TODAY

ROCK 'N' ROLL GOSPEL SHOW: 7 p.m., Jessye Norman Amphitheatre, $5

THE CROSS-TIE WALKERS: Augusta Canal Moonlight Music Cruise, 6:15 p.m., departs from Enterprise Mill Petersburg boat dock; check in at Canal Interpretive Center; $24; augustacanal.com

PATRICIA BARBER CONCERT: 8 p.m., Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $25 orchestra, $15 general admission; imperialtheatre.com

LANGSTON HUGHES' ASK YOUR MAMA: 12 MOODS FOR JAZZ: 7 p.m., Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.; $15 students, military; $25 adults; lucycraftlaneymuseum.com

WHAT DO WOMEN MOST WANT: 7 p.m., Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; with storyteller Jan Cribbs; $8 seniors, $10 adults; southernorderofstorytellers.org

ELISABETH VON TRAPP AND ERICH KORY: 8 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 605 Reynolds St.; $15 general; ages 17 and younger free; riverwalkseries.com

FORD TRUCKS EQUESTRIAN BAL-LOON FESTIVAL: Preview 5:15 to 7 p.m., Augusta Common

EVENING OF BEL CANTO AT THE PARTRIDGE INN: A FUNDRAISER FOR THE AUGUSTA OPERA COMPANY: 6 p.m., The Partridge Inn, 2110 Walton Way; opera stars will perform popular arias; $75; $125 per couple; partridgeinn.com

TODAY-FRIDAY

THE COLLISION PROJECT: 7 p.m. Thursday, 3:45 and 7 p.m. Friday; Beverly J. Barnhart Theatre, John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School, 615 12th St.; adults $6, seniors, students and children $5, Davidson students $4; alliancetheatre.org

Donald Portnoy International Violin Competition: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today; final round, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday; winner's recital, 4 p.m., Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; adults $10 each session ($25 all three); students $5 each session ($10 all three); maxwelltheatre.aug.edu

A TINY TASTE OF ART MINIATURE PAINTING CLASSES: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.; Gallery on the Row, Broad St.; $15; galleryontherow.com

TODAY-SATURDAY

THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS PRESENTS STEEL MAGNOLIAS: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Le Chat Noir, 340 Eighth St.; $36 adults, $34 students, seniors; augustaplayers.org, (706) 826-4707

AUGUSTA TANGO MINI FESTIVAL: St. John United Methodist Church, 736 Greene St.; workshops $20, Latin dances $10; full event passes available; augustatangoclub.com

today: Free welcome practica, 6:30 to 9 p.m.; Casa Blanca Cafe, 936 Broad St.

FRIDAY: Fundamentals work-shop, 7 p.m.; Secrets of an Elastic Embrace, 7 p.m.; Latin dance 9:15 p.m.-midnight

SATURDAY: Intermediate workshops, 2 to 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 to 5:15 p.m.; Latin dance 8 p.m. to midnight, with DJ Angel Montero

THE WHISKEY PAINTERS OF AMERICA ANNUAL EXHIBITION: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday; The Zimmerman Gallery, 1006 Broad St.; free

MAKING FACES: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for remainder of festival; Arts and Heritage Center, Municipal Center, 100 Georgia Ave., North Augusta; $5 adults, ages 12 and younger $2; (803) 663-9349

VISUAL ART AND ARTIFACTS: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Arts and Heritage Center, Municipal Center, North Augusta; art by Jim Harrison; $5 adults, ages 15 and younger $2; artsand heritagecenter.com

AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ART FACULTY SHOW: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; New Space Gallery, Washington Hall, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; free; (706) 729-2310

A TINY TASTE OF ART AT GALLERY ON THE ROW: 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Gallery on the Row, 1016 Broad St.; free; exhibit featuring miniature paintings; galleryontherow.com

DESIGN CONCEPTS SCALE MODELS EXHIBIT: Collection of architectural scale models produced by hand; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Casa Blanca Cafe, 936 Broad St.; free; (706) 564-6232

FRIDAY

DSW: WHERE THESE SHOES FIT: 7 p.m., Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; $5

THE WYNNS: Augusta Canal Moonlight Music Cruise, 6:15 p.m., departs from Enterprise Mill Petersburg Boat dock; check in at Canal Interpretive Center; $24; augustacanal.com

VIDEO GAMES LIVE!: 7:30 p.m., Bell Auditorium, 712 Telfair St.; $20-$50; augustasymphony.org

TUNES FROM THE '30S, '40s and '50s: 7:30 p.m., Sacred Heart Cultural Center; $10; presented by Augusta Collegium Musicum

NEW YORK CHAMBER SOLOISTS: 8 p.m., Grover C. Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; $25; $7 children, students; ASU students, faculty, staff free; maxwelltheatre.aug.edu

SATURDAY

VOICES OF THE PAST: 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m., Augusta Museum of History, 560 Reynolds St.; character monologues in theater format; adults $4, senior citizens $3, ages 5-18 $2, 4 and younger free; (706) 722-8454

BIG KIDS ACCORDION BAND: 2:30 p.m., festival stage, Augusta Common; free

JUBBA AND FRIENDS: 6 p.m., Gilbert-Lambuth Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.

MAKING FACES WORKSHOP: 10 a.m., Enterprise Mill, 1450 Greene St.; $50; presented by Clay Artists of the Southeast; clayartistsofthesoutheast.com

ABT II: 7 p.m., Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; presented by the Augusta Ballet; $15-$35; augustaballet.org

PORTER FLEMING LITERARY COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY: 2 p.m., Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St., free; westoboufestival.com

POTTERY DEMONSTRATIONS AND CONCERT WITH TARA SCHEYER AND the mud puppy band: 11 a.m., Hammond's Ferry brick pond, North Augusta; free; hammondsferry.com

OLD SCHOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL: 7:30 p.m., Jessye Norman Amphitheater; Eric Mayweather and the Finesse Band, the Tony Howard Show, Radical Praise, the Tuskegee Glee Club; $20 advance, $25 day of show; augustaarts.com

FESTIVAL DANCE SERIES: 4 to 7 p.m., festival stage, Augusta Common; performances by Augusta Dance Coalition: Alchemy, Augusta West Dance Studio, The Ball- room Dance Center, Columbia County Ballet, John S. Davidson Fine Arts School, and Savannah Winds Middle Eastern Dancers; free; augustaballet.org

MOUNT ZION SPIRITUAL SINGERS: 2 p.m., Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; free