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Alvin Youngblood Hart at White Water Tavern
If you think of Alvin Youngblood Hart only as a Handy and Grammy award-winning interpreter of roots and blues music of bygone eras (as many seem to continue to try to do), you would be missing the...
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Saturday: Osyrus Bolly Birthday Bash, River City Comic Expo and more
It's an Osyrus Bolly Birthday Bash at Utopia Restaurant and Lounge, with Osyrus Bolly, Rhetoric Jones, SeanFresh, Big Drew of TGE, Jay Bundy, Zo Carver, Arkansas Bo, Southwest Boaz & Ill Bill,...
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Saturday and Sunday To-Do: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's 'Cirque de la...
ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 'CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE'8 p.m. Robinson Center Music Hall. $10-$58.What goes really well with a boisterous orchestra performing a lineup of lively classics? How about...
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Sunday: John Two-Hawks Mother's Day Concert, Strawberry Festival at Bernice...
In search of the right Mother's Day gift? How about taking a trip to Eureka Springs' May Festival of the Arts and the John Two-Hawks Mother's Day Concert? It's at The Auditorium, 2 p.m., $12, and hey!...
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Saturday: Jason Aldean at Verizon Arena
Country favorite Jason Aldean comes to Verizon Arena on his "Night Train Tour," with Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett, Saturday, 7:30 p.m., $41-$69.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleThe worst Mother's Day gifts
If by chance, you're calendar ignorant, a head's up: Mother's Day is Sunday. In anticipation, we asked Arkansas Times staff and Facebook followers the worst Mother's Day present they'd ever given or...
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Petit Porker update
Several readers have written asking for an update on the case of W.P. Sooie, the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig which Little Rock animal control is trying to evict from the city on the contention that the...
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Detmers, Lykens, Tara-Casciano, Sacran, Hobbs and more
Tonight's 2nd Friday Art Night downtown art troll — on foot or by trolley — from 5-8 p.m. features art exhibits, demonstrations, music and jewelry-making at nine venues. So much to do and see, so...
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UCA unveils 2013-2014 Public Appearances lineup
If you're interested in catching the standup comedy of Bill Cosby, the gentle country stylings of Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan, an evening with Tony-winning actress and singer Audra McDonald or an...
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Mellow Mushroom shooting for mid-June open in WLR
Mellow Mushroom, the quirky "craft pizza" chain, with outlets in Rogers and Fayetteville, will open a West Little Rock franchise by mid-June. The West LR Mellow Mushroom will be at 16103 Chenal...
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Doctor who shot at car after Arvest robbery gets deal
The Pine Bluff doctor who decided to play policeman and fire his gun at a getaway car driven by a man who robbed Arvest Bank but hit a different car instead, has surrendered his gun and permit and will...
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Levon Helm documentary is a Little Rock Film Festival must-see
"Ain't in It for My Health," the new documentary about the late, great Levon Helm, plays the Little Rock Film Festival on Thursday, May 16. It's going to be well-received. I got to see an advance...
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Haters gonna hate
The tweet above, which we're using to inaugurate our new semi-regular blog feature, comes from K. Ryan James, a local Republican political consultant and flack. Something tells me he sent it after he...
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The Homeless and Wounded Edition
The tech park's decision to hit the reset button, why Arkansas hospitals charge wildly different rates for the same procedure, the scandal that introduced the country (and me) to the town of Imboden,...
View Article18-year-old triple major graduates from University of Arkansas
What had you accomplished when you were 18? Chances are it doesn't touch Raymond Walter's accomplishments. On Saturday, Raymond, 18, will graduate from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville with a...
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A Blue Ridge morning — politics, pay raises, crime
Greetings from Charlottesville, Va. I'm just down the street from Mr. Jefferson's university and heading to Monticello later this morning. Luminaries at the law school reunion I'm attending included...
View ArticleReminder: Opening at Boswell-Mourot
"Arkansas Artists & Their Works," work by Andy Huss, Winston Taylor, Megan Chapman with Stewart Bremner and Melissa Wilkinson, opens tonight at Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, at 5816 Kavanaugh Blvd.,...
View ArticleSaturday open line
Here it is. Sorry for slacking today. There is this:* ROAD RAGE: What police are calling a road rage incident on I -30 led to the shooting of a man in MacArthur Park. Fox 16 is on it. [ Subscribe to...
View ArticleTravel day here
I'm going to be out of pocket most of the day winding my way home. So proceed at your own risk and speed. Not much to report this morning;* SCHOOL CHOICE MEANS WHAT?A good rundown in Stephens Media on...
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