Rock Candy

A Q&A with Leigh Wood, cofounder of the Northwest Arkansas live storytelling series "That's What She Said." We talk about the series, what makes a good story, and the benefit of shamelessness.

The annual juried show will find a home in two Argenta galleries and the Historic Arkansas Museum.

A Q&A with comedian and Little Rock native Matt Besser about his new stand-up special "Pot Humor," which explores stoner culture, pot semantics and parenthood.

The new restaurant, in the old Gusano's location, will have a streetside to-go window, a "yard" at the front for lounging and live music on the weekends.

Set the radio dial to WEVL-FM, 89.9, Memphis' all-volunteer local radio station. We’re about to drive you to the spots in the town that gave birth to rock ’n’ roll and is full of soul.

A Q&A with the Little Rock native and stylist to rapper, singer and flautist Lizzo.

How Martin Philip left Fayetteville for a career in opera, ended up head baker at King Arthur Flour instead, and returned home with a bike full of biscuits.

Joel Boyd, a native of Rector, has been chosen to paint the Downtown Little Rock Partnership's latest mural, at the southeast corner of Sixth and Spring streets, the Simmons Tower parking garage.

Dan Kovach, the former manager of Cajun's Wharf, which closed June 1, and business partner Lelan Stice are the new owners.

How did this whole story remain stuck in time for 45 years? And why does it feel so fresh anyway?

The Arkansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects has presented honor awards to five designs by Arkansas architects.

Eric Church was well worth the wait.

Tedeschi Trucks Band, 12 members strong and improbably still greater than the sum of its parts, graces the Robinson Auditorium stage for the third time Nov. 16.

Baker's Alley, which provides access to parking behind the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, will be the scene of buffalo when artist Guy Bell completes his mural there. 

The National Book Award-winning illustrator is, proudly, a co-founder of one of the most riotous and joyful performance art projects of Little Rock's musical history, Soophie Nun Squad (1992-2006), and he's documented the band's offshoots and collaborations in an elegant family tree.

The fun (and the foam) kick off at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at Diamond Bear Brewing (600 N. Broadway in North Little Rock), and proceeds benefit the Argenta Arts District.

In this alternative telling of "Sleepy Hollow," there is no main event, only a satin pointe shoe covering a bloodied toe. It’s an image that carries its own kind of gore.

The art world has lost a great talent and good guy.

Wide arching double rainbows perfectly framed the stage Oct. 5 at the first event held on the green of the Momentary, a 63,000-square foot-contemporary art and performance space that will open Feb. 20, 2020, in Bentonville. The Momentary is another Walton family project, broadening the mission of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

"In an ideal world, Florence Price would have been invited back to her hometown after the construction of Robinson Center to appear with the Arkansas Symphony as the concerto soloist herself," Holzer said. "Robinson Center was a segregated facility for many years, and that invitation unfortunately never happened during Price’s lifetime."