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COMMENT

Racism at the rodeo Well! My mouth is still gaping open.

Bob Lancaster’s reporting of the incident at the rodeo was much more than disturbing — it is heart-breaking. Bob confirms what has been anecdotal, that racism is very much alive and well in our wonderful state. Not only was the initial incident with the “scarecrow” alarming, it was also his accurate, alas, reporting of the conversations he had with folks he knew and others on whom he eavesdropped. I know how difficult racism is because I was reared in a culture, in Central Arkansas, that inculcated that ideal — it was prevalent in social interactions, it was present in classroom teaching and conversations, it was ever so present at Sunday school and church.

The teaching was so pervasive that in my 74 years I have struggled to overcome that blight — and find that even today with my best efforts, that hoary head yet rears itself. My political understanding was granted me by my grandfather who was one of the staunch Republicans when there were few of them around. I thought the Republicans had a better answer than did the Democrats, but the Republicans, in my estimation, moved away from any cherished principles in the ’70s. I floundered and became neither Republican nor Democrat, choosing to look at principles and character in those in public life.

Today, I am afraid that the Republicans have moved even farther from their base principles and have become those who promote narrow, biased and obstructive positions. No wonder there is such a problem.

We have a task before us that needs to be continually highlighted: the battle against racism is not over. We look to our grandchildren to be the hope of the future that is blind to color and aware of character. Already we need to be teaching our grandchildren to be aware of the hatred and idiocy of racism and stomp it out before it has a chance to get a purchase. Sadly, it will not be in my lifetime that I will see the fruit of that labor, but I do know that the day is coming when the fruit of justice, character, and trust in others will come to bear richly. It remains, during my lifetime, to continue to wrestle privately and publicly against the beast of racism and its insidious tentacles.

Dr. Jim Robnolt Sherwood

Red tape for seniors at UALR Thanks to the state legislature that passed Act 678 in 1975, senior citizens 4

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(over 60) may take university courses free when space is available. The act waives tuition and fees for seniors. I registered for a course at UALR, and did not have to pay tuition. The school did charge me $105 in fees. That is a little more than 2 percent of my retirement income and does not satisfy the usual definition of “free.” It gets worse. Back on a campus after a several-year break, I was unaware of the nuances involved in registration.

In years past, when I paid for a course, then that ended the registration process. This is not so at UALR today.

You must confirm the registration by replying to an automatic e-mail. It gets a bit complicated from this point, so I will boil down the details. I could not use the e-mail system, and seniors are not allowed to register until the last moment to ensure that we do not use space needed by degree seekers. Those two details did not give me enough time to confirm my registration. When I finally got my e-mail account set up, a message was waiting for me stating that I have been removed from the system because I did not confirm my registration on time.

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I opened the message on Friday, and spent the weekend wondering if my ignorance had ended my learning renaissance. I called the registration office, and they said I had a problem, but there was a possible solution.

The first step was to contact the professor. He is a very kind and caring man, who produced a yellow card requiring multiple signatures beginning with his own. After he signed it, he escorted me to the department chairperson, who promptly signed the card even as the professor was still describing the situation. I had a feeling of relief. The last step was the dean’s office.

At this office, I was not allowed a face-to-face discussion of my problem.

I waited outside his office within earshot as another employee presented the yellow card, and he pronounced the frightening phrase, “I will not sign it. It is too late.” He had found some technicality that reinforced that decision. At this point, I negotiated my predicament with the employee, and she thought that the dean might sign if the registration office (the last required signature) sent him a note stating they would process the form if he signed it. I had hit the administrative level of UALR and had to negotiate the bureaucratic web they were weaving. In near 100-degree heat, I made the trip across campus to fetch the suggested note. A student worker wrote the note somewhat befuddled by such an asinine request. The note satisfied the bureaucrat, and I made the trip back to the registration building to get the documentation officially enrolling me.

I would like to know if other state schools have interpreted “waiver of tuition and fees for seniors” to mean that certain fees can be charged seniors. For the Powerful People, $105 is chicken feed. However, for some seniors, it means doing without either necessary items or an education. I think the legislature intended for seniors to be able to go to school, as the law states, free of tuition and fees. To the dean, who said, after signing my card, “Welcome to the world of bureaucracy,” I say, “Welcome to the world of free speech.”

Richard Emmel Little Rock

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EDITORIAL

EYE ON ARKANSAS

Virtue denied

THOSE FRIENDS AND ALUMNI of the Univer-

sity of Arkansas who are not registered Republicans fret over the institution’s slide toward becoming an auxiliary of the party. They’d rather it remain the flagship university of the state.

The danger is considerable. The Walton Foundation, financier of Republican causes and candidates, founded an “education reform” department at Fayetteville that promotes the Republican planks on education. A UA economic research office tirelessly performs studies of public policy that inevitably conclude the Republican way is best. The chairman of the board of trustees, Mike Akin, himself a Republican candidate for the state legislature, wants to hire a former Republican state chairman and legislator as a lobbyist, ostensibly for the university, but …? Is there a connection here with those ghastly gray uniforms the Razorback football team will wear next year? Will Elephants replace Razorbacks as the UA’s mascot? Extremism in pursuit of partisanship is no vice, to the Mike Akins. It’s extremism in pursuit of education that they fear.

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ou don’t like to see your attorney general imitating Mitt Romney. For that matter, you don’t like to see your barber, or your newspaper carrier, imitating Mitt Romney. Irresponsibility, greed, mendacity — these are not traits that inspire confidence in any professional. But in an attorney general, elected to uphold the very law of the land, to distinguish right from wrong and favor the former, signs of Romnitis are especially alarming. Dustin McDaniel is broken out.

Romney has devoted his presidential campaign to denying that he actually did what is clearly the greatest accomplishment of his life, probably the only one worth mentioning. That was his winning approval in Massachusetts of a health-care plan known as Romneycare. It’s brought health care to thousands who lacked it before. But ever since President Obama persuaded Congress to enact the same plan nationally, and Republican political strategists began feigning outrage, Romney has insisted that he had no part in the advancement of his namesake program. It wasn’t he but some other Massachusetts governor who may have resembled him, he has said.

He claims he’s never felt a moment’s pity for those who need medical care but can’t pay for it. He’s promised that if elected president, he will personally visit pediatric hospitals to pull IVs from children’s arms.

“They’re using tax dollars that should go to the Koch brothers,” he’s said.

Rather like Romney, McDaniel now says that a public display of honesty some months back was just a slip, not an indicator of the real Dustin McDaniel at all. While declining to join a lawsuit against Obamacare (a decision for which he still deserves credit), McDaniel said the litigation was “frivolous,” and its backers more interested in politics than law. He was entirely correct, but now he rues being right. It was a poor choice of words, he says, an inadvertent use of the truthful instead of the untruthful. Repented now, he pleads, like Romney, “give dishonesty a chance.”

But Arkansas has tried that with politicians before.

Didn’t work out well.

FOOTBALL SEASON RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER: Twelve high school teams and seven junior high teams competed in the inaugural Garrett Uekman Memorial 7-on-7 Tournament this past weekend at War Memorial Stadium. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the Garrett Uekman Foundation. Uekman, a former tight end at Little Rock Catholic and the University of Arkansas, died in November because of an enlarged heart. The foundation raises money to support heart disease research and education and provides scholarships to student athletes.

We are Penn State

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he independent review of the Penn State sex abuse scandal demolished the university’s reputation.

The facts show football coach Joe Paterno ran the institution, not its president, athletic director or other officials. Despite certain knowledge of multiple allegations of sexual abuse by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, Paterno’s influence swept crimes under the rug and Sandusky continued to abuse children.

Still, many athletic supporters want to make excuses. Said many, including a former Razorback publicist on a local radio talk show last week: Paterno made a single misjudgment among a lifetime of good deeds. This was factually wrong for one thing. Paterno made serial misjudgments, including coverup of rape and dishonest testimony to a Grand Jury. I wanted to scream at the radio: “What if it had been YOUR son, you sanctimonious jock sniffer?”

Paterno said that the Sandusky case was not a football scandal. It was. Former FBI Director Louie Freeh said in his summary of the independent investigation that the Penn State coverup could be explained, in part, by “a culture of reverence for the football program that is ingrained at all levels of the campus community.”

This is where Arkansas — and everyone else devoted to big-time college sports — comes in.

Football and, less frequently, other sports, too often conquer all. We pay winning coaches such as Bobby Petrino 50 to 60 times what a tenured professor on the same campus makes. We spend fortunes to keep talented athletes with marginal academic skills qualified as gladiators. We countenance secrecy in spending of athletic millions that we’d never countenance in any other branch of government. An on-line checkbook for the Razorback Foundation? That’ll be the day.

Arkansas knows sex scandals. Remember the famous “dorm incident?” Basketball players picked up a woman in a bar in 1991, had gang sex with her in the athletic dorm, then tossed her outside and

locked the dorm door behind her. Police found her with a condom wedged in her vagina. The then-athletic director’s early response: “Boys will be boys.”

The gangbang was not allowed MAX to interfere with the basketball BRANTLEY maxbrantley@arktimes.com playoff season. Many Hog fans believed that the media’s insistence on reporting the matter helped explain the Razorbacks’ disappointing showing that year. The university president himself reduced the discipline handed down after the season by a campus judicial board. Hadn’t the boys suffered enough?

Arkansas has been a positive symbol on occasion.

Lou Holtz dumped football players involved in another sex scandal just before an Orange Bowl game that ended in a famous victory for both the Hogs and Holtz’s “Do Right Rule.” This year, current Razorback Athletic Director Jeff Long fired winning football coach Bobby Petrino, on the brink of an anticipated glorious season, for lying to cover up an illicit affair with a department subordinate.

The “Do Right” episodes are rare. The athletic facilities arms race never ends. Money’s required.

That requires winning. Don’t think it’s not part of the equation when coaches make the call to keep or banish hormone-juiced athletes who do stupid things.

The U.S. can no more swear off its addiction to the tribalism of high-dollar competitive athletics than it can swear off its love of guns. But we can demand consequences for those who put winning above the best interests of the athletes (making them play when injured for example), children, women or the occasional pencil-necked geek of a college prof who blows the whistle on athletic department abuses. Message for the Hog talk show Paterno apologist: It was not the week to talk about all the “good” Joe Paterno did in creating this monster.

OPINION

Selling lies on health care

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f Republicans seize the White House and Congress, they should name the Washington national airport for the man who was responsible. Let’s make it the Dr. Frank Luntz National Airport.

Luntz is the beefy Republican political consultant and pollster who stole the hearts of the superrich 20 years ago when he showed that if they called the popular inheritance tax on rich estates “the death tax” it would become instantly unpopular. In 10 years, Congress repealed the estate tax.

In the early spring of 2009, as congressional committees gathered for the year-long process of writing a law to extend health insurance to everyone, Luntz assembled focus groups to see what catchphrases would turn Americans against the process. He sent his analysis to Republicans in Congress and the money groups that were ready to fight the bill, whatever it would be. A few of Luntz’s slogans created visceral reactions.

“Cut Medicare benefits” was one.

Mention of “government takeover of health care” upset everyone. So did the

suggestion that “government bureaucrats,” not patients consulting with their doctors, would make ERNEST health decisions.

DUMAS “Rationing” caused people to see red. “Bigger national debt” scared them, too.

So, Luntz advised the party that whatever Democrats came up with, Republicans should avoid specifics and use those terms to describe the reforms. Never mind that the bill would do none of those things. Luntz had written a best-selling book on the theme that in politics facts do not matter as much as what people think they hear.

Republican leaders followed his plan to the letter, and the Chamber of Commerce and insurance, pharmaceutical and right-wing organizations pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into media advertising and mailers to the homes of seniors warning of the draconian effects of the coming health law.

No longer a referendum on Obama

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truism of American presidential politics is that elections involving an incumbent standing for reelection are driven almost entirely by voters’ analyses of the performance of that president. When that president has overseen a poor economy or has failed to meet the electorate’s expectations in other policy areas, the president’s chances are generally doomed; when the economy is humming and the needs of the people have otherwise been met, the president typically glides to reelection.

However, this truism (one grounded in empirical research) is always accompanied by a caveat. Retrospective voting drives the outcome of an election with an incumbent unless the election somehow becomes framed as a choice between two competing alternatives — the incumbent and his challenger. Because of the missteps of Mitt Romney and the aggressive campaign of Barack Obama, this week Romney was fleshed out as an alternative to the president — and a deeply problematic one at that. If Obama goes on to win reelection in November, this week set the stage for the

incumbent to overcome history and political truism.

Until then, election 2012 had followed the JAY rote script for an BARTH election with an incumbent in the field. The president’s personal likability had propped up his standing to some degree. More importantly, the Obama campaign had done a good job of contextualizing the economic situation on the incumbent’s watch, arguing that unemployment would have been considerably worse if not for the president’s actions. Still, the campaign was primarily about the president, his policy decisions, and the performance of the sluggish economy on his watch.

Suddenly, this week, the campaign was all about Mitt Romney. First, a series of investigative reports raised questions about whether Romney has been truthful about his retirement from Bain Capital, the venture capital firm that he helped found.

Romney has claimed to have departed

As always, the tide smothered the lame truthtelling that the authors of the Affordable Care Act, like Arkansas’s politically inept Blanche Lincoln, offered.

Obamacare became immensely unpopular and swept Republicans into Congress in 2010. The party is banking on its promise to repeal Obamacare to swing the presidential and congressional elections.

The slogans describe nothing about the Affordable Care Act. Take the threat to seniors. The law makes no cuts in Medicare benefits. Instead, as you would expect a bunch of Democrats to do, it adds a laundry list of new assistance for seniors: lower prescription drug costs, free preventive-care screenings like mammograms and colonoscopies for the rest of your life, and bonuses for family doctors and nurse practitioners who treat the elderly at any age.

Yes, the law does phase out the huge taxpayer bonuses to insurance companies that have guaranteed them big profits if they sell Medicare Advantage plans.

The senior scare was aided by Sarah Palin’s cry in 2009 that the law created “death panels” of bureaucrats who would decide whether Grandma should die rather than get life-saving treatment.

It was a complete hoax, and Palin later would say she never meant it literally, only that if all the poor people became entitled to medical care there would not

be enough care for everybody, which would lead to rationing and the elderly sick would have to be dispensed with.

Hoax or not, others picked up the death panel idea. An Internet story quoted a hospital emergency room executive in Tennessee as saying that starting in 2013 Obamacare required everyone over the age of 75 to go before a local ethics committee for a decision on whether they could be given life-saving surgery.

The doctor who was quoted immediately denied saying it or that the law provided any such thing, but the message went viral. It is received wisdom now that Obamacare somehow pulls the plug on people who reach 75. I’m four months away.

Here is what the “government takeover of health care” amounts to: The government stops insurance companies from ending coverage when people get acute illnesses like cancer, prevents them from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, stops them from ending insurance for critically ill children and limits their profits and overhead to 15 or 20 percent of the premiums they collect.

More than that and they must rebate the money to customers. Millions of rebate checks will go out next month and every August hereafter.

But, as Luntz had explained, facts don’t matter much.

Bain in 1999 to go “save” the 2002 Winter Olympics; importantly, this precedes the most controversial actions by Bain that resulted in factory closures and outsourcing. A series of SEC filings indicate, however, that Romney remained a principal at the company into 2002.

The questions about his tenure at Bain Capital and his ties to outsourcing have clearly eroded his standing in swing states.

However, it appears that the suggestion

by Obama campaign communications director Stephanie Cutter that Romney may have committed a felony because of disparities in these SEC reports and other documents caused the presumptive GOP nominee to blow a gasket. His campaign quickly scheduled five interviews on Friday afternoon to address the charges.

Instead of clarifying his resume’s muddiness, however, Romney weakly demanded an apology from President Obama for his campaign’s tactics.

Smelling blood, on Saturday morning, the Obama campaign released one of the more memorable campaign advertisements in years. It masterfully contrasted Romney awkwardly singing “America the Beautiful” with his record in pushing jobs out of America. In addition to smartly reiterating the outsourcing charges, the ad also highlights Romney’s personal oddness. I had a flashback to a Des Moines event in

2008 where Romney painfully forgot the words to that same song meant to serve as a crescendo to his speech.

Things only became worse on Sunday morning as Romney surrogate Ed Gillespie attempted to explain the questionable paper trail by saying that Romney had “retired retroactively” from Bain, creating an instant classic in campaignspeak.

At the same time, another ghost from the GOP primary season reappeared. In the spring, Romney’s stubbornness about the release of tax returns nearly cost him the nomination. Bleeding badly, he finally released his 2010 return (and will release 2011 as well when it is eventually filed).

That action solved the problem for the short run. However, the issue is back as Republicans and Democrats alike are wondering aloud about the release of tax returns going back to the Bain days and suggesting that troubling information must be in the tax returns.

Romney may well clarify his timeline with Bain in a satisfactory manner and he may well release a series of tax returns that, while highlighting his wealth, do no additional harm to his campaign. But, the events of this week make certain that Election 2012 will be a race between two candidates — each with positive and negative attributes — rather than a retrospective analysis of one incumbent. www.arktimes.com

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W O RDS

Oh no! Not in the lobby!

“Police say they responded to the Motel 666 around 10 a.m. Friday to find John Doe shot in the lobby. The night manager of the motel tells police that the victim walked into the lobby and told him he had been shot.”

John Wesley Hall writes, “I get it, but it’s still not good.” It’s misleading, certainly. The first sentence leads one to believe that shots were fired in the lobby, but we find in the second sentence that there were none. Word order is important. In this case, it would have been better to say that police found Doe “in the lobby, shot.” Or create a new sentence: “He had been shot.” Rewriting is always permissible.

