THURSDAY 11/14
Buzz-happy Nashville up-and-comers Moon Taxi play at Revolution, fresh off of a Monday night performance on The Late Show with David Letterman, 18-and-older, 9 p.m., $12. One-man wrecking crew Scott H. Biram plays at Stickyz, 18-and-older, 9 p.m., $10. Journalist David Horovitz presents “Israel’s Place in the New, Unstable Middle East,” part of the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture Fall Semester programs. Hendrix College, 7 p.m. Live at Laman continues with The Shannon Boshears Band, Laman Library, 7 p.m. The Junior League’s Holiday House is kicking off at the Statehouse Convention Center, if that’s something you’re into, noon, $8.
FRIDAY 11/15
At the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, check out “Champions of Justice — Celebrating the Life and Work of Bayard Rustin.” The event includes keynote speakers Mandy Carter, co-founder of National Black Justice Coalition, and Ernest Green, a member of the Little Rock Nine. Cocktail attire preferred, 7 p.m., free. Rouxster plays at The Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7. Arkansas’s finest psychedelic backwoods metal maniacs, Rwake, play White Water Tavern, 10 p.m. Ben Franks and The Bible Belt Boys play an album-release show with Amanda Avery at Maxine’s. Canopy Climbers, Young International and Knox Hamilton play an 18-and-older show at Stickyz, 9 p.m., $5.
SATURDAY 11/16
Club diva Ce Ce Peniston is at Discovery Nightclub, with Dominique Sanchez & The Disco Dolls, DJs and more, 9 p.m.-5 a.m. Blues fans, Wes Jeans, Steve Hester & Deja VooDoo and Low Society play Juanita’s, 10 p.m., $10 adv., $12 day of. Later on, Low Society will soundtrack your late-night escapades at Midtown Billiards, 12:30 a.m., $5. Singer/songwriter faves Paul Thorn and Will Hoge play an all-ages show at Revolution, 8 p.m., $20. Continuing with the celebration of Bayard Rustin’s life and work, Philander Smith hosts “Brunch, Art and the Film ‘Brother Outsider: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin’,” 11 a.m., free. Food and travel writer Kat Robinson will sign copies of her book, “Classic Eateries of the Ozarks and Arkansas River Valley,” WordsWorth Books & Co., 1 p.m.
MONDAY 11/18
Halloween might be over, but you can get a spooky fix with “The Addams Family Musical,” featuring the classic characters of the TV show with an original story and score, Reynolds Performance Hall, UCA, 7:30 p.m., $30-$40.