MUSIC
Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. And “new jack swing” singer-songwriter Keith Sweat, with opening acts Levelle and Sunshine Anderson, performs there at 7 p.m. Saturday. (501) 244-8800; robinsoncenter.com.
Jason Vieaux, one of the hottest shots in the classical guitar world, and violinist Eunice Kim team up to play three centuries of music, including works by J.S. Bach, Bela Bartok, Niccolo Paganini, Mauro Giuliani and Astor Piazzola, 7:30 p.m. today Thursday Nov. 14 at Little Rock’s Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., under the auspices of the Chamber Music Society of Little Rock. chambermusicLR.com.
Blues acts Tucka, King George, Pokey Bear, Theodis Ealey, J-Wonn and West Love perform for the Blues Is Alright tour at 7 p.m. Saturday at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. (501) 975-9000; Ticketmaster.com; simmonsbankarena.com.
Army Jazz Ambassadors
The U.S. Army Field Band’s 19-piece Jazz Ambassadors, the official touring big band of the United States Army, performs at 2 p.m. Sunday Nov. 17 at the Center for Arts and Humanities Theater, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Admission by free ticket. uaptc.edu/charts.
THEATER
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, hosts “Homemade Holidays!,” original plays written by fourth graders from Martin Luther King Elementary and performed by professional adult actors, 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 16. It’s the second year for the Downtown Playmakers Project, a playwriting and mentoring program. Admission is by free ticket. (501) 378-0405; TheRep.org.
Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, is staging Irving Berlin’s musical “White Christmas” (book by David Ives and Paul Blake based on the 1954 film) with a preview at 7:30 p.m. today Thursday and shows at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (12:30 p.m. Wednesday matinees only, Nov. 20 and 27) and 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 31. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain time. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
A group of female high school juniors in a small town in Northeast Georgia is starting a feminism club just as they are beginning to study Arthur Miller’s classic play “The Crucible” in “John Proctor Is the Villain” by Kimberly Belflower, which the Hendrix Players are staging, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 13-16 in the Cabe Theatre at Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway. The play contains adult language, “sexist micro aggressions,” depictions of grooming and abusive relationship dynamics, discussion of sexual assault, exploitation and infidelity, and the theater is recommending it as “suited for ages 16 and up.” Admission is free. (501) 450-1343; ticketstripe.com/events/2910106089463011.
The University of Central Arkansas theater program wraps up its run of “Heathers: The Musical”, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, 2150 Bruce St. at Donaghey Avenue, Conway. The show includes mature content, heavy adult language, violence and suicide and is not recommended for children. (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012; web.ovationtix.com/trs/dept/2176.
ART AND EXHIBITS
“The Soul of Color,” recent mixed-media paintings by Rex Deloney “that explore emotional energy through the use of intense color and symbolism,” is on on display, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and by appointment, through Nov. 28 at Thea Foundation, 401 Main St. in North Little Rock’s Argenta District.. theafoundation.org.
“Treehouse Treasures: A Collector’s Collection Part 1” remains on display through Jan. 18 at Cantrell Gallery, 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, consisting primarily of works by area artists, including Gail Batson, Kennedi Benjamin, Bob Crane, Warren Criswell, James Hayes, Beverly McLarty, Kirk Montgomery, Carol Spencer Morris, LeeNora Parlor and N. Scott, from the collection of original gallery owner Helen Scott, who is downsizing her home. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or by appointment. (501) 224-1335 or visit cantrellgallery.com.
“The Natural State in Four Seasons,” 33 photographs that North Little Rock native Brian Cormack took over 14 years that capture the beauty of Arkansas through the changing seasons, is on display through Nov. 27 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.
“Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon,” photographic essays on the Cold War by Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds, 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.
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.