Any “shot in the” reference reminds me of a couple of things. Paul Harvey liked to tell the story of the woman who was “shot in the fracas. The bullet is in her yet.” He told it more than once. So have I. Then there was the old “Thin Man” movie in which a woman expresses surprise at seeing Nick Charles ambulatory after she’d read of his involvement in an unpleasant encounter. “You were shot twice in the tabloids,” she says, and Nick

replies heatedly, “They never got near my tabloids.”

Yes, I’ve told that one before too.

We’re all being encouraged to recycle, aren’t we?

DOUG SMITH dougsmith@arktimes.com

The sharp-eyed and widely-read John Hall offers another example of poor word order: “Obama Hosts Indiana Mom Who Lost Legs in Twister in Oval Office.”

“The judge also criticized Zimmerman for ‘manipulating the system for his own benefit.’ “ ‘Under any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system,’ Lester wrote.”

Not under any definition. Some authorities would allow flaunt to be used the way the judge did, but the ones worth listening to would say that the defendant here flouted the system. To flaunt is to show off boldly. (“She flaunted her new rattlesnake tattoo.”) To flout is to show contempt for. (“The artist flouted the rules requiring clean needles.”)

WEEK THAT WAS

It was a good week for ...

SLOANE ROBERTS. The 19-year-old Rison native and University of Arkansas communications major won this year’s Miss Arkansas pageant. See more about the pageant on page 18.

ZAC WHITE. The Democratic state Senate candidate from Heber Springs has pledged, if elected, to introduce ethics legislation similar to that proposed in a recent ballot initiative.

He’s challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Missy Irvin of Mountain View, who’s been among the Republicans clearly cool to stronger ethics laws.

THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE. The editorial page of the state daily somewhat surprisingly added its voice to progressive forces, observing in an editorial praising the failed effort to strengthen state ethics laws, “The attempt to get natural-gas companies to pay a fairer share of the damage their newly intensified production has done to the state’s roads could also be considered an ethical imperative.” Amen.

If only state Democratic leaders, like Gov. Mike Beebe and gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, could be convinced that raising the severance tax on natural gas is an “ethical imperative.”

It was a bad week for ...

THE OXFORD AMERICAN. The board of the Oxford American Literary Project, the nonprofit that oversees the Oxford American magazine, fired its founder and editor Marc Smirnoff and managing editor Carol Ann Fitzgerald.

Publisher Warwick Sabin said the board voted to fire the pair after a “thorough and fair investigation of allegations” made against Smirnoff and Fitzgerald. Smirnoff told the Times he was never told the specific allegations levied against him, and he and Fitzgerald were in the process of hiring lawyers.

WELSPUN. The pipemaker at the Little Rock Port suffered a major fire that caused more than $1.5 million in damage to plant equipment, but won’t affect shipment of pipe to build the controversial Keystone pipeline.

U.S. REP. MIKE ROSS. It was pure theater, but the U.S. House voted again to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Lame duck DINO Mike Ross, whose poor 4th District would reap enormous benefits from expansion of health care coverage, was one of five Democrats who voted against expanding health insurance coverage for Americans.

THE OBSERVER NOTES ON THE PASSING SCENE

Night and the Bard THE OBSERVER, THAT GRAND OLD

insomniac of Maple Street, was kicking around The Observatory the other night at 2 a.m. when we happened across our old copy of the Riverside Shakespeare in the bookshelves. We’ve had that book longer than almost anything else we own. It’s a doorstop, five inches thick, strainer of backs and backpack zippers of semesters long ago. Even at that, we wouldn’t take a truckload of Kindles for one of its onionskin pages.

Like any other lover of ol’ Will, we’ve got favorite lines, favorite passages, favorite scenes, but our go-to play is King Lear, that black chest full of war, intrigue, arrogance, lightning-lit hurricanes and love. That was the one we opened to in the quiet house.

Scene one of Lear, in addition to being a stunning masterwork, contains what we think is the most beautiful passage in all of Shakespeare. It takes a bit of set up to get there, so bear with us.

For those who dozed through high school English, you’ll remember that’s the scene in which old, puffed-up King Lear, wishing to divest himself of responsibility if not power, schemes to divide his kingdom between his three daughters: Regan, Goneril and the youngest, Cordelia. It’s the way he decides to do it that’s the rub: a “Love Test,” in which the three daughters are to kiss his kingly keister, with the most thorough brownnoser getting the biggest chunk of the kingdom.

As it happens, while all this is going on, there are two royal suitors in court — the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France — both seeking Cordelia’s hand.

Goneril is first to the plate, and proceeds to make a complete ass of herself, telling her conceited fool of a father that she loves him better than freedom, riches or the eyes in her head. Regan comes next, and basically says: “What she said, plus one!”

Then comes poor Cordelia, who has been wringing her hands the whole time, sharing with the audience her horror that she loves her father so much that she cannot put it into words. When the Love Test turns to her, and Lear asks Cordelia what she can say to prove her love for him, she simply says: “Nothing.”

“Unhappy that I am,” she tells him, “I cannot heave my heart into my mouth.”

Lear, befitting one of literature’s great narcissists, is enraged. In response, he tells his daughter he wishes she’d never been born and strips her of the rich, vast dowry which had presumably drawn royal golddiggers to the court for years. Marriage in those days was almost always a matter of property and combining allegiances, and almost never for love. A dowry was the difference between a queen’s throne or life in a convent.

“Thy truth, then, be thy dower,” Lear mockingly tells her.

The Duke of Burgundy and the King of France are ushered into the throne room in the midst of that mess, and Lear makes a show of auctioning off his daughter, basically saying that if one of them is interested in marrying a peasant, she stands there before them. After trying to haggle a bit with Lear, Burgundy backs out.

Meanwhile, the King of France has been watching all this. In my mind’s eye, he’s a resplendent figure, clothed in gold brocade and rich silks, dark-haired and handsome. Lear goes so far as to try to talk him out of even giving Cordelia a chance.

“For you, great king,” Lear tells him, “I would not from your love make such a stray, to match you where I hate; therefore beseech you to avert your liking a more worthier way than on a wretch whom nature is ashamed.”

At that, Cordelia speaks, risking Lear’s wrath to tell the King of France the real reason she has been stripped of her dowry and soon to be shipped off to a nunnery.

The great king considers, and then delivers what, to The Observer’s eye, is the single most beautiful line in all the plays: “Love’s not love,” the king says, “when it is mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire point ... She is herself a dowry.” Soon thereafter, he takes her hand, asks her to be his queen, and walks with her from the stage — not happily ever after, not in a tragedy, but at least happy for the moment.

She is herself a dowry.

The Observer has known some women like that down through the years — is married to one, in fact. You probably know a few yourself: not much money in her checking account, but a king’s cache of treasures nonetheless.

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Ethics complaint on campaign money

Dustin Seaton, a Fayetteville educator and political consultant, says he has filed a complaint with the state Ethics Commission about the growing practice of political candidates making campaign contributions from their campaign accounts to other political candidates.

A recent Arkansas DemocratGazette article highlighted $30,000 in contributions made by Republican legislative leaders, most unopposed for re-election, from their campaign treasuries to other candidates.

The Ethics Commission created what these givers believe is a loophole in the rule banning use of campaign funds for personal purposes. The Ethics Commission said a “ticketed event” might be a place that would be useful for a political candidate to appear and thus he or she could use campaign money to pay that cost.

Politicians have begun declaring small not-so-public gatherings of a handful of legislators “ticketed events.” There’s a stated price, sometimes a varying one, for the invited guests, who then swap campaign checks.

Seaton wrote the Ethics Commission: “The rule states there must be a ticketed event that ‘increases public visibility of candidates’ and should ‘make all reasonable efforts to attend’ such events.

According to his campaign finance reports, Sen. [Michael] Lamoureux gave $13,500 to nine Republican candidates for office on alleged events on 4/18/12 and 5/9/12. For one, since the state senator is unopposed in the upcoming election it is unclear how contributing to ticketed events of other same partisan campaigns benefits his constituents. Secondly, how can contributing to a congressional debt retirement (i.e. Bledsoe for Congress on 4/18) from current campaign contributions benefit his constituents?

Lastly, it is apparent from other candidate finance reports that contributions to the various ‘ticketed events’ varied. How can a ticketed event vary in cost? For example, Sen. Lamoureux gave Dismang for Senate $1,500 on 5/9/12 and Sen. Johnny Key gave only $1,000 for the same ‘event.’ These financial irregularities led me to believe Sen. Michael Lamoureux is laundering campaign contributions made to his campaign to other Republican colleagues in the senate throughout the state.”

The Ethics Commission’s consideration of this complaint will be conducted in secret, unless probable cause of a violation is found. It cannot even confirm a complaint was filed.

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Hostilities again in Eureka media Editor of Lovely County Citizen departs to form new weekly.

BY DOUG SMITH

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ewspaper warfare has returned to Eureka Springs.

Several staff members at the Lovely County Citizen, including the editor, have left the Citizen and launched a new weekly newspaper in competition with it.

Mary Pat Boain, former editor of the Lovely County Citizen and now editor of the Eureka Springs Independent, said she and others who left the Citizen were upset that the owner, MOAR, LLC, a subsidiary of Rust Communications, had outsourced advertising graphics to contractors in India and the Philippines, causing a loss of local jobs and raising the possibility that editorial work, such as copyreading, would be outsourced also. Some American newspapers are now doing this. The Independent published its first issue July 5.

Ron Kemp, regional vice president of Rust Communications, said no jobs were lost at the Citizen because of the outsourcing. He said one job was lost at Berryville, where MOAR publishes the Carroll County News. The company has no plans to outsource edito-

BOAIN: Offended by outsourcing.

rial work, he said.

Kemp said it was true that the parent company, Rust, had contracted with a Chicago-based firm to provide assistance in elementary graphic design functions. “That company does have offshore employees,” Kemp said.

“The scope of the contract is mini-

mal when compared to overall local employment and local expenditures of the company.” Many American newspaper companies are doing the same thing that Rust is doing, he said. “The purpose of any such changes is to allow local newspapers to allot maximum resources to news gathering, advertising services and customer relations — the things we do best on the local level.”

Eureka Springs is a free-thinking, tourist-supported town, and the Lovely County Citizen has been the liveliest newspaper in Arkansas, outspoken in support of gay rights, medical marijuana, abortion rights and other controversial issues, critical of conservative politicians. For several years, the Citizen was in competition with the Eureka Springs Times-Echo, a weekly owned by Rust, a newspaper chain headquartered in Cape Girardeau, Mo. In 2005, the chain bought the Citizen and merged the Times-Echo with the Berryville Star-Progress to form the Carroll County News, published twice a week.

When the Citizen became part of the larger company, both the newspaper and the company’s spokesmen said that the Citizen would retain its local editorial independence. That apparently was true. There were no visible changes in the Citizen. Bill King, one of the original owners of the paper, remained as editor for a time. Boain, another owner, left after the Citizen was sold, but later returned and became editor, a position she held until her recent resignation.

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Republicans have complained since the original D-G reporting that Democrats have engaged in similar use of ‘ticketed events’ to pass campaign contributions from a rich candidate to one in need.

Two wrongs make a right? A simple rule prohibiting use of campaign money for another campaign would clear the air and is apparently overdue given the growth of the practice. The artifice is a handy way for rich contributors to evade campaign limits by contributing sums to other candidates that they know will find their way back to a targeted candidate.

New restaurant for the River Market The three-story building that the

Central Arkansas Library System and Moses Tucker Real Estate are negotiating to build at the corner of President Clinton Avenue and River Market Avenue — there’s a parking lot and a police substation there now — has at least one known interested tenant: a restaurant developed by New York Culinary School alum Payne Harding.

(Harding is also one of the new owners of Restaurant 1620, which is being remodeled and will open under the name 1620 Savoy — in honor of the first integrated jazz club in New York — in “early fall,” general manager Rick Qualls said.) Harding’s father, Rush Harding, is one of the investors in the new restaurant, which will be designed by the Atlanta restaurant design firm the Johnson Studio.

In a July 11 listing of Arkansas’s endangered species, the pallid sturgeon was placed on the “endangered mussels” list. The pallid sturgeon should have been on the “endangered fish” list, along with the Arkansas darter and the yellowcheek darter.

A July 11 review of the book “Delta Empire” said that Lee Wilson started with 400 acres in Mississippi that he’d inherited from his father. The fateful 400 acres was actually in Mississippi County, Ark. In the July 11 edition, an item in The To-Do List misidentified the actors in The Weekend Theater’s production of “The Full Monty.”

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OA GUESSING GAME In the wake of the Oxford American magazine board firing founding editor Marc Smirnoff, who launched the magazine in 1992, and longtime magazine editor Carol Ann Fitzgerald, the media world wants to know two things: What happened? And who will take Smirnoff’s place?

We may not know the former any time soon. Smirnoff told the Times that he wasn’t told what specific allegations were lodged against him, but did say he was questioned by lawyers represented by the board about serving alcohol to minors in

the OA’s employ, which he admitted to. He wouldn’t comment on other questions, saying he and Fitzgerald are in the process of hiring lawyers to fight their dismissal. Publisher Warwick Sabin, who is serving as interim editor, wouldn’t elaborate except to say that the board “engaged professional legal counsel to conduct a thorough and fair investigation.”

If Smirnoff’s legal challenge isn’t successful, Sabin will likely be looking for a replacement editor in the near future. Below, we speculate wildly about potential candidates.

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David DiBenedetto Vice president and editor in chief of Garden & Gun If Sabin really wants to turn the knife in Smirnoff, he’d hire DiBenedetto, the top man at G&G, a magazine Smirnoff has said “plays up the plantation fantasy.”

Yeah, it’s more of a shelter and style magazine than the OA, but it’s managed to entice former OA columnists like Julia Reed and Roy Blount away, and it won a National Magazine Award in 2011.

Ted Genoways Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 2003 until April Like Smirnoff, he brought a small Southern magazine from obscurity into national prominence.

It won six National Magazine Awards under his leadership and was nominated for more than two dozen. Still, his tenure at VQR was not without controversy.

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Some senior editor at a prestigious magazine who you’ve never heard of Not fun to guess, but a likely outcome.

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Warwick Sabin OA publisher and interim editor Might Sabin, who writes a column in the OA and once worked as associate editor at the Times, take the interim tag off and make it permanent?

With the opening of the OA venue and restaurant to oversee and his first term as state representative coming up in January, don’t bet on it.

Jesmyn Ward Novelist, columnist She’s the newest OA columnist. She won a National Book Award for the novel “Salvage the Bones.”

She’s from Mississippi and teaches at the University of South Alabama. Why not?

Paul Reyes Writer, editor At least in the last decade, Reyes’ tenure in the OA editorial department is likely only rivaled by Smirnoff and Fitzgerald’s. He’d be an obvious candidate, but he just took a position with the Virginia Quarterly Review, where he’s been a contributing editor. He’s moving to Charlottesville this week.

Wes Enzinna OA senior editor He’s the senior-most editor left. He knows the lay of the land. He has previous publishing world experience in New York.

Katherine Whitworth Editor of Arkansas Life She edits a slick monthly magazine. She’s been a contributor to the OA for several years.

She helped assemble a book of OA music writing. Having her father, former Atlantic Monthly editor William Whitworth, around for advice wouldn’t hurt either.

Philip Martin Arkansas DemocratGazette columnist and movie reviewer He loves culture, has opinions and likes to write long.

Kane Webb Editor of Louisville Magazine The peripatetic writer and editor is well known, at least in Arkansas magazine circles. He’s written for and about the Oxford American.

John Jeremiah Sullivan Badass essayist, editor His glowingly reviewed second book, the essay collection “Pulphead,” includes perhaps the best story the OA ever published, about Sullivan’s brother electrocuting himself on a microphone. Easily the most accomplished former OA staffer, he’s probably making too much money (he’s a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine) and too focused on writing to consider the job.

David Ramsey Writer He might be the least well known on our list, but from his time on the staff of the OA in Little Rock to later contributions on the likes of hot chicken and Lil Wayne, he’s widely beloved within the magazine’s extended family.

John T. Edge The dean of Southern food writing He’s known mostly for his books and magazine pieces about food, but vittles are often merely a window into some larger cultural topic. He’s one of the longest regular contributors to the OA, he’s guest edited at least one issue, and he’s got experience managing people from his leadership of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford.

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COSMIC COYOTE More than half of Arkansas’s Catholics are

Latino now, and it all started 20 years ago with a Hispanic outreach ministry headquartered in the glove box of Father Scott Friend’s Chevy. by dav i d koon

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ears from now, when Arkansas has a stable, deep-rooted population of born-and-raised Latinos, and the issue of who is “legally” or “illegally” in this state has largely been settled by time, one thing is for sure: People will still speak the name of Msgr. Scott Friend in the reverent tones usually reserved for a saint.

Ordained as a priest 25 years ago last month, Friend is that kind of guy, and has led that kind of life. Stricken with multiple sclerosis 10 years ago (his doctor told him he should have retired seven years back, but he keeps plugging away in near-constant fatigue and pain), Friend still hums with charisma and enthusiasm. It shows in the good works he has done all over the state, especially in the Hispanic community.

