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COMMENT

Ceasefire You can’t read or listen to a news report today without noting the mention of some nation or group within a nation being involved in negotiations over a ceasefire.

Apparently this means that some people want to talk about not shooting at other people. Almost always there is an accompanying story about the Secretary of State of the U.S. rushing to the troubled area to do some talking. If you are reading a newspaper you will also likely find in a less prominent place some mention of several folks shot to death in various localities around the U.S. If you are listening to television the shootings are usually quickly noted either in the few seconds allotted right before or immediately after “the break.” You don’t hear about anyone rushing to the troubled areas in the U.S. to do any talking or anything else. Apparently our nation or groups within our nation aren’t much interested in talking about some people not shooting other people.

Perhaps I didn’t express my thoughts very well with that previous sentence. We do like to talk about shooting people and we like to show people doing it a lot and we call it entertainment or infotainment if we start feeling a little embarrassed. Some of us even think it is our responsibility to be ever ready to shoot somebody else. Some are so eager to blast away they carry loaded guns with them everywhere they go. In the U.S.A. we call that freedom. We are free to reel off as many rounds as possible as quickly as possible into as many other bodies as possible. We like to say that kind of thing only happens when those other people getting shot didn’t have the foresight to carry loaded guns and freely blast away at those shooting them. We even write laws to protect people who shoot other people when they think that other person might be getting the upper hand. What we don’t want to think about and certainly don’t want to talk about is a ceasefire.

If we started talking about a ceasefire in Chicago or New Orleans or Pine Bluff or Little Rock, we might have to talk about limiting access to guns and ammunition and the right to blast away when the mood strikes. That means we would have to talk about restricting freedom and nobody wants his or her freedom to have any restrictions. We also might have to talk about civic responsibility and sharing and right versus wrong and even, Lord forbid, something about the psychology of perception and, OMG, religion.

It’s possible some education and a controversial historical reference or two could slither into the conversation. Maybe there would be a government secretary who under4

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stands these things and could spare a few minutes to broker a ceasefire. If someone as squirrelly as Vladimir Putin can stop a war in Ukraine with a wave of his hand as some very bright people seem to think he can, surely we can find a way to stop a war against ourselves.

David Stedman Damascus

A cycle of violence When Joshua invaded the land of Canaan, he murdered every man, woman and even the children in 31 cities, in the name of God.

It was through violence and terrorism that the Jewish people got control of the land of Canaan.

When the Egyptians conquered the Jewish state it was with violence and terrorism that the Jews lost their land and were scattered throughout the world.

In modern times, the English took control of Palestine, and it was through the use of violence and terrorism that the Jews regained control of Palestine, including Jerusalem.

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cent people and resulted in the English withdrawing from Palestine.

It was the United Nations and the American government who created the Jewish state of Israel, mostly due to the guilt the world’s civilized nations felt over the horrible violence and terrorism perpetrated by the Nazi government against the innocent Jewish people in the Holocaust.

This resulted in the Palestinian people being removed from the land that they had occupied since ancient times.

Unfortunately, the Jewish people became what hurt them the most, the oppressed became the oppressor.

What has been happening to the Palestinian people since World War II is a war crime. The disproportionate reaction of the Israeli government is exactly like the methods employed by the Nazis during World War II. When Jewish resistance fighters tried to assassinate Nazi officials, the Nazis responded by slaughtering entire villages. Innocent men, women and children were slaughtered by the thousands. This is exactly what the Israeli government is doing today.

And what is the result of this violence and terrorism? It hardens the hearts of the oppressed, and creates a cycle of neverending violence. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, Gandhi said, and he was right. The civilized world has rightly judged the Nazis for the terrorism they perpetrated on innocent people during the Second World War. One day the civilized world will wake up and condemn the Israeli government for doing the same thing. The hypocrisy is on a biblical scale, and it must stop now if Israel is to survive as a nation.

The Jewish religion teaches that they are God’s chosen people. Islam teaches that its people are God’s chosen people.

The Nazi government taught the Germans that they were God’s chosen people. In this belief system there is only room for one at the top, and that is not what God wants.

Jesus taught us that all human beings are the children of God, the same God, and how we treat each other is a sign of our respect for the Universal Father. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

The Master told the masses, if you do this unto the least of my Father’s children, you do it on to me. Please, in the name of the Universal Father of all mankind, stop this insanity. Learn to love. We will live together as brothers or we will die as fools.

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Quote of the week “The current humanitarian crisis is a test of the moral character of our nation. This crisis should not be exploited as an opportunity for political posturing, but rather serve as a chance for bipartisan cooperation to humanely address this issue.”

— Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock, in a statement on the influx of immigrants, many of them children, arriving at the U.S. border.

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Asa’s oops moments Last week, Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson goofed at an appearance in front of the Farm Bureau, bumbling through a response in which he indicated he didn’t know how to become a member (his opponent Mike Ross chimed in, “I am a member of Arkansas Farm Bureau. I pay my … $35 annual fee.”). This week, a report in the Democrat-Gazette revealed that Hutchinson claimed more homestead property tax exemptions than he was legally allowed between 2008 and 2011. Maybe he can replace the “Asa!” signs with “Oops!”

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’m a good 35 years — or more — past the time when an after-hours club held any appeal.

Where I once had nights that ended at 5 a.m., that’s now when I get up.

But the world doesn’t live by my circadian rhythms.

Some shift workers don’t knock off work until 11 p.m.

A night of fun that ends at 11 p.m. for someone who had a 5 p.m. quitting time would end at 5 a.m. for the shift worker who gets off at 11 p.m. Entertainment in those hours, after Waffle House and EZ Mart, is limited. And it will soon be more limited if some city directors have their way.

For years, city directors have talked about a local ordinance to rein in private clubs, a handful of which still have old state permits that allow them to stay open until 5 a.m. Led by City Director Joan Adcock, the City Board seems to be moving toward limitation on the hours.

Adcock wants to make closing time 2 a.m. At deadline for this column, sources said a compromise was under discussion that would allow a 3 a.m. closing time on Thursday and Friday nights.

That early closing could well mean the demise of some businesses.

Midtown Billiards, Electric Cowboy, Club Elevations, Discovery and Triniti are the five largest latenight operators. Salut and Paper Moon also open regularly until 5 a.m. Club operators are reportedly agreeable to stiffer private security requirements after hours, to address public safety concerns. But that won’t soothe Adcock. And it appears she has growing support on the City Board.

It’s a rare major city that doesn’t offer late-night options for night workers and the party-till-you-drop crowd, both residents and tourists. Agreed: These clubs exist to sell drinks. They rarely get a buttoneddown crowd. Trouble can happen. Police make regular

calls, though not often for major crimes.

Consider: Last weekend, a woman was shot in her yard on 11th Street; the Sunday afternoon procession of cruisers in Murray MAX Park led to a wreck, gunshots and BRANTLEY a wild high-speed chase; a fammaxbrantley@arktimes.com ily neighborhood festival in Pine Bluff led to one death and three wounded. Private clubs passed the weekend comparatively uneventfully.

Other Arkansas cities have rolled back 5 a.m. closings, to the relief of police. As little as this would affect me, the free trader in me still wonders why the City Board is so determined to meddle. The driving force seems to be simple moral disapproval.

Joan Adcock has long fought the clubs, and not just late-night venues. She was particularly aggressive in fighting a conventional Latino club in the Southwest Little Rock area that is the at-large director’s voter base. She has meddled, too, in the taco truck business, once complaining about their operations and prompting close code inspections rarely given to conventional restaurants.

In Adcock’s world, some businesses are to be comforted and others afflicted. She’s pressed for an unconstitutionally pre-emptive strike against Uber and Lyft, the cell phone-driven ride sharing services, which have been looking for drivers to enter the Little Rock market. Adcock’s work protects the existing taxi monopoly enjoyed by the sometimes hit-or-miss service of a cab company operated by an Adcock political contributor who’s also participated in publicity-winning stunts (van donations, free rides to the polls) that helped Adcock.

Perhaps if the late-night clubs would arrange some late-night taxi deals with Adcock’s cab-operating friend, some accommodations could be reached.

OPINION

The past is never dead

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s a political scientist who likes near demolition his data equal parts words and of the Republican numbers, I’ve been treated to the Party as a result arrival of insightful examples of both in of Watergate (the recent days: the newest book by political party went so far as historian and journalist Rick Perlstein to actively consider JAY and the latest incarnation of the Pew changing its name) BARTH Research Center for the People and the and the planting of Press’ Political Typology. While the for- the seeds that would grow into the 1980s mer’s focus is a period four decades ago, dominance by the party under Presithat key moment in America’s politics dent Ronald Reagan. Here we see Reaties quite directly to the Pew data that gan continually refuse to acknowledge provides so much information about the Watergate as a scandal as it consumes the state of American political attitudes today. Nixon White House. Instead, as he leaves For over a decade, Perlstein has dedi- the California governorship, he ignores cated himself to chronicling the story the bizarre events of Watergate-obsessed of the modern American conservative Washington and focuses his energy on movement. His work began with a mas- sewing a collection of right-wing poputerful overview of the rise of Goldwater- list uprisings (including opposition to ism and its demise in the 1964 election in court orders regarding school busing, “Before the Storm.” Next, in “Nixonland,” to efforts to revise science curriculum, Perlstein detailed how in just eight years to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, and America shifted from a nation where to the Equal Rights Amendment) into a Democrat Lyndon Johnson won one of quilt that became a fervent conservative the largest landslides in presidential his- populist movement that almost wins him tory to one where Republican Richard the GOP nomination in 1976 and goes on Nixon triumphed even more resound- to reshape the party thereafter. While the ingly in 1972.

