Jeanfo sculptures stolen
I talked this morning to the Hot Springs sculptor Jeanfo about the theft last week of 12 steel sculptures from the open sculpture garden at his Rugg Street studio. Police apprehended one suspect at a...
View ArticleThe Tuesday night line
It's back. Not new and improved. But back. Sorry about last night. My fault. Closing out. * REFRESHER COURSE ON ETHICS: AP reports that House and Senate leaders will hold a "seminar" on ethics Sept....
View ArticleTake your seat at Table 28
A restaurant taking the place of the (now-relocated) Vesuvio Bistro in the Best Western Governors Suites hotel has clearly got some rather large shoes to fill. I’ve always considered the old Vesuvio...
View ArticleAsk Asa: The Republican candidate on Twitter
Asa Hutchinson, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, took questions on Twitter tonight. They were mostly softballs. Will you please stop this turrible Obamacare? You know I will. You can see some of...
View ArticleThursday-Monday To-Do: Arkansas Travelers
ARKANSAS TRAVELERSVarious times. Dickey-Stephens Park. $4-$12.It is a sure sign that summer's winding down: the end of the regular season of minor league baseball. The Arkansas Travelers will finish...
View ArticleThursday-Sunday To-Do: Hot Springs Blues Festival
HOT SPRINGS BLUES FESTIVALVarious times and venues. $10 per day or $15 for full pass.Blues fans, y'all probably will want to head down to The Spa City this weekend for the 17th Annual Hot Springs Blues...
View ArticleThursday: LR 48 Hour Film Project, Jason Eady and more
The Little Rock 48 Hour Film Project will screen films from its latest two-day moviemaking scramble at the Marriot Hotel Downtown (formerly The Peabody) Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m., $8. The...
View ArticleThursday: The Wailers at Revolution
Reggae fans, take note: The Wailers return to town for a show at Revolution, Thursday, 8 p.m., $20. Here's what we had to say last time they were in town.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleBloodless Cooties at Stickyz
Also, Arkansas Travelers, Hot Springs Blues Festival, The Hood Internet at Revolution, 'Pregnant by the Pastor: The Aftermath' and DJ Paul. by Robert BellTHURSDAY 8/29- MONDAY 9/2ARKANSAS...
View ArticleIt was a good week for a change in rheteroic
It was also a good week for double standards. It was a bad week for Sen. Paul Bookout, University of Arkansas Administration and the University of Arkansas Athletic Department.It was a good week for...
View ArticleCentral Arkansas Water fights to move Exxon pipeline
Short of relocation, the water utility takes steps to mitigate risk. by Elizabeth McGowanCentral Arkansas Water is aware that its push to relocate the compromised Pegasus oil pipeline out of its...
View ArticleProtect voters
Mark Pryor and Democrats generally believe that people should be allowed to vote. Arkansas Republicans, including presumably Tom Cotton, believe that people should be allowed to vote if they'll vote...
View ArticleIt's the end of the world and they feel drunk
'The World's End' does genre mash right. by Mike Powell"The World's End" is a sci-fi movie about a dystopian parallel universe in which people are replaced by more efficient versions of themselves,...
View ArticleRun, rarebit
A food columnist's reference to "Welsh rarebit" did not go down well with Stanley Johnson, who notes that the original term was "Welsh rabbit," an English coinage poking fun at the Welsh. by Doug...
View ArticlePeddling impeachment
Sometimes politics is like high-stakes poker. If you look around the table after a few hands and you can't tell who's the pigeon, citizen, chances are it's you: the guy who plunked down $26.95 for a...
View ArticleRenauds find new outlet: Al Jazeera America
Little Rock filmmaking brothers do work for new network. by Lindsey MillarCraig and Brent Renaud know how to film difficult settings. The filmmaker brothers from Little Rock have made documentaries...
View ArticleInterpreting the dream
Fifty years today back in the mists of history, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech changed America, but it is anybody's guess...
View ArticleHome cookin' no longer served daily
Brian Cormack submitted this photo of Bullock's, an abandoned restaurant in Helena, to our Eye On Arkansas Flickr group. HOME COOKING NO LONGER SERVED DAILY: Brian Cormack submitted this photo of...
View ArticleEl Palenque does cheap, tasty fare right
Serves authentic Mex on the north side of town.Any Little Rock Mexican food enthusiast worth his/her salt already knows that some of the finest south-of-the-border cuisine is readily found...
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