ENTERTAINMENT: Arkansas League of Artists show opens Friday at Argenta Library | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

THEATER

‘Peanuts’ onstage

The University of Central Arkansas Summer Theatre, the new professional theater at UCA, stages its inaugural production, “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” (music, lyrics and book by Clark Gesner, based on Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts, with additional dialogue by Michael Mayer and additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa), 7:30 p.m. Friday and June 28, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and June 29 and 2 p.m. Sunday and June 30 in the James M. Bridges Black Box Theatre in the university’s Windgate Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Donaghey and Bruce streets, Conway. Ticket are $15-$20. Call (501) 450-3265 or (866) 810-0012 or visit ovationtix.com/36631.

MUSIC

Organ concert

Celina Kobetitsch, associate director of music at Little Rock’s Trinity Cathedral, will give an organ concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 228 Spring St., Hot Springs, marking the 40th anniversary of the church’s Nichols & Simpson organ. Her program will include the Fantasia and fugue in g minor, BWV 542, by Johann Sebastian Bach; the Sonata No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn and original transcriptions of Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without Words”; an original chorale prelude on “Herz und Herz vereint zusammen”; the Prelude in a minor, BuxWV 158, by Dietrich Buxtehude; “Tu es Petra” by Henri Mulet; and Variations on “Veni creator” by Maurice Durufle. Admission is free.

ART

Members’ show

The Arkansas League of Artists’ 2024 Members Show opens with a 5-8 p.m. Argenta Art District Third Friday Art Walk reception at the Argenta Library, 420 Main St., North Little Rock. The exhibition remains up through July 5. Library hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission to the library and the reception is free. Call (501) 687-1061 or visit NLRlibrary.org.

    “The Old Mill,” oil on canvas by Stacy Jones, and “War Stories,” oil on linen by Patrick Edwards, are part of the Arkansas League of Artists’ 2024 Members Show, opening Friday at the Argenta Library in North Little Rock. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
  

    “The Old Mill,” oil on canvas by Stacy Jones, and “War Stories,” oil on linen by Patrick Edwards, are part of the Arkansas League of Artists’ 2024 Members Show, opening Friday at the Argenta Library in North Little Rock. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
  

Alumna’s ceramics

An exhibition of ceramics by University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumna Ginny Sims is on display through July 14 in the Ann Maners and Alex Pappas Gallery in the university’s Windgate Center of Art and Design, 2801 S. University Ave., Little Rock. The center will host a reception, 5-7 p.m. June 27. Sims, a Little Rock native, now resides in Minneapolis. Her functional ceramics and ceramic sculptures “are whimsical and visually informed by 18th-century ceramic surface designs and motifs,” according to a news release. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Admission to the gallery and the reception is free. Call (501) 916-5117 or email byoung2@ualr.edu.

    “Coffee Cup No. 1,” “Female Bust” and “Pitcher and Candle Stick by Ginny Sims are on display through July 14 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Windgate Center of Art and Design. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
  

    “Coffee Cup No. 1,” “Female Bust” and “Pitcher and Candle Stick by Ginny Sims are on display through July 14 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Windgate Center of Art and Design. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
  

    “Coffee Cup No. 1,” “Female Bust” and “Pitcher and Candle Stick by Ginny Sims are on display through July 14 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Windgate Center of Art and Design. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
  

ETC.

Pulaski Tech season

A famous scientist with magic powers brings a friendly dinosaur to life in “Dino-Light,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18, kicking off the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College’s CHARTS Live 2024-25 season at the Center for Humanities and Arts on the college’s main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. The glow-in-the-dark adventure features a blend of puppetry, technology and dance. Tickets are $15 and $25.

The rest of the lineup (except as noted, all shows at 7:30 p.m.):

◼️ Oct. 26: bluegrass band Arkansauce. $25 and $35.

◼️ Nov. 17: U.S. Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors, 2 p.m. Free.

◼️ Jan. 25: Ozark Mountain Daredevils. $70 and $85.

◼️ Feb. 21: No Tears Project, jazz and community outreach, led by singer-songwriter Kelley Hurt and pianist-composer Christopher Parker. $20 and $30.

◼️ March 6: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Cello Ensemble. $15 and $30.

Call (501) 812-2387 or visit uaptc.edu/charts.

    “Dino-Light” kicks off the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College’s CHARTS Live 2024-25 season Oct. 18 at college’s main campus in North Little Rock. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)