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Little Rock celebrates the six-year milestone of its River Market Entertainment District with a lively Birthday Bash<\/b>, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, featuring live entertainment, menu specials and promotions from district businesses. Parking is free in the River Market garage, 500 E. Second St. at River Market Avenue. littlerock.com\/river-market\/play\/rmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tulsa\u2019s Vintage Barbie Museum<\/b> has a pop-up exhibition through Aug. 31 at Paper Hearts Bookstore, 420 E. 21st St., in Little Rock\u2019s Pettaway neighborhood, with more than 120 vintage dolls from 1959-89, \u201ciconic Barbie looks,\u201d rare collector\u2019s editions and \u201chistorically significant dolls,\u201d noon-6 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, with additional weekend evening hours. (202) 468-5275; facebook.com\/p\/Vintage-Barbie-Museum-61568806623203<\/a>.<\/p>\n The eighth Great Southern Stone Skipping Championships<\/b> take place starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lakewood Lake No. 1 in North Little Rock with cash prizes for the top three finishers in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s flights (13 and older) and the youth flight (12 and younger). Judges will be volunteer military veterans with keen eyesight. Spectators can bring lawn chairs, blankets and coolers (no glass). Proceeds go to North Little Rock-based Amboy Community Food Pantry. StoneSkipping.org.<\/p>\n MUSIC<\/b><\/p>\n Old Crow Medicine Show<\/b> performs at 8 p.m. today at The Hall<\/b>, 721 W. Ninth St. JD Clayton is the opening act. (501) 406-1364; littlerockhall.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n THEATER<\/b><\/p>\n New this weekend:<\/b><\/p>\n The Weeknd Theater,\u00a0<\/b>West Seventh and Chester streets, Little Rock,\u00a0<\/b>is putting on a staged reading of\u00a0\u201cGreyscale,\u201d<\/b> written and directed by Cabot High School rising senior Brooke Boyer, \u201cBest in Show\u201d winner for playwriting at the Arkansas State Thespian Festival, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday. It focuses on a family that appears perfect from the outside but each of its members is wracked by anxiety in one way or another. centralarkansastickets.com\/e\/greyscale<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continuing:<\/b><\/p>\n The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, has extended for an additional weekend 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 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 matinee only Aug. 27), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through Sept. 6. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n ART\u00a0<\/u>AND EXHIBITS<\/b><\/p>\n CONTINUING<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cChicken Houses of Arkansas,\u201d<\/b> a series of large pastels by Eureka Springs artist Cynthia Kresse, is on display through Sept. 6 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. (501) 454-6969; boswellmourotfineart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Arkansas League of Artists\u2019 Opportunity Show remains up through Sept. 30<\/b> at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday. (501) 758-1720; 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, at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock through Sept. 5. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. (501) 687-1061; NLRlibrary.org.<\/p>\n \u201cCreatures of Play,\u201d<\/b> mixed-media works by Central Arkansas artist Carol McCreight at the Innovation Hub Gallery, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock, 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 \u201cUnseen Forces,\u201d<\/b> oil paintings by Bryant High School art teacher Amber Cardinale, on display through Aug. 28 at Thea Foundation\u2019s gallery, 401 Main St. in North Little Rock\u2019s Argenta Arts District. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday. 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