“Silent Majority” coalesced by Nixon so Now, in his third book in the series expertly in advance of Watergate was available in bookstores next week, “The effective in running up electoral votes in Invisible Bridge,” Perlstein tracks the a particular election, it was replaced by

Quiz for Dustin McDaniel

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n light of the state attorney general’s recent, successful arguments against paying Gyronne Buckley the $460,000 that the Arkansas State Claims Commission said Buckley deserved because he’d spent more than 11 years in prison due to a conviction obtained by bad behavior on the part of state officials, we think an exercise parsing Dustin McDaniel’s logic may help him think a bit straighter.

1. As you have never been convicted of a crime, when you get out of bed in the morning, are you guilty?

Careful. We know you’re our state’s top prosecutor and that “could be” jumps right to mind. But remember you represent the law and this is a legal question. We suggest “no” for the right answer.

2. If a police officer looks at you but concludes you’ve done nothing wrong, did you get off on a “technicality”?

Slippery question, we know. Hint: the answer is “no.”

3. If you are arrested, are you guilty?

Let’s pretend you say “no,” just ’cuz you went to law school.

4. If you are charged with a crime, are you guilty?

Despite that autonomic response, we’re going to credit MARA you with a “no” in LEVERITT hopes you recall hearing something about “innocent until proven guilty.”

5. If the prosecutor drops the charge against you, are you guilty?

Now we’re getting tricky. In your prosecutor’s gut you probably figure you sure as hell are. But, darn it, sometimes the evidence to prove guilt just isn’t there. That said, we’re hoping that some part of you above your gut realizes that, again, the legal answer is “no.”

6. If, instead, you go to trial and a jury finds you not guilty, are you guilty?

C’mon. “Probably” is not a choice. We have a simple thumbs-up or thumbsdown system. So which is it? You can do it, Dustin. Suck it up. Go with the jury.

Say “no.”

a much more vibrant, lasting movement. cornerstone of the Republican Party’s Right at 800 pages and covering a electorate today and make up a full onemere 42 months from the Nixon 1973 fifth of the most politically engaged citiinauguration through the 1976 GOP con- zens, according to the survey. “Business vention, Perlstein again shows his gift Conservatives” (who differ from the conas a chronicler is to use telling details servative populists in that they are more to provide the energy in a familiar story. trusting of big business, ready to underThese details produce a deeper under- take immigration reform, and ready to standing of both key political elites as move away from the cultural battle over well as American society during a partic- LGBT’s role in society) compose only a ularly odd time and remind us that Amer- slightly smaller percentage of the most ican electoral politics is a dance between engaged citizens but are outnumbered political leaders and the masses of vot- in the GOP. Reagan lost the battle of the ers. When that dancing is in harmony, Bicentennial Year but his coalition won the result is a transformative movement the ultimate war in the GOP, a victory like Reaganism. that continues to show itself.

Perlstein’s book ends in 1976, but The Pew data clearly shows, hownearly four decades later the seeds ever, the growing cost of that defining planted then continue to bear fruit as place for conservative populism for the shown by the Pew Center’s 2014 Polit- Republican Party. The groups that are ical Typology. The survey is updated up for grabs electorally — “The Faith every handful of years and succeeds in and Family Left,” “The Next Generamoving beyond the traditional liberal/ tion Left,” “Hard-Pressed Skeptics” and conservative divide in American life to “Young Outsiders” — are all repelled by provide a more nuanced examination the rigidity of conservative populism and of the key subgroups (this year, eight in its unwillingness to adjust to a changing total) in the U.S. polity. (Notably, the 10 America. Thus, while Reagan’s political percent that fall in one of the eight — the children and grandchildren remain the “Bystanders” — very rarely actually turn defining force in American politics, the Pew data shows that the bulk of Ameriout to vote).

The conservative populists that began cans have moved to a very different spot to coalesce during and after Watergate creating a fundamental challenge for the (Pew’s Political Typology calls them GOP moving toward the 2016 presiden“Steadfast Conservatives”) remain the tial election.

7. If a jury finds you guilty, but a court later rules that your trial was unfair and orders a new trial for you, are you guilty?

Whoa! Now we’re really pushing the limits of legal nuance. Let’s see. How might you look at this? You can still be charged and held in jail while awaiting this new trial, so that looks pretty guilty. But wait.

That old verdict has been vacated, and you haven’t been tried again yet ... So that means you haven’t been proven guilty yet ... So that means ... No. (Amazing, isn’t it?)

8. If the prosecutor drops the charges instead of pursuing a second trial and sets you free, are you guilty?

Breathe, Dustin. Think hard from that place above your gut. Try to answer as a legal professional. Remember: “could be” is not a choice. And neither is: “That does not make me innocent.” So let’s try that one again.

8. If you are charged with a crime but never brought to trial — thus never proven guilty — are you guilty?

It’s pretty simple, isn’t it? You are innocent until proven guilty, which you have not been, so, legally speaking, you are not guilty. Wow! But this raises a few more questions:

What if federal prosecutors charged you, Dustin McDaniel, with all kinds of awfulness? What if they won their case and got you imprisoned for years? What if you fought and managed to get your conviction overturned? And then, what if the feds decided that, on second thought, they really didn’t have the evidence to convict you again — maybe really hadn’t had it in the first place? Might you still feel you’d been harmed?

Confusing, isn’t it? Having just won the legal fight of your life and gotten yourself out of prison, we’d understand if you felt you’d been pretty darn wronged. You might even be tempted to seek compensation.

But, after all your rants about Buckley, we figure you wouldn’t. Instead, you’d go out of your way to remind us that you’d only gotten out on a technicality and that just because the feds let you go, we shouldn’t consider you innocent.

And we imagine you’d talk yourself right out of any lawsuit seeking compensation for those years you lost in prison.

Nah. We expect you’d tell us, “I sure don’t deserve some big financial windfall, seeing as how I’m un-innocent.” www.arktimes.com

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THE OBSERVER NOTES ON THE PASSING SCENE

Among the makers THE OBSERVER HAS PRINTED a document or two in our days as a wordsmith, and our finest creations lie flat, cast in ink. Until last week, we’d never had the privilege to witness the “printing,” so they call it, of three-dimensional sculptures, let alone those digitally crafted with some of the most powerful processors in the world — the minds of 10-year-olds.

These kids were making threewheeled cardboard boxcar robots at Young Makers Camp, hosted by Joel Gordon, who opened the camp as something of a springboard for the Launch Pad, an initiative within North Little Rock’s Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub that he runs. And as we learned at our day at camp, you need more than 3D printing skills to build a robot.

You also need laser cutting, computer programming, additive and subtractive manufacturing and a host of other two-word phrases referring to skills Yours Truly has never taken the time nor the capital to teach himself. Surrounded by lights, lasers and robots, we felt acutely the bare nature of our own craft, which demands we spend day after day fighting to put nothing more than mere words in sensible, original sequence. Rewarding, no doubt, but robots? Certainly not.

Soon after we arrived, we stepped up alongside Jackson Engstrom, 13, who was browsing a website called Thingiverse, a library of open-source 3D design files. Before we could ask him a question, he solicited our favorite cartoon character. Our answer, CatDog, inspired a furrowed brow on Jackson’s forehead, and the conjoined pair of pets wasn’t even available on Thingiverse. Jackson decided to print out an intricate bracelet instead. He and his brother Mason, 10, got a 3D printer for Christmas a couple of years ago, and just as they pride themselves on knowing the ropes of digital sculpting, Gordon’s happy to cultivate that skillset.

“I argue with people a lot,” Gordon said. “I get this a lot — people say kids are lazy. ‘Eh, all they wanna do is sit

down on the computer.’ They’re not lazy. They’re craving this stuff. … Kids walk in the door and say ‘I wanna do this!’ ” Mason and fellow maker Tristan Taylor, who call themselves The Killer Cookies, built one of the several bots that were lying on the craft tables amid tape rolls and scissors. Rubber bands functioned as tire treads. Black cardboard cuboids contained breadboards and circuits and wiring, which the kids had programmed to make the cars roll.

As Mason watched another team’s car turn and smack into a table leg, he informed me, “We programmed ours to go straight.”

Mason, Jackson and Tristan represent three of the young minds Gordon hopes to attract to The Launch Pad, which will open in the fall after the completion of the Argenta Innovation Center’s renovation at the corner of Poplar and Broadway in North Little Rock. The Pad will offer open hours during the day and evening to its members, who will have access to a tech shop, outfitted with laser cutters, 3D printers and sewing machines, as well as shops for carpentry and metalwork. Gordon hopes to expand on it by opening a weekly Makers Club in the coming months. The club will be open to engineers of all ages, and he hopes to teach students the same skills he’s teaching at Makers Camp, plus some.

“I’ve got an air-powered rocket launcher that I built out of PVC pipe, and every single one of [the kids] said, ‘I wanna do that,’ ” Gordon said.

As The Observer marveled at the vision of these brilliant children quietly surpassing our own creative capacities, one little engineer, Austin Carpenter, asked us how we felt about our own job. Before we could provide any superficially optimistic affirmative, Austin himself offered a bright, beautiful truth in our stead: “You get paid to explore Arkansas!”

That’s better than we could say it, come to think of it. Straight out of the minds and mouths of babes.

