FUN
The Downtown Little Rock Partnership’s 14th annual Downtown Food Truck Festival is 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, moving to the new green space created by the 30 Crossing Project, on the location of a future park under the newly reconstructed 30 Crossing Bridge. The “official” street address is 601 President Clinton Ave. Billed as “Little Rock’s biggest street party of the year,” the festival will feature somewhere north of 60 food trucks. Non-food festival activities include a basketball tournament, a soccer field, disc golf, a rock climbing wall, about 40 vendors of handmade goods and Simmons Bank Kid Zone, plus an electric vehicle showcase from festival sponsor the Crain Automotive Team. Admission is free; food, beverages and other merchandise will, of course, cost money. downtownlr.com.
MUSIC
Three Dog Night and Little River Band perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Little Rock’s First Security Amphitheater, 400 President Clinton Ave. (501) 244-8800; Ticketmaster.com.
The River City Men’s Chorus kicks off its 22nd season with a program titled “The Magic of Stage & Screen,” tunes from Broadway, films, TV and opera, 3 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday and Sept. 25 at St. James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock. (501) 377-1080; rivercitymenschorus.com.
The Catalyst Quartet — Abi Fayette and Karla Donehew-Perez, violins; Paul Laraia, viola; and Karlos Rodriguez, cello — performs works by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Florence Price to open the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock’s season at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., Little Rock. chambermusicLR.com/tickets.
The 10th Acansa Arts Festival of the South wraps up this weekend at venues on both sides of the Arkansas River, with brass ensemble The Westerlies performing 7:30 p.m. today at the Arkansas Symphony Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, 1101 E. Third St., Little Rock; Canadian bluegrass band Slocan Ramblers performing for, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Ron Robinson Theater, 100 S. Rock St., Little Rock; and Larry & Joe perform at 5:30 p.m. and Pura Coco performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for the Hispanic Heritage Festival and Argenta Vibe, in Argenta Plaza, 510 N. Main St., North Little Rock. Acansa.org.
Meraki — Anastasia Christofakis, clarinet, and Elizabeth G. Hill, piano — perform the Arkansas premiere of “Heloha Okchamali (Blue Thunder)” by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate as part of a program titled “A Celebration of American Music,” 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Charles and Susie Morgan Hall at the Arkansas Symphony’s Stella Boyle Smith Center. The program also includes works by Jennifer Higdon, Florence Price, Anthony R. Green and William Grant Still. (501) 916-3294; ualr.edu/music.
COMEDY
Comedian, podcaster, director and producer Nate Bargatze, on his 2025 “Big Dumb Eyes” World Tour and fresh from hosting the Emmy Awards lasts Sunday, is onstage at 7 p.m. this Sunday at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena.
THEATER
Actors Theatre of Little Rock closes out its run of “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, 7:30 p.m. today and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 S. Louisiana St., Little Rock. actorstheatrelr.org/tickets.
Benton’s Royal Players are closing out their run of “Jekyll & Hyde the Musical,” 7 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. The theater group warns of “murder, violence, gore, mild language and sexual situations making it not intended for younger audiences.” theroyaltheatre.org/.
And at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, when the female half of a newlywed couple honeymooning in the Catskills disappears, it sets off a woman-hunt as well as a manhunt in “Catch Me If You Can,” onstage through Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (but 12:30 p.m. matinee only Wednesday Sept. 24), 12:45 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
ART AND EXHIBITS
New this week:
“Between Cities: Altheimer, Delight, Eudora, Marked Tree,” photographs of secondary South Arkansas cities by Darrell Adams, Jessica Maxwell, Rita Henry and Rachel Worthen, goes on display with a 6-9 p.m. reception Saturday at Gallery 26, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd., Little Rock. It’ll be up, 10 a.m-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, through Oct. 31. (501) 664-8996; gallery26.com
“New Beginnings,” impressionist gouache and oil paintings by Andrew Deiser, goes on display with a Argenta Art District Third Friday Art Walk reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Argenta Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. It includes works Deiser salvaged from the March 19 fire at the St. Joseph Center of Arkansas that destroyed his studio, plus new works created in the months thereafter. It’s up through Oct. 10, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.
“Coordinates,” landscapes, still lifes and figurative paintings by April Burris and Holly Tilley, each including the GPS coordinates to authenticate its location, on display through Oc.t 15 at the Art Group Gallery, in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1- 5 p.m. Sunday.(501) 690-2193; artgrouparkansas.com.
On display at the Windgate Center of Art + Design at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock:
- “Drawing Is Magic: The Books and Illustrations of John Hendrix,” work by The New York Times’ bestselling author and illustrator, in the Brad Cushman Gallery through Oct. 3.
- “Hans Weissflog: Klein und Fein,” hand-processed wood sculptures in “highly precise, technical, and expertly engineered forms,” according to a news release, by German artist Weissflog (“Klein und Fein” is German for “small and fine”), in the North and South Galleries through Sept. 28.
- “Chris Revelle: What Remains,” color photography and mixed-media works on commercial prints (postcards and newspaper pages) by Revelle, the director of community engagement at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, up through Oct. 17 in the Focus Gallery.
- “Amanda McFarland: Weather Through Portraiture,” drawings by the recipient of the Linda Blaine Flake Endowed Art Scholarship, up through Oct. 3 in the Ann Maners and Alex Pappas Gallery.
A reception, 5-7 p.m. Sept. 24, covers all four exhibitions. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Arkansas League of Artists’ Opportunity Show remains up through Sept. 30 at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday. (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.
“Creatures of Play,” mixed-media works by Central Arkansas artist Carol McCreight at the Innovation Hub Gallery, 204 E. Fourth St., North Little Rock, up through Sept. 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the third Saturday of each month. (501) 907-6570; hub.nlrlibrary.org.
“Under A Restless Sky,” 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 — birds and humans — move and adapt due to environmental and climate changes, (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.
“Edwin Brewer, A Retrospective of His Art,” landscape and still-life paintings in oils and watercolors by the Little Rock native (1927-2002), on display through Oct. 18 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
“Portraits From a Presidency,” the exhibition of more than 50 paintings, sculptures, engravings and photographic portraits of members of the Clinton family, up through Dec. 7 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. clintonpresidentialcenter.org/exhibits.
“Small Works on Paper: From the Permanent Collection,” 40 pieces from the Arkansas Arts Council’s 2006-2023 annual “Small Works on Paper” touring exhibitions, on display through Sept. 21 at the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St., Little Rock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.
And “Enid Collins Handbags: Thinking Outside the Bejeweled Box,” a collection of handbags by Texas designer Enid Collins, is on display through Sept. 28 at ESSE Museum and Store, 1510 Main St., Little Rock. (501) 916-9022; essepursemuseum.com.