14th annual Tinkerfest<\/strong>, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, inside and outside the museum at 500 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. The festival will involve more than 50 activities that center upon tinkering, including creating machines with raw materials, exploring artistic techniques and engaging in numerous crafting and building options. Some of the activities, many of them provided by community partners, will take place nearby under the newly renovated Interstate 30 bridge.<\/p>\nAdmission is part of the museum\u2019s regular price: $14; $12 for children 1-12, senior citizens, teachers, Little Rock city employees and active and retired military; free for infants younger than 1, $2 for SNAP recipients and as many as five others in their party. Visit museumofdiscovery.org.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Pine Bluff\u2019s ARTx3 Campus hosts\u00a0\u201cTinkerfest: STEAM Carnival,\u201d\u00a01-3 p.m. Saturday at the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, 701 S. Main St. It \u201c(blends) the excitement of a carnival with the curiosity-driven spirit of tinkering\u201d through playful experimentation and interactive exhibits, according to a news release. Sponsors are the Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation and McFarland Eye Care. Admission is free. Call (870) 536-3375, email srahmaan@artx3.org or visit artx3.org\/all-events\/family-funday-sept-2025-tinkerfest.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s part of a partnership with several other museums, including Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville; Discovery Lab in Tulsa; and Science Museum of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Visit tinkerfest.org.<\/p>\n
Dogtown Throwdown<\/strong><\/p>\nMain Street between Broadway and Fifth Street in North Little Rock\u2019s Argenta Arts District closes from 4 p.m. Friday-10 p.m. Saturday for the first fall Dogtown Throwdown block party<\/strong>. For what is being billed as \u201cthe Ultimate Tailgate,\u201d neighborhood restaurants will serve up \u201cgame day favorites\u201d from outdoor stations. Friday\u2019s entertainment lineup includes a 7 p.m. performance by Chris DeClerk at Argenta Library; Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. is the Acansa Arts Festival and University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College Family Arts Day \u2014 noon-3 p.m., the North Little Rock Animal Shelter Mobile Adoption Unit will set up; there will be a 2-6 p.m. Fall Market at Flyway Brewing and a North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce \u201cShop Small\u201d pop-up Market at Argenta Plaza, 520 Main St. Richard Michael Hall performs at 5 p.m. in front of Blackberry Market and the Big Dam Horns perform at 7 p.m. on the main stage next to Argenta Library. Admission is free. Visit argentaartsdistrict.org.<\/p>\nTHEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018Jekyll & Hyde\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nBenton\u2019s Royal Players are staging \u201cJekyll & Hyde the Musical\u201d<\/strong> (music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Steve Cuden, book by Bricusse, conceived for the stage by Wildhorn and Cuden, based on Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s classic tale of the battle between good and evil), 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and Sept. 18-20 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Sept. 21 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. Rex Wilkins plays both title roles \u2014 passionate and romantic scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll and the madman his experimental serum produces. Gabrielle Neafsey and Izzy Hammonds play the women who love them. The theater group warns of \u201cmurder, violence, gore, mild language and sexual situations making it not intended for younger audiences.\u201d Sponsor is Bryant Allergy and Asthma. Tickets are $20; $15 senior citizens 60-plus, members of the military and college students with valid ID; $10 for children. Visit onthestage.tickets\/show\/the-royal-theatre\/68977fded98e3a0fffe0affb.<\/p>\nWoman-hunt, manhunt<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen the female half of a newlywed couple honeymooning in the Catskills disappears, it sets off a woman-hunt as well as a manhunt in \u201cCatch Me If You Can,\u201d<\/strong> onstage through Oct. 4 at Murry\u2019s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (but 12:30 p.m. matinees only Sept. 17 and 24), 12:45 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. Dinner and show tickets are $43-$47, $33 for children 15 and younger and for show-only. Call (501) 562-3131 or visit murrysdp.com.<\/p>\nMUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nCamerata concert<\/strong><\/p>\nChamber orchestra Camerata Little Rock opens its second season with \u201cThe Bach Tradition: Orchestral Works by J.S. Bach and Sons,\u201d<\/strong> 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., Little Rock. The program includes Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Orchestral Suite No. 3 and his Concerto for Oboe and Violin, featuring Arkansas Symphony principal oboist Leanna Renfro with violinist and director Geronimo Oyenard; string symphonies by Carl Philip Emmanuel and Johann Christian Friedrich Bach; and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\u2019s \u201cre-envisioning\u201d of a Prelude and Fugue for string trio by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Admission is free. A \u201cGerman coffeehouse\u201d-themed reception will follow. Visit facebook.com\/events\/1525239258836965.