Go, go, Joseph<\/strong><\/p>\nWildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock, and Praeclara are staging \u201cJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,\u201d the first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), 7:30 p.m. Friday and Nov. 21, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 22 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 23 in its Cabe Festival Theater. Tickets are $50 and $40, $25 for children 12 and younger. Call (501) 821.7275 or visit ovationtix.com\/34337\/production\/1239174.<\/p>\n
\u2018Rose and the Rime\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Hendrix Players continue their run of\u00a0\u201cRose and the Rime\u201d\u00a0by Nathan Allen, Chris Matthews and Jake Minton, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday in Cabe Theatre at Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. The play follows a young girl who embarks on a journey to save her town from perpetual winter. Director John J. Yorke, on the faculty at the University of Memphis, is this year\u2019s Hendrix-Murphy Visiting Theatre Director at the college. Admission is free; make reservations \u2014 strongly encouraged \u2014 at bit.ly\/ROSEANDTHERIMETIX. For more information, call (501) 450-1343.<\/p>\n
FILM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nOz double feature<\/strong><\/p>\nAhead of next week\u2019s release of \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d the Central Arkansas Library System is taking\u00a0two trips down the Yellow Brick Road\u00a0on Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 120 River Market Ave., Little Rock, screening a remastered version of the 1939\u00a0\u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d\u00a0at 12:30 p.m. (doors open at 11:30) and\u00a0\u201cThe Wiz,\u201d\u00a0the 1978 film that put the story in an urban setting, starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6).<\/p>\n
Tickets for each film are $5 \u2014 to register, visit simpletix.com\/e\/the-wizard-of-oz-1939-g-tickets-242557 for \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d; for \u201cThe Wiz,\u201d simpletix.com\/e\/the-wiz-1978-g-tickets-242560.<\/p>\n
Free parking is available \u2014 staff will validate parking tickets from the library lot (across from the Main Library on Rock Street) or the parking deck (next to the Main Library on Rock Street).<\/p>\n
ART & EXHIBITS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018Kuimeaux\u2019s World\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cKuimeaux\u2019s World,\u201d\u00a0drawings and paintings by late Little Rock native Dwight \u201cKuimeaux\u201d Drennan (1950-2022), go on display during a 2nd Friday Art Night reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday in the Museum Center and on the historic grounds of Little Rock\u2019s Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. There will be refreshments as well as music by Brian Nahlen. The exhibit, on display in the Worthen Arkansas Made Gallery, will remain up through spring 2027. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday; gallery admission is free. Free parking is available in the museum\u2019s lot on Third Street across from the museum\u2019s south entrance. Call (501) 324-9351 or visit arkansasheritage.com\/historic-arkansas-museum\/historic-arkansas-museum-home.<\/p>\n
Also for 2nd Friday Art Night, 5-8 p.m. Friday, the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock, commemorates Arkansans\u2019 efforts in World War I with its\u00a0second annual Veterans Day event. (When the museum was first established, it was called the Arkansas War Memorial to honor World War I veterans.) Educators will discuss the different roles men and women played in the war, from the front lines to the home front, covering the activities of the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry, the American Legion, World War I field medicine, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and early 20th-century health and hygiene. The event will also feature hands-on activities, old-fashioned doughnuts, a French 75 cocktail and period music provided by the Michael Carenbauer Quartet. Admission is free. Call (501) 324-9685.<\/p>\n
Quilters Guild exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\nThe 2025 Arkansas Quilters Guild Exhibition\u00a0is on display through Dec. 14 at the Central Arkansas Library System\u2019s Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library, 2015 Napa Valley Drive, Little Rock. Members of the guild submitted the 23 quilts; visitors can vote for their favorites through Dec. 7 with the winners announced Dec. 8. Admission is free. Library hours are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. Visit arkansasquiltersguild.org.<\/p>\n
A-State exhibitions<\/strong><\/p>\nTwo exhibitions \u2014\u00a0\u201chik\u00e2ye | story\u201d\u00a0and the annual\u00a0\u201cInspired\u201d\u00a0exhibition \u2014 open Thursday with a 5-7 p.m. reception at the Bradbury Art Museum in Arkansas State University\u2019s Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro.<\/p>\n
