WEEKEND TEN
1 SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY Little Rock’s South Main Street district will take on the aroma of baking cornbread as the neighborhood hosts the Arkansas
Cornbread Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Amateur and professional cooks will present corn-based treats while guests can also listen to music and shop at the arts and crafts market. Admission is $7 in advance, $10 at the door. Children 6-12 are $3 and $5, respectively. Call (828) 335-2307 or visit arkansascornbreadfestival.com.
2 STEVIE A legendary musician hits the Verizon Arena stage in North Little Rock for a night of classic tunes. Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life tour performance starts at 8 p.m. today. Tickets are $39.50-$129.50. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.
3 SEASONED Furniture, jewelry and decorative items from decades past will be set out for sale as Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 S. Louisiana St., hosts Antiques in the Quarter. The antique shopping festival and fundraiser for the church’s operating fund starts with a preview and reception, 6-8:30 p.m. today. Regular shopping will be 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday in the church. Tickets are $8 for three days, $4 for two days or one day. Call (501) 375-1600 or visit qqumc.org/aitq. See story on Page 4E.
4 STROKES Cantrell Gallery, 8206 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, hosts “In Arkansas Territory,” an exhibit of paintings focusing mainly on the territorial era (1819-1836), by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette staff artist and cartoonist John Deering, with an opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Friday. The show will be on display through Dec. 24. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and by appointment. Admission to reception and the gallery are free. Call (501) 224-1335 or visit cantrellgallery.com. See Artbeat on Page 4E.
5 SWAN LAKE, ETC. Arkansas Symphony principal clarinetist Kelly Johnson solos in Black Dog, a Led Zeppelin-influenced rhapsody for clarinet by Scott McAllister, and the orchestra urges the audience to wear jeans to its Beethoven & Blue Jeans concerts, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Maumelle Performing Arts Center, Maumelle High School, 100 Victory Lane, Maumelle. Philip Mann will also conduct Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8 and the suite from Peter Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake. Tickets are $19-$58, $10 for students and active duty military, free to the Sunday matinee for K-12 students with a paying adult. Call (501) 666-1761 or
visit ArkansasSymphony.org.
Jonesboro will get a sneak peak at the same program when the orchestra performs it at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Arkansas State University’s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, part of the university’s 2015-16 Riceland Distinguished Performance Series. Tickets are $30 and $20, $23 and $15 for students and senior citizens and students. Call (870) 972-3471, (870) 972-2781 (ASU1) or (888) 278-3267 (ASU-FANS) or visit astate.edu/tickets or yourfowlercenter.com.
6 SODA The Clinton Presidential Center salutes an American classic with its latest exhibit, “CocaAn American Original.” The exhibit, featuring the history of Coke and the brand in artwork, opens Saturday and continues through Feb. 15. The center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7; $5 for ages 62 and older, college students and retired U.S. military; $3 for ages 6-17; free for active U.S. military. Call (501) 374-4242 or visit clintonfoundation.org/clinton-presidential-center.
7 STRUGGLE A rift emerges between the legendary pastor (Alan Douglas) of a Houston megachurch and an up-and-comer looking to take his job in God’s Man in Texas by David Rambo, onstage 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 22 at the Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock. Tickets are $16, $12 for students and senior citizens. Call (501) 374-3761 or visit weekendtheater.org.
8 SOUTH ON MAIN Juilliard-trained jazz pianist Aaron Diehl leads a trio at 8 p.m. today at South on Main, 1304 Main St., Little Rock, part of the Oxford American’s 2015-16 Concert Series. Doors open at 6 with food and drinks for sale. Tickets are $20-$32. Call (800) 293-5949 or visit Metrotix.com.
9 SPIN “First Call: American Posters of World War I,” a collection of war propaganda posters that Little Rock native Thomas W. Clapham began acquiring during World War I and now in the possession of MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, goes on display with a reception, 5:30-7 p.m. today at the museum, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Admission and light hors d’oeuvres are free. Call (501) 376-4602 or visit arkmilitaryheritage.com.
10 SOLDIERS It’s war time at Historic Washington State Park during the annual Civil War Weekend, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. The town, which was once the state’s Confederate capital, will host living history demonstrations, combat scenarios and historic home tours. Admission is $10, $5 for children. Call (870) 983-2684 or visit historicwashingtonstatepark.com.