WEEKEND TEN
1 ’SAURS
Pre-historic creatures take over the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock when Dinosaur Time Trek: Dragon
Edition arrives Saturday-Sunday. The interactive experience features animatronic dinosaurs, trivia contests and a chance to meet “baby dinosaurs.” The event is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Timed tickets are $21 and anytime passes are $36. Call (763) 324-7889 or visit dinosaurtimetrek.com. See story on Page 8E.
2 SYMPHONY
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philip Mann take audiences
“Home for the Holidays” with their annual Axciom Pops Live! holiday concerts, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway, Little Rock. This year’s concert features favorites like “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” “O Holy Night,” and Hanukkah songs, with help from vocal soloists, the Praeclara chorus and the Voices of Central Arkansas Children’s Choir. Tickets are $15-$65, $10 for active-duty military and students. Call (501) 666-1761 or visit arkansassymphony.org. See story on Page 4E
3 SESAME STREET
Oscar, Cookie and the gang lead audiences through a music-filled good time at Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!,
2 and 6 p.m. today at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena. The show includes old favorites like “I Love Trash,” magic with Abby Cadabby and Spanish lessons with Rosita. Tickets are $21-$52. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
4 SCROOGE
Greg Robinson plays miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, whose reclamation is the reason for the season in A Christmas Carol, the premiere of a brand new adaptation by Judy Goss from Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, onstage through Dec. 23 at Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock. There’s a preview performance at 7 p.m. today; curtain is at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Dec. 22-23, 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Tuesday-Dec. 21. The Dec. 19 show is sold out. Tickets are $20-$30. Call (501) 353-1443 or visit tinyurl.com/h2rf897.
5 SANTA ET AL.
Santa and the animals celebrate in style at
Holidays in the Wild, 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday. Guests can eat breakfast or lunch in Cafe Africa, make a birdhouse, take photos with Santa and help him deliver gifts to the resident zoo animals. Tickets are $22.95, $19.95 for children plus fees. Member tickets are $10 less. Call (501) 666-2406 or visit littlerockzoo.com.
6 SINGERS
The Arkansas Chamber Singers will perform carols and songs of the season and compositions keeping with the group’s theme of the universality of song for “Christmas at the Old State House,”
7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock. They’ll repeat the concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. John Erwin conducts. Old State House performances are free; tickets to the St. Luke’s performance are $15, $10 for students in advance, $18 and $12 at the door. Call (501) 377-1121 or visit archambersingers.org/performances.html.
The Art Porter Singers will offer their 40th annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah, 5 p.m. Sunday, Bethel AME Church, 815 W. 16th St., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 374-2891 or email Bethel-LR@att. net.
7 SAGE ON STAGE
Jeff Bailey reprises his role as dreamy Elwood P. Dowd, with Harvey reprising his role as a 6-foot-plus invisible rabbit in Mary Chase’s Harvey, through Dec. 31 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Curtain times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:40 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Doors and buffet open 90 minutes before curtain. Tickets are $35-$37, $23 for children 15 and younger; show only, $25 and $15 — more for the New Year’s Eve extravaganza. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.
8 SUMMATIONS
This weekend is the last chance to catch three productions in Little Rock: At the Arkansas Arts Center’s Children’s Theatre, East Ninth and Commerce streets, Mother Goose Christmas shares its last stories with shows at 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Tickets are $12.50, $10 for members and groups of 10 or more. Call (501) 372-4000 or visit arkansasartscenter.org. A family goes through an eventful year in the musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Final showtimes at the Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., are 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $25; $20 for students, military and ages 65 and older. Call (501) 374-2615 or visit centralarkansastickets.com. The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St., bids farewell to Almost,
Maine (pictured) with showtimes at 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday. Tickets are $16, $12 for students and senior citizens. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit weekendtheater.org.
9 SHOP AND SAMPLE
The Plantation Agriculture Museum, U.S. 165 and Arkansas 161 in Scott, is always home to relics from agricultural days past, but this Saturday, it presents a crafty Christmas with its Holiday Crafts Open
House. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m., visitors can shop, make crafts and sample treats like mulled apple cider. Admission is free and there’s a $3 fee per craft, $15 per family. Call (501) 961-1409.
10 SPA CITY CELEBRATION
Country singer Joe Diffie, with Ned Perme and the Ned Perme Band, celebrate “Christmastime in Arkansas,”
7 p.m. Friday, Horner Hall, Hot Springs Convention Center, 34 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. It’s the third year for the show, a benefit for the Arkansas Foodbank. Tickets are $25, $500 for a VIP reserved table for 10. Call (501) 321-2027 or (800) 922-6478 or visit hotsprings.org.