WEEKEND TEN
1 MILES
Cyclists can test themselves on rides of 10, 32, 50, 68 and 100 miles in the annual Big Dam Bridge 100, Saturday. An expo with registration and packet pickup is set for 5-8 p.m. today and noon-8 p.m. Friday at the Statehouse Convention Center. The rides themselves start at 6:35-7:30 a.m. at Riverfront Drive and Willow Street, North Little Rock, with a finish line party following from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street in downtown North Little Rock. Registration is $34 for the 10-mile ride, $59.95 for other lengths and $110 for tandem rides. Call (501) 603-0113 or visit thebigdambridge100.com. 2 MEALS
The Arkansas Foodbank presents an evening of family fun at its Drive Away Hunger event, 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the Arkansas Foodbank, 4301 W. 65th St., Little Rock. Activities will include an auction, a bounce house, an Innovation Hub, puppets and games. A barbecue dinner will be served. Admission is $30, free for children 12 and under. Call (501) 569-4318 or visit arkansasfoodbank.org. See story on Page 4E.
3 MENDELSSOHN, ETC.
Pianist Jon Kimura Parker will help the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Philip Mann kick off the orchestra’s 2015-16 season with the Piano Concerto in a minor by Edvard Grieg, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Maumelle Performing Arts Center, Maumelle High School, 100 Victory Lane, Maumelle. The program will also include Felix Mendelssohn’s Fingal’s Cave Overture and the Symphony No. 2 by Alexander Borodin. Tickets are $19-$58, $10 for students and active duty military, free to the Sunday matinee for K-12 students with the purchase of an adult ticket. Call (501) 666-1761, Extension 100, or visit ArkansasSymphony.org. See story on Page 4E.
4 MOVE
Take a run and sign up to be a hero at the Fighting Red 5K, Friday at Cook’s Landing, North Little Rock. The kids fun run starts at 6 p.m., followed by the adult race at 7 p.m. The race raises awareness and money for the Cord Blood Bank of Arkansas and attendees will have the opportunity to be swabbed for the bone marrow registry. Registration is $30 for virtual runners, $25 for advance registration, $15 for children. Call (501) 231-5713 or visit fightingred5k.com. 5 MYSTERIOUS
Explore all the creepy, thrilling things that go bump in the night at the annual Paranormal Expo, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Featuring a variety of vendors, speakers, authors and raffle prizes, the expo is a fundraiser for the museum. Admission: $5, children under 12 free. Call (501) 993-7494 or (501) 376-4602 or visit arkansasparanormalexpo.com. 6 “(STANDING ON THE) MOON”
Nashville, Tenn.-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Lera Lynn performs at 8 p.m. today at South on Main, 1304 Main St., Little Rock. Doors open at 6 with food and drinks available. Tickets are $13-$22. The show launches the Oxford American’s 2015-16 “Americana Series.” Call (800) 293-5949 or visit Metrotix.com. See story on Page 5E. 7 MOTORCYCLES
Fayetteville will roar, groove and smoke during the annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ festival, through Saturday at various locations. In addition to the barbecue championship, there are car shows, poker runs, parades, competitions and lots of music. Some activities have fees. Call (479) 527-9993 or visit bikesbluesandbbq.org. 8 MIKE
Actor Mike Farrell, best known for playing Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the TV series
M*A*S*H, plays Dr. David Keeling, the scientist whose research on carbon dioxide first alerted the world about climate change, in the one-man show Dr. Keeling’s Curve, 8 p.m. Friday at Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro. Tickets are $30 and $20, $23 and $15 for senior citizens and students, with discounts for ASU students, faculty and staff. Call (870) 972-3471, (870) 972-2781 (ASU1) or (888) 278-3267 (ASU-FANS) or visit astate.edu/tickets or yourfowlercenter.com.
9 MARKET
More than 180 vendors and artists from all over the country will be selling handcrafted pottery, wood carvings, ceramics, paintings, floral arrangements, handmade clothing, jewelry, stained glass and toys at the 47th annual BPW
Barn Sale, billed as South Arkansas’ largest arts and crafts show, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oakland and Monticello streets, Camden. The event includes authentic Southern food, musical entertainment, an antique/classic car show and a kids zone with rock climbing walls and blowups. Call (870) 836-6426 or visit bpwbarnsale.org.
10 MACABRE
Theater of Horror, a “hybrid of a horror amusement” — part movie, part play and part “walk through” haunted attraction, designed by John Burton and Bill Volland and with former movie scream queen Tamara Glynn ( Halloween 5) heading up the cast — runs 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday through Nov. 1 at the Central Theater, 1008 Central Ave., Hot Springs. Tickets are $13, free for kids under 12 (must be accompanied by adult). It’s a fundraiser for the Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival. Call (501) 859-9148 or visit hotspringscentraltheater.com or hotspringshorrorfilmfestival.com.