THE WEEKEND TEN

The Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks

1 CHICKS

The Dixie Chicks’ World Tour MMXVI, with Elle King, makes a stop at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena, 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $53.50-$119. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E

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Geoffrey Eggleston (Tyke) and Aleigha Morton (Moppet)

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Amasa Hines

2 CHALK

Get chalky and creative at the annual Thea Paves the Way event, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday on the Clinton Presidential Center's front lawn, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. School, church, family and community groups are welcome to decorate the sidewalks with chalk art while also enjoying entertainment and refreshments. Admission is free but registration is required to participate. Call (501) 379-9512 or visit theafoundation.org.

3 CHARITABLE

Elaborate structures made of food have popped up in the Statehouse Convention Center for Canstruction, a fundraiser for Arkansas Foodbank. The displays are available for viewing 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. today and 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday. Call (501) 442-0743 or visit canstruction.org or facebook.com/canstructionLR.

• The community can also support Arkansas Foodbank with dinner, craft beers, music and children's activities during Harvest Night, 5-8 p.m. Saturday at Foodbank headquarters, 4301 W. 65th St., Little Rock. Tickets are $30 for dinner and two drink tickets, free for children. Call (501) 569-4329.

4 CHARGE!

Heroes come in all shapes, sizes and speeds at the Superhero Dash-N-Bash, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at Murray Park, Rebsamen Road, Little Rock, with children's activities, music and food. Registration is $15 and benefits the hematology/oncology department at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Call (501) 364-2592 or visit giving.archildrens.org/superhero.

5 CHILDREN

Toddlers and youngsters 2-5 are the target audience for the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre's Studio Show Tyke and Moppet, an interactive "multi-sensory and whimsical journey" through friendship, noon Friday and Tuesday-Sept. 16, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park, Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. Tickets are $10, $8 for center members. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit ArkansasArtsCenter.org/theatre.

6 CHORDS, ETC.

Amasa Hines, the Sad Daddys and the Uh Huhs top the 15-band-plus musical lineup for the fourth annual Legends of Arkansas Music and Craft Festival, with more than a dozen food trucks, representatives and beer from 10 area breweries, art and craft vendors, beard and pinup-girl competitions and circus, aerial and fire performances, noon-10 p.m. Saturday in and around Argenta Plaza -- main entrance at 520 Main St., North Little Rock. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free and open to all ages (and dogs on leashes are welcome). Visit LegendsofArkansas.com.

7 CHAMPIONSHIP

The Little Rock Paper Airplane Championship, 10 a.m. Saturday at Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, will pit paper aviators in various age categories in distance and airtime events. There will be a variety of food trucks on site. Proceeds benefit the Lymphomaniac Society, which provides respite trips for cancer survivors and caregivers. Visit lrpaperairplane.com.

8 CHROMATIC

"Arkansas Women to Watch: Organic Matters," a biennial statewide touring exhibition featuring works by four female artists -- mixed-media drawings, photography and watercolors by Dawn Holder (Clarksville), Sandra Luckett (Conway), Katherine Rutter (formerly of Little Rock) and Melissa Wilkinson (Bono) -- opens today in the Maners/Pappas Gallery and Gallery III in the Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 569-8977 or email becushman@ualr.edu.

9 CHOP

The Plantation Agriculture Museum, U.S. 165 and Arkansas 161 in Scott, will display a bevy of pre-1960s engines and machinery at its annual Tractor & Engine Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. Call (501) 961-1409 or visit arkansasstateparks.com.

10 CHARLEY

Country singer Charley Pride will open East Arkansas Community College's 2016-2017 performance season, 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the college's Fine Arts Center, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. Tickets are $39. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352, or visit eacc.edu.

Weekend on 09/08/2016

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