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Food Feedback Friday
It’s Friday again, folks, and this weekend has come not a moment too soon. With the miserably cold weather beginning to relent just a tad, I’m sure many of us look forward to thawing out and returning...
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Saturday: Dikki Du & The Zydeco Krewe, VOV documentary, Whale Fire and more
Dikki Du & The Zydeco Krewe return with their party-starting bayou-country Louisiana jams, 18-and-older, Stickyz, 9 p.m., $5. White Water Tavern screens a documentary about the Valley of the Vapors...
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Here are some photos of Justin Bieber at Verizon Arena
Our tireless photographer Brian Chilson braved a significant risk of exposure to Bieber Fever to bring us some shots from last night's Justin Bieber performance at Verizon Arena.Anybody else shocked to...
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Nate Bell finds an acorn
I get lots of opportunities to make cracks about right-wing Republican legislator Nate Bell of Mena. But credit where due. I liked his Facebook post today on distribution of free passes to Oaklawn...
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Sports concussions: Bells are rung in Arkansas, too
Of course there's an Arkansas angle to the developing story of the lasting brain damage now being linked to football thanks to inadequate equipment, poor technique and, even with all precautions, the...
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Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken coming to Little Rock
Rumors started floating in yesterday in the comment thread of our post yesterday on the imminent closure of Redbone's Downtown, but we can now confirm: Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken, a restaurant GQ...
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Check in on the contestants in the Root Cafe/Arkansas Times Beard-Growing...
Surely you've heard all about the upcoming Root Cafe/Arkansas Times Beard-Growing Contest, which will go down Feb. 9 at the South Main Mardi Gras celebration.If you were wondering how all the beards...
View ArticleUA: For now, no fee on charitable contributions
Arkansas Business reports that the University of Arkansas, for now, will not take a percentage from its charitable donations to pay for its fund-raising and marketing operations.The advancement...
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Mary Shelton, Sean LeCrone, Rex Deloney, Marty Smith
Named (respectively) in the headline are just a few of the artists who'll have work at Christ Church, Gallery 221, Hearne Fine Art and the Historic Arkansas Museum at tonight's 2nd Friday Art Night...
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Here's a new War Chief song for your Friday music listening
The weekend draws nigh, so here's a brand new tune from War Chief to either ease you weekend warriors into two days of relaxation or help propel you through your shift or shifts, if Saturday and Sunday...
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"Gurdjieff Tradition in Art" at Gallery 26
"1.13.77: Influences of the Gurdjieff Tradition in Art,"artwork influenced by the spiritual teachings of George I. Gurdjieff, will be presented by the Gurdjieff Foundation of Arkansas from noon to 6...
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Lamoureux: coverage hole without expansion “not a good situation”
We’ve written a number of times about the ugly situation that would occur if Medicaid expansion doesn’t happen: folks that make between 100 and 400 percent of the federal poverty level will be getting...
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Zoinks! Little Rock Horror Picture Show kicks off with some meddling kids
The Little Rock Horror Picture Show announced its opening film today, a soon-to-be-re-titled horror comedy from director Spencer Parsons. Actually, the film did have a title —"Saturday Morning...
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Carter skeptical of savings from Medicaid expansion
Incoming House Speaker Davy Carter (R-Cabot) spoke at the Clinton School of Public Service today. As expected, Medicaid expansion was the hot topic. Carter sounded the same skeptical note we’ve been...
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Sentencing in Arkansas Tech hazing case
Four men initially charged with second degree battery, a Class D felony, in an Arkansas Tech hazing case that we reported on in September have pleaded guilty to hazing, a class D misdemeanor, and were...
View ArticleThe Friday line
You're on and I'm off. Closing out:* FOUR DEAD IN HOUSE FIRE: A family of four is believed to have perished in a house fire this morning in Timbo. KATV reports.* ALABAMA MAY BE NO. 1 BUT THEY'RE STILL...
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Showcase lineup announcement postponed
Well, today was supposed to be the day for the announcement of the 2013 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase, but because of some unforeseen circumstances regarding scheduling, we're going to have to push...
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The Tom Cotton WLFITU Edition
Dustin McDaniel's big apology, ethics reform, the coming legislative session, Tom Cotton WLFITU and the latest on the tech park—all covered on this week's edition of the podcast.Stream on the...
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Bob Crane at Cantrell Gallery
Head over to Cantrell Gallery tonight to see “ELEMENTAL Copper. Zinc. Clay. Wood. Bone. Stone. Oil. Watercolor,”multimedia work by Bob Crane. The reception starts at 6 p.m.; the show runs through March...
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UPDATE:LR police kill reported burglary suspect in chase
KATV reports that Little Rock police are on the scene of a reported shooting by a police officer at 14th and Brown about 10 a.m. today.UPDATE: Channel 4 reports that a man was fatally during a chase...
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