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THURSDAY
Travel writer 'does' LR
Travel writer Bill Clevlen will be in Little Rock from Thursday-Saturday for a series of special events and book signings promoting his new book, 100 Things to Do in America Before You Die.
The bucket-list travel guide for the first time features Little Rock locations, including the River Market District, the Museum of Discovery and the Esse Purse Museum.
The schedule includes a 10 a.m. Thursday meet-and-greet at the Museum of Discovery, 500 President Clinton Ave.; "Sip & Socialize," 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Esse Purse Museum, 1510 Main St.; and "Farmers Market Fun," 9 a.m. Saturday in the Little Rock Farmers Market Pavilions, behind the River Market's Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave. Cost of a book: $20 (including tax).
TICKETS
El Dorado district debut
Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday for the concerts marking the debut of the Murphy Arts District, Sept. 27-Oct. 1 in downtown El Dorado.
The lineup and ticket prices:
• Sept. 28: Train with opening act Natasha Bedingfield, 8 p.m., Griffin Music Hall, $25-$35
• Sept. 29: ZZ Top with opening acts X Ambassadors & Robert Randolph & the Family Band, 6 p.m., Murphy Amphitheater, $35-$45
• Sept. 29: Ludacris, 11:30 p.m., Griffin Music Hall, $25-$35
• Sept. 30: Brad Paisley with opening acts Hunter Hayes, Chase Bryant and Ashley McBryde, Amphitheater, $35-$45
• Sept. 30: Migos, 11:30 p.m., Griffin Music Hall, $25-$35
• Oct. 1: Smokey Robinson with the South Arkansas Symphony, 4 p.m., Amphitheater, free
Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen and John Hiatt will perform for a private donor event, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Griffin Restaurant.
Call (877) 940-3334 or visit eldoMAD.com.
Murphy USA, Murphy Oil Corp., and Deltic Timber Corp. put together the $100 million project, the first $54 million phase of which has focused on the 1928 Griffin Auto Co. building, once an assembly center and showroom for Model T Fords, and which now will feature a farm-to-table restaurant, cabaret lounge and 2,000-seat music hall. The building overlooks the new 8,000-capacity Murphy Amphitheater.
Phase II will involve a $32 million renovation of the 1920s Rialto Theater and the creation of a 10,000-square-foot art gallery and exhibition hall with artist in-residence quarters.
LaMontagne concert
Tickets -- $59.50-$69.50 -- are now on sale for Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne's "Just Passing Through" acoustic tour performance, with John Stirratt from Wilco on acoustic bass, 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main St., Memphis. Call (901) 525-3000 or visit the website, orpheum-memphis.com.
Style on 08/08/2017