Worth the drive

The Carson Center, Paducah, Ky.

The '20s come roaring back with a vengeance with the hit musical "Chicago" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday at the Carson Center. Tickets, ranging from $31 to $56, are on sale now and can be purchased through the Carson Center box office (270-450-4444) or at www.thecarsoncenter.org. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more.

Poplar Bluff High School, Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Elizabeth Eckford, one of the members of the historic Little Rock Nine — the students who integrated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957 — will address high school students and conduct an evening question-and-answer session Friday in Poplar Bluff. After a long period of depression, she now speaks about the emotional turmoil she suffered while helping start the movement for integration. The evening appearance will be free and open to the public at the Bloodworth House. The documentary "Little Rock Central: 50 Years Later," will start at 6 p.m., and Eckford's session will follow.

FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn.

Michael Buble comes to Memphis as part of his third major concert tour of the U.S. The Canadian brings his irrepressible spirit, engaging humor and confident charisma to the concert stage, and performs his current hit, "Everything," from his latest CD, "Call Me Irresponsible," along with his smash hit "Home." "Irresponsible" features more of the Grammy Award winner's buoyant, modern interpretations, including songs by such greats as Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton and Cy Coleman. Tickets are $45 to $75 and available at all Ticketmaster locations, ticketmaster.com, the FedEx Forum Box Office or by phone at 901-525-1515.