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Meet chef Alexis Jones and a first look at Natchez Restaurant
Natchez is one of the latest restaurants to open its doors to the patrons of downtown Little Rock. Natchez derives its name from the Mississippi city in which chef/owner Alexis Jones’ mother was...
View ArticleFeds indict 21 in meth distribution bust
The U.S. attorney today announced the indictment of 21 people on drug and weapons charges related to a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring that obtained the drug in Texas and dispatched it by...
View ArticleThe affirmative action line
The line is open. Closing out:* AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LIVES IN MICHIGAN: A federal appeals court today declared a Michigan ban on affirmative action in college admissions was unconstitutional. The full...
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Montego Cafe to open on Thanksgiving Day
Main Street's newest addition, Montego Cafe, will have a soft lunch opening Monday, Nov. 19 and a grand opening Thanksgiving evening in the space that was once Porter's Jazz Cafe. Montego is a...
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Film Seeks Local Talent for Role of Patsy Cline
For any karaoke queens with the pipes for “Crazy,” here’s your chance to make it on the big screen. Chase Film Productions is coming to Little Rock as part of a national search for someone to play...
View ArticleFive killed in Highway 7 crash in Hot Spring County
Channel 4 reports that five people were called in a crash on Highway 7 in Hot Spring County last night. The wreck blocked the highway for hours and details remain sketchy.[ Subscribe to the comments on...
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Family values congressman exposed in Tennessee court
The reader who passed this along commented accurately that the story about Tennessee Republican Congressman Scott DesJarlais sets a new standard for hypocrisy.He was recently re-elected easily in...
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Obama again won social media and the people who use them
An interesting analysis in the New York Times on President Obama's apparent dominance - again - in 2012 in social media. Short version: Old white men watch cable TV. Younger people - particularly women...
View ArticleYour secretary of state's office at work
I've heard from a deaf voter in Fayetteville, Ava Adams, who's posted a long comment on Facebook about difficulties in voting and her unhappiness about subsequent dealings with Secretary of State Mark...
View ArticleSaturday To-Do: Timothy K. Moore, Bianca Phillips
TIMOTHY K. MOORE11 a.m.-1 p.m. Pyramid Art, Books & Custom Framing. Free.BIANCA PHILLIPSNoon-3 p.m. Green Corner Store. Free.For 364 days a year, it pretty much sucks being vegan in Little Rock....
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Saturday: Steve Madden, Jokers Wild Comedy Tour and more
You can meet footwear magnate Steve Madden at the Park Plaza Mall Dillard's 2:30 p.m. Discovery has several Cool Shoes alums, including DJ Max, Wolf-e-Wolf, Jason D, Kichen and g-force. As always,...
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Saturday To-Do: Cannibal Corpse
CANNIBAL CORPSE9 p.m. Juanita's. $17 adv., $20 day of.Ah Cannibal Corpse, one of the longest-running and most successful death metal bands ever. Besides earning the enmity of Sen. Bob Dole and a cameo...
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Saturday To-Do: 607 and Bear Colony
607, BEAR COLONY9 p.m. Revolution. $6.All right, Adrian Tillman, a.k.a. 607, is back with "YIK3LIF3! The Lord and The Duchess," his follow-up to last year's "YIK3S!" It's been out since Halloween, 19...
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Win tickets to Cirque Holidaze Dream
So there's this Cirque Elf who's been running wild all over Central Arkansas. We managed somehow to get photos of him at five different places. If you can correctly identify where he's at in the five...
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Mosaic Templars new director: Sericia Cole
Sericia Cole, who's been the interim director of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center since March, when she replaced previous director H.L. McGill, has been named the permanent director. Her hiring was...
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Food Feedback Friday
Friday again and we’re looking for your fabulous feedback. Last week’s discussion brought us a long list of wonderful suggestions, enough to keep me busy for quite a while. We heard about the smoked...
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Family awarded $2.97 million in trooper crash case
The Arkansas Claims Commission has awarded $2.97 million to the family of Vickie Lynn Freemyer, who was killed by a speeding state trooper, Andrew Rhew, who was responding to a call without warning...
View ArticleIf you could spend the day with a fictional character . . .
Every so often a question gets stuck in my head, and like on previous occasions, I have asked others to weigh in it. Earlier this year, I asked folks what questions were being ignored during the GOP...
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Sooooo much art — Museum School Sale
The Arkansas Arts Center's annual Museum School Sale kicks off tonight (Friday) for members and opens to the public tomorrow at Clear Channel Metroplex. Featured is work by students and faculty in...
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Is a health exchange back on for Arkansas?
The Obama administration announced late Thursday that it would extend until Dec. 14 the deadline for states to say whether they'd like to run their own health insurance exchanges under the federal...
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