Elsewhere in entertainment and the arts:
TODAY
Beauty & the Beast
The Studio Theatre, 320 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, wants you to be their guest for Disney's Beauty and the Beast (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton, adapted from the 1991 animated Walt Disney musical film), 7:30 p.m. today-Saturday, Dec. 8-10 and 15-17 and 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 11 and 18. Tickets are $25. $20 for senior citizens (65-plus), military and students, $15 for children 12 and younger. Call (501) 374-2615 or visit tinyurl.com/studiobeauty.
UALR art sale
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Friends of the Arts holds its 6x6 Holiday Art Sale Preview and Reception 6-8 p.m. today at the UALR Applied Design Studio, Suite 300, University Plaza, Asher and University avenues, Little Rock. The event will feature wine, locally brewed beer, heavy hors d'oeuvres, artist demonstrations and entertainment. Tickets are $45, $25 for UALR employees, $15 for UALR students. Call (408) 209-0692, email ccongerp@adobe.com or visit ualr.edu/giving/event/6x6.
It's an advance look at the UALR Department of Art and Design's Holiday Art Sale, featuring original art by UALR students, faculty and alumni, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday at the studio. All proceeds go toward scholarships and to support initiatives in the UALR art and design, music and theater arts and dance departments. Admission is free. Call (501) 569-3183 or mphall@ualr.edu.
It's a Wonderful Life
Harold Dean plays George Bailey with Daphne Shoppach as Mary Bailey in the Royal Players' production of It's a Wonderful Life (Doug Rand's stage adaptation of the classic Frank Capra film, screenplay by Capra, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett and Jo Swerling), 7 p.m. today-Saturday and Dec. 8-10 and 2 p.m. Dec. 10 and Dec. 18 at the Royal Theatre, 111 S. Market St., Benton. Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens and military, $5 for students. Call (501) 315-5483 or visit theroyalplayers.com.
Canerday retrospective
Actress Natalie Canerday, a Russellville native and a Hendrix College alumna, will discuss her work in 42 films, with film clips, for Pulaski Technical College's Big Rock on the Map Series, 6 p.m. today in the Center for Humanities and Arts Theater on the college's main campus, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, North Little Rock. Admission is free. Call (501) 658-2044 or visit pulaskitech.edu/charts.
Arts showcase
Thrive, a Helena-based nonprofit design firm, showcases work from the founding artists of the Thrive Arts program and other area artists in "Zoned," the final exhibition of the Thrive Arts Artists in Residence program, 6:30-9 p.m. today at six locations and two outdoor attractions in downtown Helena-West Helena. Things get underway at the Thrive offices, 310 Cherry St. Attendees can pick up a map displaying other pop-up gallery venues and have drinks and snacks. Admission is free; donations will be accepted. Call (870) 338-3300 or visit the website. thrivecenter.org.
FRIDAY
Sordid Lives
The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh St., Little Rock, is staging Sordid Lives, Del Shores' so-called "black comedy about white trash," 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 8-9 and 16-17 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Tickets are $16, $12 students and senior citizens, $2 "Date Night Discount" for the Thursday show. Visit weekendtheater.org; for more information, call (501) 374-3761 or email info@weekendtheater.org.
Rocky rocker
Robert Tepper, best known for his songs for Sylvester Stallone movies ("There's No Easy Way Out" used in 1985's Rocky 4 and "Angel of the City" for the 1986 action film Cobra) will give a concert with Chris Cameron & Friends, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Wildwood Park for the Arts, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock. Tickets: $20. Call (501) 821-7275 or visit wildwoodpark.org.
'Court organist'
Bryan Dunnewald, assistant organist at the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at St. James United Methodist Church, 321 Pleasant Valley Drive, Little Rock, under the auspices of the Central Arkansas Chapter, American Guild of Organists. The program will include works by Charles-Marie Widor, Dietrich Buxtehude, Petr Eben, Marcel Dupre, Gerre Hancock, Johann Sebastian Bach and Max Reger. Admission is free. Call (501) 217-6700.
Guitar duo
The Petar & Daniel Guitar Duo -- Petar Jankovic and Daniel Duarte, faculty members at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music -- will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at the Ritz Civic Center, 306 W. Main St., Blytheville. The concert is under the auspices of the Arts Council of Mississippi County. The program will include Asturias by Isaac Albeniz, Spanish Dance No. 1 by Manuel de Falla, Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo, Recuerdos de Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega, Duarte-arranged Christmas Carols Medley and Beatles and Baroque and pieces by Paulo Bellinatti, Maximo Diego Pujol, Waldir Azevedo and Marco Pereira. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, free for children 12 and younger with a ticketed adult. Call (870) 762-1744 or visit artsmissco.org.
SATURDAY
Folk trio
Flashpoint -- brothers David and Daniel Mehalko and Joseph Carmichael on banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar and harmony vocals -- performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, under the auspices of the Little Rock Folk Club. Admission is $15, $10 for military with ID, $8 for students with ID, free for accompanied children 12 and younger. Call (501) 663-0634 or visit littlerockfolkclub.org.
'Say Amen' Arkansas
Little Rock area gospel performers Quint Ellis, Dani Phillips Porch & the Throwback Choir, Brandon Morgan & Fresh Voices, Bishop Chosen Robinson & Chosen, Pastor Cedric Hayes & the Gloryland Choir, the Golatt Links of Harmony and St. Mark Youth Choir will perform as part of the Arkansas Gospel Announcers Guild's "Say Amen" Arkansas 2016, 6 p.m. Saturday at Covenant of Zion Cathedral Church, 3023 W. 12th St., Little Rock. Also on the bill: Justin Shaw Sr. of Conway, the Mellotones of West Memphis and the Sensational Wells Brothers of Earle. Admission is $10, free for children 5 and younger. Call (501) 712-9848.
SUNDAY
'Nutcracker Tea'
Ballet Arkansas will hold its traditional "Nutcracker Tea," 3 p.m. Sunday (a 1:30 p.m. seating has sold out) at the Capital Hotel, 111 W. Markham St., Little Rock, featuring Nutcracker characters in costume, food, drinks and merriment. Tickets are $35, $25 for children. Visit the website, balletarkansas.org/tickets.
Weekend on 12/01/2016