1 CASTING CROWNS
Christian music group Casting Crowns performs at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena on its "The Very Next Thing Tour," 7:30 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $15-$70. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
2 COUNTRY
Country singer Aaron Lewis, on his 2017 "Sinners and Sanctified" tour with "special guests" Blackberry Smoke and Alex Williams, performs at 7 p.m. today in the Theater @ Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. Tickets -- $55 and $39.50 plus service charges; there is an eight-ticket limit per household. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com or aaronlewisconcerts.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
3 CULT HEROINE
Grammy-winner Lucinda Williams supplies the tunes at the Oxford American's 25th annual fundraiser, Books, Bourbon & Boogie, 6 p.m. today at the Center for the Humanities and Arts Theater, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The concert starts at 8 p.m., following a reception with appetizers and drinks. Tickets are $30-$175. Call (800) 293-5949 or visit metrotix.com.
4 COMESTIBLES
Sponsored by the Central Arkansas Independent Restaurant Operators, and a benefit for technology programs and equipment at the Arkansas School for the Deaf, the 28th Silent Sunday will feature dishes from more than four dozen participating area restaurants and food vendors, noon-3 p.m. Sunday at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets, Little Rock. KATV Channel 7's Todd Yakoubian and Janelle Lilley will be masters of ceremonies. The GroanUps and the school's Singing Fingers will entertain; the event will also include a silent auction. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $10 for children 6-12, free for kids 5 and younger. Call (501) 324-9507 or visit silentsunday.org
5 CLASSICAL
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, with Philip Mann on the podium, will give an all-Russian, all-orchestral Masterworks program, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway, Little Rock. They'll play the Overture to Colas Breugnon by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Suite No. 2 from Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. Sponsor is JPMS Cox. Tickets are $15-$65, $10 for students and active duty military, free for K-12 students to the Sunday matinee with a paying adult. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
6 CRAFTS
A flotilla of boats will make its waterless way through downtown Little Rock during the Landlubbers Boat Float on Main, 6 p.m. Saturday. The boats, vehicles and people will be decked out in celebratory finery for this "holiday-theme boat parade" along Seventh and Main streets. The Yacht Rock Block Party in the 500 block of Main Street follows with hot chocolate and photos with Santa. Admission is free; boat registration is $25 in advance, $40 Saturday. Call (501) 375-0121 or visit boatfloatonmain.com. See story on Page 4E.
7 CAPITAL ART
Cantrell Gallery, 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, presents an intimate look at the capital city with "Little Rock Journal," a series of recent paintings by John Deering, who is also chief political cartoonist and illustrator for the Democrat-Gazette. The exhibit opening reception with wine and cheese is 6-8 p.m. Friday and the exhibit itself continues through Dec. 23. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Admission is free. Call (501) 224-1335.
8 CANINES
Expect "wags, whiskers and wine" when Central Arkansas Rescue Effort for Animals hosts Paws in the Vineyard, 6-9 p.m. today at Trapnall Hall, 423 E. Capitol Ave. There will be food, drinks, auction, music and a chance to meet a few adoptable pups. Tickets are $60. Call (501) 603-2273 or visit careforanimals.org.
9 CHAMBER MUSIC
The Canellakis-Brown Duo -- cellist Nicholas Canellakis and pianist-composer Michael Brown -- performs at 7:30 p.m. today at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., Little Rock, part of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock's 2017-18 season. The program: Seven Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" from Mozart's The Magic Flute by Ludwig van Beethoven; Sonata for cello and piano by Frederic Chopin; Brown's own Improvisation and Dance; Dances by Ned Rorem; Capriccio by Lukas Foss; Poeme by Aaron Copland; and an arrangement for cello and piano of the Three Preludes by George Gershwin. Tickets are $25, free for kindergarten-college students, and for Easterseals Arkansas clients and caregivers. Visit ChamberMusicLR.com or facebook.com/ChamberMusicLR.
10 CHARLIE DANIELS
The Charlie Daniels Band performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at East Arkansas Community College Fine Arts Center, 1700 Newcastle Road, Forrest City. Tickets are $39. Call (870) 633-4480, Extension 352, or visit eacc.edu.
Weekend on 11/02/2017