1 MUSEUM SCHOOL
Faculty and students present their best pieces at the Arkansas Arts Center Museum School Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the State Fairgrounds Hall of Industry, 2600 Howard St., Little Rock. Admission to the sale is free but admission to the Member Preview Party, 6-9 p.m. Friday, requires an Arts Center membership. Annual individual memberships are $55. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org.
2 MANN
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will inaugurate the new Robinson Center Performance Hall -- after two years of Robinson Center reconstruction -- with concerts titled "Return to Robinson," 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. Conductor Philip Mann has programmed a quartet of sonic showpieces, including Erich Korngold's Violin Concerto with soloist Philippe Quint and concluding with an expanded 83-piece orchestra (plus organ and recorded nightingale) performing Ottorino Respighi's The Pines of Rome. Tickets are $14-$67, $10 for students and active duty military, free for K-12 students to Sunday's matinee with the purchase of an adult ticket. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org. See story on Page 4E.
3 MUTTS/MEWS
Children with two legs or four are welcome at Paws With Santa Claus, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday at Cammack Village City Hall, 2710 N. McKinley St. The Central Arkansas Rescue Effort for Animals event offers professional photos with Santa. A $20 donation includes a 5-by-7 print and packages are available. Call (501) 603-2273 or visit careforanimals.org. See story on Page 5E.
4 MERRIMENT
Conway's massive shopping extravaganza, Dazzle Daze, will open for general shopping, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Conway Expo Center, 2505 E. Oak St., Conway. Admission is $7.50. Girls Nite Out, 6-9 p.m. today offers a preview for $30 in advance and $35 at the door and children can have a Pajama Party With Santa, 9 a.m. Saturday, $17.50. Call (501) 513-5191 or visit dazzledaze.com.
5 MIRTH
Glitz & Garland, presented by the Benton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Saline Memorial Health Foundation, offers one-stop shopping with jewelry, children's clothing, accessories, collectibles, decorations and food, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at the Benton Event Center, 17322 Interstate 30 N., Benton. Tickets are $5 and children 12 and under are free. There's also a Girls Night Out preview, 6-9 p.m. today, $30. Call (501) 776-6746 or visit salinememorial.org.
6 MISTLETOE
Original art and unique gifts including woodwork, paintings and holiday decorations will be part of the 39th Annual Holiday Craft & Gift Sale, 2-8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Jacksonville Community Center, 5 Municipal Drive, Jacksonville. Admission is $2, $1 for ages 12-18 or free with donation of a new, unopened, unwrapped toy. Call (501) 982-4171 or visit cityofjacksonville.net.
7 (HAND)MADE INSTRUMENTS
"True Faith, True Light: The Devotional Art of Ed Stilley," focusing on a farmer who said he received a call from God to make instruments and give them to children, opens Friday at the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, with a 6-8 p.m. reception. Fayetteville-based folk duo Still on the Hill will perform on some of Stilley's handcrafted instruments. The exhibit includes 28 of Stilley's instruments plus X-rays, recordings, tools (including the Blessed Router) and photos of Stilley at his rural Ozarks homestead. Admission is free; refreshments will be provided. Call (501) 324-9685 or visit oldstatehouse.com.
8 MESSIAEN
The Lysander Piano Trio -- Itamar Zorman, violin; Michael Katz, cello; and Lisa Stepanova, piano -- performs at 7:30 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., Little Rock, part of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock's season. The program for the concert, titled "The Eternal Song": Sergei Rachmaninoff's Elegiac Trio No. 1 in g minor, Antonin Dvorak's Piano Trio No. 4 in e minor, "Dumky," op.90; and Episodi e canto perpetuo, Latvian composer Peteris Vasks' homage to Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. Tickets are $25, free for K-college students. Visit ChamberMusicLR.com.
9 MURRY'S
A newlywed believes her husband (who has been moonlighting as a department-store Santa so he can buy her a fur coat for Christmas but has told her he has been working late at the office) is having an affair in Sorry! Wrong Chimney! by Jack Sharkey and Leo W. Sears, onstage through Dec. 31 at Murry s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Doors and buffet open approximately 90 minutes before curtain: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, (12:30 matinees only, Wednesdays through Nov. 30), 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. (No shows Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.) Tickets are $31-$35, $23 for children 15 and younger; show only, $25 and $15. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
10 MELODY
Guitarist/composer and Windham Hill recording artist Alex De Grassi will perform (under the umbrella of the Argenta Arts Acoustic Music Series), 7:30 p.m. today at The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock. Tickets are $20. Call (501) 425-1528 or visit argentaartsacousticmusic.com.
Weekend on 11/17/2016