1 GAMBLER
Country superstar Kenny Rogers makes a stop at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena on his Final World Tour: The Gambler's Last Deal, 8 p.m. today. Tickets are $68 and $88 plus fees. Call (501) 975-9000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story Page 4E.
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The Avett Brothers will bring their folk rock sound to Verizon Arena with a concert at 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $48.60 and $64. Call (501) 975-9000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story Page 4E.
3 GUITARS II
The 31st King Biscuit Blues Festival occupies three stages in downtown Helena-West Helena, centering on Cherry Street, through Saturday. Headliners are Sonny Landreth with special guest Roy Rogers at 8:30 p.m. today, John Mayall at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Charlie Musselwhite at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The festival also includes an all-star lineup, a barbecue cooking competition, 5K race and a blues symposium. A three-day pass is $75; a one-day pass, $30. Call (870) 572-5223.
4 GLIMPSE
Command and Control, a documentary chronicling the nine intense hours following the 1980 explosion at a Titan II Launch Complex near Damascus will be the opening-night feature of the 2016 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 6:30 Friday at the Arlington Hotel, 239 Central Ave, Hot Springs. The director, Robert Kenner, will take part in a post-screening question-and-answer session. Tickets are $40; visit hsdfi.org/tickets-passes. The 25th anniversary festival offers more than 100 documentaries, including U.S., North American and world premieres, through Oct. 16. Sponsor is Deltic Timber Corp. A complete lineup and more information on celebrity appearances are available online at hsdfi.org.
5 'GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE'
It's the British invasion all over again as the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, presents "Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Beatles!" The exhibit, which examines and celebrates "Beatlemania," opens Saturday and closes April 2. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10; $8 for ages 62 and older, college students and retired U.S. military; $6 for ages 6-17; free for children under 6 and active U.S. military. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonfoundation.org.
6 GHOULISH
Magic Springs in Hot Springs turns into a creepy haven for ghosts and goblins for the Halloween season, 4-11 p.m. Saturdays and 4-9 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 30. This year's Magic Screams festival includes costume contests, movie screenings, haunted houses for varying ages and tolerance levels, and children's activities. Admission is $29.99. Call (501) 624-0100 or visit magicsprings.com. See story Page 5E.
7 GLASSY
Two enameling exhibitions -- "Little Dreams in Glass and Metal: Enameling in America, 1920 to Present," 121 works by 90 artists, and "Glass Fantasies: Enamels by Thom Hall," more than 40 enamels by the retired longtime Arts Center registrar and artist -- open Friday at the Arkansas Arts Center, 501 E. Ninth St, Little Rock. "Little Dreams" co-curator Harold B. Nelson will deliver a member lecture in conjunction with a preview reception, 6 p.m. in the center's Lower Lobby Lecture Hall. Admission is $15, free for members. Both exhibits will be up through Dec. 31. Admission is free. Call (501) 372-4000 for reservations.
8 GREGORIO ALLEGRI, ETC.
The Arkansas Chamber Singers and conductor John Erwin present a program titled "in paradisum," 7:30 p.m. Friday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock, and 3 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, 723 Center St., Little Rock. The program includes Miserere mei, Deus by Gregorio Allegri, Song for Athene by John Tavener, settings of "In paradisum" by Edwin Fissinger and Eriks Esenvalds, "The Heavens Are Telling" from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn and pieces by Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Ola Gjeilo, Rene Clausen and Daniel Gawthrop. Tickets are $15, $10 for students in advance, $18 and $12 at the door. Call (501) 377-1121.
9 GHOSTS
Things will get spooky at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, as the Arkansas Paranormal Expo sets up shop, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. The expo includes a variety of vendors and speakers on psychic phenomena, ghost hunting and other supernatural-related topics. Admission is $10 for the weekend, free for children under 12. Call (501) 993-7494 or visit arkansasparanormalexpo.com.
10 GETZOV
The Conway Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the University of Central Arkansas Schedler Honors College and El Zocalo Immigrant Resource Center, will present director Adam Frank's puppet-theater adaptation of Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday in the ballroom in McCastlain Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Israel Getzov conducts original music by Paul Dickinson, Karen Griebling, Michael Pagan and Cory Winters. The show is considered suitable for audiences 8 and older. Tickets are $15, $10 for students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit tickets.uca.edu/conway-series.
Weekend on 10/06/2016