Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Collage memorial
Wildwood Park for the Arts' Art in the Park Exhibition Program will hold an opening reception for the exhibition "In Memory of Amy Edgington: Collage Artists of Arkansas," 6-8 p.m. today at Wildwood, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. The reception will feature music by alternative jazz band The Rolling Blackouts. Poet Sandy Longhorn will read from her current project, Self-Ekphrasis 20 x 20, a series of 20 poems illustrated by 20 collages.
The exhibition features original works by Edgington, a Little Rock artist who died Nov. 19, 2015, at age 69, plus tribute collages and mixed-media works by friends and admirers Michael Church, Becky Botos, Jerry Colburn, Erin Lorenzen, Laura Fanning, Cherece Athy, Daniel Evans, Jessica Crenshaw, Byron Werner and Daniel Evans. The exhibition will remain on display through Dec. 16. Hours for the gallery, in the park's Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre complex, are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Admission to the reception and to the galleries is free.
In conjunction with the exhibit, Wildwood will host a Collage Party Workshop, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, starting with a "Community Conversation" with photographer Lynn Frost, Edgington's longtime partner; artists Church, Botos and others will demonstrate collage composition techniques using Edgington's materials. Cost for the workshop is $25; advance registration is required and participation is limited to 25. Visit wildwoodpark.org or email rachel@wildwoodpark.org.
Violin, piano & dance
Violinist Oksana Pavilionis will give a concert with pianist Larisa Denman and Pine Bluff-based Russian dance troupe "Dev4ata" (pronounced "Devchata" -- Yelena House, Svetlana Clemmons, Larisa Kachowski and Olga Calvert), 7 p.m. today at the Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 students, $5 children. Call (870) 406-6856 or visit tinyurl.com/oksana17.
UCA choral concert
The University of Central Arkansas University Chorus will perform at 7:30 p.m. today in the Recital Hall, Snow Fine Arts Center, UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The program will include four settings of Psalm 99 in English or Latin: Jubilate Deo by Michael Praetorius, Jubilate Deo by Orlando di Lasso, Exsultate, Jubilate Deo by Ruth Morris Gray, Jubilate Deo by W.A. Mozart and "Serve the Lord With Gladness" by Rollo Dilworth. On the second half of the program the Voices of Central Arkansas High School Choir, part of the UCA Community School of Music, will join the University Chorus for five pieces together, including "Glow" by Eric Whitacre and "Babethandaza," a South African folk song arranged by Daniel Hughes. Sheri Cook-Cunningham conducts. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-5774 or email scookcunningham@uca.edu.
Billy Blythe at OBU
Ouachita Baptist University's Division of Music will stage Billy Blythe, a modern folk opera about the early life of Bill Clinton by Bonnie Montgomery with a libretto by Britt Barber, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Jones Performing Arts Center at OBU, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia. Tickets are $10. Call (870) 245-5555 or visit obu.edu/boxoffice.
Nerd at Harrison
The humdrum life of an unassuming architect and landlord (Daniel Seay) goes through a major upheaval when a fellow veteran (Josiah Reynolds) shows up to claim an unpaid debt and turns out to be a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence, and even less tact in The Nerd by Larry Shue, which NorthArk Drama and the Ozark Arts Council is staging, 7 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lyric Theater, 115 Rush St., Harrison. Tickets are $10, $3 for students and children. Call (870) 391-3504 or visit ticketpeak.com/res/lyrictheatre.
SATURDAY
Album debut
Pine Bluff native Rod Clemmons will perform songs from his debut album, What's Up? It's Me, at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Lucy Lockett Cabe Theatre, Wildwood Park for the Arts. Tickets are $30. Visit ticketriver.com/event/21592.
Cabaret fundraiser
Weekend Theater performers -- Jay P. and Karen Q. Clark, Cheryl Humphrey, Erin Martinez Warner, Beth Ross, Frederick Webb and Duane Jackson -- will sing selections from Broadway shows, including Les Miserables, Wicked, South Pacific, Dreamgirls, Avenue Q, The Scottsboro Boys, Hamilton, Hairspray and Aladdin for a Cabaret & Chardonnay fundraiser, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the theater, 1001 W. Seventh St., Little Rock Tickets, $20, include the performance and hors d'oeuvres. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit weekendtheater.org/cabaret-chardonnay.
Art sale
More than 30 Arkansas artists will be selling their work at the Community Holiday Art Sale, 6 p.m. Saturday at Gallery 360, 900 S. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock. The event will also feature performances by classical guitarist Joel Richardson, live action poetry duo Half Sestina 811 and bassist and composer CJ Boyd, plus performance art by Janet of St. Louis. Refreshments from Viva Vegan, The Veg and Little Fox Foods Co-op will be available. Admission is by donation ($5-$7 suggested). Call (501) 993-0012 or visit 360gallery.blogspot.com or the Facebook page, facebook.com/events/700787333403648.
Homeless benefit
Diamond Carpet Entertainment and Ms. Phat Kat are putting on a two-pronged "Help the Homeless" benefit event, Saturday at Power Ultra Lounge, 220 W. Sixth St., Little Rock: 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., games for children, door prizes and a DJ, and, 8:30 p.m.-3 a.m., including a pre-Thanksgiving dinner, door prizes and entertainers from across the country. Dress code is casual. Admission is by donation -- $10 suggested before midnight, $15 afterward. A portion of the proceeds will go to nonprofits: Arkansas Dream Center in Little Rock and P.H.O.E.B.E./The Uzuri Project in Hot Springs. Call (501) 538-2931.
Tickets
Cinderella at Robinson
Tickets -- $33-$67, $73 VIP (orchestra rows 1-11), plus fees -- go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella ( music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by Douglas Carter Beane), 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 and 2 p.m. Jan. 15 at Robinson Center Performance Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. The show is part of Celebrity Attractions' 2016-17 Broadway Season. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit the website, ticketmaster.com.
Bruno Mars at Verizon
Tickets -- $48-$128 plus service charges -- go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday for Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour 2017 concert, 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena. There is a six-ticket limit per household. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Weekend on 11/17/2016