Best described as a campy, dark comedy with a science fiction twist, “Little Shop of Horrors” is on stage through Sunday at Footlite Musicals. 

 The production takes place on skid row at Mushnik’s Flower Shop, where the meek store owner, Seymour Krelborn, is tired of life in the gutter and dreams of fame, fortune and love. His heart is set on a secret crush with co-worker Audrey, who is busy chasing her self-worth through the wrong men, especially a sadistic dentist. 

In his quest for something better, Seymour finds and cares for a strange plant that he names Audrey II. The mysterious plant has devious dreams of its own and promises Seymour whatever his heart wants if he only feeds the plant.
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Curtain time at the Hedback Community Theatre, 1847 N. Alabama St. is 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, $15 for youths 17 and younger, $24 for adults, can be reserved by visiting www.footlite.org or calling 800-838-3006. 

In celebration of Central Library’s 100 years of service, Indianapolis Public Library CEO Jackie Nytes will visit Southside branches in the coming weeks to discuss the library’s role. 

Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair St., provides support for IndyPL’s 23 branches and houses many special collections, including first-edition copies of celebrated Indiana authors and items that relate to the history of Indianapolis. 

Its 1917 Cret Building, constructed of Indiana limestone, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. A 293,000-square-foot glass and steel-framed addition was completed in 2007 and offers spaces for technology, programming and events. Nearly 700,000 patrons visited the library last year.
Nytes’ schedule: 
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• Friday, Feb. 3, 2 p.m., Southport Library, 2630 E. Stop 11 Road.
• Monday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m., Fountain Square, 1066 Virginia Ave.
• Monday, Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Road, 5550 S. Franklin Road.
• Tuesday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m., Beech Grove, 1101 Main St.
• Thursday, March 2, 2 p.m., Garfield Park, 2502 Shelby St.