1 BREATHTAKING
Aerobatics will liven up the sky at Wings Over the Rock Airshow and Car Show, Saturday at the North Little Rock Municipal Airport, 8202 Remount Road, North Little Rock (use the Maryland Avenue entrance). Performers from across the country will do stunts f
2 ‘BLOOD (IS THICKER THAN TIME)’ Gospel singer, actress and activist
Mavis Staples performs, Robinson Center Performance Hall, Markham Street and Broadway, Little Rock, 7 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $39$68. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. 3 BRAVE The library of one leader pays tribute to another as the Clinton Presidential Center welcomes “Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu,” from Sunday-Feb. 19. The traveling exhibit that follows the story of South African president Nelson Mandela includes photos and a re-creation of his prison cell on Robben Island. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10; $8 for students, children 6-17, retired U.S. military and adults 62 and older; free for children under 6 and active U.S. military. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonpresidentialcenter.org. 4 BICYCLES Pedal mania hits central Arkansas with the annual Big Dam Bridge 100 bike ride, Saturday. The rides (with options of 10, 32, 50, 68 and 100 miles) have staggered start times from 6:55-7:20 a.m. at Riverfront Drive and Willow Street in North Little Rock and the ending festivities with food and drink will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the starting/finishing line. Registration is $40 for the 10-mile, $64 for all others. Call (501) 603-0113 or visit the big dam bridge 100.com. 5 BIRD The Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre opens its 2017-18 season with Giggle, Giggle, Quack, adapted for the stage by Keith Smith from the book by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through Oct. 8, with a special 7 p.m. “pay-what-you-can” preview performance today, at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Attend the Sept. 29 performance in your PJs for the pajama party. Tickets are $12.50, $10 for Arts Center members. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit visit ArkansasArtsCenter.org/ theatre. 6 BEER/BAND Explore a little of downtown Little Rock at the first fall-season Alley
Party, 5:30-8 p.m. today, beside the Little Rock Tech Park at 409 Main St. It includes wine, craft beers from Stone’s Throw Brewing and music
by the Buh Jones Band. Admission is free. Call (501) 375-0121. See story on Page 5E. 7 BLUES
Blues Trifecta, an evening of American roots and blues music, film and history, will include a screening of the award-winning blues documentary Two Trains
Runnin’, a performance by bluesman Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and a presentation by blues promoter and photographer Dick Waterman, 7 p.m. today in the Center for Humanities and Arts, Main Campus, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Tickets are $25, $50 VIP (includes premium reserved seating and access to the “Blues and BBQ” VIP Room sponsored by Whole Hog Cafe). Visit uaptc.edu/charts. 8 BEETHOVEN, ETC. The Arianna Quartet — John McGrosso and Julia Sakharova, violins; Kurt Baldwin, cello; and Joanna Mendoza, viola — will open the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock’s 2017-18 season at 7:30 p.m. today in the Parish Hall, Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock. They’ll play the “Intimate Letters”
String Quartet by Leos Janacek, the second of Ludwig van Beethoven
“Razumovsky” quartets and the single-movement Quartettsatz by Franz Schubert. A reception is scheduled after, with hors d’oeuvres and wine. Tickets are $25, free for K-12 and college students. Visit chambermusiclr.com. 9 BOO! Eight-year-old filmmaker Bob Sheen (son of actor Charlie Sheen), Hollywood producer Erik Fleming, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, Friday the 13th alumna Deborah Voorhees and artist/ publisher Brian Steward will be the “headliners” for the fifth annual Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival, today-Sunday at the Historic Central Theater, 1008 Central Ave., Hot Springs. Horror short The Rake, which the young Sheen wrote (inspired by a video game) and directed, will screen at 6:30 p.m. Saturday; he and Fleming will answer questions afterward. The festival’s horror, thriller, sci-fi and fantasy film lineup will include the world premiere of the animated Howard Lovecraft and the Undersea Kingdom. A one-day pass is $20; a four-day pass is $50. Visit hotspringshorrorfilmfestival.com. 10 BATMAN, ETC. Geek out with screenings, signings and gaming galore at Spa-Con, Friday-Sunday at the Hot Springs Convention Center, 134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. The convention includes comic workshops, costumes, sword fighting, children’s activities, Harry Potter-related fun and appearances by special guests including Twin Peaks stars Sheryl Lee and Sherilynn Fenn. Tickets in advance are $25 for three days, free for children 12 and younger. VIP passes are $125. Call (501) 3212277 or visit spa-con.org.