ENTERTAINMENT NOTES
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THURSDAY Travel writer ‘ does’ LR
Travel writer Bill Clevlen will be in Little Rock from Thursday- Saturday for a series of special events and book signings promoting his new book, 100 Things to Do in America Before You Die.
The bucket- list travel guide for the first time features Little Rock locations, including the River Market District, the Museum of Discovery and the Esse Purse Museum.
The schedule includes a 10 a. m. Thursday meet- andgreet at the Museum of Discovery, 500 President Clinton Ave.; “Sip & Socialize,” 5: 30 p. m. Friday at the Esse Purse Museum, 1510 Main St.; and “Farmers Market Fun,” 9 a. m. Saturday in the Little Rock Farmers Market Pavilions, behind the River Market’s Ottenheimer Market Hall, 400 President Clinton Ave. Cost of a book: $ 20 ( including tax).
TICKETS El Dorado district debut
Tickets go on sale at 9 a. m. Thursday for the concerts marking the debut of the Murphy Arts District, Sept. 27- Oct. 1 in downtown El Dorado.
The lineup and ticket prices:
Sept. 28: Train with opening act Natasha Bedingfield, 8 p. m., Griffin Music Hall, $ 25-$ 35
Sept. 29: ZZ Top with opening acts X Ambassadors & Robert Randolph & the Family Band, 6 p. m., Murphy Amphitheater, $ 35-$ 45
Sept. 29: Ludacris, 11: 30 p. m., Griffin Music Hall, $ 25$ 35
Sept. 30: Brad Paisley with opening acts Hunter Hayes, Chase Bryant and Ashley McBryde, Amphitheater, $ 35-$ 45
Sept. 30: Migos, 11: 30 p. m., Griffin Music Hall, $ 25-$ 35
Oct. 1: Smokey Robinson with the South Arkansas Symphony, 4 p. m., Amphitheater, free
Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen and John Hiatt will perform for a private donor event, 8: 30 p. m. Sept. 27 in the Griffin Restaurant.
Call ( 877) 940- 3334 or visit eldoMAD.com.
Murphy USA, Murphy Oil Corp., and Deltic Timber Corp. put together the $ 100 million project, the first $ 54 million phase of which has focused on the 1928 Griffin Auto Co. building, once an assembly center and showroom for Model T Fords, and which now will feature a farm- to- table restaurant, cabaret lounge and 2,000- seat music hall. The building overlooks the new 8,000- capacity Murphy Amphitheater.
Phase II will involve a $ 32 million renovation of the 1920s Rialto Theater and the creation of a 10,000- squarefoot art gallery and exhibition hall with artist in- residence quarters.
LaMontagne concert
Tickets — $ 59.50-$ 69.50 — are now on sale for Grammywinning singer/ songwriter Ray LaMontagne’s “Just Passing Through” acoustic tour performance, with John Stirratt from Wilco on acoustic bass, 7 p. m. Nov. 5 at the Orpheum Theatre, 203 S. Main St., Memphis. Call ( 901) 525- 3000 or visit the website, orpheum- memphis. com.