It was a good week for medical shopping
It was also a good week for a Tech Board reality check, homicide, a new candidate and a shooter. It was a bad week for Pulaski County Special School District, college students and school teachers.It...
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Locally made at the Little Rock Film Fest
The latest from Daniel Campbell highlights LRFF Arkansas program. by Lindsey MillarDaniel Campbell took the first film he ever made to the Little Rock Film Festival in 2010. He didn't expect much. He...
View ArticlePartisan justice
I had a nice visit with Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Rhonda Wood last week. by Max BrantleyI had a nice visit with Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Rhonda Wood last week.She and I had engaged...
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Fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss raises millions for Heifer
His love of Heifer has morphed into a fundraising juggernaut with a life of its own. by Eric FrancisPatrick Rothfuss looks at a goat and asks, "What if?"What if it wasn't just a barnyard animal. What...
View ArticleThe Libras play White Water
Also, Coolio comes to Discovery.THURSDAY 5/16Juanita's hosts "An Open Book: An Evening with Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October," 9 p.m., $25. The evening will include a Q&A, reading from his book...
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Ten to watch at the Little Rock Film Fest
Films not to miss. by David Koon, Lindsey Millar, Leslie Newell Peacock and David Ramsey'Blood Brother' Directed by Steve HooverThis film opens with nighttime footage of a young American man...
View ArticleForlorn GOP turns to Benghazi
If you are a beltway Republican, no antidote for the blues matches extended congressional hearings on a real or imagined national horror — that is, if it might heap dishonor on a Democratic...
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Tom Keifer at Revolution
Also, 'J Dilla Change My Life' at The Joint, Nathaniel Rich at South on Main, Good Time Ramblers at Stickyz, 607 Presents: Block Monster Party at Revolution, Running of the Tubs in Hot Springs and...
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A guide to the 2013 Little Rock Film Festival
With film picks, a survey of the Arkansas program, a complete schedule and more. by David Koon, Lindsey Millar, Leslie Newell Peacock and David RamseyA downtown dream realized for Little Rock Film...
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A downtown dream realized for Little Rock Film Festival
Screens straddle the river. by Lindsey MillarThe plan, so pie-in-the-sky for so long, is finally coming together: In its seventh year, the Little Rock Film Festival has become a downtown festival....
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Any public-university trustees considering merger of their tax-supported teaching hospital with a Catholic hospital should ponder these wise words from Americans United for Separation of Church and...
View ArticleJim Something
Back during grad school, way down in Louisiana, The Observer met a man who — and we're a solid 85 percent sure on this one — was probably in the witness protection program. We can't remember his name...
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Huge fire damages Forest Place apartments
Top news this morning is the enormous fire that broke out not long after midnight at the Forest Place apartments on North University Avenue. Times photographer Brian Chilson, who lives in the complex,...
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Guns and fetuses: A legislative review
Crazy Davy Carter, the House speaker who is a potential Republican candidate for governor, won headlines all over today for remarks at a legislative conference in Hot Springs that Republicans need to...
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Introducing The Little Rock Pie Cycle: Taking sweet to the street
I'm continuously amazed by the opportunities I’ve had to find great eats in the most unlikely of places. This is probably a phenomenon seen in many cities around the country, but it’s certainly true in...
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Good news for Arkansas lottery
No winners of the big prize in yesterday's Powerball drawing, which means the jackpot Saturday will go to $475 $550 million, which would be the second largest. That should spur sales significantly, a...
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Friday To-Do: Good Time Ramblers
GOOD TIME RAMBLERS9 p.m. Stickyz.The Good Time Ramblers are probably a familiar name to most Times readers. The five-piece has spent the last several years honing an Americana sound with roots in the...
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Arkansas graded F on independent political spending disclosure
The least surprising news of the day, but useful confirmation nonetheless. A new report from the National Institute on Money in State Politics about most states' failure to require meaningful...
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"Best of the South" at Greg Thompson and more
Greg Thompson Fine Art, 429 Main St., opens its annual "Best of the South"exhibition Friday, a show featuring works by Walter Anderson, Guy Bell, Daniel Blagg, J.O. Buckley, Carroll Cloar, William...
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