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It’s beginning to look more like the Little Rock City Board will move to limit the hours of a handful of private clubs that currently are allowed by law to operate until 5 a.m.

Pressure to limit the hours comes from directors who believe they are a headache for police, though the clubs have responded to city calls for greater private security on premises.

City Director Joan Adcock, long a foe of clubs at almost any hour, has been relentless in pressing for a 2 a.m. closing ordinance.

Now, multiple sources tell the Arkansas Times, she may be close to a near total victory. Word is circulating that her 2 a.m. closing ordinance, with a 3 a.m. closing two nights a week, is being drawn up. We’re getting conflicting reports on whether the measure will make a City Board agenda in August. Adcock herself reportedly opposes even a onehour grace period two days a week.

Even a modified closing ordinance, with an extra hour a couple of nights a week, will be crippling to a handful of late-night club operators.

Thirteen clubs currently have permits to operate until 5 a.m., but only nine are active. The major clubs that would be affected are Midtown Billiards, Electric Cowboy, Club Elevations, Discovery and Triniti. They’ve formed a trade group to fight a change in the law. Salut, Paper Moon, Jazzi’s and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles also have active 5 a.m. permits, but Jazzi’s closes at 3 a.m. and the FOE lodge rarely is open past midnight, according to a recent Democrat-Gazette article.

City Directors Brad Cazort and Gene Fortson recently went on a late-night tour of the clubs and found hundreds of people in them in the hours past what would be the new closing time. (Cazort counted 160 people in Midtown at 2:30 a.m. on a recent Sunday.) Owners contend they maintain safe premises and that they accommodate shift workers and people in the entertainment industry with entertainment options.

Police calls to the clubs are frequent — as they are day and night in many neighborhoods and parks in Little Rock without club permits.

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WHAT’S GOING ON? Media and the public won’t know after radio encryption starts Aug. 1.

Dead air LRPD’s encryption of radio traffic could crimp LR news.

By David Koon

If you’ve read a newspaper or Internet news site, or listened to a radio or TV news broadcast in the last 30 years or so, you are guaranteed to have seen or heard more than a few items that were initially gleaned from a police radio scanner. Reporters and public tipsters have been dutifully monitoring police radio traffic, listening for chatter about robberies, homicides, accidents, fires and other public safety events, since soon after the introduction of the scanner in 1976.

In Little Rock, that pipeline of news tips will be shut off — and surely some of the news that would otherwise go unnoticed with it — on Friday, Aug. 1, when the Little Rock Police Department completes the process of encrypting its radio frequencies so they can’t be heard by the general public. The police say it will help them fight crime more effectively, keep officers safe and prevent criminals from listening in on their movements either on radios or through online police scanner sites, such as broadcastify.com. Some in the media, however, are worried about what encryption might do to the dayto-day collection of news. One local citizen journalist goes so far as to call it an

attempt to stifle the flow of information about crime.

A statement released by the LRPD on Monday said the process of encrypting the police band in Little Rock began July 28. Locally, both the North Little Rock Police Department and the Conway Police Department encrypted their radio traffic over a year ago.

“This action is being done in a preventative and proactive manner,” a statement

by LRPD spokesman Lt. Sidney Allen said.

“Among numerous reasons to encrypt the frequencies, [most] revolve around officer safety. There are those in society who use police frequencies to monitor police presence in an area and use that information to victimize citizens of the city. In some instances they monitor calls to see if a call is being dispatched to the location where they are committing a crime.”

Allen goes on to say that while the department recognizes that members of the public monitor police radio traffic to educate themselves, the safety of officers and the public is paramount. “We are currently finalizing a process on informing the media of critical incidents,” he concludes.

Austin Kellerman is news director of KARK-TV Channel 4, and KLRT-TV, Channel 16. He said that his newsroom “leans heavily” on the monitoring of police radio traffic for tips on spot news and daily occurrences around town. “It’s not information you report,” he said, “but it is kind of that tip. You hear certain keywords, and you know you need to get out there and check out a scene and learn more about it.”

Kellerman said that listening to radio traffic sometimes tips off his reporters to crime or public safety events two hours or more before the police department releases a public statement. “[We see it] just in terms of getting that information out to the public quickly, especially when there’s a public safety issue — a gunman, or anyone else out there that could pose harm to the public,” he said. “Having that scanner traffic available as a guide so we know which direction to go in and what type of information to get out to the public is key.”

Kellerman said he hoped the city would create some system that allowed reporters to hear some police radio traffic, even if it means the station has to purchase more equipment. He said it was too early in the process to tell how encryption will change the way local reporting works.

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insider, cont. “unbelievable truths.” Sam Eifling, 33, known locally for writing movie reviews and reporting on the 2013 Mayflower oil spill for the Arkansas Times, joined Ratter as its editorial director this year.

He said the publication has advertised itself as an outlet of tabloid journalism.

“There’s a tendency to see tabloid journalism as supermarket tabloids, which tend to be focused on celebrities and alien abductions, and I’m not going to say we’re not going to cover celebrity stories and alien abductions,” Eifling said. “They just have to be great celebrity stories and true alien abductions.”

Ratter founder A.J. Daulerio told Capital New York that he’s convinced a Rob Ford-type story exists in every city, in reference to the Toronto mayor’s 2013 substance-abuse imbroglio. Daulerio, a former Gawker editor, hopes the journalists who work at Ratter will be “tenacious distractions to their respective power-elites and consistently entertaining to everyone else.”

A Fayetteville native, Eifling spent several months this year reporting for the Associated Press in Honolulu during the Hawaii state legislative session. One of his reports, on a Hawaii law that allowed police officers to have sex with prostitutes, was picked up by media across the world. He said those types of stories that are first and foremost truthful, but also unbelievable, will be Ratter’s bread and butter. “It will be a story that compels you to read it for pleasure, for entertainment, and along the way you’ll know more about your world and hold your leaders to account,” he said.

Media investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Gawker Media are among the early funders to Ratter, Daulerio told Capital New York. He said the valuation of the company was set for $2.5 million.

Ratter will begin in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles and will host its content on a platform developed by Gawker Media called Kinja. Ratter will publish individual feeds for each of the three cities, but will be able to manage its content through one unitary site.

Wherever it goes, however, Ratter will aim to publish original, provocative and honest reporting that doesn’t settle for being surface-level “crap for the Internet,” Eifling said.

“There are ways that you can present these kinds of stories such that people who don’t think they’re interested realize how interested they actually are.

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Editors’ picks What’s good, according to the Times staff.

By Max Brantley, Sam Eifling, Clayton Gentry, Benjamin Hardy, David Koon, Lindsey Millar, Leslie Newell Peacock, David Ramsey and Will Stephenson

2014 An encyclopedic list, from guns to slime mold.

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here are so many bests in Arkansas that the Arkansas Times has to put out this issue every year to cover them all. Last year, our Best of Arkansas issue covered an artist and tattoo aficionado, a water park, french fries and blue politics in a red state. This year, along with a list of all our readers’ choices, we’re highlighting the Museum of Discovery, Don’s Weaponry and the Encyclopedia of Arkansas (which includes an entry on slime molds). Then we asked an interior decorator what he thought about the Times’ office. He said it made him want to jump in the river. We’re also writing about the rap collective Young Gods of America, with a feature on Altitude Trampoline Park thrown in for some spring.

To help us on our tour of the best of the best, we enlisted Maggie, a Catahoula Leopard dog, who has a nose for winners (but may be permanently afraid of science experiments.)

We’ve got your editors’ picks, too (find best dog, best pre-dinner snack and other iconoclastic bests there), and give you a piece of our minds on pie.

Here, the big list of bests, from clothes to golf courses to liquor stores to liberals.

Goods and services Shopping Center Promenade at Chenal Runners-up: Park Plaza Mall, Pleasant Ridge Town Center, Midtowne

Women’s Clothing Dillard’s Local winner: E. Leigh’s Runners-up: Scarlet, Tulips, Box Turtle

Men’s Clothing Dillard’s

Grocery Store Kroger Local winner: Edwards Food Giant Runners-up: The Fresh Market, Terr y’s Finer Foods, Whole Foods Market

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Runners-up: Baumans, Greenhaw’s, The Independent

Hip Clothing E. Leigh’s Runners-up: Ember, Fringe, Indigo

has been glowing. NPR is currently previewing the album on its website. Montgomery, a Searcy native, is a classically trained composer and opera singer, whose operetta about Bill Clinton’s boyhood received attention from the New Yorker and international press. But lately she’s made her living on sweetly sung, timelesssounding country-folk ditties, playing just about every venue in Central Arkansas and touring the globe opening for BONNIE MONTGOMERY: We’re hoping the Searcy native’s Gossip, the internationfull-length album debut will be a breakout. ally beloved pop band cofounded by her high school classBEST LONG-AWAITED ALBUMS On Tuesday, Fast Weapons Records mate, Nathan Howdeshell, whose guireleased Bonnie Montgomery’s selftar stylings often give Montgomery’s titled full-length album debut. On Aug. songs a nice rockabilly punch and whose 5, Partisan Records will put out ChrisFast Weapons Records is putting out topher Denny’s “If the Roses Don’t Kill this record. If there’s any justice in the Us.” Both are must-buys for anyone who world, this album will put Montgomappreciates rock ’n’ roll-flecked country ery on a path to a wider audience. LM and folk, sharp songwriting and distinctive voices. At different times, Denny BEST TIME KILLER Though there’s and Montgomery have been the toast plenty to see in the abyss of the Interof the Little Rock music scene, talents net, one of my guilty pleasures in recent friends tell friends about, that attract months has been the “Missed Connecmultigenerational audiences, that lead tions” pages on Craigslist Little Rock, to talk of “when they will break out.” which allow those who saw somebody Denny, a North Little Rock native with somewhere to shout into the electric an otherworldly voice that can recall Grand Canyon on the off-chance that Roy Orbison, has been flirting with the person they’re talking about might respond. Never has there been assemfame for a while. He’s toured nationbled a greater collection of near-poetic ally, had his songs licensed by advertisers and TV shows and hung out with regret, hope, remorse and lust than Rick Rubin. But he got mired in addicin that space. For example: “Cajun’s tion and depression. More than half a 7/20/14: You were there with a group of decade later, he’s mounted a comeback. women. Dressed very attractively. Never By all indications, it’s going to be a sucgot a chance to get over and introduce cess. Early press for “If the Roses …” myself. Hope you see this.” That, friends,

