1 BRUCE BRUCE ET AL.
Mike Epps, Rickey Smiley, Michael Blackson, Bruce Bruce and Earthquake will get the laughs rolling when the Platinum Comedy Tour arrives at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena, 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $62. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
2 BEASTS
It's still Spring Break and the Little Rock Zoo is celebrating with special activities every day through Sunday. There will be games, crafts, animal encounters, and other animal-related fun, like the Big Tortoise Weigh-In on Saturday. Today's focus is on bears. Friday's is small carnivores, followed by reptiles and amphibians on Saturday and great apes on Sunday. Grown-ups can get some time off by dropping the kids off for games, projects and other activities at Parents' Night Out, 6-10 p.m. Friday. The evening is for children ages 5-12 and cost is $35, $30 for members. The zoo is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission is $12.95, $10.95 for ages 60 and older and active duty military, $9.95 for children 3 and older. Parking is $3. Call (501) 666-2406 or visit littlerockzoo.com. See story on Page 4E.
3 BARBERSHOP
Sweet Adelines International's Heart of America Region 25, comprising groups from Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, will for the second year in a row hold its annual women's a cappella barbershop music competition Friday-Saturday at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway, Little Rock. Competition for 26 quartets kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday; 21 choruses will battle it out at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Tickets are $35 for each competition; a $70 all-events ticket is also available. Visit sai25.org/2018-contest.
4 BALLET
Ballet Arkansas and its Creative Corridor neighbor Matt McLeod Fine Art Gallery have collaborated on "Art Movement," a new exhibit featuring works by artists from across the United States inspired by the dancers of the ballet's professional company, which goes on display 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 108 W. Sixth St., Little Rock. Dancers wll perform at 6, followed at 8 by a live art demonstration that will create a "gestural art work" to be auctioned at the end of the night. Admission is free; a portion of the proceeds from art sales benefits Ballet Arkansas. Visit balletarkansas.org.
5 BLOOD
Clumsy, socially inept flower shop worker Seymour Krelborn (Devin Robertson) discovers, fosters and names after his love interest, Audrey (Brooke Wallace), a carnivorous plant that wreaks havoc on Skid Row in Little Shop of Horrors (music by Alan Menken, lyrics and book by Howard Ashman), onstage through April 21 at Murry's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday with special matinees Wednesday and April 4 (no evening shows those dates); doors open and dinner starts 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $33-$35, $23 for children 15 and under; show-only tickets are $25 and $15. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com. See story on Page 4E.
6 BLOSSOMS
Spring is in full bloom at Garvan Woodland Gardens, 550 Arkridge Road, Hot Springs. On Saturday, Celebrate Spring includes the grand reopening of the Japanese Garden at 9 a.m., children's activities from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and food and drinks at the Beer Garden starting at 11 a.m. Admission is $15, $5 for children 4-12. Call (501) 262-9300 or visit garvangardens.org.
7 BAGPIPES
Scottish bagpipes, dancers and a ceilidh band will bring a taste of the Highlands to the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The Lyon College Pipe Band concert starts at 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $5, free for ages 15 and under. Call (501) 320-5715 or visit ronrobinsontheater.org.
8 BLESSINGS
Dove and Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian singer David Phelps brings his "Journey of Faith Tour" (in support of his recent release, Hymnal) to Searcy, performing at 7 p.m. Friday at Trinity Baptist Church, 1601 E. Moore Ave. Also performing: singer Charlotte Ritchie and Phelps' seven-piece musical entourage. Tickets are $20-$50. Visit ticketbud.com or davidphelps.com.
9 BLUES
Blues/rock singer-songwriter Albert Cummings, touring in support of his recent CD/DVD/Blu-ray collection Live at the '62 Center, performs his "workingman's blues," 8 p.m. Friday at the Lyric Theater, 113 W. Rush Ave., Harrison. Age limit: 21 and older. Tickets are $15 and $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call (870) 391-3504 or visit TheLyric.org.
10 BOBBING
Kites of all descriptions will soar over the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 239 Turpentine Creek Lane, Eureka Springs, during the 28th annual Art With An Altitude Kite Festival, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. Provide your own kite or make one with the help of experts from festival sponsor KaleidoKites of Eureka Springs. The event will also feature food vendors, contests, music (from the Art Deco Band) and activities for parents and children. Admission is free; there is a cost to tour the refuge. Call (479) 253-5841 or visit turpentinecreek.org.
Weekend on 03/22/2018