MUSIC
Songwriters Amy Garland Angel, Charlotte Taylor, Emily Fenton and Dazzmin “Dazz” Murry, aka King Honey, perform for the Arkansas Sounds Songwriter Showcase, 8 p.m. Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. Doors open at 7 p.m. simpletix.com.
THEATER
It’s the dawning of the Age of Aquarius at Little Rock’s Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., where the ‘60s counterculture musical “Hair” is onstage, 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday through July 27. The theater is rating the show R for adult language, nudity, drug references, sexual content and themes related to war and political protest and is recommending it for mature audiences only. (501) 378-0405; TheRep.org.
And take a stroll down the Yellow Brick Road at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, where “The Wizard of Oz” is onstage,7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 9. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
ART AND EXHIBITS
New this week: “Speakeasy (Language is Culture and Culture is Language),” abstract works by Todd Camplin and black-and-white photographs by Johnna Rena’ Guillory, opens with an Argenta Third Friday Art Walk reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. The exhibition remains on display, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday through Aug. 8. Admission is free. (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.
“Random Thoughts,” paintings by Arkansas artist Dennis McCann, go on display with a 6-8 p.m. reception Saturday at Boswell Mourot Fine Art, 1501 S. Main St., Little Rock. The show remains up Aug. 9. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. (501) 454-6969.
Art Group Gallery, in the Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, is holding its annual Indoor Sidewalk Sale, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday. (501) 690-2193; artgrouparkansas.com.
And the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, hosts “Family Fest: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,” in partnership with the Little Rock Sustainability Office, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, offering ways to extend the life of everyday items and learn how local organizations are working to protect natural spaces.
Participants should provide vintage clothing and jewelry to creatively restore and personalize through hands-on techniques, transform “upcycled” materials into art and draw with natural clay and charcoal while learning how to make their own unique creations. It’s in conjunction with the current “The Long View: From Conservation to Sustainability: Works from the Bank of America Collection” exhibition, on display at the museum through Aug. 31. arkmfa.org/event/family-fest-reduce-reuse-recycle.
Standing exhibits
“Portraits From a Presidency,” the exhibition of more than 50 paintings, sculptures, engravings and photographic portraits of members of the Clinton family in paint, fabric, wood, film, metal, glass, ink, stone, chalk, inscribed on a grain of rice and made out of Legos, up through Dec. 7 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. clintonpresidentialcenter.org/exhibits.
Also at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock: the “64th Young Arkansas Artists” exhibition, showcasing works by Arkansas K-12 students, on display through Aug. 10. And studio photographs by the late Kwame Brathwaite, who started out in the 1960s using photography to promote “Black is Beautiful,” is up through Oct. 12. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.
“Small Works on Paper: From the Permanent Collection,” 40 pieces from the Arkansas Arts Council’s 2006-2023 annual “Small Works on Paper” touring exhibitions, remains on display through Sept. 21 at the Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St., Little Rock, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.
“Enid Collins Handbags: Thinking Outside the Bejeweled Box,” a collection of handbags by Collins of Texas designer Enid Collins, is on display through Sept. 28 at ESSE Museum and Store, 1510 Main St., Little Rock. (501) 916-9022; essepursemuseum.com.
“After the Fire,” paintings that Andrew Deiser created before and after a March fire destroyed Deiser’s studio and much of his artwork at the St. Joseph Center of Arkansas, are on display through July 31 at Laman Library Gallery, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. The exhibition includes oil paintings the fire spared, along with new works “reflecting on home, resilience and artistic renewal.” (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.