Best of Arkansas 2014 is damn near a haiku of longing, not to mention one of the widest nets ever cast for womankind. Nice try, Cajun’s Guy. Nice try. DK BEST ARKANSAS ACTIVITY TO FINALLY GET AROUND TO DOING WHEN YOU HAVE OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS My wife has been wanting to go crystal digging ever since we moved to Arkansas, but it took a German buddy coming to visit to actually get us out on a quartz hunting mission. (German buddy: “What do you do in Arkansas?” Us: “We dig for crystals!”) We took the pleasant hour-and-a-half drive to Jim Coleman Crystal Mines in Jessieville, just northeast of Lake Ouachita. So there are no surprises, let’s be clear about what’s involved: You go out to a big pile of red dirt that has been hauled in from the mines and dumped. You climb up the dirt and wade through the mud. You pick and hack at the dirt and the mud with crappy tools. That doesn’t sound promising, but it’s surprisingly addictive. Is it magical vibes from the crystals? Or just the pleasure of frequent rewards for repetitive labor? (It’s kind of like playing the slot machines if you won more often, and were — sort of — in nature.) Whatever it was, I got the fever.

Only our heat-exhausted German buddy could pull us away. We still cherish our best finds, clear and perfectly shaped, Earth’s own knick-knacks. Next time we’ll wear more appropriate shoes. DR BEST GRAPE I’ve managed to convince my kid that fruit is an acceptable dessert thanks in part to grapes as sweet and delicious as Jupiter, a seedless table grape bred by the wizards at the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture Fruit and Breeding Program. “It’s our most exciting grape currently,” says Dr. John Clark, professor of horticulture, in a not-very-exciting YouTube video that the U of A’s Agricultural Experiment Station put out last year that’s still worth watching if only to see the purple delights swaying gently in the breeze. That video, and Jupiter Grapes in general, are good reminders that Arkansas is still the Wonder State. We buy our Jupiters from Cleveland’s Cedar Rock Acres at the Argenta Farmers Market. Cedar Rock’s Sheldon Sturtevant says he expects to have some to sell through early August. LM

LITTLE ROCK CIRCA 1985: Kevin Brockmeier’s ‘memoir of seventh grade.’

BEST MEMOIR OF LITTLE ROCK IN THE ’80s Acclaimed Little Rock novelist Kevin Brockmeier made his first foray into nonfiction this year with “A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade,” which is precisely what it sounds like: a poignant, elaborately rendered account of Brockmeier’s seventh-grade year, in 1985-86.

“There’s this idea that only big lives, momentous lives, are worthy of memoir,” he said earlier this year in an interview with the Times, “and I remember thinking, well, maybe, but isn’t every life momentous — or at least wouldn’t it be if you approached it with enough care, enough perceptiveness? Take any one year of any one life, recount it with clarity and sympathy, and shouldn’t it matter?” He said the book also marked his “hardest effort to capture Little Rock as it actually exists, or at least as it did back in 1985,” and it succeeds on this front as well, with an evocative sense of place that can’t help but trigger nostalgia in even the most jaded Arkansans. WS BEST PLACE TO BUY A WIDGET While we’re all about supporting our local hardware stores, there are times when you’re in the middle of a project and you just don’t have the dough to buy a $30 hammer or a $9 paddle bit for your drill, no matter how good the service.

When that happens, put on your hangdog face and head for the Little Rock outlet of Harbor Freight Tools in the shopping center with Big Lots at the corner of University and Colonel Glenn/Asher avenues. Sure, it smells like Shanghai took a polyurethane dump in there, the tools are around the quality that they give

to laborers in South American prison camps, and nothing in the joint is some great heirloom you’re going to lovingly cradle in a mahogany box and hand down to your grandkids, but when you have your toilet ripped out some Saturday afternoon with $12 in your pocket, and you find that you REALLY need a ratsafrackin’ pipe wrench that must be no less than 19 inches long and no more than 22, it’s a good name to know. Also, they’ve just got a lot of interesting stuff, like vibrating rock tumblers, super-long hemostats, tool boxes, crazy strong magnets, hydraulic presses, tarps, power tools (nothing you’d want to make a living with, but maybe OK for light duty), dollies and floor jacks, all of it dirt cheap. You get what you pay for, but if all you have to pay is a little, sometimes you have to go to Plan B, for Broke. DK BEST PRE-DINNER SNACK Deviled eggs are a delicious snack — but they’re most frequently served at events that are awkward and often don’t have alcohol (funerals, church gatherings, neighborhood watch meetings). For that reason, deviled eggs have some undeserved bummer associations. Leave it to Czech-born chef Tomas Bohm to rescue the appetizer for the restaurant crowd, with the dynamite Truffled Deviled Eggs at The Pantry. OK, we can understand being leery at the truffilization of all things, but in this case it adds a needed jolt of flavor.

The innards are well whipped, creating the perfect light and fluffy filling, then topped with Parmesan crisps. Perfect prologue to a night out eating and drinking with friends. It’s like a church potluck, but awesome — the deviled kind. DR BEST DOG With apologies to the very attractive dog model that graces these pages, the Best Dog in Arkansas is clearly Champion “Champ” Bartholomew Alewishious 3000. Back in January, Millie Fiser, 60, was pushed down and threatened by a robber who demanded money as she was taking her trash to the curb outside her 18th Street home in Little Rock. She was saved when Champ — Fiser’s arthritic, 11-year-old pitbull terrier — leaped over a backyard fence and drove the man away after hearing her cries for help. Champ then lay next to her and kept her warm until help arrived. DK BEST PLACE TO SCORE FANCY SALT Salt enhances flavor (it’s science!).

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Children’s Clothing The Toggery Runners-up: The Children’s Place, Whippersnappers, Carter’s

Vintage Clothing Savers Runners-up: Goodwill, Paddywack’s, Mid-Towne Antique Mall

Antiques Mid-Towne Antique Mall Runners-up: Sweet Home/ Clement, Fabulous Finds, Blue Suede Shoes

Furniture I.O. Metro Runners-up: Ashley Furniture, Haverty’s Furniture, Hank’s Fine Furniture

Garden Store or Nursery The Good Earth Garden Center Runners-up: Hocott’s Garden Center, Botanica Gardens, Cantrell Gardens

Hardware/Home Improvement Home Depot Local winner: Kraftco Hardware and Building Supply Runners-up: Fuller and Son, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Cantrell Hardware

Eyewear James Eye Care Runners-up: Kavanaugh Eye Care, Burrow’s and Mr. Frank’s Optical, Deer Penick Eye Clinic

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Discovering science MOD gets nod for top museum.

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t the Museum of Discovery, the youngsters are making huge steam rings, bowling and pumping up lungs. The smallest ones are making lava lamps out of colored water, oil and carbon dioxide. It is a play area of sorts. But it is also a place for finding wonders in the physical world, for both the squirts and their parents.

“It’s exciting for a kid to see hydrogen ignite, but it’s no less exciting for adults,” said Kevin Delaney, the museum’s director of visitor experience who’s gained a modicum of fame by making elephant toothpaste on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

(Hydrogen peroxide plus soap plus dye plus potassium iodide will launch an astonishing sploosh of colored foam.)

Getting that message across — that the museum is for adults as well as children — is the challenge Delaney and the educational staff at the museum have taken on. Sometimes, adults learn by watching their kids. Last week, a father lay on a bed of nails for his daughter (what father wouldn’t) and they talked about why it didn’t hurt. Sometimes, the grownups learn at Science After Dark, the museum’s monthly event that combines a cash bar and pizza with a science program (this Wednesday’s was the Science of Fire, with the Little Rock Fire Department, a Forestry Commission employee and museum staff).

And though there is a bit of running amok and noise in the museum, the staff is constantly engaging children, like the adorable redhead who dragged Delaney over to the scorpion tank last week to inform him that a scorpion is “vemenous.” He’s also an arachnid, Delaney told him, counting off the eight legs. And then he asked the cute redhead, what’s the difference between venomous and poisonous? An 14

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uninformed reporter waited eagerly for the answer. You’re “vemonous” when the poison is inside you and poisonous when it’s outside you, the kid answered. Right! We all made fang signs with our fingers and moved on.

The museum staff’s eagerness to enrich the experience might be why in June alone there were 12,600 visitors to the museum. In all, there were 152,000 visitors in 2013.

