COMEDY
Leanne Morgan arena show
Comedian Leanne Morgan brings her “Just Getting Started” tour to North Little Rock with a show at 7 p.m. Friday at Simmons Bank Arena. Tickets, including fees, are $42.85-$53.15, via Ticketmaster.com. Morgan’s tour comes in the wake of her recent Netflix special, “I’m Every Woman.”
MUSIC
‘Clogging’ things up
“An Evening of Buckdancing & Mountain Music,” 7 p.m. Saturday in the Ozark Highlands Theater at Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View, will feature masters of old-time percussive dance, known as flatfooting, jigging and buckdancing.
The Ozark Folk Center State Park Square Dancers “kick” things off; the lineup includes flatfoot buck dancer Thomas “Magic” Maupin and his grandson Daniel Rothwell, a National Old-Time Banjo Champion; fiddler and dancer Trenton “Tater” Caruthers; and some of Maupin’s protégés, including Jacob Fennell, a grand champion dancer in flatfoot, buckdance and clogging styles, and dancing fiddler (and YouTube sensation) Hillary Klug. The show will also feature a performance by the Music Roots Ensemble, young musicians from the Music Roots program in Mountain View.
Sponsor is Stone Bank. Tickets are $15, $6 for children 6-12 years old, $35 for a family pass (two adults and children under 18) in advance, $2 more day-of. Visit OzarkFolkCenter.Ticketleap.com.
ART
AMFA Art Market
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, hosts its inaugural Art Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday. Guests can explore 25 booths, discover new artists and learn more about their work. The museum’s Windgate Art School will offer a rotating marketplace of emerging Arkansas artists.
Area gallery owners and collectors will give talks:
◼️ 11 a.m. Saturday: “Art as an Investment” (Greg Thompson of Greg Thompson Fine Art)
◼️ 1 p.m. Saturday: “A Conversation with a Millennial Collector (Garbo Hearne of Hearne Fine Art and collector Kenya Eddings)
◼️ 3 p.m. Saturday: “How to Be a Good Caretaker of Your Art” (Cindy Scott-Huisman and Clarke Huisman of Cantrell Gallery)
◼️ 2 p.m. Sunday: “Art Is an Experience, Not an Object” (Mac Murphy of M2 Gallery).
Admission is free. Visit arkmfa.org/amfa-art-market.
Barns and agriculture
A thematic exhibit on barns and agrarian architecture opens with a 5-9 p.m. Hot Springs Gallery Walk reception Friday at Justus Fine Art Gallery, 827A Center St., Hot Springs. The exhibition, up through Sept. 30, includes work by Dustyn Bork, Beverly Buys, Donnie Copeland, Jeri Hillis, Robyn Horn, Dolores Justus, John Lasater, Charles Peer, Laura Raborn, Michael Francis Reagan, Steven Schneider, Sandra Sell and Gary Simmons. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Saturday and by appointment. Admission to the reception and the gallery is free. Call (501) 321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.
Exhibition submissions
Sept. 19 is the deadline to submit artworks to the South Arkansas Arts Center Visual Arts Committee for the center’s 2025 Membership Showcase, Sept. 23-Oct. 29 in the Merkle Gallery of the center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado.
Artists may submit up to two original pieces in any medium, including but not limited to paintings, sculpture, photography, fiber art, jewelry, video, computer-generated images and multi-media presentations. Pieces must not have been displayed in a previous Membership Show and must be display-ready (framed works should have a secure wire, sawtooth hanger or a manner with which to hang them, and 3D/multi-media work must be installation-ready).
Drop off artwork at the center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Register via paper entry form at drop-off or visit saac-arts.org/artist-exhibit-entry-form. Call (870) 862-5474 for more information.
ETC.
Here comes the bridal show
In its 30th year, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Wedding Show, 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets, Little Rock, will include more than 50 exhibitors — florists, entertainers, photographers and fashion vendors — to help engaged couples plan their weddings from start to finish.
“This year’s show will feature an onstage experience where engaged couples can step into a magazine cover-worthy scene to take photos together,” says Democrat-Gazette events director Amanda Copley. “Engaged couples can find education, planning services and a chance to learn about the local talent we have in the Arkansas wedding pro community.”
The show will also include a new Planner Panel expert session and an exclusive question-and-answer period on the latest in wedding-photography trends. There will be fashion shows and prize drawings throughout the day; one couple will win the Ultimate Giveaway, valued at more than $5,000.
Attendees will receive a 2025 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Wedding Planner with photographs, editorials, checklists for couples and a listing of local wedding-industry businesses, and a copy of 2025 Real Weddings magazine.
Sponsors include Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, Central Arkansas Entertainment and Dillard’s. Tickets are $10, $35 for limited VIP (which includes early entry into the show, a T-shirt, a tote bag with swag from sponsors, reserved seating for the fashion shows and access to VIP-only prizes). Call (501) 378-3807 or visit arkansasbridalcommunity.com.
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