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From the Arkansas Blog

Governor gives Little Rock indication local control to return soon; Senate committee rejects legislative help

Little Rock School District gets no help from the legislature on regaining local control. But it gets a hazy promise from the governor,

Today's news includes basketball and the legislature

Lots of legislative news of the usual dispiriting sort.

Electric cars? Say what?

Federal money for electric vehicle charging stations rejected today in the House.

Coronavirus today: 200 more cases, 7 more deaths

A continued small rise in cases.

Razorbacks improve basketball coach Eric Musselman's contract to $4 million

A bump to a $4 million base with potential for more.
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Soft drink tax repeal fails again

The third time was not charmed.

Tom Cotton is not nice. Berates Black woman, wants to block Asian hate crimes bill.

Quite a display in committee today.

Dismang finds a friendly Senate committee for school voucher bill

A school voucher billl, sold as a tax bill, cleared a Senate committee today.

Arkansas landlords again fending off efforts to protect renters in dangerous, unhealthy housing

A watered-down renters' protection bill making its way through the Capitol offers little in the way of actual renter protections. But a meatier version remains stalled out, and it looks likely that Arkansas will remain the worst state in the country for renters.

Enter to win two tickets to see The Allman Betts Band!

See The Allman Betts Band • Indoor Music Concert at the First Financial Music Hall in El Dorado Saturday, May 1.
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From Rock Candy

Happy birthday, Al Green

Happy 75th, Reverend.

Rodney Block, Joshua Asante, Tim Anthony and Suthurn Faze join drummer Brannen Temple at Afrodesia Recording Studio

This Thursday, Austin-based drummer Brannen Temple brings his band Temple Underground to Little Rock's Afrodesia Studio of Performing Arts for a live recording and concert, featuring sets from Dallas-based Suthurn Faze and from Rodney Block, Joshua Asante and Tim Anthony. 

Arts, crafts and plants at Dunbar Garden this Saturday

Dunbar Garden, the 2-acre outdoor classroom that serves students from Gibbs International Magnet Elementary School and Dunbar Magnet Middle School, is throwing a spring shindig, COVID-cautionary style.

Crystal Bridges Museum announces major expansion

The museum founded by Alice Walton will be enlarged by 50 percent to increase gallery space and community educational and gathering venues.

Scores from the Little Rock estate sale scene

Finders, keepers.
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UA Fayetteville music professor Jeffrey Murdock on his Grammy win, the pandemic and singing the things you can’t say at the Thanksgiving table

We caught up with 2021 Grammy winner and UA Fayetteville professor Murdock to learn more about his trajectory as a teacher, the importance of representation and about what he’s blasting on his car stereo right now.

Jo McDougall on Arkansas Youth Poetry Day, working during the wee hours and why eliminating arts in school is ‘courting shallow thinking’

Ahead of Arkansas Youth Poetry Day, we talked with state poet laureate Jo McDougall about her work and about her drive to foster new young poets.

To-Do List: Mohsin Hamid speaks at virtual Hendrix College event

Hamid speaks as a guest of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language; email hendrix-murphy@hendrix.edu to register for the talk.

Pharoah Sanders' new record is full of violins, celesta and incense smoke

The Little Rock octogenarian and free jazz legend returns with "Promises," an enchanting 46-minute exercise in free jazz and meditation.

Take me to Tiny Town

There is a Tiny Town of my dreams. Tiny Town is a real place, of course, in my hometown of Hot Springs. It is a unique tourist destination on Whittington Avenue, just northwest of downtown. I visited once as a child, and I remember it as this odd place, created as a labor of love, which is exactly the kind of thing I value now that I am older.
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Flyway and Stone's Throw to host screenings of "Spaceballs" and "Three Amigos" at War Memorial Stadium

Flyway Brewing Co. and Stone's Throw Brewing are hosting an '80s comedy double feature with screenings of "Spaceballs" and "Three Amigos"  Fri. May 7 at War Memorial Stadium.

Arkansas Times Margarita Festival is back

Margarita season is upon us, and Arkansas Times is celebrating the perfect mixture of tequila, freshly squeezed citrus, orange liqueur and salt with its 4th annual Margarita Festival on Fri., June 18 at the River Market Pavilions from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

Playing With Produce raises funds for Washington Elementary

Throughout the month of April, the Arkansas Local Food Network and Bernice Garden will host “Playing with Produce: A Family-Friendly Fundraiser,” a series of virtual cooking classes to raise funds for after school and summer cooking and nutrition classes for students at Washington Elementary.

Diamond Chef cooking competition goes virtual

After two cancellations, UA Pulaski Technical College foundation's annual Diamond Chef Arkansas fundraising cooking competition is going forward virtually as "Diamond Chef: On Demand" on April 22 at 6 p.m.

White Water Tavern Market hosting benefit tomorrow for transgender visibility

Vendors including Flake Baby Pastry, AR-T's, El Sur Street Food Co., Farm Girl Meats, Southern Jewells, The Root Cafe, West Markham Gardens and Sardis Gardens will set up at Whitewater Market on Saturday, 4/3, to raise money for transgender rights.
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How Me & McGee Market outgrew its roadside stand and found a sense of purpose

Some new additions to Me & McGee Market for the 2021 season include partnering with chef Josh Smith of the Southern Standard food truck, which will be exclusively located at Me & McGee during the market’s open hours.

SoMa Outdoor Dining Room reopening Friday Night

The Downtown Little Rock Partnership announced that the SoMa Outdoor Dining Room will reopen Friday night after shutting down for the winter.

Fort Smith Brewing Company celebrating end of mask mandate with public mask burning on Friday

To celebrate Governor Hutchinson's lifting of the mask mandate, Fort Smith Brewing Company is throwing a public mask burning on Friday.

Little Rock Farmers Market returning to the River Market on Sat. May 1

Ottenheimer Hall, the River Market's dining hall located at 400 President Clinton Ave., will welcome back its vendors on May 1 after being shuttered for a year as well.

The movers and shakers of the Central Arkansas condiment world

A survey of some of our local favorites.
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