Do the museum’s hands-on exhibits and experiments fuel a real interest in science as well as entertain? “Absolutely,” Delaney said. He’s seen it himself. He was heading up a class in brain dissection for older school kids. “I remember one kid up in the front. He was very rambunctious and I was thinking, oh no, I was going to have to keep an eye on him. As soon as he got to the table with the specimen and tools … he was the most focused kid in the group.” The kids around him, nervous about making the cut, calmed down when they saw his focus. “That kid is going to be a surgeon,” Delaney said. “It’s happened so many times. Kids will see a demonstration and it resonates. They will remember it. … That’s why I keep doing my job.”

Delaney himself is an example of a nonscience person getting turned on by science (though his uncle studied ancient pollen and his brother is a marine biologist whose claim to fame is breeding leafy sea dragons at Sea World in Orlando). Delaney’s background is in theater and writing; he taught improv in Providence, R.I., before moving to Arkansas with his wife, a native of North Little Rock. He also worked with animals at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence. He thought when he was hired on at the MOD that his job would be to work with the museum’s animal collection. “Then they told me, ‘You’re

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NATIONAL RENOWN: Kevin Delaney’s made it on “The Tonight Show” but Maggie the Dog was unimpressed.

now going to learn chemistry, physics, math and everything else.’ ” And he does it with flair. Delaney’s TV appearance has brought great publicity for the museum and his theatrical talents; NASA invited him recently to do science demonstrations for a bring-your-kid-to-work day event there. “Social media blew up,” museum PR person Kendall Thornton said. “A lot of visitors here — our core — it gave them a whole new sense of

pride in the museum.”

The museum’s Facebook page, which features humble but funny staffmade videos, is the best way to keep up with what’s happening there. The museum is at 500 President Clinton Ave. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for children under 12, seniors, teachers, active duty military and city employees and free for children under 1. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Best of Arkansas 2014 taste tests, we say that the good stuff really does make a difference for certain dishes as table salt (don’t waste it as cooking salt). If you want to give it a try, Dandelion in the River Market district has you covered with around 30 varieties of sea salts, sold in bulk (most are $2 to $3 per ounce). They come from all over the world and range in hue from pastel pink to ink black. Plus, there are various infused concoctions — vanilla bean, sun-ripened tomato, porcini mushroom, venom hot pepper and Q’s Bloody Salt, a housemade specialty for Bloody Marys.

If you get a little thirsty sampling all the options, you can get a tea brewed for you in the store from among the many varieties of tea leaves available. DR BEST LOCAL ENTREPRENEURIAL DREAM Tofu misozuke is a Japanese delicacy that involves aging tofu for months in a paste that includes miso, sake and sugar. “I needed a proper cheese substitute,” said AiLien Draheim of Little Rock, who describes herself as a parttime vegan. “In my opinion, this is as close as you can get. It’s got the creaminess, the umami, the stank of an aged cheese.” Draheim has made two batches so far and is still perfecting her recipe.

One day, she’d love to start a business offering up Arkansas-made tofu misozuke. The link between the Natural State and Japanese cuisine isn’t so far-fetched.

Arkansas became the first state to grow soybeans for edamame commercially in 2012, when 12 Arkansas farmers partnered with a food company in Houston.

Meanwhile, Lonoke County rice farmer Chris Isbell — who previously made a name for himself growing high-quality sushi rice — has recently been growing an even more prized rice varietal for premium sake, the signature alcoholic beverage of Japan. Former Big Orange bar manager Ben Bell, who trained in Tokyo in 2013 to be a certified advanced sake professional, is hoping to eventually open a sake brewery in Central Arkansas, perhaps using rice grown by Isbell. Which means that it’s possible that Draheim could eventually make entirely local tofu misozuke. “My dream is to make it with tofu made of Arkansas soybeans, miso made with Arkansas soybeans, and sake made by Ben Bell of Arkansas,” she said.

“How nice would it be if it was a 100 percent Arkansas product?” DR BEST BIRD-THEMED MESSAGEBOARD If finding improbable, but actual, things in Arkansas — and we’re

not talking politics here — gives you a thrill, we’ve got the thing for you. It’s a message board that will email you tips hot off the keyboard to things rare and wonderful. Sign up to be among the first of your peers to know that if you hurry, you’ll see a greater roadrunner in the parking lot of the Other Center.

That there was an albino American robin in Conway, “snow white with pink eyes and legs.” That nine Western kingbirds are checking out Frazier Pike as a summer home, and that speaking of Western kingbirds, a scissor-tailed flycatcher/Western kingbird hybrid is being seen — and photographed — in Arkansas. That a Snowy Owl had flown way out of its range to perch on a LR port authority building. That in April there was, yes, a two-headed bluebird hanging out in North Little Rock (both heads functional). This is good stuff, no? Rara avis city!

Here’s how to get in on the chase: Email listserve@listserv.uark and put in the message body “subscribe ARBIRD-L” and your name. Nothing else. Leave the subject line blank. You’ll get a confirmation from the University of Arkansas site and subscription instructions, sort of like Mission Impossible, but not.

You can also go to the listserv website, https://listserv.uark.edu, and read from there after you’ve registered. The latest string provided a woman in Newton County advice on how to see a scarlet tanager. Asked and answered immediately (“anyplace where you can bird in mature forest at high elevation in Newton County”). LNP

BEST BIRD SCULPTURE: “Tread Lightly.”

BEST BIRD SCULPTURE This honor goes to Jeff Sharp’s “Tread Lightly,” a beastly night-black owl sculpted from tires, captured presumably as it swoops upon some hapless rodent. The ceiling bulbs gleam like moonlight over the bird’s downturned cranium, and it’s difficult to distinguish those deathly talons

from the tread flowing like melted rubber over the exhibit stand. We love this depiction of fearsome natural vengeance because it’s just plain scary. Sharp won a Delta Award for his bird-menace entry in the Arkansas Arts Center’s Delta Exhibition. CG

Rock, the little cafe features a dizzying array of distinctive and memorable flavors. Soak them up with the crispy riceflour crepe of the Dosa Sambar and the crunchy puffed rice of the Bhel. Oh, and don’t miss the samosas. Really, come hungry, try everything. DR

BEST WEEKEND CHEAP EATS The premise of Fonda’s $1 Taco Saturday is simple: For a buck a piece, eat as many delicious carnitas and carne asada tacos on homemade soft corn tortillas as you can. Oh, and the outstanding margaritas cost $4. Perfect chips and salsa are free.

You stuff yourself, get a little tipsy, and spend maybe ten bucks. Fonda is in a crappy strip mall in West Little Rock, but don’t be fooled by the ambience — this place is a hidden gem. DR

BEST NOSTALGIA-INDUCING ROADHOUSE A 39-year wait was worth it. Herman’s Ribhouse, a 50-yearold roadhouse on College Avenue in Fayetteville, still serves draft beer in frozen mugs, heaping plates of peppery ribs, bargain-priced giant boiled shrimp, slab steaks and monstrous burgers in the cozy confines of a wood-paneled, red-checked-curtain highway joint.

R&B on the sound system completes the old-school vibe, though we’d still substitute Schlitz for one of the many craft beers on tap, including a couple from local microbreweries like Core of Springdale. Last time we were there, Bill Clinton was a law professor and spinning campaign stories from 1974. Forty years later, both Herman and Bill seem to be doing OK, though skinny Bill could do with a burger. MB

BEST NEW LOCAL FILM SERIES Splice Microcinema first emerged in March as a mysterious, anonymously run Facebook page offering links to articles about the revival, all around the country, of small, communal, alternative film screenings. In April, the series began in earnest, screening early Jean-Luc Godard films on 16mm in the back room at Vino’s.

Over the summer, it’s picked up steam and in the process has become a vital part of the Little Rock film scene, offering Orson Welles deep cuts and locally produced, VHS B-movies alike. As of this month, Splice relocated to Few, a “design and development agency” housed above Lulav on Sixth Street, and plans to continue serving world cinema classics, Hollywood cast-offs and subterranean cult fare on a biweekly, donations-only basis. Put simply, this is exactly the sort of thing that Little Rock needs more of and should support at all costs — we hope other aspiring curators, show-promoters and no-budget creative-types take note.

Why complain about what Little Rock culture lacks when you can fill in the gaps yourself? WS BEST INDIAN SNACKS OK, honestly Veggi Deli could be an editor’s pick in any number of categories: Best Indian, Best Vegetarian, Best Hole in the Wall, Best Snacks, Best Place to Order a Bunch of Food for a Party, Best Surprisingly Good Family Restaurant in the Back of a Grocery Store. Hell, it might just be the best place to eat in town. Veggi Deli makes outstanding traditional street food from northern and southern India, all $3 to $6. Tucked away in the back of Asian Groceries in northwest Little

BEST SURVIVOR STORY Few people have stared death in the face as closely as Kali Hardig, the young Saline County victim of Naegleria fowleri — the so-called “brain-eating amoeba” — who seems to have made a full recovery from her ordeal last summer. She is now 13 and leading a happy, active life, according to a BuzzFeed piece published this July about Hardig’s improbable survival. Out of about 130 known infections in North America in the past 50 years, Hardig is only the third person to have survived contact with the parasite, which subsequent testing revealed to be present in a now-shuttered water park in Little Rock that she visited before becoming sick. (The amoeba is found in warm freshwater lakes throughout the South, but actual infections are very rare.)

