1 CRUCIBLE
The infamous Salem Witch Trials come to life again as the Arkansas Repertory Theatre presents Arthur Miller's The Crucible, through Nov. 13. The final preview starts at 7 p.m. today with a director talk at 6:15 p.m. Opening night is 8 p.m. Friday and regular show times are 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday with an additional matinee Nov. 12. Tickets are $35-$45 and this Sunday night is "Pay Your Age" Night. Call (501) 378-0405 or visit therep.org. See story on Page 4E.
2 CORNBREAD 1
Sweet or savory? Visitors can have both at the annual Arkansas Cornbread Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday in Little Rock's South Main district. The festival includes the cornbread competition, music, a vintage motorcycle show and the Kids' Own Zone with food-related activities. Tickets are $8 in advance, $4 for ages 6-12. At-the-gate admission is $10 and $5. Call (501) 313-3963 or visit arkansascornbreadfestival.com. See story on Page 5E.
3 CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
A bear of very little brain, his human companion and his animal friends take audiences back to the Hundred Acre Wood as the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre stages Winnie-the-Pooh (music by Allan J. Friedman, lyrics by A.A. Milne and Kristin Sergel, with additional lyrics by Le Clanche du Rand, whose script is based on Milne's stories). Showtimes: 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through Nov. 13 at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Tickets are $12.50, $10 for Arts Center members. There's a pay-what-you-can preview at 7 p.m. today. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit ArkansasArtsCenter.org/theatre.
4 CANDY/CRAFTS
Museums in downtown Little Rock will open their doors for trick-or-treating, crafts and other family-friendly Halloween fun during the Big Boo!-seum Bash, 5:30-8:30 p.m. today. Participants include the Historic Arkansas Museum, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Arts Center and the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center. Admission is free. Call (501) 376-4781 or visit littlerock.com.
5 CHORUS
Acapella Rising, formerly known as the Diamond State Chorus, will put on its annual concert, with the theme "How Music Was Born," 7 p.m. Saturday, Center for Humanities and Arts, Pulaski Technical College, 300 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Guest performers include award-winning barbershop quartets The Essentials and Boardwalk Quartet. Tickets are $15, $20 VIP (the closest 175 seats). Visit acapellarising.com.
6 CHANTICLEER
San Francisco-based men's vocal ensemble Chanticleer will offer a program titled "My Secret Heart," music celebrating love including medieval madrigals, classical songs and works by Stephen Foster, Cole Porter, Noel Coward and a new work written for them by Finnish composer Jaakko Mantyjarvi, 8 p.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., Little Rock. Tickets are $35, $20 for students. Call (501) 375-2342.
7 CLAIRVOYANTS
Readings, cleansings, and other psychic and spiritual services will be offered at Halana's Psychic Fair, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at the North Little Rock Community Center, 2700 N. Willow St., North Little Rock. There will also be lectures and sales of products including crystals, jewelry, herbs and oils. Admission is $5. Call (501) 843-5982.
8 CONWAY
Former University of Central Arkansas students Kris Allen (class of 2003, American Idol winner pictured above), Barrett Baber (class of 2006, third place on The Voice), Matthew Huff (class of 2003), Adam Hambrick (class of 2007) and Hannah Blaylock will take the stage for the "Allen & Baber: Back at Home" concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $25, $10 for UCA students. All proceeds support the university's Mainstage EdUCAtion Series. Call (501) 450-3265 or visit uca.edu/reynolds.
9 CLASSICAL
Kiril Laskarov, violin; Tze-Ying Wu, viola; Ethan Young, cello; and Barron Weir, bass, all members of the Arkansas Symphony, and Tatiana Roitman Mann, piano, will perform Franz Schubert's "Trout" Quintet in A major, D.667, for a "Schubertiade," an evening of Schubert's music, 7:30 p.m. Friday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., Little Rock. Laskarov and Roitman Mann will also play the Fantasie in C major, D.934. A meet-the-artists reception will follow. Tickets are $20, free for students. Call (501) 372-0294 or visit Eventbrite.com or trinitylittlerock.org.
10 CORNBREAD 2
Mountain View's Courthouse Square will be packed with beans, cornbread, music and dancing while outhouses on wheels rattle down the street during Bean Fest and the Great Arkansas Championship Outhouse Races, Friday-Saturday. Admission is free. Call (870) 269-8068 or visit yourplaceinthemountains.com.
Weekend on 10/27/2016