Call the Catholic parish in DeQueen, or in Rogers, or in Springdale, or Camden, or at the predominately-Hispanic St. Edward Church in Little Rock, and ask about him. Within just a few phone calls, you’ll more than likely hear at least one story that’s apt to get your eyes a little misty: Hispanic parishioners speaking in spotty English about marriages and children saved from ruin; Father Scott making mid-

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night trips to fix broken air conditioners and broken people; Father Scott knocking on the doors of ramshackle trailers in the hot Arkansas sun and telling the scruffy Latino laborers who appeared in the doorway that they were welcome at the church; Father Scott coming in the dark to sit with the sick, and the troubled, and the dying.

He really listens, they’ll tell you. He cares.

In short, when Arkansas’s Hispanics come into their own as a force in this state, there are going to be a few things with Scott Friend’s name on them. For now, as the vocations director for the Little Rock diocese — the office that recruits and shepherds new seminary students toward the priesthood — he’s helping shape what the future of Catholicism (and maybe the cause of social justice in general) will look like in Arkansas. As for the rest of you, Catholic or not, he’s got a message: If you consider yourself a Christian and refuse to feel love and compassion for your Hispanic neighbors just because they don’t look like you or come from the same place as you do, you’re doing nothing less than turning your back on God Almighty.

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guy — who would come in and talk to us, make us laugh and make jokes and invite us to Mass — it really meant a lot.”

After returning to the seminary from South Arkansas, Friend eventually enrolled in a Spanish-languageimmersion program in San Antonio, Texas, where he submerged himself in Latino culture. “It wasn’t just the language that I needed to understand,” he said. “It was also the cultural traditions and history — this whole different world. I realized I was going to have to learn that.”

While in San Antonio, Friend visited refugee camps for Central and South Americans on the U.S./Mexico border, and chatted with fellow seminarians who had worked in Latin America — much of which, in the mid-1980s, was engulfed in political turmoil. The experience was enough that he considered joining an order that would send him to do missionary work in South America or Mexico, but a little voice inside his head nudged him back in the direction of his home state. He was ordained in June 1987, and has worked in Arkansas ever since.

“Something kept me here,” Friend said. “I didn’t have the push to go all the way through with [becoming a missionary]. Something kept drawing me back here, saying that there was going to be something important here in Arkansas.”

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A TRUNK-LID MINISTRY, AND LEARNING TO WALK ON WATER

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ot only does the Lord work in mysterious ways, He tends to have a pretty good sense of humor. It’s not surprising then that Scott Friend was raised in Southwest Little Rock, which is now home to the majority of the city’s Hispanic population.

The child of dentist Dr. Max Friend and his wife, Betty, Friend said he learned a lot about hope from his mother, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia just before Friend’s older brother was born. Though doctors warned the Friends not to have any more children after Betty’s diagnosis, Betty eventually became pregnant with Scott, who was born in June 1961 and grew up in the Cloverdale neighborhood.

“I remember she would pray everyday for about an hour,” Friend said.

“She was a great symbol of hope to me, because for an hour a day, she went to a place inside her where she didn’t have a disease. In that place, she was free, and she knew that she was more than that disease.”

Friend took his first communion at St. Theresa Catholic Church on Baseline. By the time he was a teen-ager, however, he’d started to drift away from the church. He went to the University of Arkansas, but after three years of living the life of your average college student, he felt an emptiness inside him. Two and a half years after his last confession, he went to the local Catholic church. As penance, the priest told him to read the Bible every day for a month. It was during that month that Friend says God spoke to him, and asked him if he was ready. You already know how that particular conversation went.

Friend started seminary school in the autumn of 1982.

In the second year of seminary, Friend’s life took another turn when he met Father Joseph Biltz. By then, Biltz — director of the Arkansas diocese’s Office of Peace and Justice — was an old lion in the realm of social issues and peace, working tirelessly for causes ranging from worker rights to the abolition of nuclear arms. Biltz had taken part in pickets around nuclear missile silos in Arkansas, and would be arrested in Washington in July 1985 while protesting apartheid outside the South African Embassy. In the summer of 1984, Biltz sent Friend to work at a labor union he helped oversee in Warren, that worked with migrant farm workers from the surrounding tomato

NOW AND THEN: Friend with a picture of himself as a young priest.

farms. There, Friend found a love for the Hispanic people he met, and felt the sting of his inability to speak Spanish.

“In the evenings, we’d have people come over,” he said. “I was on the outside of the group, because I couldn’t speak Spanish. It was getting translated, but they were having a great time and telling stories, and I was missing out on that. I was like: ‘Man, I’m missing out on something very joyful here.’ It was something really exciting. ... Just watching the people the way that they were, I wanted to be a part of that.”

Deacon Marcelino Luna, now a director of Hispanic ministries at the diocese in Little Rock, met Friend at

St. Luke Catholic Church in Warren, before Friend was ordained as a priest.

A former undocumented laborer who said he “did it all” in his younger days — picking tomatoes, planting trees, catching chickens — Luna lived in Warren for 17 years. He said that Friend’s willingness to seek out Hispanics and make them feel welcome pushed him to become more involved in the church.

“It meant a lot more than what it does now, today,” Luna said. “To see him come to the places where we lived and talk to us, it would really light up the day. I remember that we were really in a situation where we didn’t have anybody to talk to. To have a visit from this

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n May 1989, after a few years in his first assignment at Our Lady of Holy Souls Catholic Church in Little Rock, Friend was reassigned as pastor of St. Louis Catholic Church in Camden. At the same time, the bishop named him director of Hispanic ministry, a post that covered the whole state.

“I was about 28,” Friend said. “I wasn’t really sure of what I needed to do. The bishop was like: ‘direct the ministry.’ ” There had been other priests who worked with Hispanics in Arkansas, reaching out to migrant farm labor.

Even so, the Church knew a more permanent Latino tide was soon to swell.

“In 1983, the Bishops came out with a document called ‘The Hispanic Presence,’ ” Friend said. “They started talking about how they were predicting that by the year 2000, half the Catholic churches in the United States were going to be majority Hispanic. ... By

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2001, if those trends continued, then Hispanics would be the majority of the church.”

Friend took his new post seriously.

Crisscrossing Arkansas and rolling over 3,000 miles a month onto his car’s odometer, the young, good-looking priest with the surfer’s shock of blond hair oversaw the creation of Spanishlanguage Masses at churches in Texarkana, DeQueen, Warren, Hot Springs, Camden and others, inviting Hispanics to Mass wherever he found them and generally practicing good, old-fashioned shoe-leather evangelism.

“It was fun,” he said. “I really enjoyed that. In business or sales, they call it cold calling. You’re knocking on doors, and you never know who you’re going to meet.”

Friend found himself in some risky situations in those days, often venturing far back into the sticks to find undocumented workers. He recalls one day when was knocking on doors in the South Arkansas sawmill town of Urbana and came upon an old house.

“There must have been 15 or 20 guys living in this house,” he said, laughing.

“They’re looking at me, and I remember being a little troubled inside. I told them, ‘I’m a Catholic priest, and wanted to see if you guys want to have Mass.’

It’s really interesting that I became good friends with a lot of those guys.”

Friend was transferred from Camden to Texarkana for a while, then was sent to the Church of St. Edward in Little Rock in 1992, where he started conducting Spanish Mass.

During those early years as director of Hispanic ministry, Friend said the Catholic Church in Arkansas was beginning to choose a different path than the church in some neighboring states, tak-

REACHING OUT: Friend with Latino seminarians.

ing it as a mission to reach out to Hispanics. “While we had priests coming in from other places like Mexico, our look at it was: We want you to copy us, not do it for us,” Friend said. “It made a big difference. We were realizing that these folks are part of our church. We have to tend to them. We can’t say: ‘You immigrated here, so you’re somebody else’s problem. We’ll bring in priests and they can take care of you.’ That wasn’t what we did. We really decided that we’ve got to minister to these folks.”

In 1994, Friend was transferred to St. Barbara Catholic Church in DeQueen,

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When he got there, it was a parish in trouble. “They had very few people coming to church,” he said. “The Hispanics weren’t coming, and there had been some real conflicts between the Anglos and the Hispanics there at the parish. When I got there, I found out they’d brought in only $20,000 the whole year in collections, and spent $27,000. ... I’m not a major economist, but I know you can’t keep doing stuff like that.”

Friend fell back on his old tactic of pounding the pavement, knock-

ing on doors. Soon, what had been a sleepy church with only around 30 regularly-attending Hispanics was at standing-room capacity. “We had to really rebuild the whole parish plant,” he said. “We were getting 600 or 700 people in the church, so we had to add 10 tons of air conditioning just to keep the place bearable. It was amazing.”

In addition to his duties shepherding the souls of St. Barbara’s to salvation, Friend became everything from marriage counselor to first responder for the Hispanic community in DeQueen.

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in which the body’s immune system attacks the central nervous system. He takes medication for it, but is still in near-constant pain and battles fatigue, especially when he’s forced to stand for any length of time.

His disease means he could be blinded or crippled at literally any moment. A lesion on one of the nerves that controls his heartbeat could kill him stone dead with just as little warning. Still, he sees his illness as a blessing, one that not only helps him understand the suffering of the sick, but which has helped him change the way he sees himself and his calling. Living with MS, Friend said, means he has no guarantee that tomorrow is going to be like today.

It is, he points out, the way everybody lives, even if they don’t have a constant reminder of that fact like he does.

“I have to trust completely in the Lord. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to live with this disease,” Friend said. “It’s what allows me to know that there’s more than just being able to walk, and there’s more than just being able to see, or anything else you can lose with MS. I’ve got a soul, and it’s a soul that’s immortal. It’s the essence of who I am, and God dwells at the center of it. That’s where I’ve had to learn to live. That’s how you walk on water.”

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One summer, for example, a Latino family who had just bought an old house called him in the middle of the night to tell him their air conditioning went out.

“I thought: ‘What do you want me to do about that?’ That was my first reaction. Sorry,” he said with a laugh.

“I started to look up in the phone book, but then I said: I’ll just come over. They were going through this problem, and you’ve got to accompany them in the problem. So I went there, and looked at it. I checked the circuit breaker, and after that, that’s the end of my HVAC ability. ... I tripped the switch and it came back on. After that, it was: ‘Padre knows how to fix air conditioning!’ ” One of the parishioners at DeQueen whose life was touched by Friend in a more substantial way was Jesus Rubio.

Rubio’s father had abandoned his family when he was very young, something that he said contributed to him “living evil” by the time he moved to DeQueen after 10 years in Texas. After hearing about the energetic new priest at St. Barbara, Rubio went to church once or twice, then stayed out one Sunday to play soccer.

“In the afternoon about 5 o’clock I saw somebody coming to the house in a car,” Rubio said. “I saw a white man, and I said, ‘Oh God, who is it?’ That was Father Scott. He asked me, “ ‘What’sa matter with you? Why didn’t you come to church?’ I can’t lie to him. I told him I wanted to play soccer.”

Fearing another house call from Father Friend, Rubio became a regular churchgoer, a decision that he said has changed his life and made him a better husband and father. Friend is the godfather of one of Rubio’s children, and he calls Friend nothing less than a miracle worker. “For me, he’s not really just a priest,” Rubio said. “I can say he’s really my father. ... He’s a man who knows how to come to you.

He’s a man who knows how to talk to you. He knows how to try to help you all the time. He never says no. All the time, no matter what the time, he’s there for you.”

Friend is still making a difference in Rubio’s life. Three years ago, his teenage son was teased so relentlessly for his weight at school that he developed anorexia, going from 230 pounds to 97.

“I went to the doctors, and never had anybody to help,” Rubio said, crying to the point he could barely talk. “So I called [Friend] and I told him: ‘Father, I need some help.’ And he told me: ‘What do you got?’ And I told him: ‘My son, he is going to die’... He talked to him from 9 o’clock to 4 o’clock that day, all day long. He gave all of the time to talk

FATHER JASON TYLER: Friend “a pioneer.”

to him. And, thank God, my son is OK now. Father Scott is not a priest. He’s my father. He can do some miracles. I don’t know why.”

Leaving DeQueen in 1999, Friend returned to St. Edward in Little Rock for a year and a half, then shipped out to St. Rafael Catholic Church in Springdale. Over the next few years, Friend had a front-pew seat to the Hispanic tidal wave that washed over Northwest Arkansas in the 2000s. “It was unbelievable the explosion of growth,” he said. “We ended up giving two, then three Spanish Masses. We already had three English Masses. We were growing sometimes by hundreds of families a month. In that four years’ time, the population doubled.”

The church had 5,500 parishioners when Friend got there, and had grown

to over 11,000 when he left (today, it’s the biggest Catholic parish in the state, pushing north of 18,000 active parishioners). It was common for four priests to begin hearing confessions on Saturdays at 9 a.m., Friend said, and not get finished until noon. He had to rent the convention center in Springdale to do the first communion ceremony for the parish’s children. When they performed the mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe, 3,000 people were in attendance.

“It was so packed it scared me,” he said.

“I thought, I hope nothing catches on fire here, because we’re going to be in big trouble if that happens.”

In 2002, the same year he was named monsignor, Friend went to the doctor to check out a numbness in his feet and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an auto-immune disorder

ven though MS can be exacerbated by stress and fatigue, both of which come with the territory in a mega-parish like Springdale, Friend stayed at St. Rafael as pastor until 2005, when he returned to Little Rock and a post as vocations director for the diocese of Little Rock and vicar general, a position that’s second only to the bishop.

Father Jason Tyler, the current pastor at St. Edward Church in Little Rock, said the impact of the groundwork laid by Friend 20 years ago can still be seen all over the state. “More than half of the Catholics in Arkansas are Hispanic now,” Tyler said. “But it also goes beyond that, because that same level of dedication as well as seeking a personal touch is showing forth in the way he’s worked with seminarians.

He’s been vocations director for awhile now and we’re coming up around 40 seminarians, which is huge given the small number of Catholics that we have in Arkansas.”

Friend said that the church in Arkansas hasn’t hit the ceiling of Hispanic growth, with the diocese still working to build the infrastructure needed to

absorb it. Two new Catholic churches, one in Danville and another in Glenwood, both 100 percent Hispanic, were started in 2006, the first new parishes in the state in recent memory. The church is also building sanctuaries bigger, Friend said, knowing that even if congregations can’t fill all the pews today, it’s only a matter of time. Beyond that, Friend has noticed one of the most moving and subtle signs that the Hispanic population of Arkansas is in for the long haul. “I’ve started noticing that when families have people die, they’re burying them here,” he said. “That’s when I knew folks were here to stay.”

Part of dealing with the Hispanic influx has been dealing with the human side of things — particularly white parishioners who feel as if they’re being squeezed out of long-established parishes. While many white church members want to be “pioneers” and reach out to Hispanics, Friend said, it’s a more lengthy process or a breaking point for others.

“A lot of it is fear,” he said. “People get afraid that things are being taken away from us, or that people are taking over. Usually what I’ve found in a parish were that people were OK with it until what they call in psychology the JND — the Just Noticeable Difference — the moment when there was just one too many [Hispanics] and people started getting uncomfortable.”

Friend says that he tried to be a bridge between cultures to help Anglo parishioners deal with the changes and their fears, a goal he helps inspire in the seminarians he ushers toward the priesthood.

“At the bottom line, it’s an issue of conversion,” he said, “because what you’re really trying to do is get people to love like God does. Racism is a serious sin, but what it also is is a resistance to loving like God loves. You can’t have hatred for a whole group of people and think you’re being Christian. ... Really your hatred isn’t against the person, it’s against the God that made them, and you’re going to have to deal with that at some point. Better to open your heart now than wait.”

One of Friend’s go-to eye-openers while speaking to groups is to ask how many of them want to go to heaven.

After everybody raises their hands and puts them down, he then asks how many of them think they’ve lived a good enough life that they deserve to go to heaven. At that, the hands inevitably stay down.

“Then I say, ‘If you want to go to heaven but you don’t deserve to go to heaven, then when you get there, you’re

going to be an illegal immigrant,’ ” Friend said. “Since you’re going to be illegal, you’re going to have to find somebody to sneak you in. The person who can get you across the border in Mexico is called a ‘coyote,’ so you’re going to need a Cosmic Coyote. Who’s that going to be? The answer, of course, is Christ.” How can you expect God to welcome you into heaven then, Friend asks, if you can’t do the same for the Hispanics who are here now?

While Msgr. Friend accepts that America is legally within its rights to

secure the borders, he said that being a country of means demands that we find more humane ways of dealing with the issue of undocumented immigration. He asks Anglos to consider what they would do if they and their families were trapped in the poverty and hopelessness that can be found in many corners of Latin America. He also reminds them that the United States is supposedly a country that values risk-taking and resourcefulness above all else, and that those willing to risk everything — even death or jail — for a better life

definitely fit that bill.

“If you grew up in a place where there’s no hope for your kids, you’re going to leave there and find something,” he said. “Anybody who loves just a bit is going to make a choice to leave. That’s something we really need to understand: People who immigrate, it’s bad for the country that loses them, because the people who are willing to leave are innovative, they’re willing to take a risk, they’re people who are resourceful. Those are the folks who immigrate here, and it ain’t easy.”

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CATCHING AIR: Miss UCA, Morgan Holt.

MUSING OVER MISS

ARKANSAS

BY CHEREE FRANCO

It’s 6:30 p.m.,

time for the pre-event talent showcase. The house lights are still on and Summit Arena is somewhere between one-third and one-half full. People mill about, dressed in everything from tuxedos and sequins to seersucker and khaki. Handmade posters line the section railings, wishing specific contestants good luck. Ten minutes later, the crowd hasn’t filled out, but the lights dim anyway.

Welcome to crowning night, the highlight of the 75th Miss Arkansas pageant.

General admission will run you about $30, but the best seats are reserved for press.