With such an uncommon disease, it’s impossible to say how Hardig got so lucky. Use of an experimental drug may have helped. What’s certain is that major credit goes to the staff of Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the quick response of Hardig’s parents and the sheer miraculous unpredictability of the human body. BH. Continued on page 18

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Best of Arkansas 2014 BEST READING SPOT Wander down the grassy knoll underneath the southeast corner of the Junction Bridge, and you’ll find a few sturdy unseen sitting spots among the rocks along the bank. If you don’t let that industrial I-40 traffic spoil the solace of this natural hideaway, you’ve got a beautiful downstream river view.

Go early or late enough and you might also enjoy the colors of an impressionist sky. Say hello to the fishermen if you see them — the guppies like to gather around the concrete foundations for the algae.

No doubt the essential spot to try and fail anew Joyce’s riverrun classic “Finnegan’s Wake.” “A way a lone a last a loved a long the —” CG BEST DRUNK Justin Booth has become something of a phenom on the local literary scene since the Arkansas Times Observer first bought a homebrewed book of the then-homeless poet’s phenomenal work from him in the River Market in 2012. He read for the Times at this year’s Pub or Perish event during the Arkansas Literary Festival, and was thoroughly potted by the time my wife and I drove him home to his place on Rodney Parham. Let’s just say that Dean Martin has got nothing on him in the Charming Drunk department, with Booth keeping us laughing the whole ride, discussing topics ranging from Arkansas poetry, whether he dabbles in misogyny, and a freaky librarian he once talked into a romp in the stacks. He’s probably as full of shit as a Christmas turkey, but the best storytellers often are, especially while schnockered. DK

BEST (IF FUTILE) EFFORT BY PHOTOGRAPHERS TO TRY TO SAVE A HISTORIC LANDMARK Rita Henry and members of her Blue Eyed Knocker photography group have photographed the once-elegant 1913 Hotel Pines in Pine Bluff, designed by George R. Mann, to document and encourage its preservation. The Interior Design Department at the University of Arkansas’s Fay Jones School of Architecture has asked students to dream up new uses for the hotel, but given its condition and the economy in Pine Bluff, a rescue is unlikely. LNP BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL Everybody loves the first volume of “March,” the graphic novel collaboration between civil rights legend and Congressman John Lewis and Nate Powell, the Little Rocknative comic artist (Andrew Aydin, an aide to Lewis, is also credited as a co-author).

Everybody is right. It’s a beautiful story rendered in beautifully inked frames that project the history of the early civil rights movement through Lewis’ remarkable life as leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

At an authors’ panel at the Arkansas Literary Festival this spring, Lewis said he hoped the book would spark a new generation into activism on issues such as immigration reform and equity in education. Read it and you’ll wonder about the impact it might have — “March” is educational and moving, inspiring and accessible. Since its publication last summer, schools across the country have picked up the book as required reading.

Powell spoke to the Literary Festival audience about the pressure of illustrating such weighty, iconic subject matter (you try faithfully repMARCH - BOOK ONE: From resenting MarCongressman John tin Luther King Lewis and artist Jr.’s face panel Nate Powell. after panel).

However, his art ends up being the perfect vehicle for depicting an epic of struggle and suffering and dignity — stark, declarative lines seamlessly meld with energyladen scribbles and gentle ink washes.

Powell’s confessional, emotive style has always sought to coax a sense of grandeur from everyday life, but it seems even better suited to telling an epic story like Lewis’.

Book Two of the three-part series is due out in early 2015. BH BEST ONE-DAY STREET ARTS FESTIVAL The Thea Foundation brings talented artists and musicians to downtown North Little Rock’s Argenta neighborhood in April for its one-day Thea Arts Festival, filling several blocks of Main Street with booths of good art and live music all day. Kids make clay pots and other fun stuff while their parents meet established and emerging artists and buy a few things and then everyone dances in the street. Can’t beat it. LNP

BEST LATE-NIGHT GRUB The oldest open secret about late-night drinkers is their penchant for transmogrifying, at some dim and hazy hour, into ravenous late-night eaters. While Fayetteville’s Dickson Street has long held the title as the state’s most bountiful pub-crawl destination (condolences, downtown Little Rock), that strip has traditionally left its aficionados/victims with few options for the sort of quick, cheap, messy dining that inebriated sorts, as well as their designated drivers, tend to crave a few hours after dinner.

Qdoba, Waffle House and Jimmy John’s all do yeoman’s work. This year, though, in the shadow of Jose’s, the Schulertown food truck court has arrived to shift the Dickson dining scene cheerily down-market, with a casual urbanity that makes carousing in Fayetteville feel suddenly more like Portland, Oregon. Belly up for beers or for any of seven dining trucks parked in the snug lot, most of which stay open until 3 a.m.: pizza, soul food, tamales, pies, sandwiches, all for your woozy consumption on picnic tables.

The proprietor of the space told the Fayetteville Flyer earlier this year that he hopes to keep it a familyfriendly place — and it is! But when the productive people of the world head home to read stories to their kids and rest up for the morrow, those of us out making idiot-decisions will slur praises to the salvation a basket of hot fried okra confers after two whiskeys too many. SE

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First blood Getting way high at Altitude Trampoline Park.

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hen I was a child and on a trampoline, I bounced my knee right into Billy Owens’ nose; his nose broke. Around puberty, my cousin, his friends and myself would box on the same trampoline, wearing sparring gloves — the idea being to jump way high, thus adding gravity’s pull to the power of a chocked-back and velocity-loaded haymaker. I know a couple of parents who hid their trampolines in the woods when they remortgaged, expecting an inspector — insurance against higher insurance rates.

There are 249 trampolines at Little Rock’s supreme trampoline attraction, Altitude Trampoline Park.

My colleague, Jeramie, and I walk into the warehouse-like space, jampacked with bobbing, hopping, bouncing broods propelled by the springs of “Olympic quality” trampolines. We sign waivers. We take off our shoes. We ascend an entrance ramp. We jounce about.

Altitude opened in December 2013, and has become a popular destination for families with children. Betsy Browning, Altitude’s general manager, estimates that on an average weekday, 400 to 500 people visit the park.

The park, on Chenal Parkway, has many small trampolines. Thin strips of purple padding encircle individual trampolines serving as walkways and barriers. Walls are elasticized. The park features a main “court” as a general bounce area, a foam pit for aero-

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batic diving, two basketball goals for dunking and dodgeball arenas. There are sections that cater to toddlers: the “Kids Court” and a kids dodgeball zone.

Jeramie, who has studied dance for 22 years, is graceful on the park’s court, her strawberry-blonde hair whirling, her green eyes happy. I grow jealous of the ease with which she can leap over foam walkways and between trampolines and rebound off walls. I try to double-bounce her. At Altitude, however, only one person is allowed on a single trampoline at a time. (A double-bounce can happen only when two people are on the same trampoline, both parties landing at the same time, and one person is rocketed skyward with double the usual inertia.)

I land in her trampoline and a piercing whistle blows. Altitude’s rules are enforced by a gaggle of teenaged employees. They stand sentinel over the play areas, gym-teacher whistles looped around their necks on lanyards.

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enforcer yells at me.

Browning says that the employee training process is intensive, including instruction about rules, lessons on safety and required participation in a “team lead-around,” where a potential worker is mentored by and observes a knowledgeable staff member as they work. A written quiz follows.

Jeramie and I move on to dodgeball.

A new game is about to start and we are faced with the critical decision of which team to join. The team on the righthand side of the arena has a gang of 13-to-14-year-old boys in Under Armor, so we head right. A whistle is blown.

“The teams are now uneven,” an enforcer yells. “You!” “Me?” I say.

“Yeah, you,” he says. “Move to the other team.” My new team looks wimpy.

An Altitude employee, Daniel, 18, explains the rules: “If you get hit, you’re out. If somebody catches your ball, you’re out. Headshots don’t count. If somebody throws a ball and you try to

block it but drop your ball, you’re out.

That’s about it.”

Jeramie mingles with her sole female teammate and asks for dodgeball advice.

“Keep moving,” the 7-year-old girl tells her. “Stand behind the boys and they will block balls. Watch out for the boys on the other team because they will go for you. Keep moving.”

A whistle is blown and the game begins. A lanky guy on my team instantly strikes, green foam to enemy flesh. “First blood!” he yells and grabs his crotch. Not so wimpy after all, I think. Struck by the moment, I am struck on the shoulder by a ball. I meet Jeramie, already on the sideline.

Altitude markets safety as its No. 1 priority. But an enforcer confesses to me that there are quite a few injuries.

“Honestly, one time playing dodgeball, one guy’s teeth went into the another guy’s head.” The testimony continues, “The worst part about the job is the crying. There’re a lot of little kids, and they just cry all the time.”

Another enforcer, James Gunn Rowland, tells me he carries three ice packs in his fanny pack while he works, “just in case.”

Despite the risk, the park seems to be a hit with parents. Dennis James stands in a suit and tie watching two of his grown daughters and six of his grandchildren play. He says he knows his girls would have loved this place when they were young.

Clay and Heather Mercer are hosting a birthday party for their son, Henry. “As a parent, I like it,” Clay says.

“It feels secure for kids when you know that every kid has an armband, and there is a security form that you are filling out, and the staff is really paying attention.”

A child tells me, “I can be like Jesus.

In the foam pit I can walk on water.”

In front of the pit, Jeramie bends down beside a 5-year-old to inquire about his favorite part of Altitude Trampoline Park.

“The jumping,” he says.

