Rock Candy

Carper’s is real-deal country music, the kind that dabbles freely in blues and jazz and swing, funneling every ounce of charm and honeysuckle that Carper lends to her ensemble work.

Curators from and artists selected by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Philbrook Museum of Art and the AMFA are banding together for "Delta Voices."

Sulac describes his work as a clash of opposing forces. “If it looks too cute, it needs something dark about it,” he said. If it’s too dark, though, “I want to cute it up. There needs to be a good balance of cuteness and darkness.”

In late May, Monica Potts published “The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America.” The book — which Kirkus called “a hauntingly cleareyed and poignant memoir with strong, illustrative reportage” — examines why the 2010s have been a decade of disturbing decline in life expectancy for the least educated white Americans, a downturn that’s even more exaggerated for women.

With Little Rock quartet Way Away and Nashville’s The Dreaded Laramie sharing the bill, this show’s for the real ones who know that “pop music” is not a synonym for “vapid.”

New releases from Sad Palomino, Q.G. The BlacKnight, Honey Collective, Nick Shoulders, Always Tired, Jupiter's Flytrap, John McAteer and his Demands and Shine Eye Yell.

In addition to events like barrel racing, bull riding and a relay race called the "pony express," Ja'Dayia Kursh — Arkansas's first Black Rodeo Queen — and Paris Wilburd — a 13-year-old barrel racing prodigy from Central Arkansas — will be in attendance.

Also on cassette and streaming services, "Paper Airplanes, Paper Hearts" will be available in four different vinyl varieties: black, white, light blue and baby pink.

Starting tomorrow, "The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region" runs from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to July 9 at the National Mall in Washington D.C.

Artist Lisa Krannichfeld's newest mural is finished and ready for viewing at the intersection of Sixth and Chester in Little Rock.

Look up if you're around the Arkansas State Capitol at approximately 12:31 p.m. on Tuesday for your chance to witness some cool planes doing their thing.

July's picks include "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "The Sandlot," "Smokey and the Bandit" and more.

Hear from Atkinson about her latest performances, why she’s spending a month in Central Arkansas this summer and what she’s learned after nearly two decades in the industry. 

Apparently, all you need to bring out droves of people is a DJ and some specialty cocktails. When I stopped by the Cultural Living Room at 6 o’clock last week, the serious threat of a storm in the air, I found about 50 people chatting comfortably among clusters of fancy furniture, as if this had already become their regular happy hour spot. 

The Financial Times named Eli Cranor's "Ozark Dogs" among its Best Summer Books 2023: Thrillers.

Though just a duo on paper, bandleaders Alan Benjamin Thomas and Steven Rutherford made the wise choice to recruit two additional musicians, a drummer and guitar/keyboard player who added some indie rock ruffling to their otherwise very slick sheen.

Sometimes a sandwich is more than just a sandwich. At least that’s true in the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s excellent production of “Clyde’s,” which is sparse on stagecraft but extra meaty in its execution and meaning.

The party will also act as the opening for a new exhibit called SoMany Changes.

“Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One," directed by William Greaves, is rife with disorienting split-screen editing, metacommentary and fully-indulged tangents.

The screening — held in the AMFA's Performing Arts Theater at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 24 — will be followed by a Q&A with Atkinson.