They line the runway, affording reachout-and-touch proximity to visibly quaking calves, tear-streaked, make-up muddied faces and the occasional glimpse of Spanx-clad thighs.

Early on, I realize this is going to be more interesting than my prior pageant experience — watching friends shuffle onstage in our high school auditorium, using the event as an attempt to extend the usefulness of their prom dresses.

Miss Arkansas, night six, officially starts with each of the 47 contestants storming the stage to club music, stating their name and qualifying title, and then strutting down the runway in identical dresses that resemble a one-shoulder take on a Pan Am uniform. From the press perspective, it’s a full-scale advance, an army of perfect — albeit orange-hued — limbs parading about 2 feet from my face.

When I manage to overcome the hypnotic motion of so many legs ending in the same pair of rhinestone heels, the runway immediately conjures my sole after-hours experience on Fayetteville’s Dickson Street — bleached blondes, everywhere I look, with a few exceptions. The party girls are even dancing a little, because they

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HEART OF THE OZARKS: Sloane Roberts in her crowning moment.

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can’t help themselves. Many of them are college freshmen, and when someone cues this kind of music, dancing is just instinct.

The limbs arrange themselves onstage, some posed atop wooden blocks. When the limbs are still and the smiles pasted, the top 10 contestants are announced. The chosen few line the runway, some of them so eager to make it to the “safe” corner that they trot rather than walk, the way that a boxer might. Except that they’re trotting in heels, which means they’re actually scuttling. A few of them are weeping (in relief, I suspect) at having made it this far.

As the chosen clasp hands, embrace and swipe their eyes, I glance at the 37 others. Way back there on the big stage, the smiles have grown tighter. One girl wears an expression of utter bewilderment. It’s obvious that her mind is racing, trying to process the incredible disappointment of having it all end, just like that, and at the same time, recalling what she was instructed to do in this worst-case scenario. Oh yes, she should offer a hand to the girls on the risers, help them step down in their heels. She turns to her left, then her right, but the risers are already vacated. The former occupants are either standing on the runway or have made a desperate getaway backstage, where they can sob in semi-privacy.

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A&E NEWS IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A BIT OF ARKANSAS-RELATED celebrity news to lift you out of your workaday doldrums, look no further, or, you can if you want, but anyway here’s this: Bo Derek and John Corbett are set to return to Hot Springs March 17 to be celebrity grand marshals at the First Ever 10th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Derek and Corbett were the two most popular celebrity grand marshals in the parade’s history, according to a press release from the organizers. The two actors have been in a relationship for some time.

“The parade committee was deadlocked on who to invite as the celebrity marshal for this landmark 10th anniversary event,” Steve Arrison, CEO of Visit Hot Springs said in the press release. “The women wanted John Corbett to come back and the men wanted Bo Derek. So we decided to invite both Bo and John to return.”

“They both fell in love with Hot Springs when they led the parade in 2009 and 2010,” Arrison said, “and the crowds were pumped up by the great way they interacted with the people.”

Just to make sure nobody’s feelings were ruffled, Arrison gave an approving nod to the past celebrity grand marshals, among them Tim Matheson, George Wendt, Pauly Shore and Mario Lopez.

“We’ve had some great celebrity marshals, but none of them has been so well received as Bo and John,” he said.

GLEN CAMPBELL’S GOODBYE TOUR WILL STOP off at Robinson Center Music Hall Sept. 6. It’s the Delight native’s final tour, announced last year after the music legend told the world that he’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

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THE TO-DO

LIST

BY ROBERT BELL

WEDNESDAY 7/18

LITTLE ROCK FASHION WEEK

Various times and venues. $5-$40.

The fourth installment of Little Rock Fashion Week is upon us. The fashion festivities officially got rolling Monday and will continue through Saturday with events around the city.

Wednesday is highlighted by the Child’s Play Day and For Kids By Kids

Fashion Show at The Little Rock Zoo. Doors open at 9 a.m. and the show is at 2 p.m. The Young & Fabulous Experience is Friday at Robinson Center starting at 6:30 p.m., and the week culminates with the Posh Expression Fashion Experience at Robinson Center Exhibition Hall. Several labels and designers from all over Arkan-

sas and points beyond will showcase their fall/winter lines this year. Check out the full schedule at littlerockfashionweek.com. You can buy tickets on the website or at Uncle T’s, The Joint, The Salon Professional Academy or Round One Fashions in Conway.

This is the second year in a row that LRFW has teamed up with Big Broth-

ers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas to recruit mentors for children. Brandon D. Campbell, founder of LRFW, was himself a “little” when he was in elementary school, and he’ll become a mentor this school year, according to a press statement. Attendees can donate or sign up with BBBS to become mentors at LRFW events.

THURSDAY 7/19

DIAMOND RIO

7 p.m. Oaklawn. $20.

MUSICAL ‘MUTT’: Singer/songwriter Cory Branan returns to the White Water Tavern Thursday.

THURSDAY 7/19

CORY BRANAN, AUDRA MAE

9 p.m. White Water Tavern. $8.

I hear a strong Springsteen/Mellencamp/Petty influence on “Mutt,” Cory Branan’s latest album and first for Bloodshot Records. As Branan told Yahoo! Music, “musically it’s kind of a grab bag — so much so that I ended up calling the record ‘Mutt.’ ” True that. This collection of tunes has the DNA of a pound’s worth of musical critters. If you squint your ears just right, “Survivor Blues” could be a raspy Warren Zevon fronting Thin Lizzy.

“The Snowman” is a Tom Waits-ian dirge with a keening clarinet and a violin sawing away in the background.

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have some great weepy lap steel that somehow sounds too low in the mix and just right at the same time. “Jericho” has an almost Bo Diddley beat and an array of keyboards and wind instruments. Surprises and left turns abound, such as the angelic female voice that peeks into the last few moments of “Hold Me Down.” This record will reward persistence; it doesn’t take all its clothes off on that first date. Branan is on tour right now with fiery Oklahoma singer/songwriter Audra Mae. Those two play Wednesday up on The Hill at George’s Majestic. Adam Faucett, one of the finest singer/songwriters in the state, opens the show at White Water.

The year 1991 must’ve been a hellacious time to try to break out in the country music scene. There were a lot of big albums that year from newcomers and established giants as well. You had Alan Jackson’s smash “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” to contend with, as well as Brooks and Dunn’s massive “Brand New Man” and Travis Tritt’s “It’s All About to Change,” plus big albums from well-known names like George Strait, Reba McEntire and Randy Travis. Oh, and a young bull named Garth Brooks was busy wrecking the china shop with his wildly popular fusion of traditional honky-tonk twang and highflying stadium rock and selling about 14 zillion albums in the process. It was into this highly competitive milieu that Diamond Rio emerged. But even with formidable opposition, the band staked out a solid claim on the country music landscape, with the hit “Meet in the Middle,” which became the first debut single ever to go to No. 1 on the Billboard country chart.

There followed a string of gold albums

‘MEET IN THE MIDDLE’: Country stalwarts Diamond Rio play Oaklawn Park Thursday.

and Top 10 singles that eventually trailed off. The other thing to keep in mind about the band is that, while there were a lot of great mullets back in the early ’90s country scene, none were finer than those sported by the members of Diamond Rio, with the possible exception of Billy Ray Cyrus. Now, the band has put out some well received records in recent years, including the gospel album “The Reason.” But they haven’t been able to replicate the chart success they saw in the ’90s. To be clear, I’m not saying that Diamond Rio was like Samson and that their country music hit-making powers were somehow tied to their mullets and that if they grew them back they’d start having big hits again. But hey, it couldn’t hurt, you know, just to make sure.

FRIDAY 7/20

GOOSE ISLAND CRAFT BEER DINNER

6:30 p.m. Sonny Williams’ Steak Room. $75.

Goose Island bills itself as “Chicago’s Craft Beer.” That’s a pretty bold statement, but have you tried any of these beers? They’re delicious, especially the Summertime, a Kolsch-style beer that’s light and refreshing and tastes like the nectar of the beer gods. While the Summertime and the Honker’s Ale and the Mild Winter are all stellar brews, the beers in question at this dinner are the Belgian style offerings from Goose Island. Perhaps

you’ve eyed them in the liquor store, the big bottles with the labels that look more like something you’d see on a nice wine?

Yeah, those. If you’ve had a hankering to try these fancy beers, Sonny Williams has the ticket. This beer dinner includes the following four brews: Sofie and Pepe Nero, both farmhouse style ales; Pere Jacques, a Belgian Abbey Ale; and Matilda, a pale ale. While $75 is a bit pricey for a lot of folks, consider that you’re getting a fourcourse meal at one of the best restaurants in town, plus what will almost certainly be four incredible beers. Call 324-2999 for reservations.

IN BRIEF

WEDNESDAY 7/18

FRIDAY 7/20

THE CONTORTIONIST

6 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $12 adv., $15 day of.

Indianapolis quintet The Contortionist has an appropriate name. This is a group that takes heavy metal and bends and twists and turns and warps it into improbable shapes. In a recent interview with metalobsession.net, Contortionist singer Jonathan Carpenter and guitarist Robby Bacca cited Meshuggah as an influence, which

probably won’t be a surprise to anyone familiar with that experimental Swedish metal band. But Carpenter also mentioned cult prog rock favorites Dream Theater and ambient innovator Brian Eno. You can hear the Eno influence on the new Contortionist track “Holomovement,” from the band’s album “Intrinsic,” released yesterday.

It’s largely an atmospheric, quiet song, buffeted by bursts of brutal math-metal.

There are moments that recall the mini-

malist compositions of Steve Reich. But even though it’s rife with these quieter stretches, there are enough tricky time signatures and down-tuned guitar skronk to satisfy the most discerning of cerebral metal heads. Also performing: Jeff Loomis, a seven-string sorcerer who was in the long-running genrebending metal band Nevermore; Death metal outfit 7 Horns 7 Eyes; U.K. progmetal act Chimp Spanner, and Arkansas five-piece They Were All Goliaths.

Twihards take note: Movies in the Park screens “Twilight Eclipse” at Riverfest Amphitheatre starting at sundown, free. For something entirely different, Market Street Cinema has a one-nightonly screening of the LCD Soundsystem documentary/concert film “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” 7:15 p.m., $8.

THURSDAY 7/19

Stickyz has Little Rock’s finest purveyors of fist-pumping rock, The See, playing an 18-and-older show with the Texarkana, Texas, blues rock trio Buffalo Child, 9 p.m., $5. Up in Mountain View, the Ozark Folk Center State Park hosts its youth concert, The Next Generation, which showcases Clancey Ferguson, The Cobb Brothers, The Mickler Sisters and Emily Phillips, 7 p.m., $6-$10. StudioMain screens the documentary “Eames: The Architect and the Painter,” which details the lives of renowned designers Charles and Ray Eames, 7 p.m. Saxophonist Michael Eubanks starts a three-night stint at Benihana Japanese Steakhouse, 6 p.m., through Saturday.

FRIDAY 7/20

SIGNS EVERYWHERE: Classic rockers Tesla play Magic Springs’ Timberwood Amphitheater Saturday.

SATURDAY 7/21

TESLA

7:30 p.m. Magic Springs’ Timberwood Amphitheater. $30-$65.

Sacramento hard rockers Tesla emerged during the hair-metal heyday of the mid ’80s. It was an exciting era of loud guitars, brightly colored spandex, caked-on makeup, cokedup egomaniacs run amok, sexual innuendo that was disconcertingly literal and enough hairspray to float

an armada. Tesla’s music could certainly be considered of its time, but the band always seemed a bit deeper and less silly than many of their contemporaries, what with the band name and song titles that referenced the oddball genius inventor Nikola Tesla, and also by generally eschewing the tackier sartorial inclinations of their colleagues. The group is perhaps most widely remembered for a hit acous-

tic cover of “Signs,” a track that was originally cut and released in 1971 by The Five Man Electrical Band as a way to tell all the squares, “Hey man, stop putting up all these signs. You’re blocking out the scenery.” Tesla broke up for a spell in the ’90s, but got back together in recent years for a bit of touring and some albums released on their own Tesla Electric Company Recordings.

The Little Rock blues/funk/soul 10-piece John Michael Vance & The Delta Funk play at Stickyz, 18-andolder, 9 p.m., $5. White Water Tavern has the ragin’ punk rock ’n’ roll of The Nigh Ends and Svelt, which includes members of The Evelyns, 10 p.m., $5. The Afterthought has the soulful sounds of Kemistri with Nicky Parrish, 9 p.m., $7. Alt-rockers Days of the New play an 18-and-older show at Revolution with local heavies Kingsdown and Northwest Arkansas’s Amsterdam, 9 p.m., $10. The Arkansas Travelers kick off a four-game series against the Tulsa Drillers, 7:10 p.m.

Friday, Saturday and Monday, 6 p.m.

Sunday, $6-$12.

SATURDAY 7/21

The Arkansas River Blues Society hosts a Blues Jam Fundraiser featuring David Kimbrough Jr. and Lucious Spiller, Cornerstone Pub & Grill, 8 p.m., $3-$5. For some heavy, psychedelic guitar meltdown, check out Smoking Spore and Weedbeast, Vino’s, 9 p.m., $6. Fleet-fingered guitarist and singer/songwriter Eric Sommer is fast becoming a favorite at Midtown Billiards. This time, Sommer is joined by the group The Solar Flares and bass player Dave the K, 12:30 a.m., $5.

MONDAY 7/23 SATURDAY 7/21

WWE RAW

7:30 p.m. Verizon Arena. $17-$97.

This match is highlighted by 10-time WWE Champion John Cena, who’ll take on the seven-foot, 441-pound human tower known as Big Show. Will the Cenation turn out to root for their leader? The “Long Island Iced-Z,” a.k.a.

Zack Ryder will go head to head with the bleached-blonde narcissist Dolph Ziggler. But is Ziggler hated enough by the fans to truly own his heel status?

And what about Big Show? Is he really a super-heel? Bleacher Report’s Michael Guadalupe is unconvinced: “The bottom line is that the WWE is thin on

good heels,” Guadalupe wrote. “While they may try to push Big Show on us as a super-heel, Big Show is very far away from super. He lacks wrestling ability and has yet to come up with a win at any pay-per-view since his heel turn this year.” But who knows what drama might unfold at Verizon Arena?

Vino’s weekly 7th Street Peep Show keeps rolling. This week’s lineup includes a special guest headlining spot from local power-pop savant and former Reds frontman John McAteer (you might know him as Johnny Mac), whose excellent solo album “Dark Houses” is out now. It starts at 8 p.m. and it’s only $1. This show is a solo acoustic affair (a full-band show is in the works) and anyone who comes will get a free copy of “Dark Houses.”

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 18

MUSIC

Acoustic Open Mic. The Afterthought, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www. afterthoughtbar.com.

Betrayal, City in the Sea. Downtown Music Hall, 6 p.m. 211 W. Capitol. 501-376-1819. downtownmusichall.com.

Brian Nahlen. The Tavern Sports Grill, 7:30 p.m., free. 17815 Chenal Parkway. 501-830-2100. www. thetavernsportsgrill.com.

Cory Branan, Audra Mae. George’s Majestic Lounge, 9 p.m. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.

479-442-4226.

Grim Muzik presents Way Back Wednesdays.

Cornerstone Pub & Grill, 8:30 p.m. 314 Main St., NLR. 501-374-1782. cstonepub.com.

The Growlers. Juanita’s, 9 p.m., $8 adv., $10 day of. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www.juanitas.com.

Karaoke at Khalil’s. Khalil’s Pub, 7 p.m. 110 S. Shackleford Road. 501-224-0224. www.khalilspub.com.

Karaoke. Maxine’s, 8 p.m., free. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. www.maxinespub.com.

Karaoke with Big John Miller. Denton’s Trotline, 8 p.m. 2150 Congo Road, Benton. 501-315-1717.

Ricky David Tripp. Rocket Twenty One, 5:30 p.m. 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-603-9208. www. ferneaurestaurant.com.

Steve Bates. Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-3755351. www.cajunswharf.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 5 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG.

COMEDY

Gabriel Rutledge. The Loony Bin, 8 p.m.; July 19, 8 p.m.; July 20, 8 and 10:30 p.m.; July 21, 7, 9 and 11 p.m., $7-$10. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road.

501-228-5555. www.loonybincomedy.com.

The Joint Venture. Improv comedy group. The Joint, 8 p.m., $5. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

DANCE

Little Rock Bop Club. Beginning dance lessons for ages 10 and older. Singles welcome. Bess Chisum Stephens Community Center, 7 p.m., $4 for members, $7 for guests. 12th & Cleveland streets. 501-350-4712. www.littlerockbopclub.

EVENTS

Arkansas Foodbank Summer Feeding Sites.

Two meals a day served at the Billy Mitchell Boys and Girls Club, Thrasher Boys and Girls Club, Penick Boys and Girls Club and Dalton Whetstone Boys and Girls Club in Central Arkansas, and the Boys and Girls Club in Benton in Saline County. Arkansas Foodbank, through Aug. 20: 8:30 a.m. and 12 p.m., free.

4301 W. 65th St. 501-565-8121. www.arkansasfoodbank.org.

Little Rock Fashion Week. Includes a variety of fashion-related events at venues around Little Rock. Check website for full schedule.

Little Rock, various locations, through July 21.

PRAIRIE ROCK: Moreland & Arbuckle, out of Wichita, Kan., combines the raw grit of Delta blues with fuzz-ified garage rock leanings, creating a swaggering, soulful sound that’ll probably go over well with Black Keys fans. The band plays at Dickey-Stephens Park Saturday, after the Travelers get done whupping up on the Tulsa Drillers. The game starts at 7:10 p.m. and it’s $6-$12 to get in.

