September 2, 2010 - March 11, 2011
Exhibit Badges, Bandits and Bars: Arkansas Law & Justice
Old State House Museum
Museum Hours: Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm & Sun, 1-5pm.
Badges, Bandits and Bars: Arkansas Law & Justice explores the state’s history of crime, law enforcement, courts, and prisons from pre-territorial days to the mid-1980s. The exhibit includes compelling artifacts and photographs donated by the Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas Department of Correction, as well as objects loaned by other institutions and individuals, and those from the Old State House Museum’s own collections.
For more information visit www.oldstatehouse.com or call 501-324-9685.
September 2, 2010 - March 12, 2012
Exhibit Arkansas/Arkansaw: A State and Its Reputation
Old State House Museum
Museum Hours: Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm & Sun, 1-5pm.
The Old State House Museum's exhibit, Arkansas/Arkansaw: A State and Its Reputation, sheds light on the evolution of Arkansas’s hillbilly image. The exhibit reveals the early development of a dual image, with Arkansawyers being portrayed as coarse, illiterate, and violent backwoodsmen on one hand, while also lifted up as noble frontiersmen—independent, honest and humble. Brooks Blevins, curator of the exhibit, is the Noel Boyd Associate Professor of Ozarks Studies at Missouri State University. He is the author of Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies and Good Ol’ Boys Defined a State and Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image.
For more information visit www.oldstatehouse.com or call 501-324-9685.
January 14 - 29, 2011
"Speech & Debate"
The Weekend Theater, 7th & Chester
By Stephen Karam.
A savvy comedy bristling with vitality, wicked humor, and terrific dialogue, Stephen Karam’s Speech & Debate creates a direct pipeline into the zeitgeist of contemporary youth. It has a keen ear for how teens speak, move and think, how they relate to their peers, and their view of the adult world, all while using the advantages and perils of cyberspace to make amusing, original points. The play’s true accomplishment is its picture of the borderland between late adolescence and adulthood, where grown-up ideas and ambitions coexist with childish will and bravado. Three teenage misfits in Salem, Oregon discover they are linked by a sex scandal that could rock their town. When one of them sets out to expose the truth, secrets become currency, the stakes get higher, and the trio’s connection grows deeper in this searching, fiercely funny dark comedy with music.
Directed by Justin A. Pike.
For tickets and additional information, call 501-374-3761 or visit www.weekendtheater.org.
January 21 - 23, 2011
"The Color Purple"
Robinson Center Music Hall
OPRAH WINFREY PRESENTS THE COLOR PURPLE, a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Oscar-nominated film by Steven Spielberg. It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who triumphs over tremendous odds to find joy in life, and her true inner beauty. Nominated for eleven Tony® Awards, THE COLOR PURPLE is a landmark theatrical event. With a joyous GRAMMY®-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is capturing the hearts of young and old, and uniting audiences in a celebration of love. For more information about the show, visit www.colorpurple.com or www.CelebrityAttractions.com.
Season tickets: Currently, all four shows are available as part of the Celebrity Attractions 2010-2011 Broadway Season. For season tickets, call the Celebrity Attractions Ticket Office at 501-244-8800 between 9a-4p, Monday-Friday or log on to www.CelebrityAttractions.com.
Individual show tickets: Tickets may be purchased via phone through Celebrity Attractions, 501-244-8800 or Ticketmaster, 800-745-3000, in person at the Celebrity Attractions Ticket Office, located at 300 S. Spring, Suite 100 in Downtown Little Rock and all Ticketmaster outlet locations, or online at www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00444B98844262?artistid=864373&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=207. Groups of 20 or more should call 501-492-3314.
Please note the aforementioned outlets are the ONLY ways to get legitimate tickets to this show. ANY other source you see listed – no matter how valid it appears – is a scalper’s website and should be avoided at all costs.
January 21 - February 6, 2011
"A Raisin in the Sun"
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
The New York Times called it “…A play that changed American theater forever.” The Washington Post said it was “…One of a handful of great American plays – it belongs in the inner circle, along with Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey Into Night and The Glass Menagerie.” Written by Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun is an award-winning drama that tells the story of an African American family living on Chicago's south side in the 1950s.
For tickets and additional information, visit www.therep.org or call 501-378-0405.
January 21 - February 6, 2011
"The Jungle Book"
Arkansas Arts Center, Children's Theatre
Based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Adapted for the stage by Alan Keith SmithJourney to the heart of the Indian jungle with Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of Mowgli the man-cub. Raised by a family of wolves, Mowgli grows and learns the law of the jungle from his bear friend Baloo and panther friend Bagheera. When threatened by the Bengal tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli finds courage and becomes a true hero.
Performances: Fridays, 7pm; Saturdays, 3pm and Sundays, 2pm.
For tickets and additional information, call 501-372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com.
January 29 - 30, 2011
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra presents "Reformation"
Robinson Center Music Hall
Saturday, 8pm and Sunday, 3pm.
Julie Albers, celloMendelssohn Symphony No. 5
Elgar Cello Concerto
Barber School for Scandal OvertureFor tickets and additional information call 501-666-1761 or visit www.arkansassymphony.org.
