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A&E NEWS RON HOWARD has signed on to direct “Mena,” based on a script by Gary Spinelli that tells the story of Arkansas’s most notorious drug/CIA smuggler, Barry Seal. For years, while based in Mena, Seal flew his personal plane in the service of Colombian drug lords. In as few as three years, Seal later testified, he imported $3 billion to $5 billion worth of cocaine to the United States. Later, while continuing to smuggle drugs for the cartel, he worked with the CIA to transport military supplies for the Nicaraguan Contras. In 1986, he was shot and killed in Louisiana by three Colombian nationals. Who knew what about Seal and when has been a popular cause for investigative journalists and conspiracy theorists over the years. THE RON ROBINSON THEATER began a new film series last Thursday with a screening of “12 O’Clock Boys,” filmmaker Lotfy Nathan’s hypnotic 2013 documentary highlighting Baltimore’s dirt-bike subculture. The film marked the first entry in an ongoing Thursday night program sponsored by Little Rock native and “Towncraft” director Richard Matson’s Gathr Films, a film society dedicated to bringing independent, documentary, and foreign films to markets that are typically outside of the art cinema circuit. “People in L.A. and New York get to see every movie,” Matson said over the phone. “We’re trying to create a new cultural event for Little Rock.” So far, Gathr is based in 12 cities, from Portland to Tallahassee. Little Rock, though, remains the spiritual center of the thing: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette film critic Philip Martin will be leading post-screening discussions here that, in the future, will be broadcast online. One-month memberships can be purchased for $19, and single screenings cost $10. At 7 p.m. Thursday, the series will screen “Adult World,” starring John Cusack and Emma Roberts. Upcoming screenings include “Next Goal Wins” and “The Forgotten Kingdom.” SINGER/SONGWRITER MERLE HAGGARD, best known for honky tonkin’ hits like “Okie from Muskogee,” “Today I Started Loving You Again,” and “Hungry Eyes,” is coming to Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall at 7 p.m. April 2 for a one-night-only engagement. Tickets, which range from $50.50 to $77.50, are on sale via Ticketmaster or the Robinson Center box office.
Friday, February 14
Spring Is Just Around the Corner! Check out our selection of Potting Benches, Patio Furniture, Porch Chairs, Gates, Fences, Concrete Planters, Birdhouses and Bottle Trees!
Valentine’s Day HIP HOP DANCE PARTY w/ Joshua Asante
Saturday, The Cedric Burnside February 15 Project!
Feb 22 & 23 • Sat 10-5, Sun 10-3 Robinson Center Exhibit Hall
Friday, February 21 John Paul Keith
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