Here's the latest weekend entertainment roundup from Eric E. Harrison, culture reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
live performance
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Robson will present Romantic-era music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Robinson Center Performance Hall, West Markham Street, Broadway in Little Rock. The concert concludes the masterpiece season. Pianist Michel Kang will perform a piece by Clara Schumann. Piano Concerto; Robson will conduct Richard Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde'' Prelude and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4. arkansasymphony.org
Arkansas Ballet closes the Bravo!'s season of five choreographers will feature live performances by pianist Fei-Fei Dong, including three world premieres and one regional premiere. It will be performed today at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday at 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the Arkansas Museum of Art, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. balletkansas.org.
theater
Marie's Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, presents Oscar Wilde's “The Importance of Being Earnest” through May 25. murrysdp.com.
The final weekend of the beauty pageant ode “American Beauty” will be held at the Weekend Theater at West Seventh and Chester Streets in Little Rock, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at noon The show will begin at 2:30 p.m. centralkansastickets.com.
fun
Little Rock's South-on-Main neighborhood, centered on 101-149 E. Daisy L Gatson Bates Drive, will open a few days later on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 501 Day (May 1, area code Reflect) Celebrate. The festival also includes musical performances. food truck. Vendors of apparel, art, accessories, and handmade items. There's also a kids zone with bounce houses, face painting and laser tag. And on festival grounds, during the Downtown Little Rock Partnership's inaugural Mural Fest, area artists will “transform spaces” in the alley behind 1501 S. Main St. (115 E. 15th St.) To do. 501festival.com.
Hear Eric's roundup of arts and culture events in central Arkansas every Thursday on Little Rock Public Radio at 4:44 p.m.