Art for rock's sake this weekend at Arlington Park

Art for rock's sake

Classic-rock WDRV 97.1-FM holds a rock-art festival this weekend at Arlington Park. The artwork of various rock stars - from Ron Wood and Bob Dylan to Tony Bennett and John Mellencamp - will be featured and available for sale, along with animation cells from Ron Campbell, who worked on the Beatles' Saturday-morning cartoon and "Yellow Submarine" in the '60s.

The 97.1 the Drive Rock Art Show takes place from 11:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. today through Saturday in front of the Grand Staircase at Arlington Park, 2200 Euclid, Arlington Heights. The show is free with racetrack admission. For tickets, see tickets.arlington.com, or call (847) 385-7500 for details.

Empty Can unplugged

The Empty Can Band goes acoustic this weekend with a performance featuring their singer-songerwriter catalog of covers by the likes of John Hiatt, Van Morrison and Jimmy Buffet. Singer-guitarist Dave Glynn, harmonica player Rich Van Ham and mandolinist Ray Rehberg will hold down the stage. As ever, the audience is encouraged to bring nonperishable foodstuffs for donation to the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry.

The Empty Can Band plays at 9 p.m. Saturday in the beer garden at Nick & Pat's, 1031 Station Drive, Oswego. Call (630) 554-7773 for details.

ESO pix a winner

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra marks 60 years of music with "0 to 60: Music From the ESO's 1st and 60th Seasons" to close the Foxfire Fest this weekend. The ESO is inviting fans to shoot pictures to be entered in the 2009 Foxfire Fest Photo Contest through flickr.com.

The Elgin Symphony Orchestra performs at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Foxfire Fest at Festival Park, off South Grove Avenue between Prairie and Lake streets. Tickets to the fest are $5. For details, call the Hemmens Box Office at (847) 931-5900.