Little Rock Public Radio
Weekend Entertainment Roundup for June 18, 2026
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The festival also features local vendors, food trucks and activities “designed to highlight the rich history and significance of Juneteenth” and an expanded Kids Zone. www.JuneteenthLittleRock.com [http://www.juneteenthlittlerock.com/] Musical satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic brings his “Bigger & Weirder” Tour to North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena at 8 p.m. Saturday for what is being billed as a “super-sized comedy rock spectacle.” “Special guest” (aka the opening act) is Puddles Pity Party. simmonsbankarena.com [http://simmonsbankarena.com/]. MUSIC Multi-instrumentalist and multilingual singer-songwriter Leyla McCalla performs under the aegis of The Oxford American at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the University of Central Arkansas’ Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, 2150 Bruce St. at Donaghey Avenue, Conway. The publication will announce the 2026 theme of its annual Music Issue at the event. ci.ovationtix.com/36631. THEATER The Arkansas Repertory Theatre, 601 Main St., Little Rock, is staging “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. The University of Central Arkansas Summer Theatre stages “Ken Ludwig’s Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood,” Ludwig’s “theatrical reimagining” of the tale of the legendary outlaw and his Merry Men, 7 p.m. Friday, June 25 and 26 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and June 27 and 28 at UCA’s Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts in Conway. (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012; ci.ovationtix.com/36631 [http://ci.ovationtix.com/36631]. Stage 13 is staging “Legally Blonde Jr.,” 2 and 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. The cast of more than 100 from 34 different schools across Central Arkansas is participating in the organization’s inaugural summer musical theater camp. stage13.org [http://stage13.org/]. Actors Theatre of Little Rock wraps up its run 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 [http://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 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, wraps up its run of 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. Tickets are $20, $18 for students, senior citizens and members of the military. centralarkansastickets.com [http://centralarkansastickets.com/]. And 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 [http://murrysdp.com/]. ART AND EXHIBITS “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. “Katie Adkins/Queen,” Adkins’ photographs of drag queens prepping for performance, is on display through July 3 at Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, 1501 Main St., Little Rock. Adkins will give an artist talk, 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday June 23. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. (501) 454-6969; boswellmourot.com [http://boswellmourot.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 [http://cantrellgallery.com/]. “Arkansas Black Voices: Shaping a Nation at 250,” personal histories, artifacts, photographs and stories highlighting “the lasting impact of Black Arkansans whose lives and legacies have helped shape the United States,” is on display through Aug. 29 at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. Ninth St., Little Rock. The exhibit includes. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday- Saturday. (501) 683-3593; mosaictemplarscenter.com [http://mosaictemplarscenter.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 [http://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 [http://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 [http://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.
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