<\/p>\nLanterns on the Levee<\/strong><\/p>\nJust Groovin\u2019 Experience (4 p.m.), Tawanna Campbell (5 p.m.) and Dylan Triplett (6 p.m.) perform for the Delta Cultural Center\u2019s third annual\u00a0Lanterns on the Levee, 4-6 p.m. Saturday at the Cherry Street Pavilion, 116 Cherry St., Helena-West Helena. Singer-songwriter Justine Word hosts. The festival also features art vendors, local talent, food trucks and, for kids, face painting, bubbles and bouncy houses. Admission is free. Visit tinyurl.com\/mbuha2pa.<\/p>\n
The center, 141 Cherry St., will also open an exhibit,\u00a0\u201cColor of the Blues: The Art of John Goodwin,\u201d\u00a0paintings by the El Dorado native that \u201ccapture the essence of the Mississippi River Delta and the music it birthed,\u201d according to the center website, in the center gallery of its Visitor Center from 3-5 p.m. The exhibition remains up through Dec. 27; center hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission is free. Call (870) 338-4350.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMary in the Garden\u201d and “Mile High Pies” by Holly Tilley and “On Tap” and “Embrace” by April Burris are part of the \u201cCoordinates\u201d exhibition at the Art Group Gallery.
\n(Special to the Democrat-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\nART AND EXHIBITS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018Coordinated\u2019 art<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cCoordinates,\u201d\u00a0paintings by April Burris and Holly Tilley \u2014 landscapes, still lifes and figurative work, each including the GPS coordinates to authenticate its location \u2014 opens with a 5-8 p.m. meet-the-artists reception Thursday at the Art Group Gallery, in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. It\u2019ll remain up through Oct. 15. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, or by appointment. Call (501) 690-2193 or visit artgrouparkansas.com.<\/p>\n
Documentarian documented<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, opens \u201cReporting for Arkansas: The Documentary Films of Jack Hill,\u201d<\/strong> exploring the career of TV newsman and documentarian Jack E. Hill, with a 5-8 p.m. reception Friday. Light refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\nHill, an investigative journalist and news anchor at Jonesboro TV station KAIT, was a pioneering documentary filmmaker dedicated to sharing Arkansas\u2019 history with a wider public. His production company, TeleVision for Arkansas, produced dozens of original films.<\/p>\n
The exhibit remains up through Sept. 27. Admission to the reception and the exhibit is free. The museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Call (501) 324-9685 or email info@oldstatehouse.com.<\/p>\n
UCA exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\nOn display in the Baum Gallery, Room 145 of McCastlain Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway: \u201cVital Signs,\u201d drawings, paintings and mixed media works that Jessica Mongeon, associate professor of art and the Foundations Coordinator at Arkansas Tech University, created over the past 11 years, and \u201cSymbiosis,\u201d works by Lisa Krannichfeld, Emily Moll Wood, Yelena Petroukhina and Melissa Wilkinson. The exhibitions remain up through Oct. 3. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free. Visit uca.edu\/art\/baum.<\/p>\n
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Artist Naima Green will give a lecture Thursday in the Lecture Hall, Room 101, at the at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock\u2019s Windgate Center of Art + Design.
\n(Special to the Democrat-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\nLecture in residence<\/strong><\/p>\nNaima Green, artist-in-residence at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will give a lecture, 6 p.m. Thursday in the Lecture Hall, Room 101, at the university\u2019s Windgate Center of Art + Design, 5617 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Green documents through pictures of individuals and communities \u201ctheir vibrant relationships to place and pleasure,\u201d according to a news release, engaging \u201cwith various photographic forms, sound, installation and experimental film.\u201d Admission is free. Funding for the Artist-in-Residence program comes from the Windgate Foundation. Call (501) 916-5117 or email byoung2@ualr.edu.<\/p>\n
ETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nIris sale<\/strong><\/p>\nCentral Arkansas Iris Society holds its annual iris sale, 8 a.m. \u201cuntil sold out,\u201d Saturday at Unitarian Universalist Church, 1818 Reservoir Road, Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 455-1478 or visit CentralArkansasiris.org.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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