FUN
Ahead of next week’s release of the movie “Wicked: For Good,” the Central Arkansas Library System is taking two trips down the Yellow Brick Road on Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 120 River Market Ave., Little Rock, screening a remastered version of the 1939 “The Wizard of Oz” at 12:30 p.m. and 1978’s “The Wiz” at 7 p.m. simpletix.com.
Czech Republic puppet troupe Alfa Theatre performs “Mr. Kašpar and His Jolly Family” at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Martin Children’s Center at the Central Arkansas Library System Main Library, 100 Rock St., Little Rock. After the 35-minute performance there will be a 30-minute workshop in which children can step backstage, handle the puppets, experiment with traditional puppeteering instruments and even try a short scene under the guidance of the actors. events.cals.org.
MUSIC
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra dresses down for its annual “Beethoven & Blue Jeans” concerts, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Nov. 15 and 3 p.m. Sunday Nov. 16, at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. Pianist Orion Weiss solos in Ludwig van’s Piano Concerto No. 4; works by Mexican composers — the Suite from “La noche de los Mayas” by Silvestre Revueltas, “Guadalupe” by Marco-Adrián Ramos and “Danzón No. 2” by Arturo Márquez — round out the program. Geoffrey Robson conducts. The orchestra throws a free street party for ticket holders two hours before each concert on the street in front of the hall. Dress casually, in blue jeans if you like. Weiss joins the orchestra’s Quapaw Quartet to play Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the orchestra’s Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, 1101 E. Third St. in Little Rock’s East Village. (501) 666-1761; arkansassymphony.org.
James McMurtry performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.
Blues Traveler performs, with opening act Blackbird, at 8 p.m. Friday at The Hall, 721 W. Ninth St. (501) 406-1364; littlerockhall.com.
And legendary Southern rockers Alabama, with the Marshall Tucker Band opening the show, performs at 7 p.m. Friday at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. (501) 975-9000; Ticketmaster.com.
THEATER
Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock, and Praeclara are staging “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics), 7:30 p.m. Friday and Nov. 21, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Nov. 22 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Nov. 23 in its Cabe Festival Theater. (501) 821-7275; ovationtix.com.
And “Frozen: The Musical” is onstage through Dec. 31 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Buffet opens 90 minutes before the 7:30 p.m. curtain. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com. Opening Wednesday and onstage through Dec. 31:
ART AND EXHIBITS
New this week:
“Kuimeaux’s World,” drawings and paintings by late Little Rock native Dwight “Kuimeaux” Drennan, go on display during a 2nd Friday Art Night reception, 5-8 p.m. Friday in the Museum Center and on the historic grounds of Little Rock’s Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. There will be refreshments as well as music by Brian Nahlen. It’s up through spring 2027, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.
The 2025 Arkansas Quilters Guild Exhibition is on display through Dec. 14 at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Adolphine Fletcher Terry Library, 2015 Napa Valley Drive, Little Rock. Library hours are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. arkansasquiltersguild.org.
Continuing:
At the Windgate Center of Art and Design, 5617 W. 28th St., Little Rock., “Nicole Seisler — Some Truths About Clay,” works by ceramicist Nicole Seisler, on display through Dec. 12 in the North and South Galleries. And “Naima Green: Seismic Feelings,” photographs by Green, the Windgate Center Artist-in-Residence for the fall 2025 semester, that “examine the nature of intimacy, sensuality, and self-recognition,” are on display through Dec. 8 in the Focus Gallery. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
“Slow Down. Look Closer.,” watercolor paintings by Matt TerAvest “exploring themes of introspection, solitude and vulnerability,” up through Nov. 27 at Thea Foundation, 401 Main St. in North Little Rock’s Argenta District, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 5-8 p.m. Nov. 21 during Argenta’s Third Friday Art Walk. theafoundation.org.
“Thomas Hart Benton,” a traveling exhibition of original artwork created by the artist during World War II, is up through July 31 at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 376-4602; littlerock.gov/macarthur.
“Our Pale Blue Dot,” recent paintings by Benton artist Kae Barron inspired by “the famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ photo of Earth from space (taken by Voyager spacecraft, as it exited the solar system in 1990),” up through Jan. 17 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. It’s remains, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or by appointment. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
Paintings and sculptures by Mark Blaney, ceramics by Soyoon Ahn and abstract works by Sharon Locke are on display through Nov. 22 at Boswell Mourot Fine Art, 1501 Main St., Little Rock. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and by appointment. (501) 454-6969; boswellmourot.com.
At the ESSE Purse Museum & Store, 1510 Main St., Little Rock, “Henry and Nolan,” photographs by Rita Henry and Nancy Nolan along with their collections of cameras, photography tools and materials, as well as a special art installation, on display through Feb. 1. (501) 916-9022.
“GhosArt: Ye Art Gods,” works in acrylics, oils, graphite, charcoal, watercolor pencils, colored pencils and ink alongside recorded music by Elvin Bishop, aka Poppa Ghos, is on display through Nov. 29 at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.
“Under A Restless Sky,” a new site-specific installation by Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach, on display through April 4 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, (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org.