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Stephano's II in the works
Stephano's Fine Art will open a second gallery, Stephano's II, later this month at B.A. Framer at R and Grant streets. The gallery will have a grand opening from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 20 at the second...
View ArticleSchool vouchers don't work
You just have to follow Diane Ravitch if you live in this land of Stepford legislators who accept pronouncements from the Billionaire Boys Club school reform lobby as holy writ. If a Walton says it —...
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Speaker Carter gets touchy on senator's outburst
The Arkansas legislature faces a six-day week next week because of the need for extended meetings to complete action on pending business before the currently scheduled end of the session April 19.Side...
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Gun nuttery: We ain't done yet
I couldn't begin to catalogue all the steps taken by the Arkansas legislature to combat a problem that doesn't exist. Has anybody tried to limit guns in Arkansas in the last 40 years?But the lawmakers...
View ArticleUpping the ante: the ever-increasing level of violence in crucifixion scenes...
Whenever I watch a documentary or movie about Robert F. Kennedy, and we are drawn ever closer to his tragic shooting in that California hotel, I am sick with anticipation. I always know how it will...
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Live, it's Saturday night
The line is open. Finishing up, I start above with a fine bit of Facebooking by the Greers Ferry Lake Natural Gas Watch, which is concerned about the potential that fracking could affect Greers Ferry...
View ArticleRainy days and Sundays
Hmmm. Late and not much to bring at this point, either:* HAPPY EASTER: I did join a good crowd beneath the River Market pavilions for Pulaski Methodist's sunrise service this morning and did get to...
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There will be oil and an open line
Slow and improving day. The line is open.* SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PAY: Above is a photograph from a Facebook page that is said to show oil pooling in a Mayflower yard from the Exxxon Mobil pipeline...
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Another major oil spill; and Nate Bell pulls back on eminent domain bill
By EPA standards, the oil spill at Mayflower wasn't the only major one in Arkansas this month.See Mike McNeil's Magnolia Reporter.Its story details a "mess" in Union Columbia County, where 1,500...
View ArticleThrough the back door with money for home schoolers
Good story from Rob Moritz of Stephens Media on an underhanded little ol' amendment from Sen. Johnny Key of Mountain Home to open the flood gates of state money to support home schoolers with tax...
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Tuesday: The Frontier Circus at White Water, Amy Grant at UCA
Arkansas's finest psych/garage/country shredders The Frontier Circus play White Water Tavern, with The Rolling Blackouts, 10 p.m., $5. CCM/pop crossover giant Amy Grant plays at UCA's Reynolds...
View ArticleExxon Mobil's oil leak report
Exxon Mobil has established a webpage with information on the major spill of heavy Canadian crude from a break in its Pegasus pipeline near Mayflower.PS — Much to be learned about pipeline safety as...
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Speaker Davy Carter's got game — nobody loves guns more
Good way to distract attention from unhappiness over House Speaker Davy Carter's failure to move expeditiously enough for some Republicans on the House vote to legalize vote suppression (voter ID) in...
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Pizzeria Santa Lucia brings a slice of Naples to Arkansas
If the ever-expanding food truck movement over the past few years has taught us one thing, it's that often, food from a mobile kitchen can be as good—or sometimes better—than anything offered by a...
View ArticleFederal report backgrounds Nuclear One accident
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has posted an initial report on the accident Sunday at Arkansas Nuclear One that killed one worker and injured others. Machinery moving a 500-ton generator part...
View ArticleArkansas housing sales report mixed in February
The Arkansas Realtors Association report on housing sales in Arkansas February shows the number of sales down slightly from a year ago, by 1.5 percent, but prices up by more than 7 percent.Sharp gains...
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Another honor for chef Watkins
You read here in February that Capital Hotel pastry chef Tandra Watkins was a semifinalist for a James Beard Award. Now, Watkins has been nominated by Food & Wine Magazine as a finalist in the...
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Horns double Bernice sculpture award
Attention sculptors applying to the Bernice Garden 2013 Sculpture Project: Art patrons John and Robyn Horn this year are doubling the award amount to $6,000 to artists whose works are selected for the...
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Little Rock Film Festival moves downtown, adds new $10,000 prize
The Little Rock Film Festival will achieve organizers long-stated goal of having a walkable festival this year. All of the festival's venues will be within walking distance from downtown Little Rock...
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House overrides Beebe veto of voter ID bill
At 2:20 p.m., the House is hearing arguments from Rep. Stephen Meeks to override Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of the bill to require a photo ID to vote in Arkansas.The bill is a carbon copy of legislation...
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