1 CROWN
Miss Arkansas moves to the capital city this year with the Miss Arkansas Pageant and the Miss Arkansas Outstanding Teen events at Robinson Center Performance Hall, West Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. The final night of preliminaries is 7 p.m. today. Teen finals are at 7 p.m. Friday and the Miss Arkansas finals are at 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $22-$35 for preliminaries and $32-$36 for finals. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 CULTURE
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock, remembers the post-Civil War end of slavery with activities, entertainment and food at its annual Juneteenth celebration, noon-6 p.m. Saturday. This year’s music lineup includes Gloryland Pastor’s Choir and the Big John Miller Band, plus laser tag, a rock wall and a video game trailer. Tours and film screenings are planned to help visitors get a taste of history. Admission is free. Call (501) 683-3593 or visit mosaictemplarscenter.com.
3 CATCH
Looking for a Father’s Day activity for your outdoor dad? Go fishing at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock, which is opening its Swan Lake for one day for catch-and-release anglers, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free; refreshments and bait will be for sale. And if you’re not into angling, they’ll have lawn games or you can stroll along the park’s paved and woodland trails. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
4 CANADIAN
Canadian guitarist Justin St. Pierre performs at 7:30 p.m. today at The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, part of the Argenta Arts Acoustic Music Series. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 425-1528, email steve@stevedavison.com or visit argentaartsacousticmusic.com or centralarkansastickets.com.
5 CONTRAPTIONS
The Mid-America Science Museum, 500 Mid America Blvd., Hot Springs, gets even more hands-on as it hosts Tinkerfest, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Visitors of all ages can try out more than 50 “tinkering” stations to learn about technology, art, math, engineering and science. Museum admission is $10, $8 for children 3-12, free for members. Call (501) 767-3461 or visit midamericamuseum.org.
6 COOK-OFF, ETC.
Games, a Saturday rib cook-off, children’s activities, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and the annual yellow duck race down No Name Creek are all part of the 46th annual Smackover Oil Town Festival, today-Saturday at Tennyson Park, East 10th Street and South Broadway, Smackover. Each night there will be a concert (7 p.m. today: J.T. Stocks Gospel Night with The Burns Family; 7 p.m. Friday: Ace’s Wild and Blackstrap Molasses; 7 p.m. Saturday: Milton Patton and Cory Jackson). It’s $1 to enter a duck in the race and food costs money; otherwise, it’s all free. A complete schedule is available at smackoverar.com. Call (870) 725-3521, email smkovrcofc@sbcglobal.net or visit Facebook.com/ SmackoverOilTownFestival.
7 CRAFTS AND WATERCRAFTS
Surf the Bay WaterSport Festival will offer two days of water sports, music, food, arts and craft vendors on Greers Ferry Lake, noon-sunset Friday and 8 a.m.-sunset Saturday at the Fairfield Bay Marina, 4350 Arkansas 330 South, Fairfield Bay. Sports range from the extreme (wakesurfing and flyboarding) to the more serene (kayaking and paddleboarding). Admission is free; there’s a fee to participate in some of the water sports. Arrive by land or water. Call (501) 884-6030 or visit VisitFairfieldBay.com.
8 CHORDS
Toronzo Cannon, Sister Lucille, Fiona Boyes and E.G. Kight are among the acts for this year’s Eureka Springs Blues Weekend, today-Sunday at locations throughout Eureka Springs. Headliners will perform at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 239 Turpentine Creek Lane. Different venues have different fees; weekend passes are $45 and VIP passes are $135. Call (479) 253-7377 or visit eurekaspringsblues.com.
9 COMEDIAN
Comedian Brian Regan performs at 7:30 p.m. today in Baum Walker Hall at Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. Tickets are $59.50 plus fees and taxes. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org or BrianRegan.com.
10 CREATIONS
See the latest the stage has to offer at the Arkansas New Play Festival, Friday-June 25, including staged readings and workshops of Transatlantic by John Walch, The Furies by Lisa D’Amour and Comet Town by Rick Ehrstin. First weekend events will be at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, with the second weekend at the Studio Theatre, Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios, 505 W. Spring St., Fayetteville. All-access passes are $50, $25 for patrons under 30; individual tickets are $10, $15 for the Transatlantic workshop production, $5 for people under 30. There will also be a Young Playwrights Showcase, 2 p.m. Sunday and a presentation by the staff of The Dramatist magazine, 1 p.m. June 24 — both free. Call (479) 443-5600 or visit arkansasnewplayfest.com.