ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
‘Masters of the Time’
The University of Central Arkansas Concert Choir will give a concert titled “The Masters of the Time,” 7:30 p.m. today in the Recital Hall, Snow Fine Arts Center, UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The program will include “Sicut Cervus” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Renaissance), “Lobet Den Herrn” by J.S. Bach (Baroque), “Jauchzet Dem Herrn Alle Welt” by Felix Mendelssohn (Romantic) and The Wedding Cantata by Daniel Pinkham (20th century), plus arrangements of Shaker and Hungarian songs. John Erwin conducts. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-5757 or email johne@uca.edu.
Arts Center impact
Jeane Hamilton, who has been actively involved with the Arkansas Arts Center since its beginning in 1957 and has an extensive collection of history and memorabilia, will join Clinton School of Public Service Dean Skip Rutherford to talk about the Arts Center and its impact for a half century in a session titled “Meeting a Statewide Need: The Founding of the Arkansas Arts Center,” noon today in Sturgis Hall, Clinton School of Public Service, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. Admission is free; reserve seats by calling (501) 683-5239 or emailing publicprograms@clintonschool. uasys.edu. More information is available online at clintonschool.uasys.edu .
FRIDAY
FOCAL sale
The Friends of Central Arkansas Libraries will hold their fall used book sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday in the basement of the Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. Nearly 200,000 “gently read” books will sell for 50 cents and $1. FOCAL members get early entrance to the sale and discounts at River Market Books & Gifts in the nearby Cox Building, 120 River Market Ave. Proceeds fund library programs at branches, community book club kits, Summer Reading Club materials, and special Saturday programming for children at the Main Library. Call (501) 918-3000 or visit cals.org.
‘Girl Talk’ artwork
“Girl Talk,” works by sculptors Mia Hall and Morgan Hill, debuts with a reception, 6:30-9 p.m. Friday at the Thea Foundation, 401 Main St., North Little Rock. It’s the ninth installment of Thea’s Art Department, a quarterly young professionals series. Admission is $10 at the door, which covers heavy hors d’oeuvres by Ben E. Keith, an open beer and wine bar including local beer by Asana Alehouse, music by DJ Baldego and the chance to win an original work of art. The artwork by Hall, who creates furniture and lighting installments in concrete, and Hill, who works primarily in wood and metal, will be on display through November. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call (501) 379-9512 or email stacey@theafoundation.org.
Fall fundraiser
Christian-focused New Creation Dance Company will offer dinner (catered by Corky’s Barbecue), a dance performance, a silent auction and kid-friendly games at its Leap Into Fall 2015 fundraiser, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Great Hall, Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn Drive, Little Rock. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $5 in advance and $7 at the door for children. Call (501) 258-0913 or visit newcreationdance.org.
Historic house
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program’s November “Sandwiching in History” tour will visit the Thomas M. Clifton House, 1423 S. Summit St., in Little Rock’s Central High School Neighborhood Historic District, at noon Friday. Admission is free. Call (501) 3249880, e-mail info@arkansaspreservation.org or visit arkansaspreservation.org.
SATURDAY
Webb sounds
Jimmy Webb, who wrote hit songs for Glen Campbell, shares that music and personal stories of their friendship in “Jimmy Webb — The Glen Campbell Years,” 7 p.m. Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The show is part of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies’ monthly Arkansas Sounds concert series. Tickets are $35. Call (501) 918-3033 or visit arkansassounds.org.
Scottish troubadour
Scottish troubadour Jim Malcolm will give a Little Rock Folk Club concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Thomson Hall, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1818 Reservoir Road, Little Rock. Tickets are $15, $8 for students with ID, free for accompanied children 12 and younger. Call (501) 663-0634 or visit littlerockfolkclub.org.
‘Smiling’ singer
Pop singer-songwriter Tori Kelly, touring in support of her debut album, Unbreakable Smile, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in Benson Auditorium, Harding University in Searcy. Tickets are $25 on the floor, $18 in the balcony. Call (501) 279-4106 or visit hardingcab.com.
SUNDAY
‘Bad’ singer
Soprano Christine Donahue and pianist Tim Smith will “celebrate” one of the world’s great bad singers in Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins, 6 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock, part of the 2015-16 Trinity Presents Performance Series. Admission is free. Call (501) 666-2813.
Book fair
Self-published authors and small presses will be the focus of the Central Arkansas Library System’s first Self-Published Author and Small Press Book Fair, 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Darragh Center, CALS Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 918-3098 or email bmooy@cals.org.
TICKETS
Underwood’s stories
Tickets — $62 and $93.50 — go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for Carrie Underwood’s “Storyteller Tour — Stories in the Round” concert, 7 p.m. April 28 at North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena, with “special guests” Easton Corbin and the Swon Brothers. There’s an eight-ticket limit per household. Call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com.