FUN
Participants of all ages can walk, jog or run through clouds of “vibrant” color in the North Little Rock Public Library System’s inaugural Color Our World Color Run, 5-6:30 p.m. today Thursday at Laman Plaza, next to the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. Wear a white T-shirt to create the maximum color effect; guests should expect to get messy and might want to bring a change of clothes. Children under 12 must be accompanied by a guardian. Things kick off at 5 p.m. with the library’s mobile library Rover leading the way with a special Rover Run for dogs and their humans. (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org.
MUSIC
Art Porter Music Education Inc.’s weeklong A Work of Art is in progress, honoring the legacies of jazzmen Art Porter Sr. and Art Porter, Jr., while raising scholarship funds for young musicians. At 7 p.m. today Thursday, singer and former En Vogue member Amanda Cole performs at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock. The 8 p.m. Saturday Scholarship Program at the CHARTS Theater, University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock features Grammy-nominated soul singer Will Downing and the APME All-Stars. (501) 492-9120.; artporter.org/tickets.
This week’s Faulkner Chamber Music Festival continues with two free performances in UA-Pulaski Tech’s CHARTS Theater: A faculty recital at 7 p.m. Friday, including works by Richard Strauss, Dmitri Shostakovich, Bohuslav Martinu and Antonin Dvorak, and a student recital 3 p.m. Sunday, program to be announced. faulknerchambermusicfestival.com.
THEATER
New this week:
Romeo & Juliet translated to the mean streets of mid-20th century New York is onstage as Actors Theatre of Little Rock presents “West Side Story,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday through Aug. 16 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock. actorstheatrelr.org.
Three working women take control of their office and turn the tables on their sexist, egotistical, lying hypocritical bigot boss in “9 to 5: The Musical,” onstage 7:30 p.m. today and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday at the Argenta Contemporary Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock. argentacontemporarytheatre.org.
The attempt at creating a civilized society by a group of schoolchildren whose plane has crashed on a tropical island descends into chaos in “The Lord of the Flies,” onstage at The Weekend Theater, 1101 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 10.Tickets are $20, $18 for students, senior citizens and military. weekendtheater.org/tickets.
He’s not a bad man, just a very bad wizard as Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, offers “The Wizard of Oz”, 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:
“Under A Restless Sky,” a new site-specific installation by Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach, opens Saturday in the Jackson T. Stephens Gallery of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. The three-dimensional art installation, created with paint, paper, wood, ropes and other materials that explores how various species — birds and humans — move and adapt due to environmental and climate changes, will be on display through April 4. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.
Also at AMFA, 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.
CONTINUING
“Edwin Brewer, A Retrospective of His Art,” landscape and still-life paintings in oils and watercolors by the Little Rock native (1927-2002), on display through October. 18 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
“Speakeasy (Language is Culture and Culture is Language),” abstract works by Todd Camplin and black-and-white photographs by Johnna Rena’ Guillory, on display, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday through Aug. 8 at the Argenta Library Gallery, 420 Main St., North Little Rock, . (501) 687-1061; NLRlibrary.org.
“Random Thoughts,” paintings by Arkansas artist Dennis McCann, on display 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday through Aug. 9 at Boswell Mourot Fine Art, 1501 S. Main St., Little Rock. (501) 454-6969.
Standing exhibits
“Portraits From a Presidency,” the exhibition of more than 50 paintings, sculptures, engravings and photographic portraits of members of the Clinton family (some of them not especially flattering, by the way) 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.
“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.