1 RUNNING
"Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844-2012," an exhibit reflecting 170 years of political posters, opens Friday in Windgate Gallery, Center for Humanities and Arts, on the North Little Rock main campus of the UA-Pulaski Technical College. An opening night reception, 6-8 p.m. today, will include a 6:30 p.m. gallery talk by Hendrix College faculty member Jay Barth and music by Barry McVinney, saxophone, and Mark Binns, piano. The exhibit will be on display, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, through Sept. 20. Admission to the reception and exhibit are free. Call (501) 812-2715 or email dwood@uaptc.edu.
2 REVELRY More than 30 central Arkansas restaurants will serve up their best wings at Wingstock, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena. There will be a wide selection of domestic, imported and craft beers to wash down the wings, plus games and music. Tickets are $20 plus fees. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story on Page 4E.
3 RESOUNDING The U.S. Navy Band Cruisers, an eight-piece vocal and instrumental ensemble, performs at 7 p.m. Saturday at First Security Amphitheater, behind the River Market's Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free. It's the first of a three-concert "Little Rock Salutes" military concert series. Visit Littlerock.com or facebook.com/LRRiverMarket. The ensemble is also putting on concerts at 7 p.m. today in Gulley Park, 1850 E. Township St., Fayetteville (free), and 7 p.m. Friday at the Alma Performing Arts Center, 103 E. Main St., Alma -- free tickets; reserve by calling (479) 632-2129 or online at almapac.org.
4 RISING Acapella Rising (formerly the Diamond State Men's Chorus) will perform at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday in the Center for Humanity and the Arts, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The show will also feature Signature, which took the silver medal in the recent International Barbershop Quartet Competition. Matinee tickets are $15 and $10; for the evening show, $15 and $12.50, with discounts for students. Call (501) 791-7464 or visit the website, acapellarising.com, or the Facebook page, facebook.com/Acapella-Rising-AR-832366903555598.
5 REVERB Guitarist Richard Leo Johnson will perform for the Argenta Arts Acoustic Music Series at 7:30 p.m. today at The Joint, 301 Main St. in North Little Rock's Argenta Arts District. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 425-1528 or visit argentaartsacousticmusic.com or centralarkansastickets.com.
6 REPRESENTATIONS Some of the South's top landscape artists will present their views on the world in a new exhibit opening at Greg Thompson Fine Art, 429 Main St., North Little Rock, 5-8 p.m. Friday. "Southern Landscapes," including works by William Dunlap, Carroll Cloar and Diane Williams, will be on display, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, through Oct. 14. Call (501) 664-2787 or visit gregthompsonfineart.com.
7 RUMBLE Mountain View will rattle and rumble at the annual Mountains, Music & Motorcycles, Friday-Sunday. Thousands of bikers will converge on the mountain town for motorcycle games and rides, a car show, music and vendors. General admission is free. Call (870) 269-8068 or visit mountainsmusicmotorcycles.com.
8 REMEMBER The Turtles, The Association, The Box Tops and other 1960s and '70s groups bring the Happy Together Tour to Oaklawn's Finish Line Theater, 7 p.m. Friday, Oaklawn Racing & Gaming, 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. Tickets are $45 and $55. Call (800) 625-5296 or visit oaklawn.com.
9 RUBBER BANDS It will be a bouncy end of the summer at the Mid-America Science Museum's Summer Science Smash party, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Alliance Rubber Co. will be on hand with rubber bands for activities like making "crunchy" slime, rubber-band splatter art and giant slingshots. Admission to the museum, 500 Mid America Blvd., Hot Springs, is $10, $8 for children 3-12. Lunch is an additional $6. Call (501) 767-3461 or visit midamericamuseum.org.
10 REDUCED An abridged version of Completely Hollywood (Abridged), a rapid-fire look at Hollywood's golden era from the Reduced Shakespeare Company -- who brought you The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) -- will be onstage during the South Arkansas Arts Center's 2017-2018 season announcement party, "Hooray, It's Hollywood," 7 p.m. Saturday in the Price and Merkle galleries at the center, 110 E. Main St., El Dorado. Tickets are $10. Call (870) 862-5474 or visit saac-arts.org.
Weekend on 08/17/2017