Stephanie Smittle

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Founded in 1974, the Arkansas Times is a lively, opinionated source for news, politics and culture in Arkansas. Our monthly magazine is distributed for free to over 500 locations in Central Arkansas.

Stephanie Smittle

Here’s “This America” from Kai Coggin, voted Arkansas Times’ 2020 Best Poet

Ballet Arkansas teams up with ASO for a free outdoor Sunday afternoon concert

DOT releases debut EP, “Welcome to the DOTosphere”

Take a Wednesday night meditation class with your local Buddhists

New Lucero coming in January, with murder balladry, Irish folktales and touches of classic rock

Pandemic puts live music venues on the riverfront in choppy economic waters

CALS screens series inspired by Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”

Big Piph’s “The F.A.M. Project” seeks candidates for mentorship program

‘Strangeness in the Proportion’: A Q&A with Jen Fawkes

RIP Bob Boyd (1936-2020)