Roger M. Eaves and Don Bolinger play Al Lewis and Willie Clark, respectively, aka the Vaudeville team of Lewis and Clark, together for 43 years but now separated by mutual dislike -- until a big network wants them to reunite on the air, in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys, Tuesday-Sept. 23 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Devin Robertson plays Ben Silverman, Willie's put-upon nephew and agent. Jim Brewi, Ryan Whitfield, Paige Carpenter and Candyce Hinkle round out the cast.
Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:40 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, with matinees only Wednesdays through Sept. 13. Doors and buffet open 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $35-$37, $23 for children 15 and younger; show only, $25 and $15. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
Paisley at AMP
Country singer Brad Paisley headlines, with opening acts Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant and Lindsay Ell, at 7 p.m. Friday at the Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $35-$68.50 plus applicable fees. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit amptickets.com.
Little Roy and Lizzy
The Little Roy and Lizzy Show -- Little Roy Lewis, banjo, vocals and comedy; Lizzy Long, fiddle, guitar, autoharp, bass, banjo and mandolin; Tyler Biddix, guitar; Nathan Stewart, mandolin; and Terry Poirier, bass -- will feature bluegrass, gospel and acoustic music, 7 p.m. Monday at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., Paragould, part of Jonesboro public radio station KASU-FM, 91.9's Bluegrass Monday concert series.
The station will literally "pass the hat" to pay the musicians; suggested donation is $5 per person. Doors open at 6. Call (870) 972-2367, email mscarbro@astate.edu or visit the Bluegrass Monday Facebook page.
First Junk Fest
Van Buren's Old Town Merchants Association announced the inaugural Downtown Junk Fest, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 3 on Main Street between Third and Eighth streets, Van Buren. More than 70 Junk Fest vendors will be selling re-purposed, vintage, salvaged, reclaimed, antiques, boutique items, used clothing and more, alongside at least 10 food trucks and entertainment on three stages. Local shops will also be open.
Admission is free; tickets for a raffle for a 2017 Chevy Camaro, 7 p.m. Saturday on the main stage, are $20. All proceeds benefit the Center for Art and Education Building Fund in Van Buren. The event will take place rain or shine. Call (479) 414-3320 or (479) 806-4540 or visit the Facebook page, facebook.com/DowntownJunkFestVB.
Silo supper subject
The 2017 Old State House Museum Associates Annual Supper focuses on the September 1980 explosion at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, 6-9 p.m. Sept. 28 at the museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock. "Disaster in Damascus: Titan II Missile Explosion" will feature three witnesses featured in the PBS documentary Command and Control:
• Greg Devlin of Titusville, Fla., a missile technician who entered the silo just before the explosion, was thrown from the site and badly burned.
• Sid King, owner of Clinton radio station KGFL, on site when the explosion occurred and who continued to broadcast during the aftermath and the search for the nuclear warhead.
• Skip Rutherford, at the time an aide to then-U.S. Sen. David Pryor.
The event kicks off with a reception on the museum's front lawn, followed by supper and program in the museum's 1885 House of Representatives Chamber. Presenting sponsors are Dillard's Inc. and the Crain Automotive Team. Seating is limited. Tickets are $100. Proceeds support museum programs. Call (501) 664-1879 or visit oldstatehouseassociates.org.
Cemetery preservation
Rusty Brenner of Texas Cemetery Preservation will lead a cemetery conservation workshop, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 23, at Quitman Cemetery, 44 College St., Quitman. The workshop, under the auspices of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, will focus on how to clean, re-set and repair tombstones, plus instructions on cemetery maintenance, suitable cleaning products and proper techniques.
Admission is free but you'll need to register (40 people maximum) in advance. Call (501) 324-9880 or email holly.hope@arkansas.gov.
Style on 08/27/2017