WEEKEND TEN
1 ROUGH
The weeklong American Taekwondo Association’s
annual World Expo in Little Rock continues into the weekend with the Tournament of Champions, todaySunday at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets. The top 10 competitors in each division, based on age and black-belt rank, will compete for the title of ATA World Champion. Saturday and Sunday competition runs all day for all ages and belt ranks. Tickets are $10 each day, a $20 pass covers all four days; admission is free for kids 5 and younger. A complete schedule and more information is available at ATAWorldExpo.com. See story on Page 4E.
2 R&B
Motown the Musical brings some of the biggest hits of the 20th century to colorful life at Robinson Center Performance Hall, Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock. The touring production of the Broadway show has performances at 7:30 p.m. today-Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $25$85. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit celebrityattractions.com.
3 REDHEAD
Join Annie and her orphan pals, Daddy Warbucks, Sandy, Miss Hannigan and a cast of Depressionera characters as an irrepressibly optimistic red-headed orphan escapes her hard-knock life and steals the heart of a curmudgeonly billionaire in Annie (music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, book by Thomas Meehan), onstage:
7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, June 29-30 and July 1, 8-9 and 13-15; 8 p.m. July 7; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 2, 9 and 16 at The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock. Tickets are $20, $16 for students and senior citizens. Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield is a sponsor. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit weekendtheater.org.
7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and June 30-July 1 and 2 p.m. Sunday and July 2 at the River Valley Arts Center, Russellville High campus, 2209 S. Knoxville St., Russellville. Tickets are $18, $10 for children, free for kids 3 and younger; for members, $15, $8 for children. Call (479) 968-2452 or visit rivervalleyartscenter.org.
4 ROCK TOWN
Rock Town Distillery celebrates its seventh birthday with an
Anniversary Tasting, 6:30 p.m. Saturday. The warehouse masterclass tasting event will be hosted by head distiller Phil Brandon at the distillery, 1216 E. Sixth St., Little Rock. Tickets are $40. Call (501) 907-5244 or visit rocktowndistillery.com.
5 ROGUES
Mischievous servants, hypocritical Appalachian elders, toreadors and gypsies populate the stage for the 67th season of Opera in the
Ozarks, opening Friday. Productions of W.A. Mozart’s Le nozze di
Figaro, Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah and Georges Bizet’s Carmen will continue in repertory through July 21 at Inspiration Point, U.S. 62 west of Eureka Springs, with Sunday matinees of each opera at the Arend Arts Center, 1901 S.E. J St., Bentonville. Tickets are $25-$30 at Inspiration Point, $25 for Bentonville performances, $10 for children under 18. Call (479) 253-8595 or visit opera.org.
6 RURAL
The Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View hosts two days of hands-on workshops with its Ozark Farm & Food Weekend, Friday-Saturday. There will be special talks, classes and programs on herbs, gardening, local foods and traditions, farming and food storage. Craft Village admission is $12, $7 for children 6-12, plus fees. Call (870) 269-3851 or visit ozarkfolkcenter.com.
7 RIOTOUS
Keyboard wild man Jason D.
Williams headlines “Memphis Music Night,” kicking off the 2017 Murphy USA Summer Concert Series, 7 p.m. Saturday at the Showtime Stage, Oak and Jefferson streets, El Dorado. The Side Street Steppers and The Burners will be the opening acts. Main Street El Dorado will also host a barbecue food truck and a Budweiser beer tent. Admission is free. Call (870) 862-4747 or visit mainstreeteldorado.org.
8 RESONATE
The Prince of Urban Soul, Mo “B” & The Old Skool Boyz, TK Soul, Calvin Richardson, LJ Echols, Nathaniel Kimble, Karen Wolf and the Platinum Blues Band will perform for the 2017 Pine Bluff-Altheimer Blues
Fest, Saturday at Cook Family Park, 11712 N. U.S. 79, Altheimer. (The festival was postponed from June 3 on the expectation of inclement weather.) Gates open at noon; show starts at 4 p.m. Hosts are comedian Keith Glason and radio’s Broadway Joe. Cooked food, beverages of choice and lawn chairs are OK, but no grills. Tickets are $25, $35 day of show. Call (501) 413-7683 or visit pinebluffbluesfest.com; for VIP tickets call (870) 540-6529 or (870) 534-4177.
9 ‘ROAMIN’ LOVE’
Country singer Sammy Kershaw performs at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Delta School, 5101 U.S. 61, Wilson, part of the the Wilson Music Series. Tickets are $75. Visit tinyurl.com/ Kershaw1. See Music Scene on Page 5E.
10 RUNYONESQUE
The Foundation of Arts will roll the dice with the musical Guys and
Dolls (music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, based on stories by Damon Runyon), 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday, Monday-Tuesday and June 29-30 at The Forum Theatre, 115 E. Monroe Ave., Jonesboro. The Delta Symphony Orchestra will be the “pit band”; Neale Bartee conducts. St. Bernard’s Healthcare and Medical Group is the presenting sponsor. Tickets are $17 and $15; $15 and $13 for military, adults 60-plus and Arkansas State University students; $8 for children 12 and younger. Call (870) 935-2726 or visit foajonesboro.org/home/buy-tickets.