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Closing caves, sparing bats

Bat health isn't on everyone's radar, but it should be, biologists say. Bats are the only night-time bug killer over our agricultural fields, and their feasting saves farmers billions of dollars they'd otherwise be spending on pesticides and losing in crop failure.
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Museum gives away treasure!

When the Arkansas Museum of Discovery announced in January that it would deaccession many of the 14,000 artifacts in its collection, a cry went up. Don't give away our shrunken heads!
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Screaming Females

This New Jersey trio's fronted by Marissa Paternoster, a 5-foot tall tomboy who jumps from teenaged Marianne Faithful chanting, ululations and all, to throaty Medusan shrieks the next, shredding -- and I mean shredding-- a Strat that dwarfs her all the while. See 'em tonight at Vino's.

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Two of Little Rock's most beloved new hard rock acts, Iron Tongue (pictured) and Sweet Eagle, share a bill at Juanita's tonight.
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Designer's Choice returns

In the increasingly bustling local fashion scene, no event brings out more spectators or star wattage than tonight's Designer's Choice Fashion Preview. In its third year, Korto Momolu and actor/model Tyson Beckford co-host and 12 designers present their collections.

Film worth driving for

The Ozark Foothills FilmFest returns to Batesville this weekend with a slate that includes two of famed documentarian Les Blank's Cajun music films, “J'ai Ete au Bal” and “Marc and Ann.” The subjects of the latter film, Marc and Ann Savoy, will also perform a concert on Saturday.
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Twin Rivers Indians rise

Parents desperate to reverse the dissolution of their Northeast Arkansas school district by the state are declaring that their children are part of a minority group -- Native American -- and that the closure was discriminatory.

Dog days

Fine footlongs at Perciful's Famous Hot Dogs on South (way south) Arch Street.
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SXSW week continues

The Moaners deliver thick, electric, Hill Country garage in the most direct way possible.

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Acclaimed, up-and-coming singer/songwriter Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson shares a packed bill at Sticky Fingerz with Suckers and Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers.
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J. Roddy Walston and the Business might not yet have name recognition nationally, but in the Little Rock club world, the Baltimore four-piece is a big deal. Justifiably. Think Thin Lizzy channeling Jerry Lee Lewis, with big riffs, big beats and a front man — J. Roddy — who plays rock 'n' roll keyboard like he's trying to break the keys.

B-Side to the rescue

Breakfast done right by the Lilly's spin-off.

Smoke on the Water

Very few things have the power to both unite and divide people as instantly and astringently as barbecue. Wet v. dry, mustard v. vinegar v. tomato: for meat jockeys and foodies alike, these are opinions as intensely held as those regarding Roe v. Wade.

Spring slate

The fall season for Arkansas theater was dominated by crowd pleasers. The spring and summer of 2010 isn't as predictable -- oh sure, there will be a few known commodities on the schedule - -and that makes for a more interesting time all the way around for theater fiends.

It's Valentina's day

La Valentina is so tidy and stylish and professional it looks like a chain restaurant. But it's home-grown, in Benton, the new business of Rosa Rasburry and Maria Martinez. It's taken the place of Dizzy's on Ferguson Road and, judging by the lunch crowd the other day, it's taking a place in the locals' hearts.

Darlins

It's easy to say Those Darlins are Tennessee's response to the Olympia, Wash., grrrl scene. The Darlin girls, Kelley, Jessi and Nikki, have catchy, rock chops like their older genre cousins and certainly retained a healthy chunk of their forbears' attitude.

Roll call

If you're not familiar with 88 Keys, it's okay. He was part of the massive mid-'00s exodus of producers that followed Kanye (88's shopping buddy) from the mixing board to the microphones. Tonight, he, Kids in the Hall, Izza Kizza and more come to Rev.

Rwake, live tonight

That Rwake enjoys international acclaim yet remains largely unknown in Arkansas is a consequence of its scene. The band works within the sprawling world of underground metal, an arcane and stratified umbrella genre of blistering guitars, crashing drums, roaring vocals and taboo-flaunting lyrics.

Film finds

Think “The Soup” meets “Mystery Science Theater 3000” meets FOUND magazine meets all the insane pre-digital ephemera people exhume and stick on YouTube and you're on your way to the Found Footage Festival, which comes to Market Street Cinema tonight.

By the book

Little Rock District Judge Mark Leverett visited inmates at the Pulaski County Detention Facility at least nine times last year, signing in as “attorney” in a book reserved for lawyers visiting their clients, even though a three-judge panel had earlier said he could not represent criminal defendants in Pulaski County.
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