WEDNESDAY 9/19
Attn: Folks who dig looking at buff dudes. The Men of Cuffs & Collars will be gyrating and partially disrobing to the pulsing, throbbing thump of dance music at Revolution, 8:30 p.m., $10-$20. If you want to see The Arkansas Repertory Theater’s production of “Henry V,” this is your last chance. The show runs Wed.-Thu. at 7 p.m., Fri.-Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., $30-$35. Roger D. Hodge, new editor of The Oxford American will discuss his vision for the publication, Clinton School, 6 p.m., free.
THURSDAY 9/20
Vino’s hosts Round 4 of Back Room to the Main Stage, with Sick Sarcasm, This Holy House, The P-47s, Playing with Karma and Rad Rad Riot, 7 p.m., $5. At the Sculpture Party & Fall Fest, you can get a peek at the new sculptures by 2012 sculpture scholarship recipients, The Bernice Garden, 5 p.m. Juanita’s can hook you up with some groovin’ chugga-chugga metal, with Eye Empire, Downstrait and Prosevere, 9 p.m., $8-$10. Big Downtown Thursdays is a fundraising party for Arkansas Sounds Music Festival, with free pizza, beer and margaritas for sale, an on-site cigar lounge and more, 5:30 p.m., Main Street. CNN senior political analyst David Gergen will get down to the nitty gritty of politics at Philander Smith College as part of the Bless the Mic series, 7 p.m., free.
FRIDAY 9/21
The Conway Symphony Orchestra offers a one-hour preview concert with pieces from Beethoven, Broadway and more, Simon Park, 7:30 p.m., free. Get your ears dirty with some of that Memphis rock ‘n’ roll at White Water Tavern, which hosts Tiger High and The Dirty Streets, 10 p.m., $5. Maxine’s has Glossary and Some Dark Holler, 8 p.m., $5-$7 door. The Benton and Bryant high school football teams go head-to-head at the 2012 Salt Bowl, War Memorial Stadium, kickoff at 7 p.m.
SATURDAY 9/22
Boom Box and Ishi headline a night of electro decadence at an 18-and-older show, Revolution, 9 p.m., $12-$15. It’s the two-year anniversary of the Indie Music Night Hip-Hop Showcase, with 4×4 Crew, Heavy Hustlin’ Ent., 5:40, Fam Squad, 600 Ent., E. Dirty & Menace, Off The Ricta Records, Rated Thoad, with DJ Fatality and hosts Mad Ark Click, Vegga and Modest, Downtown Music Hall, 9 p.m., $10. Stickyz has Maps & Atlases and Cory Branan, 18-and-older, 9 p.m., $10.