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Art, Wine And Cheese

3 a.m. to 6 p.m., Mediums Art Gallery (Free)


Morning


Tour de Libre Library Benefit Fun Ride

6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ride begins and ends at ASU-MH campus, 1600 S. College St., Mountain Home, AR ($20 - $35)

Parking Lot Sale

7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Benton Senior Adult Center ($5 - $10)

“Good Vibrations"

8 a.m. to 5 p.m., The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources (Free)

Paws on the Pavement

8 a.m., Murray Park

All The World Is Watching Us

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Little Rock Central High School (Free)

Chameleon Art Glass

Glass panels, window hangings, collectibles, paintings, pottery, custom designs -- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Chameleon Art Glass (Free)

Cox Creative Center

Works by 27 Arkansas artists -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cox Creative Center (Free)

“Buffalo River Bluff,”

Watercolors and oils -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Louie’s Unique Framing and Gallery (Free)

Collection of Black Artists

9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Philander Smith College (Free)

Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum

Display of vehicles -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum (Free)

“Playthings and Amusements of Yesteryear”

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM

The White House in Miniature

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Clinton Presidential Center (Free - $7)

A Circus Hitched to a Tornado: Arkansas Politics in the 20th Century

9 a.m. to 6 p.m., The Statehouse Convention Center (Free)

Women's Conference

9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Faulkner County Natural Resource Center ($10 - $15)

Benefit Blood Drive

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 307 W. Elm St., Rogers, AR

Stueart Pennington Running of the Tubs Bathtub Race

9:30 a.m., Downtown Hot Springs

Barry Thomas Exhibit

anitques -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., cabbage rose (Free)

"Foundation Collection", "Masterworks", "Expanding Boundaries"

Continuing exhibits by Paul Signac -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER

Chroma Gallery

Works by Kathy Owens, Sally A. Williams, Laura Fanning -- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., CHROMA GALLERY (Free)

Gallery B

Artists Wendeline Simpson, Erik Brown, Joe Leveritt, Lyana Pope-Wilson, Gabriel Griffith -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., GALLERY B (Free)

Guitar Museum

Vintage guitars -- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Jacksonville Guitar Center (Free)

Historic Arkansas Museum

“Arkansas Made: An Exhibit of Historic and Contemporary Decorative, Mechanical and Fine Arts Produced in Arkansas”; “The Arkansas-Born Bowie Knife and Modern Bladesmithing”; interactive children’s exhibits, puppet theater and more -- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM ($1 - $2.50)

Exhibits On Military From Civil War To Present.

Military History -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jacksonville Museum of Military History ($1 - $3)

“From Turbulence To Tranquility: The Little Rock Arsenal”

Arkansas' Military Heritage -- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., MACARTHUR MUSEUM OF Arkansas MILITARY HISTORY (Free)

Settlement Tours

Scott Plantation Settlement -- 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., SCOTT PLANTATION SETTLEMENT ($1 - $2)

Basic Drawing Classes

10 a.m., Ozark Heritage Arts Center ($12)

Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum

10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 120 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock ($2 - $6)

“HOT COLOR cool class”

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER (Free - $12)

Junction Bridge

10 a.m., Junction Bridge (Free)

Heritage Days Festival at The Clayton House

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Clayton House

The Music in Bloom Garden Tour

10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mountain View, AR area ($10)

Art For You

Works by 25 Arkansas artists -- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Galaxy Office Furniture and Interiors (Free)

Hearne Fine Art

11 a.m. to 6 p.m., HEARNE FINE ART (Free)

Works by Arkansas Artists

Hurst Gallery -- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., hurst gallery (Free)

Local Colour

Local Artists -- 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Artist Co-op Studio Gallery (Free)

Arkansas Festival Ballet Studios

Pre-professional and professional classical ballet training -- 11 a.m., Arkansas Festival Ballet Studios ($10)

Hula Dance

For active adults. -- 11 a.m., Lost Springs Golf Area

ImprovLittleRock begins classes

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Public Theatre ($20)

Fish/Spaghetti Dinner Sale

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ward Chapel AME Church- Little Rock ($7)

Irish Dance Lessons

Irish Dance Lessons -- 11:30 a.m., 2 Campden Hill Road, Sherwood. ($10 - $40)

Insight into The Power of Living Life on Life’s Terms

11:30 a.m., Hilton Hotel, Little Rock, AR


Afternoon


Episphere showing

Noon to 10 p.m., IMAX Aerospace Education Center and Episphere Planetarium

"Beuys Will Be Beuys"

Noon to 6 p.m., Lyon College (Free)

Irish Dance Lessons

Irish Dance Lessons -- 12:30 p.m., Dancers’ Studio ($10 - $40)

Expressions From the Permanent Collection

1 p.m. to 4 p.m., THE ARTS & SCIENCE CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS (Free)

Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Delta Music Festival

1 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Central Delta Depot Museum (Free)

Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Delta Music Festival

1 p.m., Central Delta Depot Museum (Free)

Book Signing

1 p.m. to 2 p.m., WordsWorth Books (Free)

Paul Eells Stars-N-Strikes Celebrity Softball Game

1 p.m., University of Arkansas at Little Rock ($5 - $10)

Clinton School magazine goes online

1:34 p.m., web

Diamond Bear Brewing Co. Tours

2 p.m., Diamond Bear Brewing Co. (Free)

10th annual Heber Springs Chamber Music Festival

2 p.m., Arkansas State University-Heber Springs ($15 - $50)

Chess Tournament

Chess Tournament -- 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Mediums Art Gallery (Free)

Blues

set with Walter T. -- 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Ton'ys Sports Bar and Steakhouse

Ramona Quimby

3 p.m., ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER ($11 - $14)

Gary "Elvis" Freidrich

4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Granny's Grill (Free)


Evening


Spa City Bop Club dancing

Social Dancing -- 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Boot Scooters ($2)

The U.S. Navy Band Mid-South’s Jazz Ensemble

6 p.m., Marianna court square (Free)

Bill's Country Dance

Sho’Nuff Downhome Country Music -- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Bill’s Country Dance ($4)

Home Folks' Jamboree

Country music, two-step, waltz, 1950s rock ’n’ roll. -- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Home Folks’ Jamboree ($1.50 - $4)

North Plaza Dance with Red Barnes and the Country Knights

7 p.m. to 10 p.m., North Plaza Dance ($4)

Wine and Roses

7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Peabody Little Rock Hotel

Live Entertainment

7 p.m. to 10 p.m., VFW Post (Free)

Dance & Music

Smoke- and alcohol-free. -- 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Country Music Jamboree ($5)

Karaoke

7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Gifford Country Music

Music

7 p.m. to 11 p.m., VFW Post 2278 (Free)

Milestone on the Frontporch Stage in Concert

7 p.m., On the courthouse lawn on the square in Mt Ida. Arkansas (Free)

Maumelle Players in murder mystery

7 p.m., Maumelle Senior Wellness Center ($25)

Karaoke contest

with the Karaoke Cowboy -- 7:30 p.m., Club Count Pulaski (Free - $10)

Pool Tournament

7:30 p.m., Levy VFW ($6)

A double billing of a music and a drama

7:30 p.m., The Weekend Theater ($14 - $18)

10th annual Heber Springs Chamber Music Festival

7:30 p.m., Arkansas State University-Heber Springs ($15 - $50)

Cyrano de Bergerac

7:30 p.m., Studio Theatre space, behind the theater at the Arts Center in MacArthur Park,10th and Commerce St.

music video competition

7:30 p.m., The Revolution Room (Free - $10)

A theatrical double-header with final performances of two Holocaust-theme short works

7:30 p.m., The Weekend Theater ($14 - $18)

Parents Without Partners

8 p.m. to 11 p.m., Parents Without Partners ($5 - $6)

Karaoke contest

8 p.m., Arena Billards Bar and Grill (Free)

Karaoke

8 p.m. to 12:01 a.m., Karaoke Korner ($5)

Live Music

8 p.m. to 12:01 a.m., Beebe VFW Club ($5)

Live Music

8 p.m. to 11 p.m., The Goal Post (Free - $5)

Dances

8 p.m. to 12:01 a.m., Moose Lodge ($4)

Live Music

8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Su-burbon Inn ($2 - $3)

Live Music

8:30 p.m., Underground Pub (Free)


Night


The Afterthought shows

9 p.m., The Afterthought (Free)

Arkansas Riverbottom Band

9 p.m., Jim Doyle's Country Club ($5)

Saturday Night Rhythm and Blues

open mike and disc jockey -- 9 p.m., Quiet Storm Social Club ($2)

T's Tunes Karaoke and Dance

9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Planet Boogies (Free)

Live Band

9 p.m. to 1 a.m., VFW Post 2259 ($5)

Music at Cajun's Wharf

9 p.m., Cajun's Wharf ($5)

Disc Jockey

9:01 p.m., Ton'ys Sports Bar and Steakhouse ($5)

Red Saturdays: Reggae and World Music

10 p.m., DHS studios ($10)

Live Music

10 p.m. to 3 a.m., Bogie's

Live Music

10 p.m., The Club (Free)

Cee Knowledge

10 p.m., Downtown Music and Records ($10 - $15)


Time not available


Art For Sale By Trudy Kaye Lynch,do

Time TBA, studio 51 art gallery (Free)

Lake Catherine State

Nature hikes, games, crafts, tours, programs -- Time TBA, Lake Catherine State Park (Free)

Live Bands

Time TBA, Lucky's Sports Bar and Grill (Free)

Jive & Jamfest

Time TBA, Downtown Texarkana

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