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FUN<\/b><\/p>\n
The North Little Rock Public Library System will present Laman Con 2025: Worlds of Wonder<\/b>, 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Argenta Public Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s lineup features a Wizarding Workshop, with \u201cmaker activities designed for teens and adults,\u201d according to a news release. Admission is free. Saturday\u2019s main convention offers \u201cComiCon style activities for all ages throughout the day,\u201d including gaming opportunities, creative workshops, vendor and artist booths, live quests and scavenger activities, themed stations and, at 11 a.m., Fantastic Friends Photos: Live Character Encounters in the Children\u2019s Department (\u201cyoung attendees can meet fully costumed storybook heroes for photos, high-fives, and magical moments\u201d). Admission is free.<\/p>\n
Laman Con concludes with an adults-only after party, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Innovation Hub, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock, with a cosplay contest, trivia, crafts and \u201cactivities geared toward attendees ages 18 and older.\u201d Admission is free.<\/p>\n
Call (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org\/laman-con.<\/p>\n
MUSIC\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Maroon 5<\/b>, with Claire Rosinkranz<\/b>, 8 p.m. Sunday at North Little Rock\u2019s Simmons Bank Arena<\/b>. (501) 975-9000. $63-$283. Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n
The Claremont Trio<\/b> \u2014 Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; and Sophiko Simsive, piano \u2014 performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke\u2019s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock, under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock. The program: the Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, op.1, No. 1, by Ludwig van Beethoven; \u201cSoliloquy\u201d by Shulamit Ran; and the Piano Trio in a minor by Maurice Ravel. Tickets are $25, free for students. Visit chambermusicLR.com\/tickets.<\/p>\n
The Metropolitan Opera \u201ccinecasts\u201d its production of Giacomo Puccini\u2019s \u201cLa Boh\u00e8me,\u201d<\/b> \u201cLive in HD,\u201d from the stage of the Met in New York, noon Saturday at the Movie Tavern, 11300 Bass Pro Parkway, Little Rock, and the Razorback Cinema, 956 N. Steele Blvd., Fayetteville. Ticket information is available at metopera.org\/season\/in-cinemas<\/a>. Soprano Juliana Grigoryan sings the role of Mim\u00ec with tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo, soprano Heidi Stober as Musetta, baritone Lucas Meachem as Marcello, baritone Sean Michael Plumb as Schaunard, bass Jongmin Park as Colline and baritone Donald Maxwell as Benoit and Alcindoro. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts.<\/p>\n THEATER<\/b><\/p>\n A young orphan child mistakenly crawls into Santa\u2019s sack of toys one Christmas Eve and is thus transported to the North Pole, but once he discovers he is human, not an elf, he heads back to New York City to find his birth father and, subsequently, helps the Big Apple rediscover the true meaning of Christmas in \u201cElf the Musical,\u201d based on the 2003 film, 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Little Rock\u2019s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. (501) 244-8800; CelebrityAttractions.com or Ticketmaster.com<\/p>\n The University of Central Arkansas Theatre Program stages William Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cHamlet,\u201d\u00a0<\/b>reimagined through through a vaudeville-esque lens, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Nov. 14-15 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 16 in the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre at the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, 2150 Bruce St. at Donaghey Avenue, Conway. (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012; web.ovationtix.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n And Mel Brooks\u2019 musical \u201cYoung Frankenstein\u201d<\/b> is onstage through Saturday at Murry\u2019s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Buffet opens 90 minutes before the 7:30 p.m. curtain. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com<\/a>. Opening Wednesday and onstage through Dec. 31: \u201cFrozen: The Musical.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n ART\u00a0AND EXHIBITS<\/b><\/p>\n New this week:<\/b><\/p>\n Works by more than 60 student, alumni, faculty and staff artists, including prints, photography, jewelry, ceramics, textiles, sculpture, furniture and graphic design will be available for sale as the University of Arkansas at Little Rock\u2019s School of Art and Design hosts its 2025 Holiday Sale and Open House<\/b>, 3-8 p.m. Friday in the Windgate Center of Art and Design, 5617 W. 28th St., Little Rock. Cocoa, coffee and cookies will be served. (501) 916-5101.<\/p>\n Also at the Windgate Center, \u201cNicole Seisler \u2014 Some Truths About Clay,\u201d<\/b> works by ceramicist Nicole Seisler, on display Friday-through Dec. 12 in the North and South Galleries. And \u201cNaima Green: Seismic Feelings,\u201d<\/b> photographs by Green, the Windgate Center Artist-in-Residence for the fall 2025 semester, that \u201cexamine the nature of intimacy, sensuality, and self-recognition,\u201d are on display through Dec. 8 in the Focus Gallery. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cSlow Down. Look Closer.,\u201d<\/b> watercolor paintings by Matt TerAvest \u201cexploring themes of introspection, solitude and vulnerability,\u201d goes on display with a 5-7:30 p.m. reception Thursday at Thea Foundation, 401 Main St. in North Little Rock\u2019s Argenta District. It\u2019s upthrough Nov. 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 5-8 p.m. Nov. 21 during Argenta\u2019s Third Friday Art Walk. theafoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThomas Hart Benton,\u201d<\/b> a traveling exhibition of original artwork created by the artist during World War II, opens Friday and is up through July 31 at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 376-4602; littlerock.gov\/macarthur<\/a>.<\/p>\n CONTINUING:<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cOur Pale Blue Dot,\u201d<\/b> recent paintings by Benton artist Kae Barron inspired by \u201cthe famous \u2018Pale Blue Dot\u2019 photo of Earth from space (taken by Voyager spacecraft, as it exited the solar system in 1990),\u201d up through Jan. 17 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. It\u2019s remains, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or by appointment. Admission to the reception and the gallery is free. Call (501) 224-1335 or visit cantrellgallery.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Paintings and sculptures by Mark Blaney, ceramics by Soyoon Ahn and abstract works by Sharon Locke are on display through Nov. 22 at Boswell Mourot Fine Art<\/b>, 1501 Main St., Little Rock. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and by appointment. (501) 454-6969; boswellmourot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n At the ESSE Purse Museum & Store, 1510 Main St., Little Rock, \u201cHenry and Nolan,\u201d photographs by Rita Henry and Nancy Nolan along with their collections of cameras, photography tools and materials, as well as a special art installation, on display through Feb. 1. (501) 916-9022.<\/p>\n \u201cGhosArt: Ye Art Gods,\u201d<\/b> works in acrylics, oils, graphite, charcoal, watercolor pencils, colored pencils and ink alongside recorded music by Elvin Bishop, aka Poppa Ghos, is on display through Nov. 29 at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.<\/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 CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF THE GOV\u2019T SHUTDOWN<\/b><\/p>\n