WEEKEND TEN
1 FLOOR
Four generations of women come together for a complicated celebration in the comedy-drama Jar the Floor, through April 16 at The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock. The final preview is today with a pre-show director talk at 6:15 p.m. Friday’s opening night performance will be followed by a post-show cast meet-and-greet champagne reception. Show times are 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $35$45, $20 for students. Pay Your Age Night is 7 p.m. Sunday. Call (501) 378-0405 or visit therep.org. See story on Page 5E.
2 FEST
Music, dance performances, petting zoo, video games and multiple dog-theme activities will entertain families at the second annual Springfest, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday in downtown Little Rock. The family friendly Riverfest offshoot is free. Call (501) 2553378 or visit riverfestarkansas.com/ springfest. See story on Page 4E.
3 ‘FIRST DATE’
Pop-punk band Blink-182 performs as part of its extended tour at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena, 7 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $29.50-$69.50 plus fees. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster. com. See story on Page 5E.
4 FREDERIC
A paradoxical mix-up threatens the romance between Frederic, a young slave of duty (Luke Angelo) apprenticed to a pirate king (Matthew Tatus), and Mabel, the lovely daughter (Kelly Singer) of a modern major-general (Daniel Foltz-Morrison) in Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance,
7:30 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre, Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. It’s a co-production of Wildwood, Praeclara and the Arkansas Festival Ballet. Bevan Keating conducts a cast of 27 and a seven-piece pit orchestra. Tickets are $30, $15 for students. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
5 FUNDRAISER
Opera in the Rock’s Opera
on the Rocks fundraiser will feature music, food and drink and live and silent auctions, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Junior League of Little Rock Ballroom, 401 Scott St., Little Rock. Company members — baritone Ferris Allen, mezzo-soprano Suzanne Loerch and tenor Jonathan Ray — plus sopranos Victoria Mantooth and Genevieve Fulks (with pianist Kristin Harwell) will perform scenes from Gioacchino Rossini’s
The Barber of Seville, which the professional opera company will stage in May. Proceeds also benefit the Jennifer Boccarossa “Once Upon an Opera” educational outreach program. Tickets are $75. Visit oitr. org.
6 FAIRIES
Fairies, lovers and amateur “actors” ill-meet by moonlight at The Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, where William Shakespeare’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream — in a brand-new, specific-for-thisvenue version conceived, edited and arranged by Little Rock native Chad Bradford — is onstage, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and April 6-8 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday and April 9. Tickets are $20, $15 for students, those 65 and military. Call (501) 3742615 or visit eventbrite.com.
7 FINDS
The Arkansas Numismatic Society presents the 70th annual Coin Show at Four Points by Sheraton Little Rock Midtown, 925 S. University Ave. Show hours are noon-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Call (501) 5299190.
8 FRESH LOOK
With a 6-8 p.m. Friday reception, Cantrell Gallery, 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, will simultaneously unveil the outcome of its recent streamlining/ remodeling and open an exhibit of portraits of favorite writers, actors and musicians by illustrator and animator Jeffery Nodelman titled, “The Making of an Artist: Creative Inspirations,” up through May 6. Reception and gallery admission are free. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call (501) 224-1335 or visit cantrellgallery. com.
9 FORCES
The U.S. Army Field Band
and Soldiers’ Chorus, a 65-piece symphonic ensemble and a 29-voice mixed chorus, will perform pop, patriotic and show tunes in four Arkansas performances this weekend. (Except as noted, admission to all concerts is by free ticket.)
7:30 p.m. today, Lily Peter Auditorium, 1000 Campus Drive, Phillips Community CollegeUniversity of Arkansas, HelenaWest Helena, part of the Warfield Concert Series, (870) 338-8327, warfieldconcerts.com.
7 p.m. Friday, Grand Prairie Center, 2509 U.S. 165 S., Stuttgart. (870) 673-4201, Extension 1895.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Woodlands Auditorium, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village. (Sold out.)
2 p.m. Sunday, Center for the Arts, 2209 S. Knoxville Ave., Russellville, (479) 498-6600.
10 FAST TRACK
All things train-related will be celebrated at the Railroadiana Show and Sale,
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Arkansas Railroad Museum, 1700 Port Road, Pine Bluff. The event features vendor booths selling memorabilia, books and accessories while visitors can also see model train layouts and full-size engines and train cars. Admission is $5, $2 for ages 6-11. Call (870) 535-8819 or visit arkansasrailroadmuseum.org.