This week’s EVENTS

FRIDAY

Hot Dog Cool Out SEARCY — The Veterans of Foreign Wars Riders Group District 5, the Veterans Outreach Center and Dixie Cafe will sponsor a Hot Dog Cool Out from 2-7 p.m. at the Lightle Senior Center. The event is a fundraiser for the VFW Riders Group District 5 and the Veterans Outreach Center. Dixie Cafe will furnish the food that will be sold. Hot dogs will be $1 each, and tickets for the photo booth will $1 each or six for $5. For more information, visit vetcenters.com or call (501) 283-4460. Tribute Quartet Performance WARD — The Tribute Quartet, a Southern gospel group, will perform at 7 p.m. at Day-Spring Missionary Baptist Church. There is no admission charge, but an offering will be accepted. For more information, call (501) 850-2056 or (501) 628-1838.

Flix on the Bricks JACKSONVILLE — The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and the Central Arkansas Library System will show the first movie in their free series Flix on the Bricks at dusk on the front lawn of the Esther Nixon Library. Rio, a G-rated animated movie, will be featured.

Charity Grill-Fest SEARCY — Hamburgers for Homelessness will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Berryhill Park. The event raises money to benefit the Jacob’s Place Homeless Mission. In addition to hamburgers, there will be kids’ activities and live music. For more information or to volunteer, call (501) 268-1771.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

Portfest Festival NEWPORT — The 34th annual Portfest Festival, which has been dubbed Rollin’ on the River, will be held Friday and Saturday at Jacksonport State Park on the banks of the White River. On Friday, Riverbilly will perform at 7 p.m., followed by The Marshall Tucker Band at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance or $22 at the gate. On Saturday, Little Texas will play at 7 p.m., followed by Josh Thompson at 8:30 p.m., with fireworks at the end of the show. Tickets are $12 in advance or at the gate before 4 p.m., and $17 at the gate after 4 p.m. Children 6 and younger will be admitted free on both nights.

FRIDAY  SUNDAY

Dr. Red Bell Memorial Golf Tournament BATESVILLE — Merchants and Planters Bank and the Course at Eagle Mountain will host the Dr. Red Bell Memorial Annual 4 Ball Golf Tournament on Saturday and Sunday at the Course at Eagle Mountain. The tournament will begin with a shotgun start at noon Saturday and will be followed by dinner. The round on Sunday will start at 11 a.m., and an awards presentation will follow the completion of play. Participants will have an opportunity to compete in an alternate-shot-format horse-race event at 5:30 p.m. Friday.

SATURDAY

Gourd Workshop POCAHONTAS — The park interpreter at Davidsonville Historic State Park will teach gourd crafting from 9 a.m. to noon at the park. Participants will learn how to make birdhouses, bowls, etc. The registration deadline is today, and the workshop fee is $20 per person. To sign up, call (870) 892-4708. Ozark Mountain Poultry Funding Announcement MAGNESS — At 2 p.m., Ozark Mountain Poultry — along with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Sen. John

Boozman, R-Ark., and Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Ark., — will announce its recent award of state and federal expansion funding. The public is invited to this event at Ozark Mountain Poultry’s Magness feed mill. For more information, call Ozark Mountain Poultry at (479) 6338700.

Freud’s Last Session

Auditions

SEARCY — Auditions will be held for Freud’s Last Session at 2 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center on the Square. The casting call is for two males. The Dessert Theater production will be performed July 17, 18 and 24-26. The show will kick off Center on the Square’s 2015-16 season.