Miniatures by Lydia Dildilian, assistant professor of painting at A-State, informed by her recent travel to Turkey, make up \u201chik\u00e2ye | story.\u201d Dildilian will also lead a miniature watercolor painting workshop, 2-5 p.m. on Saturday at the museum.<\/p>\n
The \u201cInspired\u201d program invites area high school students to create artwork in response to what they see during a fall tour of the museum. Students from 14 area schools, taking inspiration from three current exhibitions \u2014 \u201cstil\/leven, still\/even,\u201d \u201cTaking Up Space\u201d and \u201cEchoes of Silent Migration\u201d (the latter containing interdisciplinary works by Faal) \u2014 turned in more than 160 submissions, work and artist statements, virtually, for consideration by juror Somayeh Faal, who will give an artist talk at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Fowler Center Grand Hall. Faal also selected a number of award winners, to be announced after the exhibition opens.<\/p>\n
Participating schools include Academies at Jonesboro High School, Bay High School, Blytheville High School, Brookland High School, Corning High School, Consolidated Youth Services, Corning High School, Harrisburg High School, Highland High School, Marked Tree High School, Paragould High School, Ridgefield Christian School, Trumann High School, Valley View High School and Walnut Ridge High School.<\/p>\n
Admission to the talk, reception, and exhibitions is free. Hours are noon-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call (870) 972-3765 or email visitBAM@AState.edu.<\/p>\n
Artistic sisters<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cFor the JOY of Living,\u201d\u00a0hand-beaded wire and acrylic works, immersive installations and interactive pieces by Cherie Bright, and \u201cNaturally Abstract,\u201d abstract works focusing on the microscopic wonders of nature by her sister, Cindy Magee, are on display through Dec. 16 at the South Arkansas Arts Center, 110 E. Fifth St., El Dorado. The center holds an artists\u2019 reception, 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission to the center and the reception is free. Call (870) 862-5474 or visit saac-arts.org.<\/p>\n
ETC.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\nCzech out those puppets<\/strong><\/p>\nCzech Republic puppet troupe Alfa Theatre\u00a0performs \u201cMr. Ka\u0161par and His Jolly Family\u201d at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Martin Children\u2019s Center at the Central Arkansas Library System Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. Following the 35-minute performance is a 30-minute workshop in which children can step backstage, handle the puppets, experiment with traditional puppeteering instruments and even try a short scene under the guidance of the actors. Admission is free, courtesy of the Embassy of the Czech Republic, City of Pilsen, Plzensky kraj. Visit events.cals.org\/event\/14833576.<\/p>\n
Sustainability Fair<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Central Arkansas Library System, the Green Corner Store and the City of Little Rock Office of Sustainability host the\u00a0REIMAGINE! Sustainability Fair, noon-4 p.m. Saturday at the CALS Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. The fair promotes the concept of reusing rather than recycling as a \u201cmore sustainable solution that everyone can be a part of,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n
It features a screening of \u201cREUSE! Because You Can\u2019t Recycle The Planet\u201d at 1:30 p.m., which follows \u201creuse edutainer\u201d Alex Eaves\u2019 cross-country journey across the 48 contiguous U.S. states in which he \u201cfinds endless reuse solutions for our waste problem that are not only sustainable, but many of which are easy and fun.\u201d Eaves will take part in a question-and-answer discussion.<\/p>\n
The fair will also focus on the CALS Repair Cafe, where experts help people fix broken items.<\/p>\n
Admission is free. Visit events.cals.org\/event\/14849558.<\/p>\n
TICKETS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\u2018MJ\u2019 on tour<\/strong><\/p>\nTickets for the\u00a0touring musical \u201cMJ\u201d\u00a0\u2014 $39-$129 \u2014 are on sale for performances at 7:30 p.m. March 3-6, 2 and 7:30 p.m. March 7 and 1 p.m. March 8 at Little Rock\u2019s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. The show, created by Tony Award-winning director\/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, centers on the making of Michael Jackson\u2019s 1992 \u201cDangerous\u201d world tour. Call (501) 244-8800 or visit CelebrityAttractions.com or Ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n
Gaffigan at WAC<\/strong><\/p>\nComedian Jim Gaffigan, on his \u201cEverything Is Wonderful!\u201d tour, performs at 7:30 p.m. May 1 at the Walmart AMP, 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers, as part of its 2026 Synchrony Concert Series. Gates open at 6. Tickets \u2014 $54.85-$163.18 plus taxes, subject to change \u2014 are on sale via walmartamp.com and ticketmaster.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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