CREEPY CHOREOGRAPHY
A creepy classic combines with dance as Ballet Arkansas opens its season with Sleepy Hollow, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College Center for Humanities and Arts Theater, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The bold retelling of the Washington Irving story features multimedia elements to enhance the eerie effects. Tickets are $25-$35. Call (501) 812-2710 or visit uaptc.edu/ballet.
MUSICAL MUNCHKINS
Follow the Yellow Brick Road as Dorothy, the Scarecrow et al. dance and sing their way toward The Wizard of Oz. The Praeclara-Wildwood Park for the Arts co-production of the stage musical, based on the 1939 film, is onstage 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Oct. 25-26 and 3 p.m. Sunday and Oct. 27 at Wildwood's Cabe Festival Theatre, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Tickets are $30, $15 for students. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
EUREKA EUPHONY
"American Pie" singer-songwriter Don McLean performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday the Eureka Springs Auditorium. 36 Main St., Eureka Springs. Tickets are $45, $65 and $85. Visit theaud.org.
BLUESMAN'S BENEFIT
Blues legend and Grammy Award-winner Bobby Rush headlines a fundraiser 7 p.m. Saturday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center, 1 Convention Center Drive, Pine Bluff. Also on the bill: Southern soul queen Karen Wolfe and bluesman Marcus "Mookie" Cartwright. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Proceeds go toward the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Alliance's "Freedom & Blues Exhibition" at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Business Support Incubator. Call (937) 241-3867 or visit Eventbrite.com.
FOUNTAIN FEST
With the Arkansas Arts Center in MacArthur Park under reconstruction, the Arkansas Arts Center Contemporaries will hold its seventh annual Fountain Fest, 5:30 p.m. today, down the street, on the lawn of the Terry House, East Seventh and Rock streets, Little Rock. The event will feature food, music (by area duo Brian Nahlen and Jason Lee Hale), art-making experiences and libations. A bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 20yr Bourbon will be up for a chance drawing; tickets are $10 and the winner need not be present to win. Tickets are $30, $50 for two. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org/fountain-fest.
BLUEGRASS BAND
North Carolina-based "guerrilla bluegrass" quartet Chatham County Line — Dave Wilson (guitar and vocals), John Teer (mandolin/fiddle), Chandler Holt (banjo), and Greg Readling (bass, pedal steel, piano) — performs at 8 p.m. today at South on Main, 1304 Main St., Little Rock, part of Oxford American's 2019-20 concert Series and subsidiary Americana Series. Doors open at 6. Tickets are $30-$36. Call (800) 293-5949 or visit Metrotix.com.
SPECTERS, SPIRITS & STORIES
Curran Hall, 615 E. Capitol Ave., Little Rock, will be the gathering place for an adults-only haunted history tour at Specters, Spirits & Stories, 5-9:15 p.m. Friday. The Quapaw Quarter Association will host and lead two bus tours to Little Rock's historic and haunted sites. Tickets, which include snacks and adult beverages, are $50. Call (501) 371-0075 or visit quapaw.com.
COCKTAILS FOR CHARITY
Live and silent auctions, heavy hors d'oeuvres and a martini bar make up Charity Olive Hour, a fundraiser for Special Olympics Arkansas, 6-9:30 p.m. today at Next Level Events, 1400 W. Markham St., Little Rock. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 771-0222 or visit specialolympicsarkansas.org.
— Compiled by Jennifer Nixon
and Eric E. Harrison
Weekend on 10/17/2019