Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Documentary screening
The Central Arkansas Library System and the Arkansas Educational Television Network screen director Raoul Peck's Academy Award-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro, a look at an unfinished book by James Baldwin, 6:30 p.m. today at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. A discussion with authors Daniel Black and Vincent Tolliver will follow. Admission is free; reserve seats at ronrobinsontheater.org. Call (501) 918-3098 or email bmooy@cals.org.
Lives and loves
Three middle-aged single sisters discuss and argue about their lives and loves in Christopher Durang's Chekhov-inspired comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and Nov. 9-11, 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 12 at the Studio Theater, 320 W. Seventh St, Little Rock. The show contains adult language and situations and is not recommended for children. Tickets are $25, $20 for students, senior citizens (65+) and military. Call (501) 374-2615 or visit centralarkansastickets.com.
Poetic evening
Poet Claudia Rankine will read from and discuss her work at 7:30 p.m. today, Reves Recital Hall, Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. A reception and book signing will follow in the Trieschmann Gallery. "An Evening With Claudia Rankine" is part of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language 2017-18 season. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-4597 or email vanaman@hendrix.edu.
FRIDAY
Maumelle Rumors
The Maumelle Players will stage Rumors by Neil Simon, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 10-11 and 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church, 449 Millwood Circle, Maumelle. Tickets are $15, $12 for students, senior citizens and children 16 and younger. Visit maumelleplayers.org.
History sandwich
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program's "Sandwiching in History" tour will visit the Pulaski County Courthouse, 401 W. Markham St., Little Rock, at noon Friday. The courthouse incorporates two buildings: a Romanesque Revival completed in 1889 and a Beaux Arts structure completed in 1914. Admission is free, Call (501) 324-9880, email info@arkansaspreservation.org or visit arkansaspreservation.org.
'Natural Perspective'
"A Natural Perspective," including wood sculptures and mixed media paintings by Robyn Horn; paintings by Dolores Justus; Connections, an installation using a variety of woods fashioned into boxes and stones by Jill Kyong; and landscapes by John P. Lasater IV, goes on display Friday at Justus Fine Art Gallery, 827A Central Ave., Hot Springs, with a reception, 5-9 p.m., in conjunction with the Spa City's monthly downtown Gallery Walk. The show will be on display through Nov. 29. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday or by appointment. Call (501) 321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.
SATURDAY
Garden market
Artists, craftsmen, jewelers and vintage vendors will sell collectibles and handicrafts at the Bernice Garden Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Bernice Garden, 1401 Main St., in Little Rock's SoMa neighborhood. Marketgoers can expect a range of old things, including kitschy kitchenware, early-edition books, antique paper products and retro clothes, as well as artwork, jewelry, knitted accessories and other locally crafted goods. Call (501) 410-3938, email bernicegarden@gmail.com or visit thebernicegarden.org.
Opera preview
Opera in the Rock singers Ronald Jensen McDaniel, baritone; Nisheedah Golden, mezzo-soprano; Kenneth Gaddie, bass; Satia Spencer, mezzo-soprano; Candice Harris, soprano; and Christopher Straw, tenor, will perform will perform excerpts from William Grant Still's 1939 English-language opera Troubled Island (with a libretto by Langston Hughes and Verna Arvey), 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library, 4800 W. 10th St., Little Rock. LaSheena Gordon is the narrator; Janine Tiner is the accompanist. A question-and-answer session will follow. Admission is free. The concert performance, part of the company's Jennifer Boccarossa "Once Upon an Opera" Outreach Program, previews a planned fully staged Arkansas premiere of the opera, May 4 and 6 at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock. Email arleneb@oitr.org.
America in Conway
Classic-rock band America, including founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $30-$40, $10 for children and UCA students with valid student ID. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit www.uca.edu/reynolds.
SUNDAY
'Fall In'
The North Little Rock Community Concert Band will close its 35th concert year, 3 p.m. Sunday at the Patrick Henry Hays Center, 401 W. Pershing Blvd., North Little Rock. The program, titled "Fall In," includes Alfred Reed's arrangement of "Autumn Leaves" and a 50th-anniversary medley of arrangements of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album; World War I commemorations (marches by John Philip Sousa, Fred Huffer and "Echoes From the Battlefield," a medley of period songs); a previously unpublished piece, Honor Guard March, by Claude T. Smith; and an early salute to Veterans Day. Rico Belotti conducts. Admission is free. Call (501) 758-2576 or visit nlrcommunityband.com.
Weekend on 11/02/2017