MUSIC
Jason Isbell performs at 8 p.m. Thursday at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. (501) 244-8800; robinsoncenter.com. Also at Robinson, jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, on his “Side-Eye III+” tour, performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday. (501) 244-8800; ticketmaster.com.
Country singer Cody Johnson, with opening acts Kip Moore and Carter Faith, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena (501) 340-5660.
The Luther College Jazz Orchestra from Decorah, Iowa, on a tour that will eventually take them to New Orleans, performs at 7 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Commons, a nonprofit community center occupying space provided by Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock. hillcrest-commons.org.
Geoffrey Robson, violin; David Gerstein, cello; and Hee-Kyung Juhn, piano, will play chamber music by Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy and Alberto Ginastera for a Festival of the Senses program titled “A Musical Mystery Tour — Romanticism, Impressionism, Modernism,” 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4106 John F. Kennedy Blvd., North Little Rock. A reception follows in the church’s Parish Hall. (501) 753-3578.
COMEDY
Comedian John Crist, on his “John Crist Live!” tour, performs at 7 p.m. Sunday at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall. ticketmaster.com.
THEATER
“A Man Named Cash,” a tribute to the music of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash featuring singer Eric Hofmanis in the title role, is onstage at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Robinson Center Performance Hall. Megan Houde takes on the role of June Carter. (501) 244-8800; CelebrityAttractions.com or Ticketmaster.com.
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Children’s Theatre continues its run of “Elephant & Piggie’s ‘We Are in a Play!’,” 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Saturday with additional 10:30 a.m. spring break shows Thursday and Friday March 24-27 in the Performing Arts Theater at the museum, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. arkmfa.org.
And at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is onstage, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 12:45 and 6:45 Sunday (but a 12:30 p.m Wednesday matinee only April 1) through April 18. Buffet opens 30 minutes before curtain time. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
LITERATURE
Rare book expert and collector Rebecca Romney, author of “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend,” discusses her work at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Paper Hearts Bookstore will sell copies of the book and Romney will sign copies afterward.
ART AND EXHIBITS
“Architecture, Rust, Treasures,” works in pastel, pencil, ink and acrylic by mother and daughter Caprise Cooper and Evelyn Laurence, on display through April 10 at the Argenta Public Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock, “celebrates the beauty of overlooked places, weathered objects and natural landscapes,” and also features work by 7-year-old Bearrett Laurence, representing a third generation of artists in the Cooper family. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free. Call (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.
“Under A Restless Sky,” a 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. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.
Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter” is up through April 18 in the Underground Gallery at the CALS Roberts Library, 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday. robertslibrary.org/current-exhibitions.
Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, is showing Daniel Coston’s “My Creeks” exhibition through April 18. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
The Mid-Southern Watercolorists’ 56th annual juried exhibition is on display through May 1 at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday. (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.
“Disfarmer: Portraits of Rural Arkansas,” early 20th-century black-and-white portraits of Arkansans by Mike Disfarmer, is up through June, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. (501) 324-9685.
“Thomas Hart Benton,” a traveling exhibition of original artwork created by the artist during World War II, 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.
And “Kuimeaux’s World,” drawings and paintings by late Little Rock native Dwight “Kuimeaux” Drennan, is on display through spring 2027 at Little Rock’s Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.