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"Ann," Holland Taylor's play about legendary Texas governor Ann Richards, goes up Jan. 29-Feb. 16; Simon Stephens' visually spectacular "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" plays April 1-19; and the classic musical comedy "Bye Birdie" goes up July 8-26. 

The Mitchell Williams Corporate Collection joins artworks from the UA Little Rock collection to create "Paired Collections: Contemporary Art in 1980s Arkansas.

Here's the trailer for Netflix's upcoming "Dolemite Is My Name" film, starring Eddie Murphy as Arkansas native . It'll have its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival next month and then come to Netflix sometime in the fall.

The girls in ACS' Filmmaking Lab for Teen Girls are part of ACS' opening night screening, premiering the flicks they made as part of the eight-week project earlier this year.

While the South continues to serve as the primary scapegoat for the rest of the United States when matters of race and exploitation come to the fore of public consciousness, Crowder sees it as part of his mission to complicate that image — to show that someone from a rural, impoverished background can embody cosmopolitan values and progressive ideals.

In “They Called Us Enemy,” the “Star Trek” actor’s new graphic novel memoir from Top Shelf, Takei tells the story of his family being removed from their homes in 1942 and sent by train to an internment camp — a euphemism, Takei notes archly, for imprisonment — in southeast Arkansas.

Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform at the First Security Amphitheater October 12.

Locals DeFrance, Willowack, the Zac Dunlap Band and others are among the lineup for the Arkansas State Fair this year.

How an Alpena transplant's microphones have landed in Steven Tyler's hands — and in David Bowie's dreams. 

“It’s the gumbo,” Moo said. “You’ve got everything. There’s a whole bunch of stuff in it. Yet, it’s still real good.” 

The digital magic that allows the Arkansas Times to put up long-running art shows on our To-Do page has hit a bump, so here's a rundown on current exhibitions:

White County punk rocker/fashionista/actor Beth Ditto is the subject of The Face Magazine's new series debut, "Superfan."

Mike Beebe, who carried all 75 counties in 2010 in his first gubernatorial campaign, is the subject of a documentary to be screened Aug. 21 at CALS Ron Robinson Theater.

Gallery 26, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd., opens a show today (July 27) of paintings by Jeff Waddle and drawings by Henry Thomas.

With real estate prowess and access to private collections of memorabilia, Mark Risk and his team hope to revive Fayetteville's legendary Rockwood Club — and to establish a museum that testifies to its legacy of live music.

Eddie Murphy will potray Fort Smith native and pioneering comedian Rudy Ray “Dolomite” Moore in an upcoming biopic on Netflix, Deadline reports. Wesley Snipes, Chris Rock and Keegan-Michael Key also star.

Our photographer Brian Chilson was onsite to catch California scientist Greg Leyh's creation in action. 

Quan "Jason" Ho was the art director at the Arkansas Times from 2017 to 2018 after graduating from UA Fort Smith. We knew him as a quiet, talented designer, who dressed way cooler than any of us. Now, he's a reality star in Vietnam.

Valerie Hegarty’s melted image of Bridal Veil Falls (“Fallen Bierstadt,” 2007) that hangs next to Albert Bierstadt’s painting of the Yosemite landmark (Bridal Veil Falls, ca. 1871-73) serves as a not so abstract abstract for the message of “Nature’s Nation: American Art and the Environment.”