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As the nonprofit organization prepares to enter its 15th season, it will now be known as the Argenta Contemporary Theatre, a rebranding that's designed to enhance their "potential for securing arts grants and garnering increased recognition for its endeavors."

“Rent,” the hit musical about a struggling set of romantically entangled late ’80s bohemians in the midst of the AIDS crisis, opens at Argenta Community Theater on Wednesday, July 26.

Hyde will address the county's accomplishments during his eight years in office.

Arkansas-based actor Satia Spencer stars in the lead as Felicia, and anyone who's ever seen Spencer onstage knows full well that she can bring it. Don't miss this one, y'all.

A few weekend picks from the editorial desk at the Arkansas Times: Elizabeth Cook at Stickyz; "Our Town," Rodney Marsalis and a free show from Bonnie Montgomery at ACANSA, a farewell weekend for Abbi's Teas & Things, Valley of the Vapors at Cedar Glades Park, The Brothers Shreve at Stickyz, and Adia Victoria at White Water Tavern.

Get your calendar out; the ACANSA schedule is loaded.

As famous for its rapturous melodies as for its technical challenges, “A Little Night Music” was already in the works for Argenta Community Theater last November when Sondheim’s death sent ripples of loss and outpourings of appreciation through musical theater’s throngs of devotees, though its timing is bound to make “Send in the Clowns” ring a little more bittersweetly.

The hills (of North and West Little Rock) are alive with the sound of music.

Opera and theater continue a cautious return in Central Arkansas this week.

Argenta Community Theater co-founder and philanthropist Judy Tenenbaum died unexpectedly last Thursday.

With a small live orchestra, a shapeshifting set and a robust cast of over 30 actors, ACT took on E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 story “Ragtime."

The Argenta Arts District will be the beneficiary of a special production of "A Chorus Line" at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 17, at the Argenta Community Theater.