THEATER
The Children’s Theatre at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, closes out its run of “The Cat in the Hat” by Katie Mitchell, based on the Dr. Seuss children’s classic and originally produced by the National Theatre of Great Britain, 2 p.m. today and Friday and 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday March 29, which is is “dress-up day”; audience members are invited to dress up in “Seuss Style” and bring their favorite Dr. Seuss book (or buy one in the Museum Store) for the cast to sign after the show. events.arkmfa.org.
Onstage at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, “Church Basement Ladies,” music and lyrics by Little Rock’s own Drew Jansen, book Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke based on “Growing Up Lutheran” by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (except Wednesday only matinee April 2), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through April 19. Buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
MUSIC
R&B singers Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton perform at 8 p.m. Friday at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. 7 p.m. Saturday, same venue, country star Rascal Flatts, with Lauren Alaina and Chris Lane. (501) 975-9000; simmonsbankarena.com.
COMEDY
An all-Arkansas lineup of comedians — Jessie McDonald, Nate Williams, Lucas Smith and Ms. Arkansas — performs for “Laughs & Libations: Comedy for a Cause,” a fundraiser for Compassionately Connected for Veterans Inc., 7 p.m. Saturday March 29 at the Chenal Event Venue, 21 Rahling Circle, Little Rock. Keith Glason, co-host of the “Broadway Joe Morning Show” will host. Drinks and food from S&K Wings will be available for sale. Doors open at 6. zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/laughs-and-libations-comedy-for-a-cause.
ART AND EXHIBITS
“William Beckman: On the Horizon,” oil paintings by Beckman, whose work is on display at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts here in Little Rock, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., opens Monday in Gallery One in the Fine Arts Building at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock and remains up through June 30. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
“Spring: Exploring the blooming landscape of Clarence Cash,” oil and pastel paintings by Cash, a past president of the Arkansas League of Artists, is on display through April 13 at Art Group Gallery, in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 690-2193; artgrouparkansas.com.
“Specimens,” intricate watercolor paintings on used tea bags by Marcus Vasquez, is on display through April 11 at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. (501) 687-1061.
The 55th Juried Exhibition by the Mid-Southern Watercolorists remains on display, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday through May 2 at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.
“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.