Markham Street. littlerockfashionweek.com.

LRFW Presents Child’s Play Day & FKBK (For Kids By Kids) Fashion Show. Little Rock Fashion Week event, with For Kids By Kids show at 2 p.m. Little Rock Zoo, 9 a.m. p.m., $5, or enter with all-week pass. 1 Jonesboro Drive.

501-666-2406. www.littlerockzoo.com.

FILM

Movies in the Park: “Twilight Eclipse.” Film begins at sundown. Riverfest Amphitheatre, 8 p.m., free. 400 President Clinton Ave. “Shut Up & Play The Hits.” Market Street Cinema, 7:15 p.m. 1521 Merrill Drive. 501-3128900. www.marketstreetcinema.net.

CAMPS

Dragons, Fairies & Castles. Kids ages 6-12 learn about history, imagery and imagination.

Artchurch Studio, through July 19, 8 a.m. p.m., $100. 301 Whittington Ave., Hot Springs. 501318-6779. www.artchurch.org.

An Illustrated Summer: Create Your Own Comic Strip! Camp for ages 9-12 focuses on drawing. Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, through July 20, 9 a.m. p.m., $140-$150.

20919 Denny Road.

Museum of Discovery Summer Camps.

Rocket Science, Your Evil Genius, Amazing Bugs, Tinkering Academy, all 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for ages 4 to 13. Prices vary; register at 501537-3073. Museum of Discovery. 500 Clinton Ave. 396-7050, 1-800-880-6475. www.amod.org.

Robots, Rockets & Aliens. Kids ages 6-12 learn about creating art through the scientific discovery process. Artchurch Studio, through July 19, 1 p.m., $100. 301 Whittington Ave., Hot Springs.

501-318-6779. www.artchurch.org.

THURSDAY, JULY 19

MUSIC

4 Elementz (headliner), Shannon McClung (happy hour). Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-3755351. www.cajunswharf.com.

“After 7.” Includes open mic performances, live band, drink specials and more. Porter’s Jazz Cafe, 7 p.m. 315 Main St. 501-324-1900. www. portersjazzcafe.com.

Brian Martin. Maxine’s, 8 p.m., free. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. www.maxinespub.com.

Chris DeClerk. The Tavern Sports Grill, 7:30 p.m., free. 17815 Chenal Parkway. 501-830-2100. www. thetavernsportsgrill.com.

Cory Branan, Audra Mae, Adam Faucett.

July 24 – Sept 1

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Gabriel Rutledge. The Loony Bin, July 19, 8 p.m.; July 20, 8 and 10:30 p.m.; July 21, 7, 9 and 11 p.m., $7-$10. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road.

501-228-5555. www.loonybincomedy.com.

EVENTS

Antique/Boutique Walk. Shopping and live entertainment. Downtown Hot Springs, third Thursday of every month, 4-8 p.m., free. 100 Central Ave., Hot Springs.

Arkansas Foodbank Summer Feeding Sites.

See July 18.

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: The Best Idea Arkansas Ever Had. Old State House Museum, 12 p.m., free. 500 Clinton Ave. 501-324-9685. www.oldstatehouse.com.

Harry Potter Party. Main Library, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. 100 S. Rock St. www.cals.lib.ar.us.

Little Rock Fashion Week. See July 18.

LRFF Media & industry VIP Mixer. Invite Only & $50 (in advance) All Week Pass Holders Lulav, 6 p.m. 220 A W. 6th St. 501-374-5100. www. lulaveatery.com.

FILM

Eames: The Architect and the Painter.

Documentary film celebrating Charles and Ray Eames. StudioMain, 7 p.m. 1423 S. Main St. CONTINUED ON PAGE 24

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White Water Tavern, 9 p.m., $8. 2500 W. 7th.

501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com.

Dan Petty, The Toneados, Black Rambo, 5 Point Cove. The Joint, 9 p.m., $5. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

Diamond Rio. Oaklawn, 7 p.m. 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-4411. www.oaklawn.com.

Dogtown Thursday Open Mic Night.

Cornerstone Pub & Grill, 8:30 p.m. 314 Main St., NLR. 501-374-1782. cstonepub.com.

Fire & Brimstone Duo. Browning’s Mexican Food, 6-9 p.m. 5805 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-6639956. www.browningsmexicangrill.com.

“Inferno.” DJs play pop, electro, house and more, plus drink specials and $1 cover before 11 p.m.

Sway, 9 p.m. 412 Louisiana. 501-907-2582.

Karaoke. Zack’s Place, 8 p.m. 1400 S. University Ave. 501-664-6444.

Karaoke with Doc Bryce. Flying DD, 9 p.m.

4601 S. University. 501-773-9990. flyingdd.com.

Karaoke with Larry the Table Guy. The Afterthought, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Last Band Standing. 18-and-older. Revolution, 9 p.m., free for 21 and older, $5 18-20. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-823-0090. revroom.com.

Michael Eubanks. Benihana Japanese Steakhouse, July 19-21, 6 p.m. 2 Riverfront Place, NLR. 501-374-8081. www.benihana.com.

The Next Generation. Featuring Clancey Ferguson, The Cobb Brothers, The Mickler Sisters and Emily Phillips Ozark Folk Center State Park, 7 p.m., $6-$10. 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View.

Port Arthur Band. Parrot Beach Cafe, 9 p.m.

9611 MacArthur Drive, NLR. 771-2994.

The See, Buffalo Child. 18-and-older. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $5. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 5 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG.

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BOOKS

John Hornor Jacobs. The author will sign his new book, “This Dark Earth.” WordsWorth Books & Co., 5 p.m. 5920 R St. 501-663-9198. www.wordsworthbooks.org.

CAMPS

Dragons, Fairies & Castles. Kids ages 6-12 learn about history, imagery and imagination. Artchurch Studio, 8 a.m. p.m., $100. 301 Whittington Ave., Hot Springs. 501-318-6779. www.artchurch.org.

An Illustrated Summer: Create Your Own Comic Strip! Camp for ages 9-12 focuses on drawing. Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, through July 20, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., $140-$150.

20919 Denny Road.

Museum of Discovery Summer Camps. See July 18.

Robots, Rockets & Aliens. See July 18.

FRIDAY, JULY 20

MUSIC

Bluesboy Jag and His Cigar Box Guitars.

Dogtown Coffee and Cookery, 6 p.m., free.

6725 John F. Kennedy Blvd., NLR. 501-833-3850. www.facebook.com/pages/Dogtown-Coffeeand-Cookery.

Canvas. The Tavern Sports Grill, 8 p.m., free.

17815 Chenal Parkway. 501-830-2100. www. thetavernsportsgrill.com.

Catfish Jackson. Midtown Billiards, 12:30 a.m., $5. 1316 Main St. 501-372-9990. midtownar.com.

The Contortionist, Jeff Loomis, Chimp Spanner, 7 Horns 7 Eyes. Downtown Music Hall, 6 p.m., $12 adv., $15 day of. 211 W. Capitol. 501-3761819. downtownmusichall.com.

Days of the New, Kingsdown. 18-and-older.

Revolution, 9 p.m. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-823-0090. revroom.com.

DJ Silky Slim. Top 40 and dance music. Sway, 9 p.m., $5. 412 Louisiana. 501-907-2582.

“The Flow Fridays.” Twelve Modern Lounge, 8 p.m. 1900 W. Third St. 501-301-1200.

Groovement. George’s Majestic Lounge, 6 p.m.

519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226.

John Michael Vance & The Delta Funk. 18-andolder. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $5. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www. stickyz.com.

Kemistri with Nicky Parrish. The Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Mayday By Midnight. Flying Saucer, 9 p.m., $3.

323 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-8032. www. beerknurd.com/stores/littlerock.

Michael Eubanks. Benihana Japanese Steakhouse, through July 21, 6 p.m. 2 Riverfront Place, NLR. 501-374-8081. www.benihana.com.

Moonshine Mafia (headliner), Lyle Dudley (happy hour). Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-3755351. www.cajunswharf.com.

Mr. Mayhem. West End Smokehouse and Tavern, July 20-21, 10 p.m., $5. 215 N. Shackleford. 501224-7665. www.westendsmokehouse.net.

The Nigh Ends, Svelt. White Water Tavern, 10 p.m., $5. 2500 W. 7th. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com.

The Odds. George’s Majestic Lounge, 7 p.m.

519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226.

Sean G. Cornerstone Pub & Grill, 9 p.m. 314 Main St., NLR. 501-374-1782. cstonepub.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 9 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG. Vista Cruze. Vino’s, 9 p.m. 923 W. 7th St. 501375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

“YOLO.” Featuring four DJs and beach volleyball, 18-and-older. Flying DD, $5. 4601 S. University.

501-773-9990. flyingdd.com.

COMEDY

Gabriel Rutledge. The Loony Bin, July 20, 8 and 10:30 p.m.; July 21, 7, 9 and 11 p.m., $7-$10.

10301 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-228-5555. www.loonybincomedy.com.

The Main Thing. Sketch comedy show. The Joint, 8 p.m., $20. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

EVENTS

Arkansas Foodbank Summer Feeding Sites.

See July 18.

Food Truck Fridays. Three food trucks on the corner of Main Street and Capitol Avenue.

Main Street, Little Rock, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Main St. 501-375-0121.

Goose Island Craft Beer Dinner. Four-course dinner includes craft beers. Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, 6:30 p.m., $75. 500 President Clinton Ave. 501-324-2999. www.sonnywilliamssteakroom.com.

LGBTQ/SGL Youth and Young Adult Group.

Diverse Youth for Social Change is a group for LGBTQ/SGL and straight ally youth and young adults age 14 to 23. For more information, call 244-9690 or search “DYSC” on Facebook. 800 Scott St., 6:30 p.m. 800 Scott St. Little Rock Fashion Week. See July 18.

LRFF Young & Fabulous Experience. Show starts at 8 p.m. Robinson Center, 6:30 p.m., $20 adv. 426 W. Markham St. 501-376-4781. www.littlerockmeetings.com/conv-centers/ robinson/.

Zoo Story Time. Little Rock Zoo, through Aug. 31: 10 a.m. 1 Jonesboro Dr. 501-666-2406. www. littlerockzoo.com.

SPORTS

Arkansas Travelers vs. Tulsa Drillers. DickeyStephens Park, July 20, 7:10 p.m.; July 21, 7:10 p.m.; July 22, 6 p.m.; July 23, 7:10 p.m. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www.travs.com.

CAMPS

An Illustrated Summer: Create Your Own Comic Strip! Camp for ages 9-12 focuses on drawing. Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, 9 a.m. p.m., $140-$150. 20919 Denny Road.

SATURDAY, JULY 21

MUSIC

Arkansas River Blues Society Blues Jam Fundraiser. Solo/duo jam featuring David Kimbrough Jr. and Lucious Spiller. Cornerstone Pub & Grill, 8 p.m., $3-$5. 314 Main St., NLR. 501-374-1782. cstonepub.com.

Ben Franks and The Bible Belt Boys, Dastardly, Ami Saraiya. Maxine’s, 8 p.m. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. www.maxinespub.com.

Ben Miller Band, Tyrannosaurus Chicken.

George’s Majestic Lounge. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226.

Butterfly with Irie Soul. The Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Divided We Die, Deshoveled. Entry fee comes with ticket to see Soulfly at Juanita’s on Aug. 8.

Juanita’s, 9 p.m., $15. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www.juanitas.com.

Dry County. Denton’s Trotline, 9 p.m. 2150 Congo Road, Benton. 501-315-1717.

Eric Sommer with The Solar Flares. Midtown Billiards, 12:30 a.m., $5. 1316 Main St. 501-3729990. midtownar.com.

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Tracy Neal, Miss University of Arkansas, is in the top 10. We met a few months back, and she told me how her Miss Arkansas wardrobe breaks down — $300 for swimsuit, $4,000 for evening gown, $1,500 for talent. In addition to these expenses there are the talent fees and the walking and interview lessons, often given by former beauty queens and traveling coaches.

“Miss Arkansas can cost up to $15,000,” Neal said. “My budget for this year is between 7 and 8,000 [dollars].” Neal, a graduate student in the community health promotion program, raised about 80 percent of her budget. After our chat, she dashed off to host a princess party at the dance studio where she teaches. For an evening of manicures and makeup, little girls’ moms were forking out $25 each.

Neal, a native of Bryant, didn’t grow up in pageants. When she competed in Miss Arkansas 2011, it was only her third pageant. She said her initial interest was sparked by the scholarships (overall, Miss Arkansas 2012 offers a whopping $86,800 in scholarships and awards that include the use of a car and a gas stipend), but judging by her expenses, only Miss Arkansas herself (with a $20,000 scholarship), first runner-up ($8,000 scholarship) and maybe second runner-up ($7,000) will see any real financial return. And many girls make two, three or four rounds of Miss Arkansas before actually placing. But there are the unquantifiable personal benefits, including massive exposure and public speaking opportunities. In the role of Miss U of A, “you never know if you’re going to be talking to children or the Chamber of Commerce, so you just have to be on your A-game at all times,” Neal said. She estimates about five title-related appearances a week, in addition to her studies and her job. I came away from our meeting impressed by both Neal’s composure and her sincerity.

First there’s talent. Among the 10, there are four vocalists, three dancers, a pianist, a flautist and a baton twirler. I’m rooting for Rosalyn Taylor, Miss Ouachita River, because being a majorette is so nerdy and awesome, and because her music is the theme from “Mission Impossible.” She’s a welcome departure from the endless

Broadway vocalists. Added bonus: the batons seem kind of dangerous, flashing like silver-plated weapons under the lights.

Of the vocalists, I favor Simone Mullinax, Miss Frisco Springs, who sings the operatic “Musetta’s Waltz” from Puccini’s “La Bohème.” Mostly this is just because the song is in Italian and she wears one of the most impressive gowns of the night, a figure-hugging, floor-sweeping purple ensemble, embroidered with glittering flowers. I’m a snob about the dancing, though. I danced for years, and I can always tell when performers are cheating skills. The best dance of the night was a mostly a capella tap number performed by Kristen Glover, the departing Miss Arkansas. Miss Heart of the Ozarks Sloane Roberts’ a capella tap routine was a distant second, although at least she seemed relaxed and energetic, and there was a lot of oldfashioned stomping.

The swimsuit — or, rather, “sports and fitness” — portion of the competition goes down quickly and it seems, almost apologetically. After nearly jogging the runway, the entire line of finalists, nine in bikinis and one in a one-piece, line the stage (so the judges could make comparisons?), legs arranged prettily, stomachs sucked in and hips jutting out. All of the suits are boring. I wish someone had worn an awesome ’50s pin-up piece or anything slightly playful, to offset what is actually an absurd and mortifying situation, even for some members of the audience.

Finally we’ve come to evening gown, the last on-stage part of the competition, as the interview portion — which (rightly) counts the most — happens behind closed doors. For the first time all night, I’m struck by Somer Allen, Miss Lights of the Delta. She has dark hair, ice-blue eyes and creamy skin that is barely obscured by layers of spray tan. Her nose is slightly hooked and her lips have a bit of that Angelina Jolie thing happening, perhaps a result of so many hours pursed against a flute.

She glides down the runway, swinging her arms just so (which I come to recognize as an under-appreciated skill), in sharp contrast to another nameless contestant who conquers the runway as stiffly as an 80-year-old with a steel rod up her

back. For me, Allen stole the event, but my favorite to win the crown — especially later, after being named highest academic achiever — is Mullinax, the classically proportioned, auburn-haired opera singer, who holds a master’s degree in communication from the UA. She seems to tear up easily, but somehow she’s poised even as her eyes stream. She’s well-spoken, has excellent posture, a tasteful wardrobe and an elegant stage presence that is devoid of melodrama and unnecessary flash (read: she never runs, squeals, bootie-dances or flashes sorority gang signs). It just seems she would represent Arkansas well, perhaps even defying a few stereotypes.

The awards ceremony lasts forever. I count about 50 different awards, some as tiny as $100, for everything from best presentation upon arrival (I guess the judging starts first thing), to community service and leadership, to whose fans spent the most at Dillard’s during pageant week.

Some girls collect a half-dozen of these awards, which makes me extra sympathetic towards those who head home with nothing but the $250 “showing up” prize.

Simone Mullinax didn’t even place in the top five, which confirms how little I know about pageants. The bleached blondes have a good run, though, filling the top three spots. Roberts, Miss Heart of the Ozarks and now, the new Miss Arkansas, is adorable, although she’s definitely not as genteel a choice as I expected. This is her second time in the Miss Arkansas pageant, but she’s a stage veteran, a former Miss Arkansas’s Outstanding Teen and a lifelong tap, jazz and ballet star. She’s petite, athletic and exuberant, oozing confidence, right down to her distinct, rear-wiggling stride. Her charisma is amplified by the crowd — she obviously loves the spotlight, which is a huge positive if your objective is to be Miss America. But unless Arkansas wants to perpetuate lame Southern stereotypes, our new queen could definitely use a more sophisticated wardrobe, a better haircut and a dose of sorority suppression.

Then she might totally pull off an Edie Sedgwick aura, though I’m not sure how well Edie is selling on the Miss America stage these days. It would sure sell me on Sloane Roberts, though.

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AFTER DARK, CONT. Four on the Floor. 18-and-older. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $5. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com.

Indie Music Night. Downtown Music Hall, 9 p.m., $10. 211 W. Capitol. 501-376-1819. downtownmusichall.com.

