MUSIC
Soprano Melanie Hanna Ezell and mezzo-soprano Satia Spencer perform for a “Music in the Wild” concert at 7:30 p.m. today in the Cabe Theatre at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. The two singers, who have been performing together in a variety of settings for more than 18 years, have a program of arias and duets from operas and Broadway hits. wildwoodpark.org.
The Trinitas Ensemble will present its first-ever concert with orchestra at 7 p.m. Friday, performing George Frederic Handel’s “Dixit Dominus” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in g minor, BWV 235, at Trinity Cathedral, 310 W. 17th St., Little Rock. A reception will follow. We’ll list the ticket link on the website. tinyurl.com/32k86x8d.
THEATER
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, closes out its run of “Steel Magnolias,” Robert Harling’s play about life, love and resilience set in Louisiana salon, 7 p.m. today, Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. TheRep.org.
The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, stages a gender-bending adaptation of William Shakespeare’s comedy “The Taming of the Shrew,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday through June 21. Tickets are $20, $18 for students, senior citizens and members of the military. centralarkansastickets.com.
Flurffy, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ canine puppet-in-residence, and his best friend, Emily, travel in dreams on the eve of the pup’s 10th birthday celebration to a magical land “where clouds become stages, pajamas become costumes, and everyday moments transform into something extraordinary,” in “Flurffy in the Land of Almost Awake,” onstage 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and June 13-14, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday-June 12 in the Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Lecture Hall at the museum, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. (501) 372-4000; arkmfa.org/event/flurffy-in-the-land-of-almost-awake-4.
A small town’s annual Winter Christmas Gala turns upside down when a fierce winter storm sweeps in, with decorating mishaps, kitchen chaos, unexpected guests and power failures, as the Our Lady of Good Counsel’s Family Life Players stage their annual Jubilus Dinner Theater production, “Christmas Chaos,” 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and June 12-13 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Our Lady of Good Counsel gym, 1321 S. Van Buren St., Little Rock. (501) 529-7993; olgclr.square.site.
Onstage through June 27 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock: A conservative radio host announces that he and his wife will renew their vows in Sin City and all the residents of Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas (and all played by only two actors) come along for the ride in “Tuna Does Vegas,” the latest in the “Greater Tuna” series. Buffet opens 30 minutes before curtain time — 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (but 12:30 Wednesday matinee only June 10), 12:45 and 6:45 Sunday. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
ART AND EXHIBITS
New this week:
“Aftermaths: Mat Collishaw,” centering on the latest film from British painter, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker Mat Collishaw, opens Saturday in the Fine Arts Club New Media Gallery at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Collishaw focuses on grotesque sea creatures that mutate, evolve and swim through a dystopian world to vividly illustrate the price of progress and humanity’s impact on the planet. It’s up through Nov. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday (but closed as of 4:30 p.m. this Friday), noon-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 372-4000; amfa.org.
A collection of custom paintings by Art Group Gallery artists featuring Joseph Pfeifer Camp goes on display, 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the gallery, in the Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center, 11525 Cantrell Road, Little Rock. All proceeds from the sale of these works goes directly to the free, residential summer camp near Ferndale, serving youngsters 9-14, particularly those who are disadvantaged or at-risk. (501) 690-2193.
Continuing:
Hearne Fine Art, 1001 Wright Ave., Little Rock, is showing “Women Create Space. Grace. Power: A Multimedia Survey of Thirteen Black Women Artists,” through June 13. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. (501) 372-6822; hearnefineart.com.
“Disfarmer: Portraits of Rural Arkansas,” early 20th-century black-and-white portraits of Arkansans by Mike Disfarmer, is up through the month of 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.
“Arkansas Black Voices: Shaping a Nation at 250,” highlighting “the powerful stories and lasting impact of Black Arkansans whose lives and legacies have helped shape the United States,” on display through Aug. 29 at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St. The exhibit, in partnership with the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, includes personal histories, artifacts, photographs and stories. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday. (501) 683-3593; mosaictemplarscenter.com.
“Remote Wonder: Richland Creek Wilderness,” recent photographs by Paul Caldwell centering on Richland Creek, a tributary of the Buffalo River, up through July 18 at Cantrell Gallery, 8202 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
“The Art of Friendship,” watercolors by Kim Perkins and Laura Powers, is up through July 25 in the Gallery at the William F. Laman 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 and Saturday. (501) 758-1720 or visit NLRlibrary.org.
“The Three SoMa Sisters: History, Nature, Wellness, and Anita Davis’ Mission to Thrive in SoMa” is on display through Aug. 30 at ESSE Museum & Store, 1510 Main St. in Little Rock’s SoMa neighborhood. (501) 916-9022; essepursemuseum.com.
“Will Barnet: Seasons of Life,” works on paper by Barnet from the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection, is on display through Oct. 11 at the museum, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. amfa.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.
“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.
And “Manufacturing Victory in Arkansas: Supplying the Battlefront and Changing the Homefront During World War II,” “highlight(ing) the role and contributions of ordnance plants in Arkansas during the war,” remains on display through Dec. 31, 2027, at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 376-4602.
