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Befuddled
Video-game-style gunplay almost does in 'Dead Man Down.' by Sam EiflingWhether you think "Dead Man Down" is a bad movie, a good one, or something between, you must allow at least that, at the most...
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Films in bloom
LR, Ozark film festivals highlight in spring. by David KoonFilms in bloomLR, Ozark film festivals highlight in spring.Though young men's fancy may turn to thoughts of love in the springtime, if you're...
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Distinctions
Arkansas has the diamonds, and now we seem to be acquiring a reputation as the state most resistant to the requirements of the U.S. Constitution.Arkansas has the diamonds, and now we seem to be...
View ArticleThe people rule: looking ahead to 2014 initiated acts
Last week, a proposal by state Rep. Butch Wilkins (D-Bono) to raise the state's minimum wage was easily, and unsurprisingly, defeated in a House committee. However, thanks to Arkansas's initiative...
View ArticleHumans should be more humane
We thought things would be different. After years of fighting for the basic rights of "pets" in 2009 we finally reached a positive outcome when the felony animal cruelty bill was signed into...
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Impending tunes
George Strait, Fleetwood Mac, Wakarusa and more. by Robert BellKicking off the 2013 stretch of spring music, on the first official day of the season, are the libidinous Oklahoma hard-rockers in...
View ArticleIt was a good week for undocumented students
It was also a good week for Bill Clinton. It was a bad week for women, an escape, voter suppression and Weiner High School.It was a good week for ...UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS. Sen. Joyce Elliott filed a...
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Deadline met
This was the scene outside the clerk's office Monday, the last day for legislators to file bills. DEADLINE MET: This was the scene outside the clerk's office Monday, the last day for legislators to...
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Spring arts calendar
Music, theater and more.SPRING ARTS CALENDARGREATER LITTLE ROCKARTMARCH 22-MAY 5: "Ron Meyers: A Potter's Menagerie exhibition." Plates, platters, bowls, yunomi, drawings. Arkansas Arts Center.MARCH...
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Time for Valley of the Vapors
Independent Music Festival enters ninth year. by Robert BellWow. Can it really be that it's only the ninth annual Valley of the Vapors that's upon us? Seems like only 2005 that the upstart independent...
View ArticleGod done it
We get a lot of tips here in the office — good tips, bad tips, tips that turn out to be the truth even though you would have bet a dollar to a dogtick there was no way that could be true. Tips are the...
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Saturday and Sunday To-Do: Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's 'American Songbook'
ARKANSAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 'AMERICAN SONGBOOK'8 p.m. Robinson Center Music Hall. $18-$58.This weekend, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra sets its sights on the Great American Songbook. Conductor Philip...
View ArticleThank you Boston Phoenix morning line
*FELLOW TRAVELERS: After "keeping Boston indie since 1966," the Boston Phoenix announced yesterday that it will cease publication. Obviously, this kind of thing hits home for us. Lindsey may have more...
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Saturday To-Do: Cody Belew
CODY BELEW7 p.m. Beebe High School. $15.Beebe native Cody Belew gives back this weekend by returning to his hometown to play a benefit concert to raise money for Project Graduation. According to his...
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Saturday To-Do: Se7en Sharp
SE7EN SHARP8:30 p.m. Cornerstone Pub and Grill.Well this is a bummer: After three years, an album, and a bunch of shows (including the 2012 Times Showcase and shows benefiting St. Jude's and the Boys...
View ArticleRick Fahr launches his news drone
Rick Fahr, the new general manager and publisher of the online-only River Valley Leader, has posted the first video shot from the paper's unmanned aerial vehicle. It ain't much (above), but you can...
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Saturday: Josh Abbott Band, Modoc, St. Patrick's Day Block Party and more
Red Dirt country is gonna roll into town, when The Josh Abbott Band plays an 18-and-older show at Revolution, 9 p.m., $12 adv., $15 day of. For some catchy, awesomely unfussy Southern rock 'n' roll,...
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Saturday art: Cefalo at Gallery 26
Stephen Cefalo, painter of lush, masterly narrative portraits, opens a new show Saturday at Gallery 26, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd. Here's his statement about the new works in "The World is Flat":Although...
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Anti-Obamacare lost causers bring in the Cannon
The D-G's Charlie Frago tweets that the Cato Institute's Michael Cannon will testify before the Senate Insurance and Commerce committee on March 19. Remember him? We told you keep that name in mind...
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