WEEKEND TEN
1 BARNS
It’s the Plantation Agriculture Museum’s birthday and it’s celebrating with watermelon and family activities. At the 29th Anniversary
Party 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the museum, U.S. 165 and Arkansas 161, Scott, visitors can also tour the exhibits and displays on pretractor Arkansas farming. Admission is free; guided tours are $4, $3 for children 6-12. Call (501) 961-1409 or visit arkansasstateparks. com/plantationagriculturemuseum.
2 BEGINNING
Also in Scott, celebrate the official beginning of summer with some prehistoric fun, 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Summer Solstice Celebration at Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park, 490 Toltec Mounds Road, Scott. Guests can try out primitive weapons, make their own crafts and take guided tours of the prehistoric mounds before watching the sunset. Admission is $4, $3 for children 6-12. Call (501) 961-9442 or visit arkansasstate. See story on Page 8E.
3 BONDING
The Turtle Creek Chorale, the Dallasbased, predominantly gay, men’s chorus that is closing its 38th season with a “Friendship Tour” to neighboring states, will give three Little Rock concerts — 7 p.m. Friday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St.; 10 a.m. Saturday at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave.; and, with the Little Rock-based River City Men’s Chorus, 7 p.m. Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive. The program will include Peacemakers, a new commissioned song cycle, plus sacred, pop, country and show tunes, all stressing unity and “togetherness” during tumultuous social and political times. Admission to all is free; some require tickets and/or reservations. Call (214) 526-3214 or visit turtlecreekchorale.com/ friendship-tour.
4 (ON THE) BOULEVARD
PopUp in the Rock sets up shop(s) on Saturday in Little Rock’s Stifft Station, with pop-up retail outlets (record, book, vintage clothing and home goods outlets and an art gallery), music on an outdoor stage and food trucks along West Markham Street near the intersection with Kavanaugh Boulevard. The parking lot at West Markham and Johnson streets will host a beer garden and movie screenings. The lane structure between Booker and Cedar streets has been jiggered through July 7 “to make a more inviting environment” for pedestrians and cyclists. Visit the Facebook page, facebook. com/PopUpintheRock.
5 BOOZE
Rock Town Distillery is celebrating its move and its longevity with an 8th Anniversary and Grand Opening party, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday in its new location, 1201 Main St., Little Rock. There will be free tours until 5 p.m. plus food trucks and a tasting room. Tickets for the 6:30 p.m. Celebration Tastings are $60. Call (501) 907-5244 or visit rocktowndistillery.com.
6 BEAUTIFUL
See designs that aren’t just for the traditional size 0 models as Kurvy Kuties
presents the Little Rock Full Figure
Fashion Show, 6 p.m. Sunday at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets, Little Rock. Doors open at 5 p.m. There’s also a preshow VIP soiree, 3-6 p.m. at Big Whiskey’s, 225 E. Markham St. Tickets are $20, $10 for children 12 and younger, $40 for VIP. Visit eventbrite.com.
7 BLUES
Jazz/blues/Americana guitarist Eric Skye performs at 7:30 p.m. today at the Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock, part of the Argenta Acoustic Music Series. Tickets are $25. Call (501) 4251528, email steve@stevedavison.com or visit argentasacoustic.com.
8 BARD
Rakehelly Prince Hal (Sam Babick) and his jolly, corpulent and corrupt companion Falstaff (Dan Matisa) “headline” Henry IV Part I, William Shakespeare’s theatrical British history lesson, which the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre stages starting 7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday at Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Additional performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 and July 5, 2 p.m. June 30 and July 8. Tickets are $32, $25 for students, senior citizens and active military. Call (866) 810-0012 or visit arkshakes.com.
9 (ON THE) BEACH
Today, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., is the 33rd annual
Fun Day at Woolly Hollow State Park, 82 Woolly Hollow Road, Greenbrier, with beach games and contests (including sack and pedal-boat races, watermelon seed spitting and a water balloon toss). Admission, swimming and pedal-boating are free. Call (501) 679-2098, email woollyhollow@arkansas.com or visit tinyurl.com/ycdx2mqo.
10 BABY DOE
A month of beautiful music kicks off this weekend with the start of the Opera in
the Ozarks 2018 season, Friday-July 20, with Johann Strauss Jr.’s Die Fledermaus, Giacchino Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of
Baby Doe in repertory, plus special performances including the Broadway Cabaret. Most performances are at Inspiration Point west of Eureka Springs but some will be at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale; and in Eureka Springs at the Basin Park Hotel, 1886 Crescent Hotel and the Auditorium. Tickets are $10-$65. Call (479) 253-8595 or visit opera.org.