1 SOUTH MAIN
Downtown Little Rock will be a corny place during the Arkansas Cornbread Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, with Little Rock's Main Street blocked off between 13th and 17th streets for the party. Visitors can sample and vote for their favorite professional and amateur cooks. There will also be music, games, shopping and kids activities. Admission is free. Tasting tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the gate. Visit arkansascornbreadfestival.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 SOAR
Stunt fliers and jump teams will put on a weekend of sky-high entertainment at the Thunder Over the Rock Air Show, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at the Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville. Aerial acts are set to start at 11:25 a.m.; there will also be vehicle displays, a STEM Fest with hands-on activities and a Kid Zone with inflatables. General admission is free; reserved seating is $20-$75 and there are fees for Kid Zone activities. Visit thunderovertherock.com.
3 SOUNDS
MercyMe and Tenth Avenue North team up for the Imagine Nation Tour, 6 p.m. Sunday at North Little Rock's Verizon Arena. Tickets are $28-$68. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
4 SPOOKY
Pint-size ghosts and ghouls can have family spooky fun at several downtown Little Rock locations for the Big Boo!-seum Bash, 5:30-8:30 p.m. today. The Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St.; the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St.; and the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St.; Heifer Village, 1 World Ave.; Curran Hall, 615 E. Capitol Ave.; and the Museum of Discovery, 500 President Clinton Ave.; are among the locations that will open their doors for trick-or-treating, games, crafts and other Halloween activities. Admission is free. Call (501) 376-4781 or visit littlerock.com.
5 SPOUTS
The Arkansas Arts Center's Contemporaries present an artistic evening for Fountain Fest, 5:30 p.m. today at the Arts Center. Museum school instructors and students will be on hand to help with art activities and games, Luke Johnson and Brian Nahlen will supply the music and area restaurants and breweries are supplying food and drinks. Tickets are $25; proceeds benefit the Arts Center's programs and collections. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org.
6 SWEETS
Two children take a very sweet musical adventure in Hansel & Gretel's Gingerbread Games, the latest production of the Arkansas Arts Center's Children's Theatre, 7 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 11 at the Arts Center, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Little Rock. Tickets are $12.50, $10 for arts center members. A Pay What You Can preview performance starts at 7 p.m. today and tickets must be bought in person. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org.
7 SEUSS
Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and other Dr. Seuss characters take the audience from the Jungle of Nool and the Circus McGurkus to the tiny world of the Whos in Seussical the Musical (music by Lynn Ahrens, lyrics by Stephen Flaherty, book by both, based on the writings and illustrations of Theodore Seuss Geisel). The Praeclara production will be onstage, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Tickets are $30 and $15. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org/events/seussical.
8 STEEL WHEELS
The Steel Wheels perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at South on Main, 1304 Main St., Little Rock, part of Oxford American Magazine's 2018-19 Concert Series. Doors open at 5, tickets are $20-$26. Call (800) 293-5949 or visit Metrotix.com. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
9 SPEED
Beans and speeding outhouses make for a tasty, entertaining weekend Friday-Saturday for the Arkansas Bean Fest and Championship Outhouse Races in downtown Mountain View. The main events are on Saturday; there will also be music and the Artisans Market on the Square throughout each day. Admission is free. Call (870) 269-8068 or visit yourplaceinthemountains.com.
10 SHIMMY SHAKE
A touring company brings all that jazz to central Arkansas with the musical Chicago (music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Ebb and Bob Fosse) onstage, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $30-$40, plus fees. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu/reynolds.
Weekend on 10/25/2018