Lots of vintage pottery in awesome spring colors! Come See!
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A&E NEWS IF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION WHILE WATCHING THE OSCARS Sunday night, you might have heard that Arkansas-raised stuntman Hal Needham was one of those who received an honorary Academy Award this year. Before his retirement, Needham was a pioneer in the stunt industry, developing many techniques for making stunts more dramatic and safer, including the development of the high-fall airbag. As pointed out by Quentin Tarantino when he introduced Needham at the Governors Awards back in December, Needham is only the second stunt performer/stunt coordinator in history to receive an Oscar. Born a dirt-poor sharecropper’s son, Needham parlayed a stint as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne and work as a tree trimmer into a career as a stuntman and filmmaker, directing cult classics like “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Hooper,” and “Cannonball Run.” We talked to him at length just prior to his appearance at the Little Rock Film Festival in 2011. When we asked him why he thinks there is an Academy Award category for almost every facet of film making except stunts, Needham said he’s glad they don’t give out Oscars in his line of work, and gave an excellent answer why: “My belief is, when a person goes in and pays his money to see a movie, and he sees his hero up there doing something spectacular, you don’t want him to stop and think: ‘I wonder if that’s the star, or if it’s a stuntman?’ You want them to enjoy the movie. I think stuntmen should take their check and go on their way.”
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Friday, March 1
Shinyribs (Feat. Kevin Russell of THE GOURDS) & Kevin Kerby
Saturday, March 2
Velvet Kente Presents: A MadSun Dance Party/The Music of Madlib & Sun Ra
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WE GOT SOME SAD NEWS LAST WEEK in the entertainment world: Celebrity Attractions President Larry Payton passed away unexpectedly Feb. 18 at Tulsa’s St. Francis Hospital of an unspecified illness. Celebrity Attractions is responsible for bringing in numerous Broadway shows to Little Rock and several other metro areas around the mid-South. Verizon Arena posted on Facebook last week: “The staff of the Verizon Arena is very sad today. We lost a good friend who presented many great shows in our market. We’ll miss Larry’s smiling face and positive attitude.” LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU, LITTLE ROCK HORROR PICTURE SHOW! Hot Springs will be shambling into the horror film festival mayhem this fall with the new Hot Springs Horror Film Festival. Screenings will be held in the newly-reopened Central Theater the weekend of Sept. 26-29. The HS Horror Film Festival website recently went online and is now accepting online film submissions through withoutabox.com.
Oliver’s Antiques
Monday, March 4
Don’t Stop Please w/ Carrie Nation & The Speakeasy (Wichita, KS)
After seeing Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, I took on the neighborhood bully. He was a head taller and 40 pounds heavier, but he never bothered us again. And a movie, a great movie, gave me the courage to do that.” Robert Walden
actor, professor, Film Forum artistic director
March 21-24 Petit Jean Mountain near Little Rock
Whether you are a writer, director, film or acting student, or just a dedicated lover of film, you will find something and someone to inspire you at the Film Forum. Our award winning faculty of Hollywood insiders will share their knowledge in intimate, hands-on workshops and panels.
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Support for the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute Film Forum is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National Endowment for the Arts. www.arktimes.com
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