Ongoing Events and Exhibits

Ongoing Events/Exhibits

Imax/Aerospace Education Center
3301 E. Roosevelt
501-376-IMAX

• Friday Family Night at the IMAX Theater
  7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. shows
  IMAX-tickets discounted to $5.50 per person. Free popcorn and soda with IMAX/EpiSphere ticket.

Murder Mystery Theater
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
6:30 p.m.
501-868-7287

• "Murder at MacArthur Park" (August 25 and September 9)
  Murder Mystery dinner theater. $44. Call for reservation.

Historic Arkansas Museum
501-324-9351

• "Sitting Pretty, Sitting Plain: Seating Furniture from the Permanent Collection" (through March 29)
• Robert Bean: Safety in Numbers - through September, 2009

William J. Clinton Presidential Center
501-374-4242

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
501-666-1761

• Opening Night & Tchaikovsky (September 12-13)
• Passionate Paintings (September 15)
• Motown Gold With Jeans 'N Classics (September 18-19)
• SuperPOPS! The Beach Boys (October 14)
• The Majesty of Beethoven (October 17-18)
• A Century of Masterpieces (October 20)
• Beethoven's Fifth! (November 7-8)
• Ravishing Ravel (December 1)
• A Leahy Family Christmas (December 18-19)
• Jingle Bell (Little) Rock (December 19)

MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
501-376-4602

• Current exhibits

Arkansas Arts Center
501-372-4000

• World of the Pharaohs: Treasures of Egypt Revealed Presented by Harriet and Warren Stephens (September 25 - July 5, 2010)
• Exotic Lands: Europe Imagines Egypt and the East (September 25 – November 22)
• 41st Collectors Show and Sale (December 2 – January 3, 2010)

Museum of Discovery
501-396-7050

• Exhibit: Space Adventures (June 6-August 30)
• Exhibit: Backyard Science (June 20-September 19)
• Exhibit: Artifact Showcase (September 5–January 4)

Recurring Events

• 1st Saturday of every month: Paws, Claws & Tails
• 2nd Saturday of every month: Saturday Discoveries
• Every Tuesday: Wiggle Worm Discoveries

The Weekend Theater
501-374-3761

• Jekyll & Hyde (August 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30)
• Our Town (September 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26)
• Falsettos (Musical) (October 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24)
• A Dark, Dark House (November 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21)
• The Last White Class (December 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19)
• Sordid Lives (January 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30)
• Dying City (February 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27)
• The Little Dog Laughed (March 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27)
• Summertree (April 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (May 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29)

Murry's Dinner Playhouse
501-374-3761

• "My Fair Lady" (July 28 - September 6)
• "First Baptist of Ivy Gap" (September 8 - October 11)
• "Murdered to Death" (October 13 - November 15)
• "Natalie Needs a Nightie" (November 17 - December 31)

The Rep
601 Main Street
501-378-0405

• Always…Patsy Cline (September 11 – October 4)
• The Second City (October 7 - October 18)
• Follie Holidays (November 5 – November 14)
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (December 4 – January 3, 2010)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (February 5 - February 21, 2010)
• Glorious! (March 12 - March 28)
• Frost/Nixon (April 16 - May 2)
• Smokey Joe's Café (June 4, 2010 - June 27)

The River Market Pavilions

• Farmers' Market - Tuesdays and Saturdays through October, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Humane Society of Pulaski County

• Adoption events every second Saturday and second Sunday of every month at Paws Park. Located at Rebsamen Road. Follow Rebsamen past the golf course to Murray Park. Paws Park is on the right.
• Dog Washes (9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a $15 donation)
  • First Saturday of the month at Trinity United Methodist Church on Evergreen & Mississippi
  • Third Saturday of the month at Kroger in the Heights on Cantrell & Polk
  The Central Arkansas Library System
  The library has something going on almost every day. Too much to list them all. Their calendar is online.
  • Main Library
    120 Commerce Street Little Rock
    
    • The Sixteen Pleasures Book Club: Every third Tuesday at noon.
    • Third Thursday Talks: Every third Thursday at noon, local authors and artisans to hometown heroes give talks.
    • Sit and Stitch: Every third Wednesday from 12-1.
  • Dee Brown Library
    • Story Time: Every Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. (4 and up)
    • English Classes For Spanish Speakers: Every Thursday at 6:00 p.m. All levels are encouraged to attend