Event Calendar

And Unto You A Ghost Is Born, Throbbing Testicles, C4.
Vino's, 8 p.m., $5. 923 W. 7th St. 375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Blues jam.
Hosted by Mike Dollins and the Cruize Brothers. Odie’s House of Blues, 9 p.m. 3413 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-6343.

Bluesboy Jag.

Town Pump, 9 p.m., 3421 Rebsamen Park Road. 663-9802.

Did You Mean Australia? Wishtribe, the Curse Follows.
Soundstage, 8 p.m., $6. 1008 Oak St, Conway. www.soundstageshows.com.

DJ G Money Karaoke and Dance.
Shorty Small’s, 7 p.m., free. 4317 Warden Road, NLR. 753-8111.

Ed Smith and Company.
Afterthought, 8 p.m., $5. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 663-4176. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Joe Nichols.
Rogers native releases new CD. Electric Cowboy, 9 p.m., $15 includes new disc. 9515 I-30. 562-6000.

Josh Love Band.
Formerly Old School Bluegrass. Faulkner County Library, 7 p.m., free, door prizes for kids. 1900 Tyler St., Conway. 501-327-7482.

KISS, Buckcherry.
Verizon Arena, 7:30 p.m., $19.50-$67.75, $127.75 VIP. 800-745-3000.

Mr. Happy (headliner), Almost Infamous (happy hour).
Cajun’s Wharf, 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 375-5351. www.cajunswharf.com.

Straylight Run, the Dangerous Summer, Mansions.
Revolution, 7 p.m., $12 adv., $15 d.o.s., all ages. 300 President Clinton Ave. 823-0090. www.rumbarevolution.com.

Ted Ludwig Jazz Trio.
Capital Bar and Grill, 5 p.m., free. 111 W. Markham. 370-7013.

The Woody Pines.
White Water Tavern, 10 p.m., $5. 2500 W. 7th. 375-8400. www.myspace.com/whitewatertavern.

Thirsty Thursdays.
Juanita’s, 8 p.m., 21 and up. 1300 S. Main St. 374-3271. www.juanitas.com.

UALR Percussion Ensemble.
Performing special arrangements by Bela Fleck and reprising Radiohead numbers. Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., $10 benefits ensemble's annual tour and percussion camp for high school students. 569-3924.

Will Hoge.
Sticky Fingerz, 9 p.m., $10, 18 and up. 107 Commerce St. 372-7707. www.stickyfingerz.com.

AEI's Fallfest.
Arkansas Earth Institute's annual fall event (rescheduled from Oct. 24) with food from local ingredients, music by Woody Pines, Arkansas Dance Society, bring dessert or bread to share. Bernice Sculpture Garden, 6 p.m., $10 suggested donation, $25 family. 14th and Main. 213-5388, www.arkansasearth.org,

Autumn Runway.
Salvation Army's fall luncheon and fashion show with auction and rack sale. Embassy Suites, 10:30 a.m., $35. 11301 Financial Centre Parkway. 374-9296.

BoBrook Farms Pumpkin Patch.

Field of Screams Haunted House.
Watch a pre-show movie before entering house of horrors. Field of Screams, 7 p.m., $10. 23738 I-30, Bryant. 501-517-9773, info@fieldoscreams.com.

Haunted Cathedral.
Annual EMOBA fund-raiser with local actors and animatronics. EMOBA Campus, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Mon.-Thu., $10; 7:30 p.m.-midnight Fri.-Sat. and Sun., Nov. 1, $15. 1208 Louisiana. 372-0018, www.emoba.org. 

Haunted Hospital.
Rumored haunted hospital adds mental patients, butchers and other enexpected horrors. Former Baptist Memorial, 6 p.m., $10. 1 Pershing Circle, NLR. 744-5404.

Haunted Hotel.
Blood pools, red meat buffet and other horrors, double last year's square footage. Haunted Hotel, 7 p.m., $10. Hwy. 5 and Springhill, Benton. 501-804-8883, www.myspace.com/annualhauntedhotel.

Mullet Madness.
Fund-raiser for Kidsouce Therapy with 1980s theme party, costume contest, live music by Hotel Casanova and Susan Erwin, prizes, unlimited beer and food. River Market Pavilion, 6 p.m., $30 adv., $30 at door. 501-831-3045, www.MulletMadness.net.

Night Terrors 13 Haunted House.

More than 16,000 square feet of gruesome carnage hosted by professional Haunted House Operators. Abandoned Big Star Meat Market & Grocery Store, 7 p.m. 15310 MacArthur, NLR. 612-3327, www.hauntworld.com.

Torture Chamber.
Brutal, gruesome and disturbing haunted house. Party Central, 6:30 p.m., $12. 3805 Benton Parkway, Benton. 501-315-8300.

Sparkman.
Loony Bin, 8 p.m. $6. 1-430 and Rodney Parham. 228-5555, www.loonybincomedy.com.

“JD Lawrence’s “The Clean-Up Woman.”
A journalist pushes aside her newlywed domestic apron for a six-figure TV anchor job. Robinson Center, 8 p.m. Oct. 29, $31.75-$34.75. Markham and Broadway. 800-745-3000.

ImprovLittleRock's Halloween Headlock.
Comedy troupe's fifth season debut combining pro wrestling with improv comedy and audience participation. Public Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 10 p.m. Oct. 30., $8. 616 Center St. 374-7529.

Ballet Hispanico.
Elegant Latin American salsa, samba and cha-cha-cha dancing by international troupe. Historic Perot Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $8-$$45. 221 Main, Texarkana. 903-792-4992.

"Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Cult classic of engaged couple stranded at castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter who gets initiated into strange world of "Transsexual Transylvanians" and their customs, with door prizes and costume contest. Market Street Cinema, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., $10 includes participation kit. 1521 Merril Drive. 312-8900, www.marketstreetcinema.net.

Inverse Open Mic.
Neo-poetry movement Urban Hang Suite and KABF host open mic every other Thursday. ACAC, 6-9 p.m., $5. 900 S. Rodney Parham Road. www.acacarkansas.org, theurbanhangsuite@yahoo.com.

Robert P. George.
Princeton jurisprudence professor discusses former New York Governor Mario Cuomo's famous speech on religious faith, ethics and public policy at Notre Dame University 25 years ago.  Clinton School Sturgis Hall, 6 p.m., free. 1200 Clinton Ave., Reservations 683-5239, publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu.

Scott Laderman: “Approaching War: Hollywood and Vietnam 1929-1964."
Author and professor draws on rare prints of early motion pictures, as well as numerous archival documents, spotlighting the Indochinese conflict that screened in the U.S. decades before Hollywood.
Donaghey Student Center Meeting Room D, 7 p.m., free UALR campus. 569-3161,
kzstodola@ualr.edu.

Ozark Ghost Research Society.
Workshop for ages 18 and up discussing topics such as truth behind legend, safe and effective investigations, demonstration of ghost-hunting equipment, paranormal story-swapping. Boone County Library, 4:45 p.m., free. 221 W Stephenson Ave., Harrison. 870-741-5913.