THEATER
Two sets of Brooklyn parents come together to reconcile a playground skirmish between their 11-year-old sons, until their efforts quickly give way to clashing cultures and heightened defenses, ending any prospect of civility, in “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, onstage 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday March 7-8, March 14-15 and 21-22 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday March 8 and March 16 and 23 at the Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock. WeekendTheater.org.
In ‘Into the Woods’ a baker and his wife, on a quest to have a child, make a bargain with a vengeful witch and connect with a cast of fairy-tale characters including Cinderella, Jack, Rapunzel, a wolf, a giant and even a couple of princes in “Into the Woods.” The Royal Players stage Stephen Sondheim the musical, 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday March 6-8 and March 13-15 and 2 p.m. Sunday March 9 and March 16 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. onthestage.tickets/the-royal-theatre.
Wildwood Park for the Arts and Praeclara continue the run of the musical “Peter Pan,” 7:30 p.m. Friday March 7, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday March 8 and 2 p.m. Sunday March 9 in the Lucy Lockett Cabe Festival Theatre at the park, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. (501) 821-7275; wildwoodpark.org.
And the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Theatre Arts program is staging the musical “The Theory of Relativity” 7:30 p.m. today through-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Center for Performing Arts’ Haislip Theatre, on the south side of the UA Little Rock campus, 2801 S. University Ave. Admission is free but it’s necessary to reserve seats in advance — tix.com/ticket-sales/ualrtheatre/5517.
And Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, concludes its run of “Social Security” by Andrew Bergman, 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday. Starting next week: “Church Basement Ladies.” (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
MUSIC
The 10-member Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Cello Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. today March 6 in the Center for Humanity and Arts Theater on the main campus of the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The program includes works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, J.S. Bach, Jeremy Crosmer, Anne Wilson and Pierre Boulez. It’s part of the UA-PTC 2024-25 CHARTS Live concert series. uaptc.edu/charts.
Members of the Arkansas Choral Society will perform show and novelty songs for a family-friendlly benefit “pops” concert, 7:30 p.m. Friday March 7 in the Youth Hangar at Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. lovetosing.org.
The North Little Rock Community Concert Band opens its 2025 concert season at 3 p.m. Sunday March 9 at the Patrick Henry Hays Center, 401 W. Pershing Blvd. North Little Rock. The program, titled “Name That Tune,” asks the audience to identify each selection after its performance. nlrcommunityband.com.
In a concert/meeting snow-postponed from Jan. 11, sopranos Shannon Webb and Christine Donahue, mezzo-soprano Diane Kesling and pianist Janine Tiner perform for the Little Rock Musical Coterie’s Founder’s Day Celebration, 2 p.m. Sunday March 9 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock. (870) 403-2350.
ART AND EXHIBITS
The East Village Art Market marks Women’s International Day with its second annual Women’s Market, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday March 8 at The Rail Yard, 1212 E. Sixth St., Little Rock. The market will feature 54 vendors and small businesses. eastvillageartmarket.square.site.
“Crimson Moon,” pieces from the jewelry collection of Leesa Renshaw, remains on display, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday through June 1 at ESSE Museum and Store, 1510 Main St., Little Rock, (501) 916-9022; essepursemuseum.com.
“Wood Works: Assembled from the Permanent Collection,” artwork made from wood from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s permanent collection, is on display through May 16 in the Ann Maners and Alex Pappas Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art + Design at UA Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
“Lighter than the childhood home,” 2D and 3D sculpture and works in metal, fiber and wood by German artist Iris Eichenberg,” is on display, same gallery hours, through Sunday in the Windgate Centr’s Brad Cushman Gallery.
“Ordinary to Extraordinary,” works by the 6 Bridges Watercolor Group, is on display, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday through March 14 at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. (501) 687-1061.
And “Commanding the Screen: The American Presidency in Film and Television,” material from more than 30 movies and television shows portraying fictional and real-life U.S. presidents, is up through March 23 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. clintonpresidentialcenter.org/exhibits.