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Win tickets to Cirque Holidaze Dream
UPDATE: Congrats to Charis Cook, who won a family four-pack of tickets, and Sharon Sweeney and Melanie Berman, who each won a pair of tickets.So there's this Cirque Elf who's been running wild all over...
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Freethinkers: They're not making 'war' on Christmas or Charlie Brown
In case you missed it, Channel 4 reported recently on Terry School parents unhappy about a planned outing to Agape Church to see a production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas."The parents felt the...
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Grand Serenade to air on AETN Presents
Grand Serenade, a brooding indie-rock quartet, played before a studio audience at "AETN Presents" in July, and on Friday, Nov. 23, at 6:30 p.m., that performance will air on KETS. All the guys in Grand...
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Thursday: Montego opens and more
If you're looking for an excuse to get out of the house on Thanksgiving, you can check out the new restaurant and venue Montego. It's in the former Porter's Jazz Cafe location on Main Street, and...
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Crystal Bridges hoax
Max Brantley has, again, beat me to the punch on the latest art world news: The fake website that mimics Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's own but posts a letter purportedly from Alice Walton...
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Little Rock budget increases subsidy to Little Rock Chamber
I erupted last night when I discovered the proposed Little Rock city budget for 2013 included a new appropriation directed toward the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce. I've written much about...
View ArticleThe Thanksgiving eve open line
You're up. Let the open line and cooking chores begin. Final words:* THE SILICON PRAIRIE: Interesting article in the New York Times today about tech startups in the upper Midwest. There's some...
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The Rapid-Fire, Black Wednesday Edition
Jon Gruden, a pay raise for Jeff Long, a prank on Crystal Bridges, Rep. John Burris and ethics, Pulaski County going all "wet," new judicial appointments, layoffs at St. Vincent, more corporate welfare...
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Arkansas Sports 360 fans note: Jim Harris lives on new sports website
The Arkansas Business Publishing Group shut down its Arkansas Sports 360 effort recently, leaving a significant on-line audience with withdrawal symptoms for the loss of timely sports reporting and...
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Sentimental journey
Indulge me. While many of you feast, I'll be traveling. My trip will mark the last stop on a long journey.It began June 22, 1921 in the modest cabin you see above, in rural Laclede, Idaho. It was there...
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Friday To-Do: Jazz vs. Hip-Hop V: 'The Black Out'
JAZZ VS. HIP-HOP V: 'THE BLACK OUT'9 p.m. Twelve Modern Lounge. $10-$15.The "Jazz vs. Hip-Hop" series continues with a fifth installment, featuring trumpeter Rodney Block & The Real Music Lovers...
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Friday To-Do: The Main Thing's 'A Fertle Holiday'
THE MAIN THING'S 'A FERTLE HOLIDAY'8 p.m. The Joint. $20.With Election Day 2012 now thankfully in the rearview mirror, the folks behind The Main Thing (The Joint's in-house comedy team) have retired...
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Weekend: Reggae night at Montego, FreeVerse, The Schwag and more
FRIDAY 11/23White Water Tavern hosts the Velvet Kente Dance Party, with DJ Prophet and DJ Swift, 10 p.m., $7 with winter clothing donation, $10 without. The Stephen Neeper Band plays an 18-and-older...
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Saturday To-Do: Quintron & Miss Pussycat
QUINTRON & MISS PUSSYCAT7 p.m. Low Key Arts. $7.New Orleans is rightfully famous for offering spirited good times, and one of its secrets is that the city's biggest weirdoes own the dance floor....
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Sunday To-Do: Moscow Ballet's 'The Nutcracker'
MOSCOW BALLET'S 'THE NUTCRACKER'3 p.m. Robinson Center Music Hall. $37-$191.I have only vague childhood memories of what happens with the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Mouse King in the Land of Sweets...
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Sunday To-Do: Big Dam Bridge Full Moon Walk
BIG DAM BRIDGE FULL MOON WALK6:30 p.m. Big Dam Bridge. Free.OK, odds are that by Sunday, you'll have had three full days of cramming into your gullet a ridiculous amount of turkey, ham, stuffing, green...
View ArticleRemembering the days when Walmart TV commercials featured happy workers
The day after Thanksgiving is one of those days in the year when I refuse to watch the news on television, either local or national, as the “news” featured that day will cover the following:Food for...
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Food Feedback Friday
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday yesterday. My stomach is beginning to forgive me for the abuse I put him through, hope yours is as well. Now that the Christmas madness is officially...
View ArticleWoo pig kaplooie
*HOGS FALL SHORT IN FINAL GAME: At least it was entertaining. Now, as Beau Wilcox writes in this week's Pearls About Swine, it's Jeff Long's turn. To pull in the right coach, Wilcox writes, he'll need...
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