FUN
The newly formed local Diamond State Cat Fanciers group holds its inaugural Diamond State Cat Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Maumelle Community Center, 1100 Edgewood Drive, Maumelle. The show will feature judging for pedigreed cats as well as household pets, plus a Feline Agility Competition and a Cat Costume Contest. And the Maumelle Animal Shelter and Community Cats of Central Arkansas will have cats available for adoption. tinyurl.com/DiamondCatTix.
More than 80 exhibitors, including florists, entertainment companies, photographers and fashion vendors, will be on hand to help couples plan weddings from start to finish at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Wedding Show, 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday at the Statehouse Convention Center, Markham and Main streets, Little Rock. The show, in its 30th year, offers education, planning services and a chance to learn about local talent, with fashion shows throughout the day, a photography panel expert session, a question-and-answer session for couples on the latest in wedding-production trends, prizes and giveaways. (501) 378-3807 or arkansasbridalcommunity.com.
MUSIC
Country singer Justin Moore, the pride of Poyen, with opening act Wyatt Putman, 7:30 p.m. Saturday — timed to the Saturday release of his latst single, “Tell You Where To Go” — at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena. Ticketmaster.com.
Members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Youth Ensembles — the Prelude Orchestra, Academy Orchestra and Youth Orchestra, the latter side-by-side with members of the Arkansas Symphony — perform at 6 p.m. Sunday at Mills University Studies High School, 708 E. Dixon Road, Little Rock. Music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Bedrich Smetana, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Modest Mussorgsky and Edward Elgar will be on the program. (501) 666-1761; ArkansasSymphony.org.The Rackensack Folklore Society Pulaski County performs with an appearance by the North Little Rock-based Arkansas Country Dance Society, 2:15 p.m. Saturday at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock. The program features old-time acoustic mountain and folk music on banjo, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle, mountain dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, bass fiddle, autoharp and the Appalachian dancing doll, plus dancing, storytelling and comedy. simpletix.com/e/rackensack-folklore-society-concert-tickets-197878.
A side note: The Little Rock Musical Coterie Founder’s Day Celebration and Concert we mentioned last week was postponed due to the snow and rescheduled for March 9.
THEATER
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Children’s Theatre stages a world-premiere production, “An Unlikely Hero” by Emilio Rodriguez, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday and Jan. 25 and 2 p.m. Sunday and Jan. 26 at the museum, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. Jordan is a regular kid trying to find his way at Haven High, the hero school that helps youngsters unlock their superpowers. Will his love of comic books finally set him on the path to self-discovery? And surrounded by a school full of superheroes in the making, will he find a way to fit in? In a world of heroes and villains, finding your way is trickier than it seems. It’s a , a joint project with St. Louis’ Metro Theater Company and Bentonville-based Trike Theatre. Director Fergie L. Philippe, who played Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in “Hamilton” on Broadway and on tour, cut his early acting teeth in productions a decade ago at the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre in Conway. events.arkmfa.org.
Snow has interfered with rehearsals and postponed the expected opening this weekend of “How Black Mothers Say I Love You” by Trey Anthony at the Weekend Theater. 1001 W. Seventh St. at Chester Street, Little Rock. The show now runs 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24-25 and 31-Feb. 1 and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26 and Feb. 2. centralarkansastickets.com.
Also delayed because of the weather, the Royal Theatre’s Young Players Second Stage company production of the musical “The Lightning Thief” is now onstage 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Royal Theatre, 111 N. Main St., in Benton. Percy Jackson is the half-blood son of a Greek god with newly discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want and a mythology text’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’ master lightning bolt is stolen and he becomes the prime suspect, he must find and return it to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. TheRoyalPlayers.TicketLeap.com.
Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, continues its run of “Ripcord” by David Lindsay-Abaire. Two unlikely roommates in a senior living facility agree to a bet that starts as a series of pranks but escalates into a dangerous game of one-upsmanship. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday (but Wednesday matinee only Jan. 22), 12:45 and 6:45 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 1. The buffet opens 90 minutes before curtain time. (501) 562-3131; murrysdp.com.
COMEDY
Comedian Heather Land performs at 7 p.m. Saturday in Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012, uca.edu/publicappearances.
ART AND EXHIBITS
“Lighter than the childhood home,” items by German artist Iris Eichenberg that “explore identity, memory and personal stories through 2D and 3D sculpture and works in metal, fiber and wood,” goes on display today Thursday in the Brad Cushman Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art + Design here at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. The exhibition remains up through March 9. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. (501) 916-5117.
“3D,” works by sculptor and Hendrix College faculty member Andy Huss, goes on display with a 5-8 p.m. reception as part of the Argenta Third Friday Art Walk, Friday at the Argenta Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. The exhibition will be up through Feb. 7, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is free. Call (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.
The Arkansas Arts Council’s 2025 Small Works on Paper is on display through Feb. 16 at UA Little Rock’s Windgate Center of Art + Design, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. A reception, 5-7 p.m. Jan. 30, will feature presentations by the 35 Arkansas artists whose 40 pieces, no larger than 18-by-24 inches, are part of the exhibition. Refreshments will be served. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the reception and the gallery is free.
“Where Art & Words Entwine,” a multi-disciplinary exhibit featuring paintings by Lucy Towbin, poetry by Paula Martin and prose by Anne Gordon Perry, is up through through Jan. 25 at Boswell Mourot Fine Art, 1501 S, Main St., Little Rock. , 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. (501) 454-6969; [email protected].
Cantrell Gallery will be moving soon from its current strip-center spot at 8208 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, three doors down in the same center, next door to Taziki’s, in a storefront previously occupied by Jayson Cain Interiors — the new address will be 8202 Cantrell. Meanwhile, “Treehouse Treasures: A Collector’s Collection Part 1” is up through Saturday Jan. 18, consisting of works from the collection of original gallery owner Helen Scott, who is downsizing her home. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday or by appointment. (501) 224-1335; cantrellgallery.com.
And “Commanding the Screen: The American Presidency in Film and Television,” continues to offer a look at material from more than 30 movies and television shows portraying fictional and real-life U.S. presidents, through March 23 at the Clinton Presidential Center, 1200 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock. clintonpresidentialcenter.org/exhibits.