John Sutton Band (headliner), Jim Mills (happy hour). Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-375-5351. www. cajunswharf.com.

Josh Green. Flying Saucer, 9 p.m., $3. 323 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-8032. www. beerknurd.com/stores/littlerock.

Karaoke at Khalil’s. Khalil’s Pub, 7 p.m. 110 S. Shackleford Road. 501-224-0224. www.khalilspub.com.

Karaoke. Casa Mexicana, 7 p.m. 6929 JFK Blvd., NLR. 501-835-7876.

“KISS Saturdays” with DJs Deja Blu, Greyhound and Silky Slim. Sway, 10 p.m. 412 Louisiana.

501-907-2582.

Michael Eubanks. Benihana Japanese Steakhouse, 6 p.m. 2 Riverfront Place, NLR. 501-374-8081. www.benihana.com.

Moreland & Arbuckle. Starts immediately after the 7:10 p.m. Travelers game. Dickey-Stephens Park, $6-$12. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501664-1555. www.travs.com.

Mr. Mayhem. West End Smokehouse and Tavern, 10 p.m., $5. 215 N. Shackleford. 501-224-7665. www.westendsmokehouse.net.

Pickin’ Porch at the Library. Faulkner County Library, through Aug. 4: 9:30 a.m., free. 1900 Tyler St., Conway. 501-327-7482. www.fcl.org.

The Sarah Hughes Band. White Water Tavern, 9 p.m., $5. 2500 W. 7th. 501-375-8400. www. whitewatertavern.com.

Saturday night at Discovery. Featuring DJs, dancers and more. Discovery Nightclub, 9 p.m., $10. 1021 Jessie Road. 501-664-4784. www.latenightdisco.com.

Smokey. The Tavern Sports Grill, July 21, 8 p.m.; July 25, 7:30 p.m., free. 17815 Chenal Parkway.

501-830-2100. www.thetavernsportsgrill.com.

Smoking Spore, Weedbeast. Vino’s, 9 p.m., $6. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Songwriters Showcase. Parrot Beach Cafe, 2-7 p.m., free. 9611 MacArthur Drive, NLR. 771-2994.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 9 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG. Tesla. Magic Springs’ Timberwood Amphitheater, 7:30 p.m., $30-$65. 1701 E. Grand Ave., Hot Springs.

COMEDY

Gabriel Rutledge. The Loony Bin, 7, 9 and 11 p.m., $7-$10. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road.

501-228-5555. www.loonybincomedy.com.

The Main Thing. Sketch comedy show. The Joint, 8 p.m., $20. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR.

501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

DANCE

Little Rock West Coast Dance Club. Dance lessons. Singles welcome. Ernie Biggs, 7 p.m., $2. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-247-5240. www. arstreetswing.com.

EVENTS

Argenta Farmers Market. Argenta, 7 a.m.-12 p.m. Main Street, NLR. Falun Gong meditation. Allsopp Park, 9 a.m., free. Cantrell & Cedar Hill Roads.

Hillcrest Farmers Market. Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, 7 a.m.-12 p.m. 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd.

Little Rock Farmers’ Market. River Market Pavilions, through Oct. 27: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 400 President Clinton Ave. 501-375-2552. rivermarket.info.

Little Rock Fashion Week. See July 18.

Little Rock Zoo” “Animals of Harry Potter.

Main Library, 10:30 a.m. 100 S. Rock St. www. cals.lib.ar.us.

LRFF Posh Expression Fashion Experience.

Show starts at 8 p.m. Robinson Center, 6:30 p.m., $40 VIP adv., $30 general admission adv.

426 W. Markham St. 501-376-4781. www.littlerockmeetings.com/conv-centers/robinson/.

Super Summer Saturdays. Free family event celebrating baseball. Clinton Presidential Center, through Aug. 11: 10 a.m., free. 1200 President Clinton Ave. 370-8000. www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org.

WWE Raw. Verizon Arena, 7:30 p.m., $17-$97.

1 Alltel Arena Way, NLR. 501-975-9001. verizonarena.com.

FILM

“Slavery by Another Name.” Screening of the film followed by discussion led by Rev. James Lamb. Pyramid Art Books and Custom Framing, 1:30 p.m. 1001 Wright Ave. 501-3726822. hearnefineart.com.

SPORTS

Arkansas Travelers vs. Tulsa Drillers. DickeyStephens Park, July 21, 7:10 p.m.; July 22, 6 p.m.; July 23, 7:10 p.m. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www.travs.com.

Soul Spirit Zumba with Ashan. Soul Spirit Zumba fuses Latin rhythms with soulful inspirational music. Canvas Community Art Gallery, 9:30-10:30 a.m., $5. 1111 W. 7th St. 501-414-0368.

BOOKS

Bo Pearson. The author of “A Land for Nobody” will sign his books. WordsWorth Books & Co., 3 p.m. 5920 R St. 501-663-9198. www.wordsworthbooks.org.

CLASSES

Home Canning with Robert Hall. Winthrop

Rockefeller Institute, 10 a.m. p.m., $80. 1 Rockefeller Drive, Morrilton. 727-5435. www. livethelegacy.org.

Intro to Photography with Ariel Bisbee.

Photography workshop will include cameras for use by students. Thea Foundation, 10 a.m. p.m., $50. 401 Main St., NLR. 501-379-9512. www.theafoundation.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 22

MUSIC

Summer Concert Series: Jamie Bosanko and Michelle Jean. Faulkner County Library, 2 p.m., free. 1900 Tyler St., Conway. 501-327-7482. www. fcl.org.

Sunday Jazz Brunch with Ted Ludwig and Joe Cripps. Vieux Carre, 11 a.m. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.vieuxcarrecafe.com.

EVENTS

Bernice Garden Farmers’ Market. The Bernice Garden, through Oct. 14: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 1401 S. Main St. 501-617-2511. www.thebernicegarden.org.

“Live from the Back Room.” Vino’s, 7 p.m. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

SPORTS

The 35th Annual Peach Festival Horseshoe Pitching Tournament. Players need to furnish his/her own horseshoes. Cline Park, 9 a.m., $5-$10. 101 North Johnson Street, Clarksville.

479-754-2340. cjccofc@centurytel.net.

Arkansas INT Wakeboard Competition. Burns Park, July 22-23, 7:30 a.m., free. 2700 Willow St., NLR. 501-791-8537. www.intleague.com/ arkansas.

Arkansas Travelers vs. Tulsa Drillers. DickeyStephens Park, July 22, 6 p.m.; July 23, 7:10 p.m. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www.travs.com.

MONDAY, JULY 23

MUSIC

7th Street Peep Show. Featuring three or four bands per night. Bands sign up at 6:30 p.m. and play 35-minute sets (including setup) on a first come, first served basis. House band is The Sinners. Solo artists, DJs and all other performers welcome. Vino’s, 7 p.m., $1. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Hellyeah, Sychosys, At War’s End. Revolution, 8:30 p.m., $21 adv., $25 d.o.s. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-823-0090. revroom.com.

Hot Springs Concert Band Summer Concert Series “Spanish Fever.” Bring lawn chairs.

Wittington Park, 6:30 p.m., free. West Mountain Drive, Hot Springs. 501-984-1678.

Irish Traditional Music Session. Khalil’s Pub, Fourth and second Monday of every month,

7 p.m. 110 S. Shackleford Road. 501-224-0224. www.khalilspub.com.

Reggae Nites. Featuring DJ Hy-C playing roots, reggae and dancehall. Pleazures Martini and Grill Lounge, 6 p.m., $7-$10. 1318 Main St. 501-376-7777. www.facebook.com/pleazures. bargrill.

Richie Johnson. Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-3755351. www.cajunswharf.com.

Tiko Brooks. The Afterthought, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Touch, Grateful Dead Tribute. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 8 p.m., $5. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com.

EVENTS

Arkansas Foodbank Summer Feeding Sites.

See July 18.

Author D. K. Caldwell Book Signing Event.

Grant County Library, 5 p.m. 210 N Oak St, Sheridan. 605-432-6543.

Gaming Night. Downtown Music Hall, 6 p.m.

211 W. Capitol. 501-376-1819. downtownmusichall.com.

Military Night Sponsored by Budweiser. Free Budweiser Hat and Koozie to first 500 people 21 and over. Dickey-Stephens Park, 7:10 p.m., $1 tickets for military and their family with military ID. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www.travs.com.

Summer Science Institute. Museum of Discovery, July 23-27, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 500 Clinton Ave. 3967050, 1-800-880-6475. www.amod.org.

SPORTS

Arkansas INT Wakeboard Competition. Burns Park, 7:30 a.m., free. 2700 Willow St., NLR. 501791-8537. www.intleague.com/arkansas.

Arkansas Travelers vs. Tulsa Drillers. DickeyStephens Park, 7:10 p.m. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www.travs.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 24

MUSIC

10 Years, Fair to Midland. George’s Majestic Lounge, 8:30 p.m. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226.

Blodtorst, Sol Inertia, White Witch. Downtown Music Hall, 8 p.m., $6. 211 W. Capitol. 501-3761819. downtownmusichall.com.

Brian & Nick. Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-3755351. www.cajunswharf.com.

Brian Martin. Maxine’s, 8 p.m., free. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. www.maxinespub.com.

Jeff Long. Khalil’s Pub, 6 p.m. 110 S. Shackleford Road. 501-224-0224. www.khalilspub.com.

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JULY 20-21

SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER: How inevitable is it that “The Dark Knight Rises,” starring Christian Bale, will be the runaway box-office smash of the summer? According to the best estimates of science, the answer is: 94 percent.

Market Street Cinema times at or after 9 p.m. are for Friday and Saturday only. Rave showtimes are valid for Friday and Saturday only. Find upto-date listings at arktimes.com.

NEW MOVIES The Dark Knight Rises (PG-13) – Third gloomy Batman flick from director Christopher Nolan.

Breckenridge: 11:10 a.m., 11:40 a.m., 12:10, 2:50, 3:20, 3:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:10, 10:40, 11:10. Chenal 9: noon, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 (IMAX), 10:00 a.m., 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:30, 8:00, 11:00, 11:30. Lakewood 8: 11:00 a.m., noon, 2:30, 3:30, 6:30, 7:00, 10:00, 10:30. Rave: 9:00 a.m., 12:45, 4:30, 8:15, midnight (X-treme), 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 1:15, 1:45, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 5:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 9:15, 11:00, 11:30.

Riverdale: 9:30 a.m., 1:20, 5:35, 9:15.

Polisse (NR) – Concerns the members of the Child Protection Unit of the Parisian police and their struggles with both criminals and their higher-ups in the force. Market Street: 2:00, 7:00.

Safety Not Guaranteed (R) – A trio of reporters follows a strange lead on a lark, but unexpectedly uncovers a fascinating character. Market Street: 2:15, 4:30, 7:15, 9:00.

RETURNING THIS WEEK Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (R) – Pretty much what it sounds like, from producer Tim Burton and director Timur Bekmambetov.

Movies 10: 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00.

The Amazing Spider Man (PG-13) – Already? It’s like, jeez, Tobey MaGuire’s Spider Man’s body ain’t even cold yet. Starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Breckenridge: 4:15, 10:25 (2D), 12:30, 7:20 (3D). Chenal 9: 10:00 a.m., 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20. Lakewood 8: 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00. Rave: 10:15 a.m., 1:25, 4:40, 8:00, 11:15 (2D), 9:15 a.m., 12:25, 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 (3D). Riverdale: 9:25 a.m., 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45.

Battleship (PG-13) – Action adventure film starring Rihanna. Movies 10: 12:45, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50.

Bernie (PG-13) – Based on a murder in smalltown Texas, starring Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Richard Linklater. Market Street: 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:15.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13) – British senior citizens go to India and learn that it’s OK to eat weird stuff and it’s all very heartwarming.

Market Street: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15. Riverdale: 9:30 a.m., 12:15, 2:55, 5:35, 8:40.

Brave (PG) – Animated fantasy tale of a Celtictype girl who must save her kingdom from something or other. Breckenridge: 2:05, 7:10 (2D), 11:35 a.m., 4:30, 9:35 (3D). Chenal 9: 10:05 a.m., 1:05, 7:05 (2D), 4:05, 9:45 (3D). Lakewood 28

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8: 11:25 a.m., 2:00, 4:35, 7:10. Rave: 12:05, 6:15, 8:55, 11:35 (2D), 9:10 a.m., 3:20 (3D). Riverdale: 9:05 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8:00, 10:05.

Chimpanzee (G) – Beautifully shot documentary footage of majestic primates, but it’s narrated

by Tim Allen. Movies 10: 12:20, 2:20, 4:20.

Damsels in Distress (PG-13) – Indie quirk-fest about three college girls who seek to improve those around them. Movies 10: 7:15, 9:35.

Dark Shadows (PG-13) – Kinda like Dracula goes to “Austin Powers,” starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, directed by Tim Burton. Nah, baby. Movies 10: 11:55 a.m., 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15.

Ice Age: Continental Drift (PG) – Latest iteration in the series about a crew of wacky animated animals. Breckenridge: noon (open-captioned), 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 (2D), 11:30 a.m., 2:00, 4:25, 7:05, 9:30 (3D). Chenal 9: 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 7:10 (2D), 4:15, 9:30 (3D). Lakewood 8: 11:15 a.m., 1:35, 7:20 (2D), 4:00, 9:30 (3D). Rave: 9:45 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:00, 3:10, 3:45, 5:45, 6:30, 8:30, 9:00, 11:05, 11:45 (2D), 8:45 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 (3D). Riverdale: 9:10 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:30, 3:45, 5:55, 8:10.

Katy Perry: Part of Me (PG) – Yeah, but which one? Rave: 3:45 (3D).

The Lorax (PG) – A 3D CGI adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ classic tale. Movies 10: 12:15, 2:45, 4:50.

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG) – The Dreamworks franchise rolls on, with Chris Rock, Ben Stiller and other people who make stupid amounts of money as talking animals.

Rave: 10:50 a.m., 1:20. Riverdale: 9:05 a.m., 11:25 a.m., 1:45, 4:00, 6:20, 8:55.

Magic Mike (R) – Former male stripper Channing Tatum stars as a male stripper in a story inspired

by Tatum’s former life as a male stripper.

Breckenridge: 12:15, 4:35, 7:25, 10:20. Chenal 9: 10:10 a.m., 8:00, 10:35. Lakewood 8: 11:10 a.m., 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35. Rave: 8:50 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 2:50, 5:50, 8:50, 11:50. Riverdale: 9:45 a.m., 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10.

Moonrise Kingdom (PG-13) – With Ed Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand and Bruce Willis, from director Wes Anderson.

Breckenridge: 12:05, 2:15, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40. Rave: 9:25 a.m., noon, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20.

Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG) – Hugh Grant’s voice stars as an animated pirate captain, also starring Brendan Gleeson as “The Pirate with Gout.” Movies 10: 12:05, 2:25, 4:35.

Prometheus (R) – Shiny sci-fi from Ridley Scott.

Supposed to be an “Alien” prequel. Movies 10: 6:20, 9:05 (2D), 1:10, 4:10, 7:25, 10:10.

Rock of Ages (PG-13) – Two hours of Ol’ Middletooth doing butt-rock karaoke sounds just slightly less appealing than a gunshot

wound to the crotch. Also starring Alec Baldwin.

Movies 10: 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 9:55.

Savages (R) – A hippie and a former Navy SEAL take on Mexican drug lords, from director Oliver Stone. Breckenridge: 12:25, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15. Chenal 9: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30.

Lakewood 8: 9:40 p.m. Rave: 9:40 a.m., 12:50, 4:20, 7:40, 10:45. Riverdale: 9:25 a.m., 12:30, 3:30, 6:25, 9:35.

Snow White and the Huntsman (PG-13) – Dark and foreboding Snow White reboot No. 2 for the year, this time with Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron. Movies 10: 12:30, 3:45, 7:20, 10:05.

Ted (R) – From the mind of the inescapable Seth MacFarlane, the story of a talking teddy bear named Ted. Breckenridge: 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15. Chenal 9: 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20. Lakewood 8: 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:25, 7:30, 9:50. Rave: 8:40 a.m., 11:25 a.m., 2:25, 5:25, 7:25, 8:25, 10:40, 11:25. Riverdale: 9:40 a.m., 12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40.

To Rome with Love (R) – Latest charmingly aimless Eurocentric comedy from Woody Allen, with Jesse Eisenberg, Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page and Roberto Benigni. Market Street: 1:45, 4:00, 6:45, 9:00.

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (PG13) – Latest product churned out by the Tyler Perry machine. Breckenridge: 12:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50. Chenal 9: 10:25 a.m., 5:00. Lakewood 8: 11:00 a.m., 1:30, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45. Rave: 10:05 a.m., 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05. Riverdale: 9:15 a.m., noon, 2:45, 5:30, 8:45.

What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG13) – Film mines bestselling pregnancy book for attempt at comedy. If that’s what you were expecting, you were right. Movies 10: noon, 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20.

Your Sister’s Sister (R) – Indie comedy about the romantic entanglements of attractive young people, with Emily Blunt. Market Street: 4:20, 9:20.

Chenal 9 IMAX Theatre: 17825 Chenal Parkway, 821-2616, www.dtmovies.com.

Cinemark Movies 10: 4188 E. McCain Blvd., 945-7400, www.cinemark.com.

Cinematown Riverdale 10: Riverdale Shopping Center, 296-9955, www.riverdale10.com.

Lakewood 8: 2939 Lakewood Village Drive, 7585354, www.fandango.com.

