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If I didn't have to write about Riverfest and go home and check on my dogs this afternoon, here's the film fest schedule I'd follow:

Noon: "Lioness," the documentary on an all-woman combat unit in Iraq that we've hyped on our cover, screens at the Clinton School. I haven't seen it, but David Koon raves about it. Plus, they'll be a panel discussion following the screening with the director and Mena native Shannon Morgan, who's featured in the doc.

3 p.m.: "Lord God Bird" Check our "Can't Miss List:" The fruitless search for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker made compelling.

Also worth considering: Another Can't-Miss, "Silhouette City" (4 p.m., Riverdale 10), a doc on the rise of religious militarism. I'm gonna wait until Sunday to see it and catch the awesome-looking Apocalyptic Christian Nationalism panel that follows. "Jerabek" (4:30 p.m.), another intriguing doc about a family dealing with loss from the Iraq War.

Avoid: Maybe Philip Martin's right and Wes Bentley's new movie "The Ungodly" (6:30 p.m., Riverdale) is reminiscent of "Man Bites Dog," or maybe Phil's just hoping Bentley will star in his long-gestating screenplay. I only made it through the first ten minutes of the screener, and they were perhaps the worst 10 minutes of any movie I've ever seen. Bentley, once again saucer-eyed and with a video camera, plays a documentarian out to capture the human side of a serial killer. Yikes!

THE LEE BOYS
9 p.m., Revolution, $10.

The Lee Boys are one of America's finest African-American sacred steel ensembles. This family group — Alvin Lee (guitar), Derrick Lee and Keith Lee (vocals), along with their three nephews, Roosevelt Collier (pedal steel guitar), Alvin Cordy Jr. (seven-string bass) and Earl Walker (drums) — began making music at the ages of 7 and 8 in the House of God church they attended in Perrine, Fla. They underwent a rigorous course of training in a variety of musical instruments, including lap and pedal steel guitars. Inspired by master sacred steel guitarists, the band draws from elements of rock, blues and country music, and applies liberal doses of contemporary R&B, hip-hop and funk to create its own flavor. Praise and worship fans and jam-band adherents alike should flock to Revolution Friday night to catch this rare show. Arkansas Times 2007 Musicians Showcase winner Cooper's Orbit opens.

—Paul Peterson

TRAVELERS VS. THE NATURALS
6:45 p.m., Dickey-Stephens Park. $6-$10.

Of course it's a manufactured rivalry. The Travs and the Naturals have only played eight times. Plus, it's the minor leagues, where rivalries don't really play out since teams often lose players as soon as they get on a roll. Still, each swept the other in the first two homestands, so you know the hometown fans — even those who come solely to drink tall beers and eat peanuts — will be whooping and hollering to keep the streak alive. The series begins Friday and stretches through Monday. On Friday, the crowd is likely to be especially frenzied as midget wrestling, long a Bill Valentine staple, makes its first appearance at Dickey-Stephens. Li'l Kato takes on his brother Beautiful Bobby Dean at 6:45 p.m. for the World's Midget Heavy Weight Wrestling Championship. Belvis the Black Elvis will be entertaining the crowd, too. The game starts at 7:45 p.m. On Saturday, the first 2,000 fans get a Travs fleece blanket, 7:10 p.m. And on Sunday, for the 2 p.m. day game, the first 2,000 get a Travs team picture.

ATTRACTIVE AND POPULAR
8 p.m., Low Key Arts Building, Hot Springs. $5.

If it's been a minute since you trekked to Spa City, here's a good excuse. Low Key Arts Building, the city's indie music and art hub, hosts Attractive and Popular for the venue's last show of the spring/summer. DIY devotees know all about Attractive and Popular. Formed in Lafayette, La., the four-piece moved to Hot Springs several years back and took over the Exchange, which they operate as an all-ages club when they're not touring (so, somewhat infrequently). The dance punks have built their reputation on hard touring and ferocious performances that usually find them sweating a lot in black and gold outfits. Their last full-length came out on GSL, a label founded by Mars Volta. On Friday, they're celebrating the release of a split CD, “Live from Hell/Jungle Fever,” on Little Mafia Records with El Paso Hot Button, a one-man band from Norman, Okla., that dexterously kicks out full, raucous garage-rock. Impressive local noise-punks Ginsu Wives open.

GREEK FOOD FESTIVAL
11 a.m., Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church. Free admission.

