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Saturday To-Do: 'Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody'
'SPANK! THE FIFTY SHADES PARODY'8 p.m. Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville. $20-$45.If ever there were a cultural phenomenon that was ripe for mercilessly sadistic mockery, it is the so-called erotic...
View ArticleShooting victim dies; fire victim identified
Little Rock Police Sgt. Cassandra Davis reports that Jaxson Guinn, 19, of Morrilton has died of gunshot wounds in a shooting near 27th and Battery about 12:40 p.m. Thursday. Guinn reportedly drove...
View ArticleTim Atkinson to lead Arkansas Science and Technology Authority
Tim Atkinson of North Little Rock, who's been assistant provost at UCA, will be the new president of the Arkansas Science and Technology authority. He succeeds the retired John Ahlen.Release...
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Saturday To-Do: Arkansans for Equality Benefit Show
ARKANSANS FOR EQUALITY BENEFIT SHOW9 p.m. Revolution. $5.Here's the sort of show you can go to and rock out with your friends and throw down and all that, but you'll also be supporting a great cause....
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Saturday: Mya at Discovery
Acclaimed R&B singer Mya comes to Discovery Nightclub Saturday. Also performing will be Nicky Parrish, Rodney Block/Black Superman Experience, Brandon Peck, Sleepy, JMZ Dean, Crawley, Dominique...
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Leslie Rutledge to make Republican run for attorney general
Leslie Rutledge, a Batesville native lawyer now practicing in Little Rock who has a long history of work with Republican politicians as well as the national Republican Party, will announce her...
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GOP hawks raise $100,000 for Tom Cotton
It's not exactly surprising (Politico) that Republican foreign policy hawks churned up $100,000 this week for the Club for Growth's Tom Cotton, temporary CFB emissary to the 4th District of Arkansas....
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UPDATE: Jacksonville man killed by police
David Goins at Fox 16 provides the photo by Twitter and a brief report that a Jacksonville man was shot by police on a domestic call on Madden Road. No word yet on his condition. No officer was...
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George Washington is everywhere
If you are interested in the father of our country, you're in luck: Three Arkansas museums are exhibiting various effects of George Washington, including Bibles, documents and portraits. For folks in...
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Geo. Wash postscript: Reception tonight
Curt Viebranz, president of Mount Vernon, and author Joseph Ellis will be special guests tonight at a reception for the Clinton Presidential Center's exhibition"A Tribute to George Washington" (see...
View ArticleAgain a Republican disses the 1st Amendment
I've complained before and undoubtedly will again about Republican disrespect for the 1st Amendment. The 2nd? That's another matter.You know what I mean. Expressing opposition to Republican viewpoints...
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Lyon College to add football in 2015
Funny. I was just trying to talk my wife this morning into planning a Hendrix College Warrior tailgate this fall for the school's inaugural football season.Now comes word that Lyon College in...
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Coming to Thea: Eric Forstmann
Work by New York realist painter Eric Forstmann, who has created a painting, "Six @ 3 p.m.," for the Thea Foundation, will be on exhibit from Aug. 5-9 at Thea, 401 Main St. in Argenta. Thea will sell...
View ArticleThe quality schools open line
It's Friday night and the line is open early because I have places to go. Final notes:* SCHOOLS: BETTER THAN YOU THOUGHT: The Democrat-Gazette had some of this news this morning, but you had to get...
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The Black Helicopters Over the White River Edition
Three big U.S. Supreme Court cases and what they mean for Arkansas, controversy over Blueways, the immigration debate in Congress and the trial of former LRPD officer Josh Hastings — all covered on...
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Will Phillips to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance thanks to DOMA ruling
Remember Will Phillips? He's the West Fork fifth grader who got in a spot of trouble— but held his ground — for refusing to join Pledge of Allegiance exercises, as is his constitutional right.Liberty...
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Lawyer offers free help to gay couple seeking Arkansas marriage license
A ripple passed yesterday through the small but vibrant and growing community that supports marriage equality in Arkansas.Jack Wagoner, a Little Rock lawyer, posted this comment on the Facebook page of...
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Cakes with a kick at Katie Connally Confections
"Candy is dandy," poet Ogden Nash famously observed, "but liquor is quicker." But as Karen Connally sets up the Hillcrest Farmers Market table that will hold the baked goods bearing her grandmother...
View ArticleSleepy Saturday open line
News? Not much. The Pulaski sheriff's office recovered a male body from an Arkansas River backwater not far from the Burns Park boat ramp, but little else is known at this moment.Happier news is that...
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First Cherokee Purple and the perfect poached egg
Now, a lot of folks don't believe me when I tell them that the best poached egg in Little Rock comes from the back of a food truck, but I swear to you all it's the truth. The truck in question is...
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