Market Street Cinema: 1521 Merrill Drive, 312-8900, www.marketstreetcinema.net.

Rave Colonel Glenn 18: 18 Colonel Glenn Plaza, 687-0499, www.ravemotionpictures.com.

Regal Breckenridge Village 12: 1-430 and Rodney Parham, 224-0990, www.fandango.com.

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Not ‘Batman’ ‘Ice Age 4’ is highly skippable.

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“In a fairly obvious attempt to stay away from ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ the major studios are only releasing one significant movie this weekend. ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ is debuting at 3,880 locations this weekend, 2,731 of which are playing the movie in 3D.” — BoxOfficeMojo, July 12

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he first thing you notice about “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” some cartoon with a bunch of talking animals, is that it doesn’t contain a single Batman anywhere. Instead some mammoths (Ray Romano and Queen Latifah are two, married) have some problems when about 10 million years of tectonic activity packs into the space of five minutes and the dad mammoth is pushed out to sea and has to come back for the mom mammoth and their daughter mammoth. The Ray Romano mammoth is stuck on an iceberg with a Denis Leary saber-toothed cat and a stupid sloth that sounds like John Leguizamo, who was in the “Spawn” movie that sucked compared with Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise, which, in case you haven’t heard, concludes this week.

This is the fourth “Ice Age” movie.

That’s a lot of ice ages. You’d think they’d be fresh out of jokes by now, but oh, boy, you’d be wrong — they ran out of jokes two movies ago. Still, there are some crazy parts in “Ice Age.” At one point, the good mammals we’re rooting for are floating on an iceberg and run into another iceberg run by bad, pirate animals! The captain is a scraggly, ferocious, leering ape voiced

by Peter Dinklage, the short guy that makes “Game of Thrones” alone worth the risk of pirating HBO. He makes a fine villain. Sort of like Tom Hardy is going to be, as Bane. You know that part in the trailer where he blows up the football field while Hines Ward runs

for a touchdown. Bane! Even more evil than a pirate monkey on the high seas!

Wanda Sykes also voices a character in this “Ice Age” movie. She’s an old, doddering sloth character who winds up saving the day when her pet whale arrives and helps all the good mammoths and sloths and stuff beat up the pirates. You know it’s Sykes because her voice is so distinct. But you know who just melts into his characters? That Gary Oldman. You gotta figure Commissioner Gordon is going to croak in “The Dark Knight Rises” because of that scene in the trailer where he’s giving some raspy speech from a hospital bed with an oxygen mask hanging off his face, but still, it’s bound to be incredible. You know Oldman also played Dracula? And Beethoven? And Lee Harvey Oswald?

And Sid Vicious? And Rosencrantz? My stars, what a list. It’s like that character Ray Romano played: Ray, in “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

The reason the kids will sit through this “Ice Age” movie is that it has pretty colors, the vomit jokes land and it ends after 94 minutes. Adults will love it because it has a lovely little “Simpsons” short at the front that, honestly, you can sneak in and see real quick before “The Dark Knight Rises” plays, and if your buddy doesn’t mind holding your seat when everyone and their dog pours into the theater to see Batman, you can seriously do both. Just make sure you go see a non-3D version of “Ice Age” when you do it because “The Dark Knight Rises” is in just two regular ol’ Ds, just like 99.99 percent of watchable movies. Just try not to let your mind drift over to the next theater where kids are not laughing at 3D animated opossums when you’re watching Batman and Bane kick the living hell out of one another for the fate of Gotham City. Because, seriously, you’re not missing much.

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AFTER DARK, CONT. Lucious Spiller Band. Copeland’s, 6-9 p.m. 2602 S. Shackleford Road. 501-312-1616. www.copelandsofneworleans.com.

Ricky David Tripp. Rocket Twenty One, 5:30 p.m. 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-603-9208. www. ferneaurestaurant.com.

Top of the Rock Chorus rehearsal. Cornerstone Bible Fellowship Church, 7-10 p.m. 7351 Warden Road, Sherwood. 501-231-1119. www. topoftherockchorus.org.

Tuesday Jam Session with Carl Mouton. The Afterthought, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Tuesday Night Jazz/Blues Jam. The Joint, 8 p.m. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

July Nineteenth 2012

DANCE

“Latin Night.” Revolution, 7 p.m., $5 regular, $7 under 21. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-8230090. www.revroom.com.

EVENTS

Arkansas Foodbank Summer Feeding Sites.

See July 18.

Little Rock Farmers’ Market. River Market Pavilions, through Oct. 27: 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 400 President Clinton Ave. 501-375-2552. rivermarket.info.

Summer Science Institute. Museum of Discovery, through July 27, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 500 Clinton Ave. 396-7050, 1-800-880-6475. www.amod.org.

Tales from the South. Authors tell true stories; schedule available on website. Dinner served 5-6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Call for reservations.

Starving Artist Cafe, 5 p.m. 411 N. Main St., NLR. 501-372-7976. www.starvingartistcafe.net.

Trivia Bowl. Flying Saucer, 8:30 p.m. 323 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-8032. www. beerknurd.com/stores/littlerock.

“Voluntary Simplicity.” Discussion course hosted by the Ecumenical Buddhist Society of Little Rock. Ecumenical Buddhist Society, 7:15 p.m., $35. 1015 W. 2nd St. 501-376-7056. arkansasearth.org/2011/voluntary-simplicity.

Wiggle Worms: “Digestion.” Weekly program designed specifically for pre-K children.

Museum of Discovery, 10:30 a.m., $8-$10, free for members. 500 Clinton Ave. 396-7050, 1-800880-6475. www.amod.org.

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FILM

Picture Show: Nosferatu. Silent movie played with Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” as the soundtrack. Vino’s, 7 p.m., free. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Acoustic Open Mic. The Afterthought, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www. afterthoughtbar.com.

The Cadillac Black, Logan Mize. 18-and-older.

Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $6. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com.

Grim Muzik presents Way Back Wednesdays.

Cornerstone Pub & Grill, 8:30 p.m. 314 Main St., NLR. 501-374-1782. cstonepub.com.

The Overseer. Downtown Music Hall, 7 p.m., $8. 211 W. Capitol. 501-376-1819. downtownmusichall.com.

Ricky David Tripp. Rocket Twenty One, 5:30 p.m. 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-603-9208. www. ferneaurestaurant.com.

Rob & Tyndall. Cajun’s Wharf, 5 and 9 p.m., $5 after 8:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-3755351. www.cajunswharf.com.

Smokey. The Tavern Sports Grill, 7:30 p.m., free.

17815 Chenal Parkway. 501-830-2100. www. thetavernsportsgrill.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 5 p.m.,

free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG.

COMEDY

James Johann. The Loony Bin, 8 p.m., $7. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-228-5555. www. loonybincomedy.com.

The Joint Venture. Improv comedy group. The Joint, 8 p.m., $5. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

DANCE

Little Rock Bop Club. Beginning dance lessons for ages 10 and older. Singles welcome. Bess Chisum Stephens Community Center, 7 p.m., $4 for members, $7 for guests. 12th & Cleveland streets. 501-350-4712. www.littlerockbopclub.

EVENTS

Arkansas Foodbank Summer Feeding Sites.

See July 18.

Science After Dark: “Science Fiction”. Learn about science fiction, cash bar available, 21-andolder. Museum of Discovery, 6 p.m., $5, free for members. 500 Clinton Ave. 396-7050, 1-800880-6475. www.amod.org.

Summer Science Institute. Museum of Discovery, through July 27, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. 500 Clinton Ave. 396-7050, 1-800-880-6475. www.amod.org.

FILM

Movies in the Park: “Caddyshack.” Film begins at sundown. Riverfest Amphitheatre, 8 p.m., free. 400 President Clinton Ave.

THIS WEEK IN THEATER

“Barefoot in the Park.” The Neil Simon comedy about a couple of newlyweds, their first apartment, eccentric neighbors and a meddling mother. Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, through July 22: Tue.-Sat., 6 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., $15-$33. 6323 Col. Glenn Road. 501-562-3131. murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.

“Cabaret.” Argenta Community Theater, July 25-28, 7 p.m., $15-$35. 405 Main St., NLR. 501353-1443. argentacommunitytheater.org.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Pocket Community Theater, July 20-21, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., July 22, 2:30 p.m.; July 27-28, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., July 29, 2:30 p.m., $5-$10.

170 Ravine St., Hot Springs.

“The Full Monty.” A group of unemployed steelworkers find an unconventional way to make some money, revitalizing their self-esteem in the process. This musical is based on the hit British film of the same name. The Weekend Theater, through July 21, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., July 22, 2:30 p.m.; through July 28, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., July 29, 2:30 p.m.; through Aug. 4, 7:30 p.m., $16-$20. 1001 W. 7th St. 501-374-3761. www. weekendtheater.org.

“Hairspray.” Campy, fun musical about an unlikely teen dance idol, based on the John Waters film. The Public Theatre, through July 21, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., July 22, 2 p.m.; through July 28, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., July 29, 2 p.m., $14-$16. 616 Center St. 501-374-7529. www.thepublictheatre.com.

Opera in the Ozarks: “A Little Night Music.”

Stephen Sondheim’s romantic Broadway smash about the intersecting love lives of several couples. Inspiration Point, Thu., July 19, 7:30 p.m., $20-$25. 16311 Hwy. 62 W., Eureka Springs.

Opera in the Ozarks: “La Boheme.” Puccini’s tale of bohemians living in Paris. Inspiration Point, Fri., July 20, 7:30 p.m., $20-$25. 16311 Hwy. 62 W., Eureka Springs.

Opera in the Ozarks: “The Magic Flute.”

Mozart’s masterpiece. Inspiration Point, Wed., July 18, 7:30 p.m., $20-$25. 16311 Hwy. 62 W., Eureka Springs.

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WHAT’S COOKIN’

HAVE IT YOUR WAY: Mooyah customers choose from a large list of toppings to craft their perfect burger.

Booyah for Mooyah

Raising the ‘fast-casual’ burger bar in a crowded market

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omebody had a heck of an idea back in the Good Ol’ Days when they first hit upon the idea of marrying a circle of griddled ground round to a slice of cheese and a soft bun to create the first cheeseburger. We’d go so far as to nominate that pioneering burger broacher for a posthumous Nobel Prize if we could, just for all the joy he or she has contributed to the world.

There have always been good burgers in Central Arkansas, of course. The beloved Cotham’s comes to mind, as does the delicious example to be had at Buffalo Grill. Big Orange seems to have the gourmet market locked down. And in recent years, a few chain upstarts have contested for the burger crown, and they’ve brought their polished, “fast-casual” A-game: Five Guys, David’s Burgers and Cheeburger Cheeburger. Now the trio is a quartet, with West Little Rock’s new Mooyah Burgers. With a great, family-friendly decor, an excellent burger, lots of fresh toppings and non-beef patty options to accommodate those who don’t dig on cow, it’s a real contender for the top of the have-it-your-way burger heap.

A Dallas-based chain that also has an outlet in Hot Springs, Mooyah has big expansion plans in Arkansas. Scott Stzelecki, franchisee and owner of the West Little Rock location, says the company plans to open 50 stores all

Mooyah Burgers

14810 Cantrell Road, Suite 190 868-1091 mooyah.com HOURS 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

QUICK BITE Like any burger joint worth its salt and pepper, Mooyah has a big slate of milkshakes. Sippers can choose from 14 flavors, including tried-andtrues like chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, but also oddities like mocha, Butterfinger, mint chocolate chip, banana and cookie dough ($3.75 adult, $2.75 for kid-sized).

OTHER INFO All CC accepted, family friendly, no alcohol.

over the state, including several in Central Little Rock. “We are looking [for a space] in downtown Little Rock right now, also midtown,” he said. “I’d love to go around the Shackleford Crossing area if something comes available there.”

Setting it apart from the more minimalist vibe at main competitor Five Guys, the decor of Mooyah’s goes for the fun factor, heavy on quirky pictures of cows and with a “Moodle Doodle” blackboard wall where kids can draw.

The menu is open to a little more creative expression than some of its com-

petitors as well. For those not into beef, Mooyah has both turkey burgers and veggie burgers available for the same price as beef, as well as an optional whole wheat bun and sweet potato french fries ($2.45 for small, $3.95 for large).

Ordering at Mooyah is done with a paper check card, something like the way you might order at a sushi joint.

The base burger is $4.95 for veggie/ beef/turkey. Then it’s just a matter of picking your goodies. The list features five different kinds of cheeses (you have to pay 75 cents extra for pepperjack), and 20 different sauces and toppings. You have to pay extra for bacon (85 cents), sliced avocado (95 cents) and fried onion strings (75 cents).

Your reviewer chose the beef patty and white poppy seed bun. We considered the Mooyah Sauce (which a server told us was something like the special sauce on a Big Mac) but decided to stay tried and true and go with the classic burger toppings of American cheese, bacon, mayo, lettuce, pickle, tomato and white onion. We also snagged a side of French fries.

Can a burger be beautiful? If so, the one that came to the table within 10 minutes of our order sure fit the bill: a big, two-fisted chunk of paradise wrapped in foil, with two patties dripping cheese, stacked with crispy bacon and underpinned by crispy-fresh veggies on a cloudlike sesame seed bun.

The best thing was, it tasted dang near as good as it looked: well-seasoned, juicy and delicious, ranking with some of the better burgers we’ve had in recent memory. Yes, the patties were a bit thinner than those found at some other burger places, but you get two without being asked to pay extra, and the seasonings seemed to have penetrated the thinner patties more thoroughly, adding to the flavor. Paired with hot, not-too-thick-not-too-thin French fries served in a cup, it was definitely a memorable burger experience.

While getting a burger right isn’t as hard as folks make it out to be, the difference between Mooyah and some other entries in the local market is the family-friendly atmosphere, and the expanded choices. It also makes a fine burger, and the turkey/veggie options definitely help if you’ve got a companion in tow who isn’t into beef. Definitely worth checking out.

A GRASSROOTS FACEBOOK EFFORT to bring back the beloved McCain Mall German restaurant Mr. Dunderbak’s — which closed in 2000 — has apparently prevailed, with the original owner of the pretzels-andbrats shop planning to bring a new and improved version of the store back to the mall this fall.

The blog Fancy Pants Foodie reports that a Facebook page started in 2009 called “Mr. Dunderbak’s in McCain Mall — bring it back!!!!” caught the eye of the daughter of former Mr. Dunderbak’s owner Richard Davidson, who ran the restaurant from 1973 until he sold it in 1990. Davidson decided to unretire and start the new restaurant at the urging of his daughter.

Fancy Pants Foodie says that the new Mr. Dunderbak’s, now under construction, will feature old faves like brats and big, soft pretzels, as well as new vegetarian offerings, a coffee bar, and a beer/wine lounge.

We’ll keep you updated on an opening date.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for teams wishing to compete in this year’s World Cheese Dip Championship. The third-annual festival of all things ‘Veeta will be held at the Clinton Library from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20, and got a big boost from Gourmet.com in June, when it was named one of the top 10 food festivals in the country.

Cheesefood combatants in both the amateur and professional classes can register online at cheesedip. net. There’ll be cash prizes for the winners, and the champeen cheeser in the pro division will go on to compete in the New Orleans Roadfood Festival.

Entry fee is $100 for amateur teams, and $125 for professionals. Proceeds benefit Harmony Health Clinic in Pulaski County.

DINING CAPSULES

AMERICAN

65TH STREET DINER Blue collar, meatand-two-veg lunch spot with cheap desserts and a breakfast buffet. 3201 West 65th St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-5627800. BL Mon.-Fri. BIG ORANGE: BURGERS SALADS SHAKES Gourmet burgers manufactured according to exacting specs and properly fried Kennebec potatoes are the big draws. 17809 Chenal Parkway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-821-1515. LD daily.

BOBBY’S CAFE Delicious, humungo burgers and tasty homemade deserts at this Levy diner. 12230 MacArthur Drive.

NLR. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-851-7888.

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DINING CAPSULES, CONT. BOSCOS This River Market brewery does food well, too. 500 President Clinton Ave. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-907-1881. LD daily.

BUTCHER SHOP Several menu additions complement the calling card: large, fabulous cuts of prime beef, cooked to perfection.

10825 Hermitage Road. Full bar, All CC. $$$.

501-312-2748. D daily.

CAJUN’S WHARF The venerable seafood restaurant serves up great gumbo and oysters Bienville. 2400 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-375-5351. D Mon.-Sat. CAPERS It’s never been better, with a menu that covers a lot of ground — seafood, steaks, pasta 4502 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$.

501-868-7600. LD Mon.-Sat. COAST CAFE A variety of salads, smoothies, sandwiches and pizzas. 400 President Clinton Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-371-0164.

BL Mon.-Sat. COPPER GRILL Comfort food, burgers and more sophisticated fare. 300 E. Third St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-375-3333. LD Mon.-Sat. DAVE’S PLACE A popular downtown soupand-sandwich stop at lunch draws a large and diverse crowd for the Friday night dinner, which varies in theme, home cooking being the most popular. 201 Center St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-372-3283. L Mon.-Fri., D Fri. DIZZY’S GYPSY BISTRO Interesting bistro fare, served in massive portions at this River Market favorite. 200 River Market Ave. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-375-3500. LD Tue.-Sat. THE FADED ROSE The Cajun-inspired menu seldom disappoints. Steaks and soaked salads are legendary. 1615 Rebsamen Park Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-663-9734. LD daily.

FROSTOP A ‘50s-style drive-in has been resurrected, with big and juicy burgers and great irregularly cut fries. Superb service, too. 4131 JFK Blvd. NLR. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$.

