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Richard Ford on growing up in Little Rock's Marion Hotel
Richard Ford is a long way from Little Rock these days. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his 1996 novel "Independence Day," the Mississippi-born Ford has taken his seat at the table of...
View ArticleWovenhand at Downtown Music
Also, Adam Carroll at White Water Tavern.THURSDAY 4/18Downtown Music Hall has the Swans-inspired gothic folk of Wovenhand, with the stark, ambient noise of Wrekmeister Harmonies and the bludgeoning...
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AM report: A visit to Exxon County, Ark.; 11th hour legislative funny business
Top of the morning. These items pop up:* VISIT TO MAYFLOWER CAN BE HAZARDOUS: On the jump (also here on Facebook), I invite you to read an account by Rod Bryan of Little Rock of his visit to the...
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Friday: Adam Carroll, Little Big Town and more
Texas singer/songwriter Adam Carroll plays White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m. Walton Arts Center hosts Caravanserai: Orchestra of Fes, directed by Mohammed Briouel with Francoise Atlan, 8 p.m., $10-$25....
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Stephano's II opens Saturday
Stephano's Fine Art will open a second gallery, Stephano's II, at B.A. Framer at R and Grant streets Saturday, April 20. A catered reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. will celebrate the opening.Featured...
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Friday To-Do: Wildwood Jazz Series: Ellis Marsalis
WILDWOOD JAZZ SERIES: ELLIS MARSALIS8 p.m. Wildwood Park for the Arts. $15-$100.Here are some exciting developments for jazz lovers in Central Arkansas: Wildwood Park for the Arts is bringing in...
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The Arkansas Food Blogger Bake Sale: a sweet way to help stamp out child hunger
I enjoy my baked goods, maybe a little too much. But usually, my plowing through a plate of cookies does little more than add inches to my waistline. But now we’ve got an opportunity to eat cupcakes...
View ArticleLegislature today — come the tax cuts
The predicted tax cuts are flowing. Despite testimony against it, the Senate Revenue and Tax Committee endorsed, with only Sen. David Johnson in the negative, House Speaker Davy Carter's bill to EXEMPT...
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Takei came, Purple Moon coming to Arts Center
On Saturday, April 20, the San Francisco company Purple Moon Dance Project will perform an interpretive piece in the gallery, "When Dreams are Interrupted" in conjunction with Wendy Maruyama's...
View ArticleSpeaking of manure in the Buffalo River watershed
Protectors of the Buffalo National River are up in arms about approval of a permit for a factory hog feeding operation along Big Creek, a major tributary of the Buffalo. There's fear that manure spread...
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Here's the complete music lineup for Riverfest
The folks at Riverfest unveiled the festival's full music schedule this morning, including the lineup for the Stickyz Music Stage at the Clinton Center, which includes a set on Sat. May 25 from Ho...
View ArticleMedicaid expansion: Two views
The legislative vote to avail Arkansas of Obamacare Medicaid expansion money. Good or bad?Here are two views from polar opposites.First, from the Koch-funded, anti-tax, anti-government, anti-regulation...
View ArticleLegislative pay raise amendment comes out of committee
David Couch, a lawyer active in the Regnat Populus ethics reform movement, e-mails me to say that HJR 1009, given up for dead at the first of the week, has been reborn. It came this morning out of the...
View ArticleDamien Echols reviews 'Rectify' for HuffPost
Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three has written a review of the new Sundance Channel show "Rectify." The show, created by Ray McKinnon, is about a man released from Georgia's death row after being...
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Reminder: "EXPRESSIONS" art fund-raiser tonight
The clients of Birch Tree Communities, which cares for people with serious mental illness, will be the beneficiaries of the annual"EXPRESSIONS Art Show and Sale," 6 p.m. tonight at Temple B'Nai Israel,...
View ArticleMike Ross evolves on women's issues; pays price
Mike Ross' entry into the Democratic primary race for governor, with a full-throated cry for women's rights against the Republican legislature, naturally invited an examination of his voting record....
View ArticleThe raw milk open line
Sorry. I've been out of pocket for a funeral. Closing out:* RAW MILK, NOW LEGAL IN ARKANSAS, BUT .....: Anybody shown this to Nate Bell?Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more...
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Food nostalgia and La Casa Real
I have a lot of respect for my colleague, friend, and Eat Arkansas co-conspirator Dan Walker, but there are some subjects that we just don't see eye-to-eye on — like his recent chest tattoo depicting...
View ArticleOne suspect dead, one sought in Boston bombings
Violent night in Boston with death of a police officer, death of a suspect and lockdown in neighborhood where another bombing suspect is being sought.UPDATE: Getting wilder. This report says...
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Morning report: Won't you go home Arkansas legislature?
The Friday morning warmup:* THE RUSH TO ADJOURN: "Deliberative" is not a word that applies to the death rattle of the Arkansas legislature — not when the Senate rushes out, with virtually no debate,...
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