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Lawsuits filed over Little Rock police shooting deaths
MICHAEL LAUX: Has two more suits against LR police.As mentioned here Sunday, two more federal lawsuits were filed this afternoon challenging Little Rock police actions in shooting deaths.Both are the...
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Review: The Flaming Lips at Barnhill Arena
Michelle Martin CoyneThe Flaming Lips played Barnhill Arena Sunday night.The Flaming Lips have always remained a bit mysterious to me. Some people still call them a punk band based on their original...
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Sweet potato pie contest at Mosaic Templars
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the museum of black Arkansas entrepreneurship at 501 W. 9th St., is accepting entries for its first annual "Say it Ain't Say's" Sweet Potato Pie contest, open to...
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The election eve open line
POPUP HAY: Read below about developments on South Main.It's all over but some of the voting. Post your thoughts here. My final words today:* POPUP MAIN STREET: I mentioned a few days ago the Popup Main...
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Pulaski Tech adopts admission standards
NEW STANDARDS: Pulaski Tech will toughen admission next year.Pulaski Tech, the multi-campus two-year college that exploded to an 11,000-enrollment by opening the door to all comers, is making a...
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The election day morning report
* ELECTION DAY: Today's the day, though early voting likely has pre-ordained the outcome in many local races (the 75,000 votes cast in Pulaski ought to be broad enough to establish a trend in all but...
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Elections have consequences for the federal bench
President Barack Obama's re-election, as many have noted, has profound importance when it comes to federal judicial appointments. Most expect him to have further opportunities to fill vacancies on the...
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Car smashes into The Weekend Theater
UPDATE: The show must go on! Friday and Saturday's performances of "Raft of the Medusa" will take place as scheduled, though "seating will be limited to 49 seats due to our 'risers' being damaged,"...
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Saturday To-Do: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra: 'Beethoven & Blue Jeans'
ASO: 'BEETHOVEN & BLUE JEANS'8 p.m. Robinson Center Music Hall. $14-$52.The third installment of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Masterworks series is the ever-popular "Beethoven & Blue...
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Just in time for Christmas, another Mike Huckabee collection
Mike Huckabee, the Florida resident who once passed through Arkansas, has a new volume of musings out. It's in the form of letters to his grandchildren. Title: "Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett: A...
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Republican 'Civil War' rages nationally, but not in Arkansas
Politicois grouping its reporting on divisions and finger-pointing among defeated Republicans under the heading "GOP Civil War."It ought to make interesting reading.Already, you have Condi Rice saying...
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Cockrill, Creech, Wade, Palmer and apple pie drinks
There's so much going on between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. tonight downtown that you'll need to fleet of foot or ask the trolley driver to speed. There are new exhibits in the Butler Center Galleries, the...
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Sunday To-Do: The Wailers
THE WAILERS8 p.m. Revolution. $20 adv., $25 day of.Here's something that doesn't happen all that often. One of the living legends of reggae will be playing two shows in Arkansas this week. Obviously,...
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UPDATE: Arkansas House organizes, leadership change to wait until next week
The Arkansas House of Representatives-elect caucused this morning to draw seniority and committee assignments for the 2013 legislative sesson.Yet to come is what move the Republican Party will make...
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Saturday: The Sideshow Tragedy, Grind and Shine 2012, John Paul Keith and more
The acclaimed Texas blues rockers in The Sideshow Tragedy return to White Water Tavern in support of their latest album, "Persona," 9:30 p.m.Check out some Kansas City hip-hop at Vino's, which has...
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McCann, McCann and Burcham
Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, 5815 Kavanaugh Blvd., proves that art runs in the family with its new exhibition "Structure,"featuring oils and mixed media by Jason McCann and pastels on paper by his father,...
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Win tickets to Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's 'Beethoven & Bluejeans'
UPDATE: Congratulations to our winners: Michele Rodgers, Robin Hensley, Beverly Dickson, Jamey Johnson and Harold Hughes.The Times and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra are giving away five pairs of...
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Sen. Gilbert Baker lands UCA lobbying job at $132,000 a year
Outgoing Republican Sen. Gilbert Baker, with a retirement plan under his belt from the University of Central Arkansas already thanks to time on the music faculty, is heading back to the campus in more...
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Take a chance on Chinese Kitchen
We all need a place we can rely on for a quick, relatively cheap, decent meal. A place you can call on when you’ve got no desire to prepare a proper meal at home or to sit down for an extended period...
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Food Feedback Friday
The weekend approaches, I’m hungry, I know you are too. It’s time, once again, for Food Feedback Friday…a chance for all you wonderful people to sound off and share your restaurant hopes, dreams,...
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