501-758-4535. BLD daily.

THE HOP DRIVE-IN Old line dairy bar with burgers, fries and milkshakes, revived by the owners of Bob and Scottie’s Dairy Barn in Benton. 7706 Cantrell. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$.

501-228-5556. LD Mon.-Sat. IZZY’S Wholesome, all-American food prepared with care, if rarely far from the middle of the culinary road. With full vegan and glutenfree menus. 5601 Ranch Drive. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-868-4311. LD Mon.-Sat. MARKHAM STREET GRILL AND PUB The menu has something for everyone. Try the burgers, which are juicy, big and fine. 11321 W. Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-2242010. LD daily.

RED DOOR Fresh seafood, steaks, chops and sandwiches from restaurateur Mark Abernathy.

Smart wine list. 3701 Old Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-666-8482. BL Mon.-Fri. D daily.

REDBONE’S Piquant Creole and Cajun food that’s among Little Rock’s best. 300 President Clinton Ave. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-3722211. LD daily.

RENO’S ARGENTA CAFE Sandwiches, gyros and gourmet pizzas by day and music and drinks by night in downtown Argenta. 312 N. Main St. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-3762900.

RIVERFRONT STEAKHOUSE Steaks are the draw here — nice cuts heavily salted and peppered, cooked quickly and accurately to your specifications, finished with butter and served sizzling hot. 2 Riverfront Place. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-375-7825. D Mon.-Sat. ROCKET TWENTY ONE Great seafood, among other things, is served at the Ice House Revival in Hillcrest. With a late night menu. 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$$-$$$$.

501-603-9208. L Mon.-Fri., D Tue.-Sat.

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RUDY’S OYSTER BAR Good boiled shrimp and oysters on the half shell. Quesadillas and chili cheese dip are tasty and ultra-hearty. 2695 Pike Ave. NLR. Full bar, All CC. 501-771-0808.

LD Mon.-Sat. SO RESTAURANT BAR Call it a French brasserie with a sleek, but not fussy American finish.

The wine selection is broad and choice. Free valet parking. Use it and save yourself a headache. 3610 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-663-1464.

TRIO’S Fresh, creative and satisfying lunches; even better at night, when the chefs take flight. Best array of fresh desserts in town. 8201 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-2213330. LD Mon.-Sat., BR Sun. VIEUX CARRE A pleasant spot in Hillcrest with specialty salads, steak and seafood. The soup of the day is a good bet. At lunch, the menu includes an all-vegetable sandwich and a half-pound cheeseburger. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-663-1196. LD Mon.-Fri., D Sat., BR Sun. YOUR MAMA’S GOOD FOOD Offering simple and satisfying cafeteria food, with burgers and more hot off the grill, plate

lunches and pies. 215 Center St. No alcohol, All CC. $. 501-372-1811. BL Mon.-Fri. ZACK’S PLACE Expertly prepared home cooking and huge, smoky burgers. 1400 S. University Ave. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-6646444. LD Mon.-Sat.

ASIAN

CHI’S CHINESE CUISINE No longer owned by Chi’s founder Lulu Chi, this Chinese mainstay still offers a broad menu that spans the Chinese provinces and offers a few twists on the usual local offerings. 5110 W. Markham St. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-604-7777.

CRAZY HIBACHI GRILL The folks that own Chi’s and Sekisui offer their best in a three-inone: tapanaki cooking, sushi bar and sit-down dining with a Mongolian grill. 2907 Lakewood Village. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-8129888. LD daily.

FANTASTIC CHINA The food is delicious, the presentation beautiful, the menu distinctive, the service perfect, the decor bright. 1900 N. Grant St. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-663-8999. LD daily.

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501-716-2700. LD daily.

MT. FUJI JAPANESE RESTAURANT The dean of Little Rock sushi bars offers a fabulous lunch special and great Monday night deals.

10301 Rodney Parham Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-227-6498. LD daily. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-227-6498.

OSAKA JAPANESE RESTAURANT Veteran operator of several local Asian buffets has brought fine-dining Japanese dishes and a well-stocked sushi bar to way-out-west Little Rock, near Chenal off Highway 10. 5501 Ranch Drive, Suite 1. $$-$$$. 501-868-3688. LD. PAPA SUSHI Hibachi grill with large sushi menu and Korean specialties. 17200 Chenal Parkway.

Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-821-7272.

SAIGON CUISINE Traditional Vietnamese with Thai and Chinese selections. Be sure to try the authentic pho soups and spring rolls. 14524 Cantrell Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$-$$$.

501-868-7770. L Tue.-Fri., D Tue.-Sun. SUSHI CAFE Impressive, upscale sushi menu with other delectable house specialties like tuna tataki, fried soft shell crab, Kobe beef and, believe it or not, the Tokyo cowboy burger.

5823 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$.

501-663-9888. L Mon.-Sat. D daily.

BARBECUE

CHATZ CAFE ‘Cue and catfish joint that does heavy catering business. Try the slowsmoked, meaty ribs. 8801 Colonel Glenn Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-562-4949.

LD Mon.-Sat. CORKY’S RIBS & BBQ The pulled pork is extremely tender and juicy, and the sauce is sweet and tangy without a hint of heat. Maybe the best dry ribs in the area. 12005 Westhaven Drive. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-954-7427.

LD daily. 2947 Lakewood Village Drive. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-753-3737. LD daily, B Sat.-Sun. WHITE PIG INN Go for the sliced rather than chopped meats at this working-class barbecue cafe. Side orders — from fries to potato salad to beans and slaw — are superb, as are the fried pies. 5231 E. Broadway. NLR. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-945-5551. LD Mon.-Fri., L Sat. WHOLE HOG CAFE The pulled pork shoulder is a classic, the back ribs are worthy of their many blue ribbons, and there’s a six-pack of sauces for all tastes. A real find is the beef brisket, cooked the way Texans like it. 516 Cantrell Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-6645025. LD Mon.-Sat. 12111 W. Markham. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-907-6124. LD daily 150 E. Oak St. Conway. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-513-0600. LD Mon.-Sat., L Sun. 5107 Warden Road. NLR. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$.

501-753-9227.

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CAFE BOSSA NOVA A South American approach to sandwiches, salads and desserts, all quite good. 701 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-614-6682. LD Tue.-Sat., BR Sun. DUGAN’S PUB The atmosphere is great, complete with plenty of bar seating and tables.

There’s also a fireplace to warm you up on a cold day. The fried stuff is good. Try the mozzarella sticks. 403 E. 3rd St. Full bar, All CC. $-$$.

501-244-0542.

GEORGIA’S GYROS Good gyros, Greek salads and fragrant grilled pita bread highlight a large Mediterranean food selection, plus burgers and the like. 2933 Lakewood Village Drive.

NLR. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-753-5090. LD Mon.-Sat.

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HIBERNIA IRISH TAVERN This traditional Irish pub has its own traditional Irish cook from, where else, Ireland. Broad beverage menu, Irish and Southern food favorites and a crowd that likes to sing. 9700 N Rodney Parham Road. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-246-4340. D Mon.-Fri., BR, L, D Sat.-Sun. LAYLA’S Delicious Mediterranean fare — gyros, falafel, shawarma, kabobs, hummus and babaganush — that has a devoted following. All meat is slaughtered according to Islamic dietary law. 9501 N. Rodney Parham Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-227-7272. LD daily (close 5 p.m. on Sun.). 612 Office Park Drive. Bryant. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-8475455. LD Mon.-Sat. TAJ MAHAL The third Indian restaurant in a one-mile span of West Little Rock, Taj Mahal offers upscale versions of traditional dishes and an extensive menu. Dishes range on the spicy side. 1520 Market Street. Beer, All CC. $$$. (501) 881-4796. LD daily.

THE TERRACE MEDITERRANEAN KITCHEN A broad selection of Mediterranean delights that include a very affordable collection of starters, salads, sandwiches, burgers, chicken and fish at lunch and a more upscale dining experience with top-notch table service at dinner.

2200 Rodney Parham Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-217-9393. L Mon.-Fri., D Mon.-Sat. YA YA’S EURO BISTRO The first eatery to open in the Promenade at Chenal is a date-night affair, translating comfort food into beautiful cuisine. Best bet is lunch, where you can explore the menu through soup, salad or half a sandwich. 17711 Chenal Parkway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-821-1144. LD daily, BR Sun.

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BRAVO! CUCINA ITALIANA This upscale Italian chain offers delicious and sometimes inventive dishes. 17815 Chenal Pkwy. Full bar, All CC. $$$.

501-821-2485. LD daily. BR Sun. GRAFFITI’S The casually chic and ever-popular Italian-flavored bistro avoids the rut with daily specials and careful menu tinkering. 7811 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-224-9079. D Mon.-Sat. RISTORANTE CAPEO Authentic cooking from the boot of Italy is the draw at this cozy, brick-walled restaurant on a reviving North Little Rock’s Main Street. Familiar pasta dishes will comfort most diners, but let the chef, who works in an open kitchen, entertain you with some more exotic stuff, too, like crispy veal sweetbreads. They make their own mozzarella fresh daily. 425 Main St. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-376-3463. D Mon.-Sat. ROCKY’S PUB Rocking sandwiches an Arkie used to have to head way northeast to find and a fine selection of homemade Italian entrees, including as fine a lasagna as there is. 6909 JFK Blvd. NLR. Beer, Wine. $$. 501-833-1077. LD Mon.-Sat. ZAZA Here’s where you get wood-fired pizza with gorgeous blistered crusts and a light topping of choice and tempting ingredients, great gelato in a multitude of flavors, call-your-own ingredient salads and other treats. 5600 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-661-9292. LD daily. 1050 Ellis Ave. Conway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-336-9292. BLD daily.

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CANTINA LAREDO This is gourmet Mexican food, a step up from what you’d expect from a real cantina, from the modern minimal decor to the well-prepared entrees. We can vouch for the enchilada Veracruz and the carne asada y huevos, both with tasty sauces and high quality ingredients perfectly cooked. 207 N. University. Full bar, All CC. $$$.

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JUANITA’S Menu includes a variety of combination entree choices — enchiladas, tacos, flautas, shrimp burritos and such — plus creative salads and other dishes. And of course the “Blue Mesa” cheese dip. 614 President Clinton Ave. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-372-1228. LD Mon.-Sat. ROSALINDA RESTAURANT HONDURENO A Honduran cafe that specializes in pollo con frito tajada (fried chicken and fried plaintains). With breakfast, too. 3700 JFK Blvd. NLR. No alcohol, No CC. $-$$. 501-7715559. LD daily.

TACO MEXICO Tacos have to be ordered at least two at a time, but that’s not an impediment. These are some of the best and some of the cheapest tacos in Little Rock. 7101 Colonel Glenn Road. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-416-7002. LD Wed.-Sun. TACOS GUANAJUATO Pork, beef, adobado, chicharron and cabeza tacos and tortas at this mobile truck. 6920 Geyer Springs Road. No alcohol, No CC. $. LD Wed.-Mon. TAQUERIA THALIA Try this taco truck on the weekends, when the special could be anything from posole to menudo to shrimp cocktail.

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BOSWELL-MOUROT FINE ART, 5815 Kavanaugh Blvd.: New work by Robin Hazard Bishop. 664-0030.

CLAYTIME GALLERY, 417 Main St., NLR: Show and sale of work by potter Ashley Morrison, 5-8 p.m. July 20, Argenta ArtWalk. 374-3515.

GALLERY 26, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd.: Robert Bean, Jill Storthz, recent works, opens with reception 7-10 p.m. July 21. 664-8996.

GREG THOMPSON FINE ART, 429 Main St.: “Southern Women Artists,” work by Linda Burgess, Sheila Cantrell, Sheila Cotton, Claudia DeMonte, Robyn Horn, Valerie Jaudon, Ida Kohlmeyer, Laura Raborn, Denise Rose and Rebecca Thompson, opens with reception 5-8 p.m. July 20, Argenta ArtWalk; panel discussion with Louise Terzia (Historic Arkansas Museum), Cantrell, Cotton and Raborn 1 p.m. July 21, $10. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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LAMAN LIBRARY ARGENTA BRANCH, 506 Main St.: Mixed media by Aaron Gschwandegger, 5-8 p.m. July 20, Argenta ArtWalk. 687-1061.

STEPHANO’S FINE ART GALLERY, 5501 Kavanaugh Blvd.: Seatings for sketches, jewelry and art sale, 5:30-7 p.m. July 19, Happy Hour

in the Heights; new work by John Kushmaul.

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STUDIOMAIN, 1423 S. Main St.: “EAMES: the Architect and the Painter,” documentary film, with talk by Harry Loucks, 7 p.m. (film at 8 p.m.)

July 19; UALR Applied Design student furniture exhibit. info@studio-main.org.

THEA FOUNDATION, 401 Main St., NLR: Seis Puentes’ student work, Latino music, 5:30-8 p.m. July 20, Argenta Artwalk. 379-9512.

WHITE WATER TAVERN, 2500 W. 7th: featuring works by Vincent Griffin, Phillip Huddleston, Sulac and Laura Kelty, with music by Brother Andy, Sammy Williams and Jonathan Wilkins, 10 p.m., July 18, $5. 501-375-8400.

WITT STEPHENS JR. CENTRAL ARKANSAS NATURE CENTER, Riverfront Park: Wildlife art

by Richard DeSpain, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 21; exhibits on wildlife and the state Game and Fish Commission.

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ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, MacArthur Park: “Tattoo Witness: Photographs by Mark Perrott,” 25 large-scale black and white photographs of tattoed men and women, documenting tattoos over 25 years, with murals painted by Arkansas tattoo artists Robert Berry, Richard Moore, Caleb Pritchett, Chris Thomas, Brooke and Ryan Cook, Nancy Miller and Scott Diffee, through Sept. 9; “The Rockefeller Influence,” 57 works donated or loaned by the Rockefeller family, through Aug. 19; “11th National Drawing Invitational: New York, Singular Drawings,” through Sept. 9, curated by Charlotta Kotik; “The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft,” through Aug. 5; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 372-4000.

BUTLER CENTER GALLERIES, Arkansas Studies Institute: “Invasion or Liberation? The Civil War in Arkansas,” letters, diaries, photographs, and artifacts, Concordia Hall; “Pattern in Perspective: Recent Work by Carly Dahl and Dustyn Bork,” through Sept. 29; “Arkansas Art Educators State Youth Art Show 2012,” through July 28; “Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America,” through Aug. 25. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 320-5790.

CANTRELL GALLERY, 8206 Cantrell Road: “Still Crazy …,” paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture by Warren Criswell, through Aug. 18. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 224-1335.

M2GALLERY, 11525 Cantrell: New work by William Goodman, Dan Thornhill, Robin Tucker and Peter Razatos. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.Sat. 225-6257.

REFLECTIONS GALLERY AND FINE FRAMING, 11220 Rodney Parham Road: Work by local and national artists. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. 227-5659.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK: “Works from the UALR Permanent Collection,” including paintings by Al Allen and Karen Kunc, photographs by Timothy Hursley, woodcut by Kathe Kollwitz, prints by Takeshi Katori and David O’Brien, and more, through July 20, Gallery I. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.Fri. 569-3182.

ONGOING MUSEUM EXHIBITS

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSEUM VISITOR CENTER, Bates and Park: Exhibits on the 1957 desegregation of Central and the civil rights movement. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. 374-1957.

CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, 1200 President Clinton Ave.: “Play Ball! The St. Louis Cardinals,” memorabilia, including World Series trophies, rings and Stan Musial’s uniform,

through Sept. 16; “Dorothy Howell Rodham and Virginia Clinton Kelley,” through Nov. 25; permanent exhibits about policies and White House life during the Clinton administration. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $7 adults; $5 college students, seniors, retired military; $3 ages 6-17. 370-8000.

HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM, 200 E. Third St.: “Barbie Doll: The 11 ½-inch American Icon,” from the Strojek Family collection; “A Collective Vision,” recent acquisitions, through March 2013; “Creating the Elements of Discovery: Tim Imhauser, Jason Powers and Emily Wood,” sculpture, drawings and paintings, through Aug. 5. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 324-9351.

MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER, Ninth and Broadway: “Creativity Arkansas Collection,” works by black Arkansas artists; permanent exhibits on African-American entrepreneurial history in Arkansas. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. 683–3593.

MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY, 500 President Clinton Ave.: “Extreme Deep: Mission to the Abyss,” through July 29; “Astronomy: It’s a Blast,” through Sept. 17; “Wiggle Worms,” science program for pre-K children 10 a.m.10:30 a.m. every Tue., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun., $10 ages 12 and older, $8 ages 1-11, free under 1. 396-7050.

OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM, 300 W. Markham: “Battle Colors of Arkansas,” 18 Civil War flags; “Things You Need to Hear: Memories of Growing up in Arkansas from 1890 to 1980,” oral histories about community, family, work, school and leisure. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Continued from page 37 “Many choose this location because ladies can have an entire weekend spa retreat with luxurious lodging and fine dining all nearby,” Adriane Harrell, Mountain Harbor Resort marketing director and special events coordinator, said. “Or because of express services, moms can steal away here to relax during a brief moment of a family vacation — while kiddos are horseback riding or hiking.”

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Whether you choose to spend a weekend, a day or even just an hour or two at Turtle Cove Spa, you’re sure to leave feeling refreshed, relaxed and recharged. With Lake Ouachita’s only full-service spa less than a two-hour drive away, what’s not to love?

When asked about her one piece of advice for making the most out of a Turtle Cove Spa experience, Schinbeckler said, “Come ready to relax and have a stress-free time.”

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