FUN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Dogtown Throwdown<\/strong><\/p>\n Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets in the Argenta Arts District in North Little Rock will shut down Friday and Saturday for Dogtown Throwdown, two days of outdoor dining, live music and \u201cfamily-friendly activities\u201d with a Cajun theme. Argenta restaurants will be serving crawfish, specialty dishes and themed food and drink specials, extending seating into the street with tents and tables, creating a block-party atmosphere. Trey Johnson performs Friday night; Four Quarter Bar holds its annual Crawfish Boil at 2 p.m. Saturday, followed by a performance from Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe. Food trucks and Flyway Brewing will be vending comestibles on site. Additional 2026 Dogtown Throwdowns take place May 8-9, Sept. 11-12 and Oct. 9-10. Visit argentaartsdistrict.org.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> MUSIC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Gilbert & Sullivan I<\/strong><\/p>\n The Arkansas Choral Society takes the law into its own hands with a concert performance of Gilbert & Sullivan\u2019s one-act comic opera\/\u201cdramatic cantata,\u201d\u00a0\u201cTrial by Jury,\u201d\u00a0a satirical look at the British legal system, 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. David Brent Miller sings the role of the Learned Judge, trying a case of breach of promise of marriage, with Asher Owen as Edwin, the Defendant; Samantha Stover as Angelina, the Plaintiff; Brandon Grant as the Plaintiff\u2019s Counsel; Levi Beck as the Usher; and Josiah Wheeler as the Jury Foreman. Tickets are $20, free for students. Visit lovetosing.org.<\/p>\n Gilbert & Sullivan II<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Central Arkansas Opera Theatre stages Gilbert & Sullivan\u2019s\u00a0\u201cThe Pirates of Penzance,\u201d\u00a07:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in Reynolds Performance Hall at UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $11.50, $8.05 for senior citizens, $5.75 students. Call (501) 450-3265 or (501) 470-7572 or visit UCA.edu\/publicappearances.<\/p>\n Classics at the Tavern<\/strong><\/p>\n Four Arkansas Symphony musicians \u2014 Charlotte Crosmer, Geoffrey Robson and Katherine Williamson, violins, with Robson and Williamson switching off on viola; and David Gerstein, cello \u2014 perform the world premiere of the String Quartet No. 1 by Bonnie Montgomery and the String Quartet No. 7, op.59, No. 1, \u201cRazumovsky,\u201d by Ludwig van Beethoven for\u00a0Classics at the Tavern, 6 p.m. Sunday at the White Water Tavern, 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. Admission is $15. Call (501) 375-8400 or visit whitewatertavern.com.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div> Percussion quartet<\/strong><\/p>\n Grammy-winning percussion quartet\u00a0So Percussion\u00a0\u2014 Jason Treuting, Adam Sliwinski, Josh Quillen and Eric Cha-Beach \u2014 performs at 7 p.m. Saturday at UCA\u2019s Reynolds Performance Hall. Tickets are $23 to $46, $11.50 for children and students. Call 501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit uca.edu\/publicappearances.<\/p>\n \u2018Ragtime Riches\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Pianist and organist Scott Dettra presents a concert titled\u00a0\u201cRagtime Riches,\u201d\u00a0featuring music by Texarkana native Scott Joplin and some of his contemporaries, 7:30 p.m. Friday at St Mark\u2019s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock. The program includes Joplin\u2019s \u201cMaple Leaf Rag,\u201d \u201cThe Entertainer,\u201d \u201cA Rag Time Two Step,\u201d \u201cOriginal Rags,\u201d \u201cSolace,\u201d \u201cThe Cascades,\u201d \u201cHeliotrope Bouquet\u201d (co-written with Louis Cauvin) and \u201cGladiolus Rag\u201d; James Scott\u2019s \u201cFrog Legs Rag\u201d; Joseph Lamb\u2019s \u201cNightingale Rag\u201d; Eubie Blake\u2019s \u201cCharleston Rag\u201d; \u201cSweet Sixteenths\u201d by William Albright; \u201cRialto Ripples\u201d by George Gershwin; and \u201cGraceful Ghost Rag\u201d by William Bolcom. Admission is free.<\/p>\n THEATER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Annie Get Your Gun\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The Royal Players stage\u00a0\u201cAnnie Get Your Gun\u201d\u00a0(music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, original book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields, revised by Peter Stone), 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through April 19 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton.<\/p>\n Katie Choate plays Annie Oakley, with Sean Grigsby as Frank Butler, Jessica Miller as Dolly Tate, Seth Hawkins as Buffalo Bill Cody, Matthew Burns as Charlie Davenport and Sa\u2019teh Hampton as Chief Sitting Bull.<\/p>\n Sponsor is W.W. & Anne Jones Charitable Trust. Tickets in advance, bought online at onthestage.tickets\/the-royal-theatre, are $20; $15 for senior citizens 60-plus, college students and members of the military; $10 for youngsters through 12th grade, plus fees. At the box office, tickets are $22, $17 and $12.<\/p>\n \u2018Little Women\u2019 at UCA<\/strong><\/p>\n The University of Central Arkansas theater department stages \u201cLittle Women: The Broadway Musical\u201d (music by Jason Howland, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein and book by Allan Knee, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott), 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and April 17-18 and 2 p.m. Sunday and April 19 in the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre at the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, 2150 Bruce St. at Donaghey Ave., Conway. Tickets are $10. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit web.ovationtix.com\/trs\/dept\/2176.<\/p>\n ART & EXHIBITS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Art historian<\/strong><\/p>\n Katie Hastert, historian and site administrator at the Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio in Kansas City, Mo., will discuss the life, artwork and home of artist Thomas Hart Benton at 2 p.m. Sunday at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. The museum is exhibiting of World War II artwork by Benton though July 31. Admission is free. Call (501) 376-4602.<\/p>\n Mural Making Day<\/strong><\/p>\n Hot Springs artist Anthony Tidwell will head up a cadre of \u201ccreatives\u201d from across the state for mural-painting project that \u201ccelebrates Jazz & Ninth Street History,\u201d according to a news release, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday near the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St. at Broadway, Little Rock.<\/p>\n The\u00a0\u201cGetSmART! \u2018Beyond the Divide\u2019 Community Mural Making Day\u201d\u00a0is part of events for the Beyond the Divide project along West Ninth Street near the center. Tidwell will show participants how to scale a mural and teach painting techniques. It\u2019s free to participate; all paint and supplies will be provided.<\/p>\n The mural design was submitted by participants from a design workshop and subsequently selected by organizers from studioMAIN\u2019s Beyond the Divide project, which also includes partners Central Arkansas Water, City of Little Rock, Our Little Rock and Hugg & Hall Mobile Storage.<\/p>\n![\"S\u014d](\"https:\/\/wehco.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com\/img\/photos\/2026\/04\/08\/S-Percussion_t800.jpg?90232451fbcadccc64a17de7521d859a8f88077d\")
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