If you're driving with the windows down, odds are that the aroma will tease the tastebuds before you find a parking spot. This event needs little, if any, introduction, so let's crunch some sugarcoated numbers. Add 1,700 pounds of butter, 750 pounds of nuts, another 700 pounds of phyllo dough and you'll have the ingredients to produce more than 10,000 sourota, 17,000 pieces of baklava, 5,700 melomacrona, 14,000 butter cookies and thousands more pastries certain to be devoured by the eager masses awaiting the 2008 Greek Food Festival. And that's just the dessert options. An absolute melting pot of intercontinental cuisine, multicultural entertainment and a wide array of specialized gifts await newcomers and returning faithful to this annual event, which continues to outdo itself with each passing year. For those who enjoy donning an apron and creating their own mouth-watering meals, expect the Old World Market to have all the necessary ingredients to make it happen, or bring some frozen dinners home for later. There'll be jewelry and guided church tours, too. At least seven charities benefit from proceeds generated by the festival, which continues 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Recipes, entertainment schedules, parking locations and trolley routes and the entire lowdown are available at www.greekfoodfest.com.

—Paul Peterson

"WAR EAGLE, ARKANSAS"(2007)
6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Riverdale 10. With Q&A with producer and screenwriter.

“War Eagle,” the festival's opening film and the latest big indie feature to come out of Arkansas, has a plot that's the stuff of Hallmark specials: Best friends since childhood, Enoch and “Wheels” are teen-agers living in the Ozark burg of War Eagle, struggling not only with same sorts of things teen-agers living in rural anywhere battle — the confines of a small town, overbearing family, girls, the future — but also debilitating conditions. Enoch, a high school baseball star with a chance for a scholarship, is a chronic stutterer, and cerebral palsy keeps the always-wisecracking “Wheels” in the wheelchair for which he's nicknamed. They're inseparable, it seems, because they're only fully functional when they're together. But despite a few bumps, the film never gets mired in sentimentality. Give large credit to the young lead actors, Luke Grimes and James McDaniel, who infuse their roles with plenty of pathos and awkward charm. Screenwriter Graham Gordy, a Conway native, helps, too, with casually hilarious teen-age dialogue.

The information about Saturday's 4th annual Buzz-B-Q in this week's To-Do List was inadvertently (cough), carelessly, lifted from a past event. As printed, the event does begin at 11 a.m., does take place at the North Shore Riverwalk and does feature two divisions of barbecue competitors, BUT it costs $5 (children under 12 free) and features a completely different musical line-up than printed: Brittany Conine, Ryan Couron, Steve Shankles, Mr. Meaner and Jeff Coleman and the Feeders.

All the Buzz dudes—Tommy Smith, David Bazzel, Justin Acri, Pat Bradley and Joe Franklin will be on hand to host and emcee the event, which benefits North Little Rock Firefighters Local 35 Fallen Firefighters Memorial Fund.

There'll be a a Family Fun Zone with a rock climbing wall, super slide, obstacle course, the Twisters Football Toss, 3D miniature golf and a hunting simulator.

Plus, for grown folks, age 21 and up, the "Buzzeritaville" area features T's Tunes karaoke, pool tables, TVs to watch the Preakness and Stinky Gringo margaritas.

See the full news release below. And listen later as Justin and Pat ridicule me as I try to apologize to Buzz nation.

Like any seasoned public speaker, Judge Reinhold knows that self-deprecation is an easy path to being charming. On Tuesday, before the screening of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," he told the audience about how thrilled he'd been to find out that Pauline Kael, the legendary New Yorker critic, had reviewed the film and better yet, called him an heir to Jimmy Stewart....and Daffy Duck.

That didn't seem too far off during the pre-screening Q&A (moderated expertly by the Times Derek Jenkins) as Reinhold effusively reeled off dozens of insider-ish anecdotes about the film. Like: Method even then, Sean Penn remained in the Jeff Spicoli character even off-camera. When Reinhold did coverage shots with him, where Reinhold stood off-camera while Penn shot a conversation with him, Penn had Reinhold shout his lines to help convey the effect of someone stoned and out of it. He also talked a lot about the music of the film and how hard they'd lobbied to get a Bruce Springsteen cut. In the film, his character wears a Springsteen t-shirt and the producers even cast the Boss' sister as one of the spirit girls. And more self-deprecation: He talked about the opening screening, which first debuted for an all adult audience, who rolled in the aisles during the infamous bathroom scene, and then showed for an all teen audience, who were completely silent during the scene, traumatized by the potential.

Reinhold will moderate the "Keep it Natural" panel on filmmaking in Arkansas at noon on Sunday.