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here’s something happening in America, and it’s been happening for a long time. The last of the mom-and-pop operations are disappearing, plowed under by the acre-square monoliths on the edge of town, so big they’ve got their own horizon, often staffed by people whose know-how is limited to how to get to the bathroom.

There are, thankfully, a few survivors.

One of those in North Little Rock is Don’s Weaponry, your friendly neighborhood gun store in Rose City.

Love ’em or hate ’em, guns are beautiful little gadgets, oiled and machined and gleaming, designed to make what’s essentially an explosion in your hand no more painful than smacking your fist into your palm. They’ve got a lot of guns at Don’s, everything from tiny Derringers to the political football AR-15 rifles to giant military machine guns displayed (though not for sale) up next to the ceiling. Unless you’re a nervous sort when it comes to firearms — and we don’t blame you if you are, as the philo-

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sophical weeds on the subject are deep and getting deeper by the year — browsing through the wares, hunting trophies, antiques and accessories on display and for sale at Don’s is a good way to spend an afternoon. They even let a reporter from the local lefty rag do some looking, and were very nice about it.

Don Hill is the owner and proprietor of Don’s Weaponry, and has been in business at 4116 E. Broadway since 1986. Hill said he’s been fooling around with guns since he was a kid but really became interested in firearms during a stint in the Army. A lifelong hunter, he was in the medical business for over 30 years, but when a conglomerate bought his employer and his division was phased out, he took it as a sign he should open his own gun shop. He started with a small store behind his house in 1973, selling to friends and via word of mouth. Forty-one years later, he’s still selling shooting irons.

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have killed off many small gun shops, but he usually beats them on prices and always beats them in service.

“Their prices are quite a bit higher than mine,” he said. “We have been a customer-oriented store ever since the day I opened. We’re going to give a customer the best price we can and still make a living. We’re going to give you good values on your trade-in. We buy estates.

We buy bankruptcies. I’ve bought out seven other gun shops since I’ve been in business. … My people here are all highly knowledgeable. I don’t hire kids off the street. With my guys, I think the least any of them have been with me is probably 10 years.”

Hill said that when people come in looking to buy a gun, his staff tries to guide them to what they need instead of what they think they want. That starts

with asking them what they plan to do with it: home protection, hunting, target shooting or concealed carry. Then, Hill said, come questions like the buyer’s familiarity with firearms, whether they have children in the house, whether they live in an apartment, and the surroundings of their home.

“If a guy comes in off the street and says, ‘I want that gun right there,’ I usually stop him, and say, ‘Whoa.’ As a general rule, he’ll buy it and then come back in two weeks and say, ‘I don’t like it.’ ...

We try to sell a person what they need.

A lot of the time, we end up having to sell him what he wants, but we try to guide you in the right direction.”

Helping narrow down the choices is a full-service firing range in the basement, which allows prospective buyers to rent and try any of over 50 handguns

Best of Arkansas 2014 for $5 each. Range fees are $12.50 per person, and you have to buy the ammo, but — as Hill points out — spending $50 and an hour to test drive a pistol before you buy it is a lot better than paying $600 and having buyer’s remorse later.

Don’s also offers comprehensive handgun safety classes that include range time and information on when a person can legally use a handgun in self-defense.

A longtime member of the NRA, Hill is happy to talk about the politics of guns if you ask. He’s very oldschool in his thinking on guns, saying that he doesn’t really understand the point those carrying rifles into Home Depot and Target are trying to make, and adding that he’d never open-carry his own handgun in a holster on his belt. Too easy for someone to walk up and pull it out of the holster, you see. He’s a big proponent of gun safety classes for those who purchase firearms (“You take somebody who has never been through a carry class, and he gets the John Wayne Syndrome, you know? He’s liable to shoot somebody 100 yards away.”) and would like to see the State Police doing more to make sure concealed carry class instructors are actually teaching safe and legal firearm use.

As for his shop, Hill said he’s not planning to try his luck up on the freeway anytime soon. Though the fortunes of Rose City have changed since 1986, he said he’s never had any trouble there.

Besides, he owns the building.

“Why should I move?” he said. “Why should I go pay $3,000 a month in rent when I’m rent-free here? That’s one of the reasons I can sell the guns at the prices I do. I don’t have a big rent payment.”

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Runners-up: Beverly Foster, John Vincent at Chenal Chiropractic, Elite Chiropractic

Pawn Shop Braswell and Sons Pawnbrokers Runners-up: USA Loans, A-1 Gun and Pawn Inc., National Pawn Shop

Matt O’Baugh (Black Cobra) Runners-up: Caleb Pritchett (Supernova Tattoo Studio, Fayetteville), Katie McGowan (Black Cobra), Jud Ferguson (7th Street Tattoo & Piercing)

Investment Advisor Kelly Ross Journey (Edward Jones) Runners-up: Kirk Bradshaw, Barry Burch, Heath Harper

Company to work for Central Arkansas Library System Runners-up: Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Aristotle Inc., Heifer International

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Best of Arkansas 2014

Pie in our faces A survey of the best in Central Arkansas, as nominated by Times readers and staff.

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ith the exception of the Pie Shop at Terry’s, these folks need a couple days’ notice if you want to buy a whole pie. We figured volume because we

wanted to include pi in our pie. Volume figures (V= r2h) are a tiny bit fudged, given that none of the pies were cylinders. we’re sure of it. Don’t have a piece of lemon pie first. And here’s a hint: When you go to Charlotte’s, don’t wait until you’ve eaten your hamburger to order your pie, or you might be out of luck.

Aesthetics: Thanks to the meringue, described by one tester as “wicked,” this prize wins for looks.

Volume: A bit less than 270.4 cubic inches.

Peanut butter pie Three Sam’s BBQ Joint, 407-0345 $20 per pie, $4 per slice Lemon icebox pie Big Orange, 379-8715 $32 per pie, $6 per slice A top vote-getter by the Times’ tastetesters, nicely lemony with a whipped cream topping instead of meringue (a plus with one of the testers) and a graham cracker crust, which gives any pie an advantage. Don’t drink with sauvignon blanc, however, or you’ll have a hard time tasting the lemon.

Aesthetics: The orange zest on the top added a nice touch.

Volume: A bit less than 113.5 cubic inches.

Coconut meringue Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets, 842-2123 $26 per pie, $4.25 per slice Winner of the highest meringue category at two and a half inches, this pie would have been better served before the rest, so delicate is its flavor. In fact, 30

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Testers liked the combo of chocolate and peanut butter in this creamy pie, heaped high and blanketed with peanuts.

It got an “OMG” from one taster; another compared it favorably to a giant Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Aesthetics: A little over the top nutwise.

Volume: A bit less than 238.6 cubic inches (biggest pie tasted).

praised.

Aesthetics: We could look chocolate in the face for a long time.

Volume: A bit less than 80.1 cubic inches.

Pecan pie Franke’s Cafeteria, 2254487 (Marketplace), 372-1919 (downtown) $14.94 per pie, $2.69 per slice This was the bargain pie, from the venerable Franke’s. It should be served hot, and if you are home, put a scoop of ice cream on it. Drawback: an undistinguished crust.

Aesthetics: Ice cream makes everything beautiful.

Volume: A bit less than 85.1 cubic inches.

Raspberry cream pie Trio’s Restaurant, 221-3330 $26 per pie, $6 per slice Excellent cream filling and graham cracker crust, rather than the raspberries, made this pie a standout. (But if strawberries are in season, get the strawberry shortcake instead at Trio’s. Outstanding.)

Aesthetics: Wayne Thiebaud.

Volume: A bit less than 75.39 cubic inches (smallest pie tasted).

Is this a German chocolate pie with pecans? Or a pecan pie with German chocolate? One naysayer, the type who doesn’t color outside the lines, was bothered by the cross-cultural identity of this pie. Naysayer was shot down in a hail of derision, however. The pecans were

Place to swim Little Rock Racquet Club Runners-up: Magic Springs, Greers Ferry Lake, Lake Ouachita

Park Burns Park Runners-up: Two Rivers Park, Pinnacle State Park, Murray Park

Cheap Date Movies in the Park Runners-up: Central Arkansas Library System, Big Dam Bridge, Two Rivers Park Trail

Weekend Getaway Hot Springs Runners-up: Eureka Springs, Mount Magazine, Bentonville

Resort Mountain Harbor Runners-up: Red Apple Inn, The Lodge at Mount Magazine, Gaston’s White River Resort

Golf Course Rebsamen Park Golf Course caramel apple cinnamon crumb Pie Hole food truck, 712-6366 $27 per pie, $4.50 per slice

German chocolate pie The Pie Shop at Terry’s Finer Foods, 663-4152 $32 per pie, $4 per slice

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Pockets of crunchy caramelized sugar cinnamon plus apple plus pie crust … such cries of pleasure one never heard in a newsroom. This pie was so delicious that its appearance — the color of dog food — was completely forgiven.

Aesthetics: Ol’ Roy, but smelling great.

Volume: A bit less than 143.1 cubic inches.

