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Mondanaro brought the libretto to absolute life. Her lines were smooth and spinning and radiant, and so nimble that she was able to lend that lovely element of surprise Puccini’s phrases can have, in the right hands — the kind where you’re not sure if a line of dialogue is going to blossom suddenly and swell upward, or demure modestly in a downward flutter and disappear.

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the legacy of my mother was what she left spiritually. That’s how I am driven today to continue my bizarre little career on its 40th anniversary howl. It’s time to say things loud and clear. The artist can no longer remain silent under these conditions. It is no longer good enough to be an entertainer; you have to say something and you have to take a stance. That goes for everybody.

Pepe Gaka and young Hot Springs artists are putting the finishing touches on the mural "Black Broadway" on the wall of the Habitat for Humanity Restore.

Greg Thompson, owner of Greg Thompson Fine Art at 429 Main St., announced today he will close the gallery but will continue to sell art as Greg Thompson Fine Art Inc. and Fine Art Investments LLC. 

With help from The John and Robyn Horn Foundation, Opera in the Rock stages a fully orchestrated "Madama Butterfly" at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre this weekend.

Arkansas Times staffers recommend the best kids atlas, a scary podcast, new music from 607, HBO's "Chernobyl" and the new Wu-Tang docu-series.

Illustrator Higgins Bond, who came to her hometown for the Arkansas Literary Festival, returns to Hearne Fine Art, 1001 Wright Ave., for a reception 2-5 p.m. Saturday, May 11.

The "tree of your nightmares" theme that graced the cover of Deadbird's much-anticipated 2018 record "III: The Forest Within the Tree" is back.

The Center for Humanities and Arts on the UA Pulaski Tech campus will host an opening reception starting at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, for two exhibits on Anne Frank in the Windgate Gallery and the CHARTS lobby.   

June 21 marks the summer solstice, but Arkansas crooner/creator Malik Flint is calling a mid-May pre-party, as far as we can tell.