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Friday: Burlesque at Maxine's, Eric Sommer at Midtown, 'Rocky Horror' at...
La Divina Productions brings its burlesque show to Maxine's Friday. Maxine's has burlesque troupes La Divina Productions and Foul Play Cabaret, 8 p.m., $10 adv., $12 door. Midtown brings back stalwart...
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Saturday To-Do: Reason in the Rock
Seth Andrews speaks at Reason in the Rock Saturday. REASON IN THE ROCK9:30 a.m. CALS Main Library. Free, but donations accepted. Out of the way, religious folk! Step aside, and let those who don't...
View ArticleAir Force veteran in latest ad for medical marijuana
Here's another one of those "anecdotes" the drug warriors want to dismiss as fiction in the push to legalize medical use of marijuana. He's an Air Force veteran suffering from post traumatic stress...
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ALERT: Muffin up at Panera, help Foodbank TODAY
Panera Bread at 10701 Kanis Road is having a soft opening today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and ALL proceeds from what sales will go to Arkansas Foodbank. It's another part of Panera's nationwide...
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New Yorker makes the case for Barack Obama
The New YorkerENDORSED: Image accompanying New Yorker's editorial.The editors of the New Yorker have written a tour de force endorsement of President Obama's re-election, a lengthy and specific...
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Wrapping up with Jimmy’s Serious Sandwiches
Jimmy's "Thai One On!"When patronizing sandwich shops or other similar establishments, I almost never order wraps. I’ve never quite understood the appeal of a wrap. It always seemed to be the mutant...
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Church and state and football at Cabot
ON CABOT''S BIG SCREEN: Church and state. (Photo by Arkansas Leader)Interesting note from a spectator at a 9th-grade football game in Cabot: Little Rock Central's 9th grade team played at Cabot last...
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Jim Walton asks — and gets — return of Loy Mauch contribution
NO LONGER WITH STUPID: Walton asks Mauch for money back.Lance Morgan, a consultant to the Walton family, has written the Arkansas Times to share a letter billionaire banker Jim Walton wrote Monday to...
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How ALEC slops legislative hogs to push corporate agenda
Common Cause has produced a great report on how the corporate-financed American Legislative Exchange Council spends millions on "scholarships" to take state legislators to posh resorts. There, in...
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Coping with the higher cost of newspapers
WHAT'LL YOU GIVE? Negotiating subscription terms.We've commented before that it's hard to get a fix on the price of an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette subscription. Different rates appear different places...
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Saturday: Tyrannosaurus Chicken, Artistry of the guitar and more
Tyrannosaurus Chicken plays at Stickyz Saturday. Tyrannosaurus Chicken brings its singular psyche/blues/trance rock to Stickyz, 9:30 p.m., $6. The 10th Annual Mud Run is at Two Rivers Park, 9 a.m.,...
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Food Feedback Friday
Chicken and dumplings from The Southern Gourmasian Once again, it's time to give us all the juicy details on where and what you ate this week. Whether you found a new gem of a place tucked behind some...
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'Rapture Us' reaches fundraising goal
You'll recall that the Times spoke with local writer and filmmaker Levi Agee last week about the realities of raising money to make a movie. Agee's "Rapture Us" had been accepted by the nonprofit...
View ArticlePSC approves Entergy switch on power agency
Thanks to Roby Brock for heads up on an Arkansas Public Service Commission order that permits Entergy Arkansas to move forward on an agreement with a new power transmission agency, Indiana-based MISO....
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Sunday: Galactic with Corey Glover
Joe Ely plays at Revolution Sunday. New Orleans funk/fusion favorites Galactic with Living Color lead singer Cory Glover play Juanita's, 7 p.m., $22 adv., $25 day of. Texas country legend Joe Ely is...
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Here's the lineup for the fall season of 'AETN Presents'
"AETN Presents" starts Nov. 2 with a performance from Don't Stop Please. It's officially fall now, and in addition to the nice cooler temperatures, majestic golden foliage and gusty, autumnal splendor...
View ArticleAnother Friday night open line
Over to you. Finishing up (and if Meatloaf and Mitt Romney's singing don't tell you this campaign has gone on long enough, you are a glutton for punishment): * ABOUT THAT ELECTORAL COLLEGE THINGY:...
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The Long Groan Edition
The presidential election, the latest gem from Lt. Gov. Mark Darr, new leadership at the Game and Fish and a whole bunch of poll numbers — all discussed on this week's show. Stream on the jump....
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Morning notes — desegregation, Planned Parenthood, Game and Fish
At last. Fall. Fine for football. Some odds and ends: NO DEMAGOGUE: Pulaski Superintendent Jerry Guess.* GIVE JERRY GUESS A MEDAL: Jerry Guess left a successful school district to take a tough...
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Employer coercion brought to you by Citizens United
A new wrinkle of corporate personhood, thanks to the Republican Supreme Court bloc's Citizens United decision, is this, as reported in the New York Times: Until 2010, federal law barred companies from...
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