1 HARLEM
The Harlem Globetrotters supply their own special brand of basketball shenanigans to North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $28.50-$131 plus fees. The half-hour Magic Pass interactive event starts at 5:30 p.m. for an additional $22. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
2 HALL OF FAMER
Country superstar and recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Alan Jackson will perform some of his biggest hits (expect "Chattahoochee" and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere") as his "Honky Tonk Highway Tour" takes him and special guest Lauren Alaina to North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $39-$129 plus fees. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
3 HITMAKER
Grammy-winning guitarist and singer-songwriter Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will hit Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall, Markham Street and Broadway, at 8 p.m. Sunday. Tickets for the concert, part of the group's U.S. tour, are sold out, but fans can keep an eye on possible turn-backs or at (800) 745-3000 or ticketmaster.com. They're scheduled to make another Arkansas appearance May 5 at the Murphy Arts District in El Dorado. Call (870) 863-4547 or visit eldomad.com.
4 '(SEA OF) HOLES'
Ron Campbell, animator of the Beatles' film Yellow Submarine and director of the 1960s Saturday morning Beatles cartoon series, exhibits his Beatles cartoon art and will paint new works on site to mark the film's 50th anniversary, 4-8 p.m. Friday, noon-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday at Stephano's Fine Art Gallery, 1813 N. Grant St., Little Rock. He will also exhibit artwork featuring other cartoon characters that encompass his 50-year career in television, including Scooby Doo, The Smurfs, Rugrats, Winnie the Pooh, The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Admission is free and all works are available for sale. Call (501) 563-4218.
5 HARMONY
Soprano Keely Futterer joins members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philip Mann to perform Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915 as part of the opener of the orchestra's 2017-18 Intimate Neighborhood Concerts series, 7 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. The program, titled "Picture Perfect," also includes Ottorino Respighi's Trittico Botticelliano (with projections of the three Botticelli paintings that inspired the tone poem) and the Much Ado About Nothing Suite by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Concertgoers are invited to mingle with the musicians after the concert. Tickets are $29, $10 for active duty military and students. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 1, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org. See story on Page 4E.
6 'HELEN BEDD'
Duane Jackson and Michael A. Klucher play all the residents of Tuna, Texas' third smallest town, in Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, onstage through Feb. 10 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday (12:40 p.m. Wednesday matinees only through Jan. 31), 12:40 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 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.
7 HA HA
The Main Thing, the resident comedy trio at The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, rolls out its newest show this weekend. In Grandpa Hasn't Moved in Days, a funeral leads to comic turmoil and chaos, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday through March 24. Tickets are $24. Call (501) 372-0205 or visit thejointargenta.com.
8 HEAR
Also at The Joint, Australian guitarist Adam Miller performs at 7:30 p.m. today as part of the Argenta Acoustic Music Series. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 425-1528, email steve@stevedavison.com or visit argentaacoustic.com.
9 HEART
The Art Group Gallery, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, owned and run by a group of local artists, presents its first show of the year. "Brotherhood," works by John P. Lasater IV and Jason Sacran, opens with a reception 5-8 p.m. Friday and will be on display, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 1-6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 690-2193 or visit artgrouparkansas.com.
10 HALF CENTURY
Pop-country singer BJ Thomas performs nearly a half century of hits at 7:30 p.m. today at Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $30-$40, $10 for children, UCA students with valid ID; printed tickets for the originally Dec. 3 performance (rescheduled after Thomas' knee surgery) are valid. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/reynolds.
Weekend on 01/18/2018