EStem students painted the plywood boards at Main and Capitol during the Main Street Food Truck Festival under the direction of eStem art teacher, Virginia King. Downtown Little Rock Partnership furnished the supplies.
Thank You!    
Crowd estimates of up to 50,000 have been reported for last Saturday's Main Street Food Truck Festival! We at the Downtown Little Rock Partnership and the Main Street Revitalization Committee say thank you. We can't do this festival without the support of our members, our sponsors, our many volunteers, our food trucks, vendors, buskers, members of the media and...all of our attendees!
Main Street Creative Corridor
September 30-October 2: Monty Python's Spamalot final weekend
at Arkansas Repertory  Theatre, 601 Main  Street.  From the deliciously twisted minds of Monty
Python's Flying Circus comes the irreverent,
sidesplitting Broadway smash musical that proves that you should always look on the bright side of life.  Learn more . October 1: The After-Party.
Save the Dates    
October 22: 6th Annual World Cheese Dip Championship, River Market Pavilion. Benefits  Learn more.
October 23:  Whole Hog Roast & BBQ , The Argenta Plaza. 1-5 p.m. Tickets here. Presented by 
Arkansas Times 
benefits   Argenta Arts District. 
October 25: Artissimo!, Pulaski Technical College Center for Humanities and Arts, North Little Rock. Honoring Donnie Cook, president of bank of America.
October 27: Haunted History, CALS Main Library, 6-8 p.m., Lee Room 5th Floor. Storytelling with Layne Livingston Anderson, author of Haunted Legends of Arkansas.
October 27: 2016 Vision Award Luncheon honoring Dr. Joel E. Anderson, Little Rock Marriott. Benefits World Services for the Blind. Learn more.
October 28-November 13: Arthur Miller's The Crucible, 
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
. Learn more.
October 29: Arkansas Cornbread Festival, South Main. Learn more.
October 29: Acapella Rising 2016 Annual Conference, Pulaski Technical College. Formerly the Diamond State Men's Chorus . Learn more.
October 31: Friends of Children Annual Luncheon, benefits Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families, honoring CJ Duvall, Jr. and Dr. Chad Rodgers. Learn more.
November 12: Opus Ball, debut of newly renovated Robinson Center ballroom. Benefits Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.  Learn more.
November 18: Dancing Into Dreamland 2016, Dreamland Ballroom, 800 W. Ninth. Learn more. 
December 3-4: Elf 
in the newly opened Robinson Center.
Check out tickets or season tickets from Celebrity Attractions  here.
December 5: Arkansas Remembers Pearl Harbor, Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Learn more.
December 9-11: Ballet Arkansas returns to the Robinson Center with The Nutcracker, accompanied by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Learn more.
March 8-19: Phantom of the Opera, Robinson Center. Check out tickets or season tickets from Celebrity Attractions here.
April 8: Riverfest Springfest
June 1-4: 40th Anniversary Riverfest
On Exhibit
A snapshot of temporary exhibits offered at museums and other organizations and businesses throughout the downtown area can be found online here. 
Verizon Arena
In Downtown North Little Rock,
1 Verizon Arena Way. For ticket information link here (Verizon Arena) or here (Ticketmaster).

October 5: Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastic Champions 2016

October 6: Kenny Rogers Final World Tour

October 7 The Avett Brothers

October 13: truTV Impractical Jokes Santiago Sent Us Tour starring The Tenderloins 

October 18 Five Finger Death Punch & Shinedown

October 28 Tool with special guests

November 25 Amy Grant & Michael W. Smith

November 30 Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ghosts of Christmas Eve 

December 4 Jeff Dunham Perfectly Unbalanced Tour

March 3, 2017 Twenty One Pilots
Argenta Arts District
In Downtown North Little Rock. For more information link here.
October 1: Farmers Markets:
Argenta Farmers Market/Certified Arkansas Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-12 noon, 6th and Main Street.
Dogtown Farmers' Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Parking lot next to Argenta Branch Library, 420 N. Main Street.

Downtown Update  
September 30, 2016
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Downtown Notes 
Broadway Street has two well known structures disappearing this week. The dismantling process  of the Broadway Bridge, day and night, began on Tuesday with a community ceremony and the rerouting of approximately 25,000 commuters through downtown. Much of the traffic is being rerouted to the Main Street Bridge which has a daily traffic count of 15,000. The historic bridge was dedicated to soldiers of World War I when it opened in 1923. The new bridge is scheduled to be completed in six months.
     Another building disappeared without much fanfare but as a surprise to those who noticed it suddenly gone... the Broadway Shell & Food Mart at Broadway and Eighth. Owned by Coulson Oil Company, Inc., a Road Runner store is being built on the site with the new Shell fuel island to be located at the back of the store facing Arch Street. The new gas station is scheduled to open in early 2017.

