MUSIC
The Little Rock Winds headlines the 29th annual Flag Day concert, 7 p.m. Sunday on the old parade ground behind the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History in MacArthur Park, 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. The band’s America250 celebration features a program of marches, patriotic songs and pop tunes. Israel Getzov conducts. Blue Bell Creameries is providing free ice cream and Woodmen Life will provide free hand-held flags. Central Arkansas Water will supply free ice water for filling water bottles. You should provide your own lawn chairs and picnic baskets. In case of rain, the concert will move to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Theater. (501) 666-0777; lrwinds.org.
THEATER
Actors Theatre of Little Rock stages Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-“Hamilton” Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical “In the Heights!,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday through June 27 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock. The production is “immersive,” meaning the performers will be making contact with some audience members throughout the show. actorstheatrelr.org/tickets.
A young woman sets out to discover her past, which could include a connection to the former Russian royal family, in the musical “Anastasia,” onstage, 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through June 21 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. our.show/the-royal-theatre/anastasia.
The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, is staging 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,” 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 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.
Opening Tuesday at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, “Ain’t Misbehavin’ — The Fats Waller Musical,” 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday through June 28. TheRep.org.
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, 12:45 and 6:45 Sunday. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
ART AND EXHIBITS
New this week:
Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, 1501 Main St., Little Rock, holds an opening reception6-9 p.m. Friday for “Katie Adkins/Queen,” Adkins’ photographs of drag queens prepping for performance. Adkins will give an artist talk, 5:30–7:30 p.m. June 23. The exhibition remains up through July 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. (501) 454-6969; boswellmourot.com.
Continuing:
“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., Little Rock. 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.
“Aftermaths: Mat Collishaw,” centering on the latest film from British painter, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker Mat Collishaw, on display through Nov. 15 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. 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.
“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.
“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.
