Va. candidate favors criminalizing adultery, oral sex
Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, is about as extreme as they come. But, in this, you have to give him points for a sort-of wild-eyed consistency.He favors prosecution...
View ArticleMosaic Templars closed July 27
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center at 9th and Broadway will be closed Saturday, July 27, so new air conditioning can be installed. The museum of black history and entrepreneurship will reopen at 9...
View ArticleWilliam Shatner to remind us all that it's 'Shatner's World: We Just Live in It'
Actor, singer, voiceover megastar, "Rescue 911" host, celebrity spokesman and living icon William Shatner will bring his one-man show, "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It" to the Walton Arts Center in...
View ArticleCALS to begin offering free digital magazines starting Aug. 5
The Central Arkansas Library System continues to expand its free digital offerings with the announcement this week that beginning Aug. 5, members will be able to choose from more than 60 magazine...
View ArticleTable 28, soon to be seating
Chef Scott Rains’ idea of modern American cuisine is this: A quail lollipop served with Tobasco butter and gorgonzola fondue. Smoked octopus with fava beans and kalamata olives. A spinach and...
View ArticleLeadership change at Public Defender Commission
In answer to several who've asked: All I've been able to shake out of the Public Defender Commission about some recent developments there is a brief e-mail from Chairman Jerry Larkowski that a press...
View Article50/50/50: Alexander Calder
It's Tuesday, and time for the latest art installment in the "50 Works/ 50 Weeks/ 50 Years" atrium exhibit celebrating the Arkansas Arts Center's 50th year. The work, selected by director of...
View ArticleThe 3 Best: Pizza
There are few foods in this world more universally loved than pizza. To young and old alike, pizza is a part of our American culinary fabric no matter how “Italian” its roots may be. We’ve got a...
View ArticleThe British are coming: "Crossing Borders" at OA
"Crossing Borders,"an exhibition of work by six artists, including British photographer Chris King and organized by British gallery owner and native Arkansan Susan Mumford, opens Wednesday, July 31, at...
View ArticleThe line is open
Flail away. Final words:* REFORM SCHOOL: The great Common Core debate ground on for a second day today at the Capitol, with more speakers this time around from the pro-side of the coin. One Republican...
View ArticleSnail tale fail
Animated 'Turbo' doesn't bring much new to the table. by Emily Witt"Turbo" is the story of a snail named Theo who just wants to race in the Indy 500. Theo is an animated snail (both visually and...
View ArticleJason Boland returns to Revolution
Also, The Almost at Juanita's, Chanel West Coast at Discovery, Theory of a Deadman at Magic Springs, Wiz Khalifa at First Security Amphitheatre and 'The Identity Theft of Mitch Mustain' at White Water...
View ArticleThe skin man: Stephen Cefalo
Times readers named him best artist.Stephen Cefalo (pronounced se-FA-lo), 37, has spent two decades painting figures, his main interest "representing skin." Now, says the Times' Readers Choice for Best...
View ArticleJesus no help
here's troubling news from Florida for state Rep. Debra Hobbs of Rogers, who's seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination and says she has God's backing in the race.There's troubling news from...
View ArticleBest of Arkansas 2013 readers' poll
Our annual survey reaches adulthood.Goods and servicesShopping CenterPromenade at ChenalRunners-up: Park Plaza Mall, Pleasant Ridge Town Center, MidtowneGrocery StoreKrogerLocal winner: Edwards Food...
View ArticleSavers tops thrift list
It's our church in the religion of More. by David KoonThough there are plenty of folks who try to make the case that America is a Christian Nation and always has been, this writer would argue that the...
View ArticleGriffin's fight for futility
If insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, it's tempting to observe that congressional Republicans have gone stark, raving mad. My own GOP...
View ArticleRodney Block and the Real Music Lovers play The Joint
Also, Mothwind come to White Water Tavern.THURSDAY 7/25Downtown Music Hall has an evening of chuggy, palm-muted metal, with Volumes, Once Exiled, From Which We Came, Seamless, Fear the Aftermath, 7...
View ArticleSitting petty at the Capitol
This column is about matters of little moment, unless petty waste and vanity aggravate you inordinately. by Ernest DumasThis column is about matters of little moment, unless petty waste and vanity...
View ArticlePie for Martha Shoffner
You'll need lots of dough.Arkansas Times readers rightly selected former state Treasurer Martha Shoffner, currently awaiting trial on charges she steered state bond business to a bond broker who paid...
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