Celebrity Attractions announced this week an addition to its already spectacular schedule of productions with the reopening of the Robinson Center in November...The award-winning Broadway production of  The Lion King in the spring of 2018. In making the announcement, Ed Payton, CEO of Celebrity Attractions, said this is the first time The Lion King has been in Arkansas and Little Rock because of restraints of the former historic structure.
     The announcement came on the heels of the announcement of Phantom of the Opera coming to the Robinson Center in March 2017. Theatregoers are urged to subscribe to season tickets and email alerts here.
DLRP Photo Contest
Calling all Instagram aficionados, iPhone photo fanatics, Snapchat junkies, and amateur digital photogs, let's see what you've got. We want to see your best shots of Downtown Little Rock.  Do you have a picture with 1000s of likes? Or do you know how to take one? Here is your chance to show off your skills.
     Email your best shot  here by October 14.  Winners will have their names and photos printed and displayed for the first "Alley Party" by the  Downtown Little Rock Partnership  to be held on Thursday, October 20.  Questions?  Call 501-375-0121
Around Downtown
September 30-October 1:  Twelve Angry Men , The Weekend Theater, 1001 W. Seventh. Trial of 19-year-old in fatal stabbing of his father. Jurors argue and become 12 angry men! Final weekend.  Learn more .
September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28: Main Street Food Truck Fridays return, continuing through the end of October. 10:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the corner of Main and Capitol. For the week's food trucks and menus link here.
September 30: Howling at the Wolfe After Party, Wolfe Street Center, 1015 S. Louisiana. Benefits Wolfe Street Center. Admission $25. 372-5662
September 30-October 1: Bop in the Rock, DoubleTree Hotel, 424 West Markham. Dancers from around the nation gather in Little Rock for a weekend of social dancing and enjoying area attractions. Learn more.
October 4: 2016 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Fall Job Fair, Statehouse Convention Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Learn more.
October 5:  Five Legal Issues All Business Owners Should Know, presented by ASBTDC, 10 a.m. UALR Reynolds Business Center, 2801 S. University.  Presenter, Prater Law Firm. For registration, link here. 
October 8: Lincoln's Dream, The Weekend Theater, 7:30 p.m. Dramatic reading and reception, special event. Learn more.
October 9: Arkansas Chamber Singers, First United Methodist Church, 723 Center Street, 3 p.m. Learn more.
October 10: Listening to Our Neighbors, First United Methodist Church, 723 Center, 6:30 p.m. An evening of dialogue with members of the Islamic Center sharing about their faith tradition. Moderator, Sophia Said. Free and open to the community. For more information call 372-2256 or 291-0797. Presented by the Interfaith & Ecumenical Library of FUMCLR and Interfaith Arkansas.
October 11:   21st Annual Tales of the Crypt,  Mount Holly Cemetery, 1200 South Broadway, 5:45-8 p.m. Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School  drama students present short monologues and dialogues in front of numerous graves. The event is meant to be historic rather than spooky. Admission is free; however, donations to Mount Holly Cemetery are appreciated.
October 15: Six Bridges Regatta, Little Rock and North Little Rock. A full day of U.S. Rowing-registered races for spectators on both sides of the Arkansas River. The finish line is the Junction Bridge. Learn more.

Little Rock (LRCVB) event listings also posted here.
River Market District
The Bald, a fun family event to raise awareness for childhood cancer. River Market Pavilions, 6-10 p.m. Benefits Make-A-Wish Mid-South. $15 for adults, $1 for kids. Learn more.
October 1: Bobby's Bike Hike  Saturday Tours,  River Market Pavilions.  Learn more.
October 1, 4: River Market's Farmers' Market  in the River  Market pavilions. Open Tuesdays and Saturdays, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. through Fall.

MacArthur Park Historic District
September 30-October 9: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, 
Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theater, 
MacArthur Park. Learn more.
October 8-9: Arkansas Paranormal Expo, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History benefiting the museum, MacArthur Park. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
October 8-9: Alexander and the Terrible Horrible no good very bad Day, Arkansas Arts Center, Children's Theatre, 501 E. Ninth.  A fun musical for the whole family! Learn more.
SoMa
South Main Street 
October 4: National Night Out, Downtown Neighborhood Association, Bernice Garden, 5: 30 p.m.
October 8: Needle-Felted Pumpkin Class, South Main Creative,  1600 Main Street, 10 a.m.  Learn more.
October 8: The Bernice Garden Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Artists, craftspeople, jewelers, vintage vendors and more.
October 14: Books, Bourbon & Boogie, OA 2016 Gala, featuring Jerry Douglas & The Earls of Leicester, South on Main, 1304 Main. Tickets, $200. Benefits  The Oxford American. Learn more. 
Nearby DLRP Member Events
October 1-2:  Arkansas Symphony Mozart & Schubert, featuring pianist Elisso Bolkvadse, Maumelle Performing Arts Center. Learn more.
Clinton School Speaker Series
All events are free and open to the public nd are held. Learn more here about the programs listed below. All programs are held in the Clinton School Sturgis Hall unless otherwise noted.
October 3: John DiPippa, United States Supreme Court Update, 12 noon.
October 3: Dr. Phyllis Schneck, Cybersecurity in the Real World, 4 p.m.
October 9: Robert Kenner, Command and Control, a film screening, 5-7 p.m.
October 14: Earl Lewis, president of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 12 noon.
October 17: John Kroger, The War Room Revisited-Looking Back at the 1992 Presidential Election, 6 p.m.
Downtown Runs & Cycling 
October 1: Autism Speaks Walk, Clinton Presidential Center. Learn more.
October 15: The Color Run Night. Nearby Western Hills Parks. Learn more.
October 22: Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Arkansas. Learn more.
March 4-5, 2017: Little Rock Marathon. Benefits 
Little Rock Parks and Recreation.  Learn more.
May 5, 2017: 10th MacArthur Park 5K. 
Benefits MacArthur Park.