"American Pie" and "Vincent (Starry Starry Night)" singer-songwriter Don McLean performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Eureka Springs Auditorium, 36 Main St., Eureka Springs. Tickets are $45, $65 and $85. Visit theaud.org.
Spa City exhibit
"Pen and Paint: The Art of Gary Simmons and Richard Stephens," works by Hot Springs artists Gary Simmons (drawings) and Richard Stephens (watercolors), opens Tuesday at the Hot Springs Convention Center, 134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. The exhibit will remain through Jan. 3. Admission is free. Convention Center hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call (501) 321-2027 or (800) 922-6478 or visit hotsprings.org.
Jazz at the Joint
Guitarist Steve Herberman joins the Ted Ludwig Trio for Jazz at the Joint, 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock. Tickets are $30. Call (501) 425-1528, email steve@stevedavison.com or visit jazzatthejoint.org.
Architecture lecture
Jill Floyd, director of community outreach with CDI Contractors in Little Rock, moderates a panel presentation titled "A Place Called H___: Community Dialogues on Aging and Homelessness," 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Windgate Center of Art & Design, University of Arkansas of Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. It's part of the Architecture and Design Network's 2019-20 June Freeman lecture series. A 5:30 reception precedes the event. Admission is free. Email ArchDesignNetwork@gmail.com; call (501) 952-7274 or (501) 840-6171 or email popitz@polkstanleywilcox.com or lhendrix@polkstanleywilcox.com.
Burning bright?
TIGER, a solo performance combining video, sound and storytelling by Deke Weaver, will be onstage at 12:15 p.m. Monday in the Black Box Theatre at the Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College's main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock.
The "travelogue, '70's slide show, sing-along, seance and TEDtalk/Parisian salon all at once" is the fifth part of a project, The Unreliable Bestiary: a performance for every letter of the alphabet — each letter representing an endangered animal or habitat, for Weaver, an artist and faculty member at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. It's part of the college's Big Rock on the Map series. Admission is free. Email wtrieschmann@uaptc.edu or visit uaptc.edu/charts.
Movie at MacArthur
The MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in MacArthur Park, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, will screen the documentary Black Hawk Down: The Untold Story, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, part of the museum's monthly "Movies at MacArthur" series. The documentary details the rescue by the 2nd Battalion 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, of special operations forces following an ambush in 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia. Two soldiers were killed and 18 wounded. Retired Air Force Col. Randall Larsen, the documentary's executive producer and director, will attend. Admission, popcorn and beverages are free. Call (501) 376-4602 or visit Arkmilitaryheritage.com.
History symposium
The Arkansas State Archives will present a symposium, "1819-1836: A History of Territorial Arkansas," 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 26, at MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in MacArthur Park, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock.
Theo Witsell, chief of research and inventory of the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, will discuss Thomas Nuttall's exploration of Arkansas. Charles Bolton, history professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will present "Federal Aid and the Infrastructure of Arkansas Territory." Callie Williams, education and outreach coordinator with the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, will discuss Territorial era buildings; and author and historian Gary Pinkerton will talk about Trammel's Trace.
The traveling exhibit, "Territorial Arkansas: The Wild Western Frontier" will be on display. The symposium is the culmination of Arkansas Archives Month. Admission is free and includes lunch; reservations are required by Oct. 20 by calling (501) 682-6900 or online at archives.arkansas.gov.
Stoner icons redux
Stoner icons Jay and Silent Bob, played respectively by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith, return to movie theaters with Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Colonel Glenn 18 and Movie Tavern in Little Rock and the Tinseltown in Benton. Visit FathomEvents.com.
Mewes and Smith return to the roles they created in 1994's Clerks as they discover that Hollywood is rebooting an old movie based on them and once again embark on a cross-country mission to stop it. The screening includes a special pre-recorded video introduction from Mewes and Smith and exclusive bonus content. The first 50 people through the doors at each location will receive a limited-edition poster.
At 7 p.m. Thursday, the same theaters will screen a special double feature of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The same characters have also appeared in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Clerks 2.
Globetrotters tickets
Tickets — $27-$132 plus service charges — go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the Harlem Globetrotters' 2019-20 "Pushing the Limits World Tour" stop, 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena. Visit ticketmaster.com.
Style on 10/13/2019