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LRSD Community Advisory Board recommends conversion of Hall to a magnet school

By Lindsey Millar

The Little Rock School District Community Advisory Board voted 5-1 to approve the recommendation of LRSD Superintendent Mike Poore and recommend to Education Secretary Johnny Key a plan to rezone high schools, in which Hall High School will become a magnet school without an attendance zone.

Dec 6, 2019 12:33am

New prosecutor to be named in Linda Collins murder case

By Max Brantley Arkansas Blog

Dec 5, 2019 4:16pm

Barth named chief education officer for city of Little Rock

By Lindsey Millar Arkansas Blog

Dec 6, 2019 11:11am

From the Arkansas Blog

Afghanistan Papers: We are not winning

Max Brantley 12/9/19 7:08am

The Washington Post rolls out the Afghanistan papers, confidential documents on almost two decades of failure in that country.

Trump's Russian connection in Arkansas, Bud Cummins

Ernest Dumas 12/9/19 6:56am

What's Arkansas got to do with Donald Trump's Russian intrigues? Ask Bud Cummins.

New Razorback football coach is Sam Pittman

Max Brantley 12/8/19 3:29pm

Arkansas's source for breaking news and analysis, with coverage of politics, Little Rock, dining, entertainment, medical marijuana, art, health care,...

How thin is Mike Huckabee's skin? Check this out

Max Brantley 12/8/19 8:21am

Mike Huckabee's thin skin has now made him a national laughingstock.

UPDATE Fayetteville officer killed outside police station, suspect killed in pursuit

Max Brantley 12/8/19 7:36am

Motive remains unclear this morning in the fatal shooting of a Fayetteville police officer outside police headquarters shortly before he was to go on duty about 9:40 p.m. Saturday night. Officers responding to the shooting shot and killed the suspect shortly afterward.

The bayou memories open line UPDATE

Max Brantley 12/7/19 4:04pm

The open line plus a little football.

Got a favorite in the Hog football coach search? Consider Coach Drinkwitz.

Max Brantley 12/7/19 8:32am

Might the hunt for a Hog football coach lead to a new way of paying the head coach -- big incentives for winning, rather than a buyout for losing?

Casino bickering continues in Pope County

Max Brantley 12/7/19 8:00am

Legal wranging over a Pope County casino includes a hearing Monday on a request for assessment of attorney fees against casino opponents.

Suspected robber killed by Bentonville police UPDATE

Max Brantley 12/7/19 7:23am

40/29 reports that a Bentonville police officer killed the suspected robber of a convenience store last night.

State passes out cash for high scores on AP computer science exam

Max Brantley 12/6/19 4:49pm

Prizes awarded for high scores on advanced placement test for computer science.

Botanical prints by Williams-Smith, Campbell at ASC

Leslie Newell Peacock

Two new exhibits at the Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas take different approaches to botanical prints. Marjorie Williams-Smith detailed drawings of flowers and plants, in "Metalpoint: A Classic Artform," are precise and intimate realizations of nature. The lumen prints and photograms, made by placing objects on silver-gelatin photographic paper and exposing them to […]

Dec 9, 2019 8:00am to 5:00pm Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas

"A Walk in the Woods"

Leslie Newell Peacock

An exhibition of works inspired by the forest.

Dec 10, 2019 8:00am to 5:00pm Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

"Hats & Pins"

Leslie Newell Peacock

Glamorous examples from ESSE and private collections, plus a party.

Dec 10, 2019 11:00am to 4:00pm Esse Purse Museum

From Rock Candy

Straight Outta Marked Tree: Five Questions with Brad Williams of The Salty Dogs

Stephanie Smittle 12/5/19 1:01pm

We caught up with Williams following the release of "Gold," a 29-track retrospective from Max Recordings featuring three new tracks with assists from Buck Trent and Lloyd Green, along with some of the barroom gems that have made The Salty Dogs a Little Rock treasure for the decade-plus across which the collection spans.

Kensuke Yamada: putting the 'ma' in art

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/26/19 2:26pm

UA Little Rock sculptor’s ceramic figures both invite, keep a distance.

"Small Works on Paper" artists announced

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/21/19 10:51am

Thirty-nine artworks by 35 Arkansas artists have been selected.

Meteor leaving LR landing spot

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/21/19 10:06am

As Allied Cycle Works goes, so goes The Meteor.

Tedeschi Trucks Band made a "joyful noise"

Tim Jones 11/18/19 11:19am

The Jacksonville, Fla., 12-piece outfit delivered a two-hour set of all-the-music Nov. 16, from the take-you-to-church, gospel-inflected “Joyful Noise” to the closer, a Motown-flavored “I Want More” that morphed into the Santana instrumental classic, “Soul Sacrifice.”

Five dances, five moods in Ballet Arkansas’s “Debut”

Kally Patz 11/14/19 2:38pm

Orson Welles once said that the enemy of art is the absence of limitation. Perhaps Michael Fothergill had a similar adage in mind when he drew up the rules for Ballet Arkansas’s most recent evening of new works.

The benefit of shamelessness: A Q&A with "That's What She Said" cofounder Leigh Wood

Rebekah Hall 11/8/19 2:26pm

A Q&A with Leigh Wood, cofounder of the Northwest Arkansas live storytelling series "That's What She Said." We talk about the series, what makes a good story, and the benefit of shamelessness.

A twin city "Delta Exhibition" for 2020

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/7/19 2:43pm

The annual juried show will find a home in two Argenta galleries and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

Cannabis comedy: A Q&A with Matt Besser on his stoner stand-up special, 'Pot Humor'

Rebekah Hall 11/7/19 1:27pm

A Q&A with comedian and Little Rock native Matt Besser about his new stand-up special "Pot Humor," which explores stoner culture, pot semantics and parenthood.

Library Kitchen and Lounge: Book it for January

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/5/19 4:54pm

The new restaurant, in the old Gusano's location, will have a streetside to-go window, a "yard" at the front for lounging and live music on the weekends.

From Eat Arkansas

Kream Kastle is a greasy spoon and a living fossil

Guy Lancaster 11/25/19 4:44pm

Kream Kastle has no social media presence whatsoever. Neither does it take orders through various delivery apps. One might be tempted to call this place a throwback to an earlier era, an atavism, a living fossil. But we just call it that little drive-in on Highway 70 — you know, that tastee-freeze between Ten Mile Creek and the Lonsdale turnoff, the place where all the trucks are parked.

Meteor leaving LR landing spot

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/21/19 10:06am

As Allied Cycle Works goes, so goes The Meteor.

Library Kitchen and Lounge: Book it for January

Leslie Newell Peacock 11/5/19 4:54pm

The new restaurant, in the old Gusano's location, will have a streetside to-go window, a "yard" at the front for lounging and live music on the weekends.

Copper Grill gets new owner

Leslie Newell Peacock 10/31/19 11:18am

Dan Kovach, the former manager of Cajun's Wharf, which closed June 1, and business partner Lelan Stice are the new owners.

Plant-based pub grub: Add Ester's to the list of vegan hot spots in Little Rock

Stephen Koch 10/29/19 10:26am

Alleged consumer confusion has never tasted so sweet. Long may the plant-based option grow in Arkansas.

Dos Rocas relaunches as Mockingbird Bar and Tacos

Rebekah Hall 10/28/19 9:12am

Dos Rocas, which opened at 1220 S. Main St. in January, officially relaunched as Mockingbird Bar and Tacos on Thursday. Jack Sundell and Corri Bristow-Sundell, who own The Root Cafe, are now the sole owners of Mockingbird, which Sundell said will be taking an Arkansas local food approach to Latin American cuisine.