ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
and community forestry partnership coordinator at the Arkansas Forestry Commission, will give a presentation on “Arkansas’ Majestic Trees” as part of the Mount Holly Garden Series, 9 a.m. Saturday at Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 Broadway, Little Rock. There will be refreshments and door prizes. A suggested donation of $5 per person benefits projects at the cemetery. Call (501) 372-3372.
Gospel Fest
Urban contemporary gospel singer Erica Campbell will headline the 17th annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Fest, noon-7 p.m. Saturday at the Cherry Street Pavilion, Cherry Street, downtown Helena-West Helena. Rounding out the performer lineup: Shenna Walker, Bishop Kenny Robinson & Chosen, the Eternal Light Singers, the Gospel Wonders, Vernon Davis and Friends and the Fullness of Joy Choir, plus the Delta Cultural Center Youth Choir. Admission is free. Call (800) 358-0972 or email info@deltaculturalcenter.com.
‘Joyful and reverent’
The central ArkansasNew Creation Dance Company and Springfield, Mo.-based Petra Ballet will put on a joint dance concert of “joyful and reverent dance pieces” titled “Unstoppable Love!” at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the Great Hall, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn Drive, Little Rock. Admission is free; donations will be accepted. Visit petraballet.com and newcreationdance.org.
The Natural State Brass Band will present its spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Baptist Church, 501 N. Shackleford Road, Little Rock. The first half of the program features British tunes — the Welsh folk song “Sosban Fach”; “The Lark in the Clear Air,” with Heather Thayer on solo tenor horn; “Ravenswood,” a traditional British march; and Paul Lovett Cooper’s Dark Side of the Moon. American music in the second half includes Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man; “Birdland”; and a Memorial Day tribute, featuring Stephen Bulla’s Armed Forces Salute, Carmen Dragon’s arrangement of “America the Beautiful” and John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. Gretchen Renshaw conducts. Doors open at 2:30. Admission is free. Call (501) 758-2576 or visit nsbb.org.
Comedy benefit
Healing Hearts With Comedy and music promoter Drummerboyinfinity present the “85 South Show Live,” a fundraiser for suicide awareness featuring comedians Chico Bean, DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller and Nate Williams, 7 p.m. Sunday at the Rev Room, 300 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. The show is for audiences 18 and older. Tickets are $40. Call (501) 548-5811 or visit arkansaslivemusic.com/event/ view_tickets/2920.
Katy Perry at Verizon
Katy Perry, who will tour North American arenas in support of her new album, Witness, which Capitol Records will release June 9, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena. Tickets — $50.50, $70.50, $100.50 and $130.50 plus service charges — go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. There is a limit of eight tickets per household. Call (800) 7453000 or visit ticketmaster. com.