MUSIC
As part of Little Rock’s 2nd Friday Art Night, QUALIFY The Gravel Yard performs, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday at the Old State House Museum, 300 W. Markham St. And Jamie Stewart and the Great Highland Pipes perform from 5-8 p.m. at the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. Admission is free.
The Little Rock Musical Coterie’s Founder’s Day Celebration and Concert, 2 p.m. Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock, will feature sopranos Shannon Webb and Christine Donahue, mezzo-soprano Diane Kesling and pianist Janine Tiner in a program celebrating the 1898 founding of the National Federation of Music Clubs, of which the Little Rock Coterie is a member. Admission is free.
THEATER
The Royal Theatre’s Young Players Second Stage company stages the musical “The Lightning Thief”, adapted from the bestselling young-adult novel by Rick Riordan), 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and Jan. 16-18 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Jan. 19 at Royal Theatre, 111 N. Main St., in Benton. Percy Jackson is the half-blood son of a Greek god with newly discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want and a mythology text’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’ master lightning bolt is stolen and he becomes the prime suspect, he must find and return it to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. TheRoyalPlayers.TicketLeap.com.
Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, this week opens its production of “Ripcord,” by David Lindsay-Abaire. Two unlikely roommates in a senior living facility agree to a bet that starts as a series of pranks but escalates into a dangerous game of one-upsmanship. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (but Wednesday matinees only Jan. 15 and 22), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 1. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain time. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
ART AND EXHIBITS
The Arkansas Arts Council’s 2025 Small Works on Paper touring is on display through Feb. 16 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Windgate Center of Art + Design, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. A reception, 5-7 p.m. Jan. 30, will feature presentations by the 35 Arkansas artists whose 40 pieces, no larger than 18-by-24 inches, are part of the exhibition. Refreshments will be served. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the reception and the gallery is free.
“Where Art & Words Entwine,” a multi-disciplinary exhibit featuring paintings by Lucy Towbin, poetry by Paula Martin and prose by Anne Gordon Perry, opens Saturday at Boswell Mourot Fine Art, 1501 S, Main St., Little Rock. The artists and authors will give a presentation at 6:30 and 8 p.m. Admission is free. The show will remain on display through Jan. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. (501) 454-6969; boswellmourotfineart@gmail.com.
Cantrell Gallery will be moving soon from its current strip-center spot at 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, three doors down in the same center, next door to Taziki’s, in a storefront previously occupied by Jayson Cain Interiors — the new address will be 8202 Cantrell. Meanwhile, “Treehouse Treasures: A Collector’s Collection Part 1” is up through Jan. 18, consisting of works from the collection of original gallery owner Helen Scott, who is downsizing her home. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or by appointment. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
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.