THURSDAY 2/20
The Little Rock Film Festival’s Argenta Film Series continues with a free screening of “Dallas Buyers Club,” Argenta Community Theater, 7 p.m. Gathr Films, the new Thursday night screening series at the Ron Robinson Theater, presents “Next Goal Wins,” a documentary about the American Samoan Football team, followed by a discussion led by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Philip Martin, 7 p.m., $10.
FRIDAY 2/21
The Little Rock Horror Picture Show presents a screening of last year’s Audience Award Winner, “Jug Face,” at the Ron Robinson Theater, 6 p.m., followed by a Q&A with director Chad Crawford Kinkle. UCA’s literary magazine will launch its new issue at the Toad Suck Review Launchapalooza at Bear’s Den Pizza, featuring readings by staff members Audrey Carrol, Becca Hawkins, T.J. Heffers and Ben Sneyd, 7 p.m. Houndmouth, from New Albany, Ind., will be at Revolution with Willie Watson, 9 p.m., $10. Fayetteville’s Randall Shreve and the Sideshow will perform at Stickyz, 9 p.m., $6-$8.
SATURDAY 2/22
The sixth annual Big Red Ball Charitable Foundation’s Chili with a Kick to benefit Youth Home will be held at Dickey-Stephens Park beginning at 11 a.m. The event is all ages and will feature a chili cook-off, a jalapeno eating contest, live music, face painting, kickball, etc. The UCA Music Department will present the sounds of Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Duke Ellington at their Big Band Gala Dance, “Moonlight Serenade.” All levels of dancers welcome. Magic Hassle and The Dangerous Idiots will play at White Water Tavern, 10 p.m., while Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Rodge and the Dirt Road Republic will be at Juanita’s, 10 p.m., $10. Discovery Nightclub will offer glow sticks and body painting “under the black lights,” at their Winter Glow party, featuring Ewell, Big Brown and Brandon Peck, 12:30 a.m.
MONDAY 2/24
Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress and counselor to the Center for American Progress Action Fund, will speak at the Clinton School’s Sturgis Hall at noon. Donna Ulisse and the Poor Mountain Boys will play at the Collins Theater in Paragould as part of KASU’s Bluegrass Monday concert series, 7 p.m., $5.
TUESDAY 2/25
Bonnie Montgomery will perform at White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m., and Star and Micey will be at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville with Carolina Story, 9 p.m., $5.