsels at Taste of the Rock, 5:30-7:30 p.m. today at the River Market pavilions, Little Rock. Tickets are $15. Call (501) 374-2001 or visit littlerockchamber.com. See Transitions on Page 8E.
2 BRIDGE
The Bridge to the Future Festival was delayed by bad weather, but has been rescheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. The community festival offers activities for children and information on health, literacy and safety for parents. Admission is free. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonfoundation.org.
3 BALLET
The boy who wouldn't grow up will do some fancy footwork as Arkansas Festival Ballet presents Peter Pan, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre, Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. Tickets are $20, $15 for children and students. Call (501) 227-5320 or visit arkansasdance.org. See story on Page 4E.
• The Hot Springs Children's Dance Theatre Co. will also perform a full-length Peter Pan ballet -- choreographed by founder and artistic director Edmond Cooper to an original score by Stephen Warbeck -- at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and May 27-28 and 3 p.m. Sunday and May 29 at LakePointe Church, 1343 Albert Pike Road, Hot Springs. Kodie Brown dances the role of Peter Pan with Thomas Cooper as Captain Hook, Elizabeth Solleder as Wendy Darling, Hayley Mitchell as Tiger Lily and San Francisco ballerina Constanza Murphy in her signature role of Tinker Bell. Tickets are $30 "preferred," $20 "standard," $15 and $10 for kids younger than 18. Call (501) 655-6815, email hscdtc@gmail.com or visit hscdtc.org.
4 BALLET, PART TWO
Ballet Arkansas will premiere the concert version of Under the Lights, choreographed by the Nashville Ballet's Chris Stuart to music by Johnny Cash, in a concert with the same name, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Sixth and Main streets, Little Rock. The program will also include the premieres of (e) Motions, a completion of a piece by 2015 Visions Choreographic Competition winner Ilya Kozadayev, to music of Johannes Brahms and Franz Joseph Haydn, and Memoryhaus, Ballet Arkansas Resident Choreographer Kiyon Gaines' setting of music by Max Richter, plus George Balanchine's Glinka Pas de Trois. Tickets are $40 and $35. Call (501) 378-0405 or visit therep.org.
5 BASEMENT
Setting: 1979, the day of the church's centennial celebration, with parishioners gathering to share hot dishes and stories from the last 100 years, in Church Basement Ladies: The Last Potluck Supper (music and lyrics by Little Rock's Drew Jansen, book by Greta Grosch), onstage through June 18 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Kelley Ponder, Sarah Ring, Monica Clark-Robinson and Emory Molitor play the title ladies, with director Don Bolinger as Pastor Gunderson. Doors and the buffet open approximately 90 minutes before curtain time: 7:45 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (except 12:45 p.m. matinees only, Wednesday and June 1), 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.
6 BLUES
South Arkansas singer-songwriters Trey Johnson and Dave Almond will blend folk, blues and country music for a House Concert at 7 p.m. today in the Pavilion at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $15 suggested donation; beer, wine and snacks will be available. Call (501) 821-7575 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
7 BAGS
The ESSE Purse Museum, 1510 S. Main St., Little Rock, looks at style on a grand scale at Around the World -- International Fashion Event, 5-7 p.m. today. The cocktail-and-fashion party includes styles presented by ESSE and Beyond Cotton, and hors d'oeuvres and cocktails by The Capital Hotel. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 916-9022 or visit essepursemuseum.com.
8 'BOSSA CRESCENTE'
Nashville-based, Grammy-winning, finger-style guitarist John Knowles performs at 7:30 p.m. today at The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, part of the Argenta Arts Acoustic Music Series. Tickets are $20. Call (501) 425-1528, email steve@stevedavison.com or visit argentaartsacousticmusic.com. See Music Scene on Page 4E.
9 BATTLE
"All answers will be considered but only the correct ones will be accepted" at KUAR-FM, 89.1's Pub Quiz trivia fundraiser, 6 p.m. Sunday at American Pie Pizza, 4830 North Hills Blvd., North Little Rock. Admission is $75 for a table of five, $90 for a table of six. The pizzeria will donate 10 percent of its proceeds from the night to the public radio station. Other sponsors are Challenge Entertainment and Bear State Bank. Call (501) 569-8485 or visit ualrpublicradio.org or tinyurl.com/j6jt5vm.
10 BARITONES, ETC.
The Kristin Lewis Foundation will host the finals concert for its second Vocal Scholarship Award, 3 p.m. Sunday, Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The concert concludes a two-day competition with young singers from institutions including UCA, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Ouachita Baptist University, the Manhattan School of Music, University of Houston and the University of Kansas vying for more than $13,000 in scholarship money. A reception and awards presentation will follow. The foundation/competition's namesake is operatic soprano and UCA alumna Kristin Lewis. Admission is free. Visit kristinlewisfoundation.com.
Weekend on 05/19/2016