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Area restaurants and vendors will compete for People\u2019s Choice and Golden Wing awards at the all-you-can-eat chicken-wing extravaganza Wingstock<\/b>, noon-2 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock\u2019s Simmons Bank Arena. A variety of domestic and craft A complete list of participating restaurants and vendors is available at tinyurl.com\/3bp8d7hz<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., is offering free admission in honor of former President Bill Clinton\u2019s 79th birthday<\/b>, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. clintonfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n MUSIC<\/b><\/p>\n The North Little Rock Community Concert Band<\/b> performs \u201cSounds of the British Isles,\u201d 3 p.m. Sunday at the Patrick Henry Hays Center, 401 W. Pershing Blvd., North Little Rock. The program includes Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019 \u201cEnglish Folk Song Suite,\u201d \u201cIrish Tune From County Derry\u201d (aka \u201cDanny Boy\u201d) by Percy Grainger and Kenneth J. Alford\u2019s \u201cColonel Bogey\u201d March. (501) 920-2539; nlrcommunityband.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n THEATER<\/b><\/p>\n New this week:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Eight longtime friends drink, eat, reminisce, gossip, complain about their husbands and occasionally remember to play another round of Bunco in \u201cThe Bunco Squad\u201d<\/b> by Jim Hesselman, onstage at Murry\u2019s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (but 12:30 p.m. Wednesday matinees only Aug. 20 and 27), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 6. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived \u2014 the six royal wives of Henry VIII turned pop icons are onstage for for \u201cSIX: Teen Edition\u201d<\/b> at the Argenta Contemporary Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock, 7:30 p.m. today and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. argentacontemporarytheatre.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continuing:<\/b><\/p>\n The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, closes out its run of \u201cThe Amen Corner,\u201d a play with music by James Baldwin, 7 p.m. today 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. A different area choral group fills in the role of the \u201cGuest Choir from Philadelphia at each performance. (501) 378-0405; TheRep.org.<\/p>\n Also closing this weekend: Actors Theatre of Little Rock\u2019s production of \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d<\/b> 7:30 p.m. today and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock. actorstheatrelr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n And Benton\u2019s Young Players also closing out their run of \u201cDisney\u2019s Newsies,\u201d<\/b>, 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. The show is based on the real-life New York newsboys strike of 1899. onthestage.tickets\/the-royal-theatre.<\/p>\n ART\u00a0<\/u>AND EXHIBITS<\/b><\/p>\n New this week<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cChicken Houses of Arkansas,\u201d<\/b> a series of large pastels by Eureka Springs artist Cynthia Kresse, goes on display with a 6-9 p.m. reception Saturday at Boswell Mourot Fine Art, 1501 Main St., Little Rock. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and by appointment through Sept. 6. Admission to the reception and gallery is free. Call (501) 454-6969 or visit boswellmourotfineart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Arkansas League of Artists\u2019 Opportunity Show<\/b> opens with a 5-7 p.m. reception Friday at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. The exhibition is up through Sept. 30 during regular library hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday. (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org.<\/p>\n \u201cConnected Through Color: Parts of a Whole,\u201d<\/b> explorations of how color can be reimagined and transformed across several media, including animation, digital illustration and collage, by Adrianna Kimble-Ray, opens with a 5-8 p.m. Argenta Art District Third Friday Art Walk reception Friday at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. It\u2019s on display through Sept. 5. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.<\/p>\n Also opening with a 5-8 p.m. Argenta Art District Third Friday Art Walk reception Friday: \u201cCreatures of Play,\u201d<\/b> an exhibition of mixed-media works by Central Arkansas artist Carol McCreight at the Innovation Hub Gallery, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock. The show stays up through Sept. 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the third Saturday of each month. (501) 907-6570; hub.nlrlibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n CONTINUING<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cUnseen Forces,\u201d<\/b> oil paintings by Bryant High School art teacher Amber Cardinale, go on display with a 5-7:30 p.m. reception Thursday at Thea Foundation\u2019s gallery, 401 Main St. in North Little Rock\u2019s Argenta Arts District, up through Aug. 28. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 5-8 p.m. during Argenta\u2019s Third Friday Art Walk (Aug. 15). theafoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder A Restless Sky,\u201d<\/b> a new site-specific installation by Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach, on display through April 4 in the Jackson T. Stephens Gallery of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. The three-dimensional art installation, created with paint, paper, wood, ropes and other materials that explores how various species \u2014 birds and humans \u2014 move and adapt due to environmental and climate changes, (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEdwin Brewer, A Retrospective of His Art,\u201d<\/b> landscape and still-life paintings in oils and watercolors by the Little Rock native (1927-2002), on display through Oct. 18 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cPortraits From a Presidency,\u201d<\/b> the exhibition of more than 50 paintings, sculptures, engravings and photographic portraits of members of the Clinton family, up through Dec. 7 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. clintonpresidentialcenter.org\/exhibits<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSmall Works on Paper: From the Permanent Collection,\u201d\u00a0<\/b>40 pieces from the Arkansas Arts Council\u2019s 2006-2023 annual \u201cSmall Works on Paper\u201d touring exhibitions, on display through Sept. 21 at the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St., Little Rock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.<\/p>\n