FUN
Between 70 and 80 food trucks from around the region will line the sides of Capitol Avenue from Woodlane to State Street, in the shadow of the state Capitol, for the Downtown Little Rock Partnership’s 13th annual Downtown Food Truck Festival, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. It’s the first time in this location — what was formerly the Main Street Food Truck Festival in previous years lined Little Rock’s Main Street from Third to Ninth Street. The new location allows more room to move around and, of course, more food trucks — offerings will range from soul food to barbecue to Mexican/Latin/Hispanic food to seafood to sweet treats. There will also be live music, vendors, buskers, grape stomping and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Admission is free; food and drink, of course, will cost money.
Authentic food, music, folkloric dance groups, art vendors and children’s activities are all part of the Hispanic Heritage Festival, 4-7 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock’s Argenta Plaza, 510 Main St. The festival will also include a “Taste My Salsa” competition, with teams competing for bragging rights to the area’s best salsa, and a hot-pepper-eating contest. Central Arkansas nonprofit Seis Puentes Hispanic Outreach is the host, in partnership with the City of North Little Rock, North Little Rock Tourism and the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. Admission is free. seispuentes.org.
MUSIC
Trinitas, a 16-member Little Rock-based professional concert choir, performs sacred and secular a cappella music at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew, 617 Louisiana St., Little Rock. tinyurl.com/3ajvz4zw0.
The Conway Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2024-25 season with a free concert, 7:15 p.m. Friday in Laurel Park on Robinson Avenue in Conway. The program will include works by Jean Sibelius and Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky and music from “The Muppet Show” and “Star Trek.” Israel Getzov conducts. conwaysymphony.org.
British reggae band Steel Pulse performs at 7 p.m. today at First Security Amphitheater, 400 President Clinton Ave. firstsecurityamphitheater.com.
And father-son piano duo Ryan & Ryan perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at CALS Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock, part of the Acansa Arts Festival of the South. (501) 663-2287; acansa.org.
THEATER
Katrina A. Walker’s touring stage comedy “Miss Dee’s Kitchen” will be onstage at 8 p.m. Saturday at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. Ticketmaster.com.
“Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams,” a one-man show written and performed by Jacob Storms, sheds light on the playwright’s unexplored, formative years, 7;30 p.m. today Thursday, September 19 at The Joint, 301 Main St., North Little Rock. It’s also one of the concluding events of the Acansa Arts Festival of the South. (501) 663-2287; acansa.org.
And a 15-year-old earns her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the country in “What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Schreck, which Actors Theatre of Little Rock is giving its Little Rock premiere, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock. actorstheatrelr.org/tickets.
EXHIBITS
“Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon,” photographic essays on the Cold War by Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds, is on display through Jan. 5 at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. (501)-376-4602; littlerock.gov/macarthur.
“Beyond the F1 Circuit: Artistry and Speed with Williams Racing,” an exact replica of a Williams Racing Formula 1 car, a race suit and helmet, remains on display through Sunday at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St, Little Rock. arkmfa.org.
And “Commanding the Screen: The American Presidency in Film and Television,” continues to offer a look at material from more than 30 movies and television shows portraying fictional and real-life U.S. presidents, through March 23 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. clintonpresidentialcenter.org/exhibits.
