FUN
The Second National Tour of the musical “Wicked” is onstage through April 19 at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Performance Hall, 426 W. Markham St. at Broadway. The 6:30 p.m. show on Sunday April 12 is particularly noteworthy because Little Rock native Taylor Quick, for most performances a member of the ensemble, goes on as Glinda. It’s Celebrity Attractions’ season finale. Curtain times and more information: (501) 244-8800; CelebrityAttractions.com; Ticketmaster.com.
Main Street between Fourth and Fifth streets in North Little Rock’s Argenta Arts District will be blocked off Friday and Saturday, creating a block-party atmosphere for Dogtown Throw-down, featuring outdoor dining, live music and “family-friendly activities” with a Cajun theme. argentaartsdistrict.org.
Poet Ross Gay, author of “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” at the center of the month-long Central Arkansas Library System Big Read 2026, will discuss his work at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. A book signing will follow. events.cals.org/event/15642746.
MUSIC
The Arkansas Choral Society takes the law into its own hands with a concert performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s one-act comic opera “Trial by Jury,” 7:30 p.m. today Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church, 5700 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. lovetosing.org.
Arkansas Symphony musicians Charlotte Crosmer, Geoffrey Robson, Katherine Williamson and David Gerstein perform the world premiere of the String Quartet No. 1 by Arkansas’ own Bonnie Montgomery and the “Razumovsky” String Quartet No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven for Classics at the Tavern, 6 p.m. Sunday at the White Water Tavern, 2500 W. Seventh St., Little Rock. (501) 375-8400; whitewatertavern.com.
And pianist and organist Scott Dettra performs music by Texarkana native Scott Joplin and some of his contemporaries in a concert titled “Ragtime Riches,” 7:30 p.m. Friday at St Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., Little Rock.
THEATER
The Royal Players stage “Annie Get Your Gun” , 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through April 19 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. onthestage.tickets/the-royal-theatre.
And at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” continues onstage, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 12:45 and 6:45 Sunday through April 18. Buffet opens 30 minutes before curtain time. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
ART AND EXHIBITS
Arkansas Women to Watch 2026: Words Become Matter” is up through April 18 in the Underground Gallery at the CALS Roberts Library, 401 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, noon-4 p.m. Saturday. robertslibrary.org/current-exhibitions.
Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, is showing Daniel Coston’s “My Creeks” exhibition through April 18. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
The Mid-Southern Watercolorists’ 56th annual juried exhibition is on display through May 1 at the William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday-Saturday. (501) 758-1720; NLRlibrary.org.
“Disfarmer: Portraits of Rural Arkansas,” early 20th-century black-and-white portraits of Arkansans by Mike Disfarmer, is up through June, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, at the Old State House Museum in Little Rock. (501) 324-9685.
“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.
And “Kuimeaux’s World,” drawings and paintings by late Little Rock native Dwight “Kuimeaux” Drennan, is on display through spring 2027 at Little Rock’s Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 E. Third St. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 324-9351.