Runners-up: Pleasant Valley Country Club, Chenal Country Club, War Memorial Golf Course

Athletic Club Little Rock Athletic Club Runners-up: Little Rock Racquet Club, LA Fitness, 10 Fitness

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Best of Arkansas 2014 Hiking trail

Live music festival

Pinnacle Mountain State Park

Riverfest

Runners-up: Allsopp Park, Petit Jean Mountain, Two Rivers Park

Runners-up: Wakarusa, Legends of Arkansas, Arkansas Sounds

Marina

Neighborhood festival

Mountain Harbor

Hillcrest Harvestfest

Runners-up: Heber Springs Marina, Brady Mountain Marina, Crystal Springs Resort

Runners-up: Cornbread Festival, Chili Fights in the Heights, Block Street Block Party (Fayetteville)

Local charity event Eggshibition (Youth Home)

Late night spot

Runners-up: Paws on the Runway (CARE for Animals), Rock the Runway (UAMS Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Center), Serving up Solutions (Hunger Relief Alliance)

Midtown Billiards Runners-up: Discovery, Ciao Baci, Ernie Biggs

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Gay bar Discovery

ENTERTAINMENT Band Tragikly White Runners-up: Adam Faucett, Amasa Hines, Rodney Block and the Real Music Lovers

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Runners-up: 610 Center, Sway Nightclub, TraX

Sports bar Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar Runners-up: The Tavern Sports Grill, West End Smokehouse and Tavern, Dugan’s Pub

Exciting changes are happening at North Little Rock High School

Gforce Runners-up: Seth Baldy, Wolf-E-Wolf, Sleepy Genius

Place for live music White Water Tavern Runners-up: Stickyz Rock ’N’ Roll Chicken Shack, Revolution Music Room, Cajun’s Wharf

Place to dance Discovery Runners-up: Cajun’s Wharf, Deep Ultra Lounge, Club Level

Movie theater Rave Cinemas Runners-up: Dickinson Chenal, Market Street Cinema, Ron Robinson Theater

Museum Museum of Discovery Runners-up: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Clinton Presidential Center

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Savor the specials.

Only in August.

Summer is hot in Little Rock and so are the deals.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE LITTLE ROCK CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU ALL ABOARD RESTAURANT & GRILL

ARKANSAS BURGER CO.

BASELINE PIT STOP BAR & GRILL BIG ORANGE

BIG WHISKEY’S

BLACK ANGUS

BOBBY’S COUNTRY COOKIN’

BBQ sandwich with chips $6. (LD) 5506 Baseline Rd 562-9635 PitStopBarAndGrill.com

Try it with turkey! Get any burger with a turkey patty for $1 off. (LD) 17809 Chenal Pkwy, Ste. G-101.

821-1515 • Midtown: 207 N. University Ave, Ste. 100. 379-8715 BigOrangeBurger.com

50% off appetizer with purchase of an entrée. (LD) 225 E. Markham St. 324-2449

99¢ kids meal with the purchase of a burger combo meal. (LD) 10907 N. Rodney Parham Rd. 228-7800 BlackAngusCafe.com

$1 off dinner and a drink.

301 N. Shackleford Rd, Ste. E-1 224-9500 BobbysCountryCookin.com

BOSTON’S THE GOURMET PIZZA

BOOKENDS CAFE (MAIN LIBRARY CAMPUS)

BRAVO CUCINA ITALIANA

BRUNO’S LITTLE ITALY

$5 off a $25 food purchase. (LD) 3201 Bankhead Dr 235-2000 Bostons.com

3 course dinner for $16.95 (D) Chef Club Combo – sandwich, chips 17815 Chenal Parkway and canned soda $7.25 (BL) 821-2485 120 River Market Blvd.

BravoItalian.com 918-3091 CALS.org/about/locations/cox.aspx

Buy one order of spaghetti and meat sauce, get two meatballs free!

(D) 310 Main St. 372-7866 BrunosLittleItaly.com

THE BUTCHER SHOP

CAFÉ 201 (CROWNE PLAZA)

CAFE BOSSA NOVA

CAFE HEIFER

CAJUN’S WHARF

1/2 price drinks and appetizers from 5pm-7pm Mon-Fri, bar area only. (D) 10825 Hermitage Rd. • 312-2748 TheButchershop.com/LittleRock

Lunch Buffet – Buy one get one free. (L) 201 S. Shackelford 223-3000 CrownePlazaLittleRock.com

Moqueca (Regularly priced at $28.69) for $25 during the month of August.

(LD) 2701 Kavanaugh Blvd.

614-6682 CafeBossaNova.com

Try our summer salads, 15% off any salad from our menu. (L) 1 World Ave. (Heifer Village) 907-8801 Heifer.org

$14 Prix Fixe 2-course restaurant month lunch menu. $30 Prix Fixe 3-course restaurant month dinner menu.

2400 Cantrell Rd. 375-5351 CajunsWharf.com

CAMP DAVID RESTAURANT (HOLIDAY INN PRESIDENTIAL)

CANTINA CINCO DE MAYO

CANTINA LAREDO

4 SQUARE CAFE & GIFTS Free fountain drink with purchase of sandwich or wraps. (LD) 405 Pres. Clinton Ave. 244-2622 4SquareGifts.com

BOSCOS $5 appetizer with the purchase of any entrée $15 or more. Dine in only.

(LD) 500 Pres. Clinton Ave, Ste. 105 907-1881 BoscosBeer.com

$2 Miller Lite draft, $3 house wines and $4 liquor. (LD) 600 I-30 and 6th St. • 975-CAMP(2267)

HIPresidential.com/Dining/campdavid-restaurant

CAPITOL SMOKEHOUSE & GRILL

AFTERTHOUGHT BISTRO & BAR

$2 off any platters. (LD) House salad or soup, any entrée, any Buy a meal, get a “Lil” engineers meal 7410 Cantrell Rd 663-0600 for 1/2 off. (LD) dessert $25. (LD) 6813 Cantrell Rd ArkansasBurgerCompany.com 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. • 663-1196 975-7401 AfterthoughtBistroAndBar.com All-AboardRestaurant.com

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CAPERS

CAPITAL BAR AND GRILL $1 off fried green local tomatoes 4-6pm every day.

111 W. Markham 370-7013 CapitalHotel.com

CASA MAÑANA (RIVER MARKET) 15% off your order. (LD) 400 Pres. Clinton Ave. 372-6637 CasaMananaMexicanFood.com

CHATZ CAFÉ

CHIP’S BARBECUE

Buy creamy chicken spaghetti and 2 veggies with drink for $8.50 and get a second plate for half price. (LD) 8801 Colonel Glenn Road 562-4949 Chatzcafe.com

Buy a dinner, platter or entree at regular price and receive a free slice of pie (cheesecake excluded).

9801 W. Markham St. 225-4346 ChipsBarbeque.com

COPPER GRILL

CORKY’S RIBS & BBQ

COTIJA’S MEXICAN GRILL

$14 Prix Fixe 2-course restaurant month lunch menu. $30 Prix Fixe 3-course restaurant month dinner menu.

300 E. 3rd St. # 101 • 375-3333 CopperGrillLR.com

$1 off Cajun shrimp dinner. (LD) 12005 Westhaven Dr. 954-7427(RIBS) CorkysBBQ.com/location/littlerock

Free small cheese dip with the purchase of an entrée. (LD) 406 S. Louisiana St..

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DAVE & RAY’S DOWNTOWN DINER

DAVE’S PLACE

DEMPSEY BAKERY

Turkey, apple, bacon on Woodstock bread with sriracha mayo, with chips and a pickle $7. (L) 210 Center St. 372-3283 DavesPlaceRestaurant.com

Free sugar cookie with lunch purchase. (L) 323 S. Cross St. 375-2257 DempseyBakery.com

DOUBLETREE PLAZA BAR & GRILLE

DUGAN’S PUB

Fajitas para Dos – Dinner for two with appetizer and sizzling skillets of fajitas $59.99 (LD) 201 Univ. Ave. Midtown Shopping Center • 280-0407

CASA MAÑANA

10% off any entrée. (L) 915 W. Capitol Ave. 372-4227 CapitolSmokehouseAndGrill.com

CIAO BACI

COMMUNITY BAKERY

Facebook.com/CantinaLaredoLittleRock

Four-course chef’s tasting menu and wine paring $40. (D) 605 N. Beechwood St. 603-0238 CiaoBaci.org

$1 off iced coffee, iced latte, espresso frappe, espresso milkshake, fruit smoothie. (BL) Downtown: 1200 Main St. • 375-7105 Free cookie of your choice with any purchase. (BL) WLR:

CRAZEE’S CAFÉ

DAMGOODE PIES

1/2 price appetizer with a $10 food purchase, 5-10pm. (LD) 7626 Cantrell Rd. 221-9696 CrazeesCafe.net

Order a Margherita Pizza, we will donate $1 to Dunbar Gardens. $5 off any 18” pie. (LD) 6706 Cantrell Rd. • 2701 Kavanaugh Blvd. • 10720 N. Rodney Parham Rd. 664-2239 • DGPies.com

DIANE’S GOURMET

DIZZY’S GYPSY BISTRO

DOE’S EAT PLACE

Buy 3 casseroles and get one free.

11121 N. Rodney Parham Rd. 224-2639 Dianes-Gourmet.com

Free cheese dip with the order of two or more entrees. (LD) 200 River Market Ave. 375-3500 DizzysGypsyBistro.net

8 oz. filet with Arkansas toast, potatoes and soaked salad $35. (LD) 1023 W. Markham St. 376-1195 DoesEatPlace.net

270 S. Shackleford Rd. 224-1656 • CommunityBakery.com

Drink specials daily. Monday night, Kids eat free. Wed: Wine Day – 1/2 price selected bottle wine. Thur: Ladies Night – 1/2 price selected appetizers. (LD) 17717 Chenal Pkwy, Ste. 101 821-5398 • AWLins.com

$30 Prix Fixe 3-course restaurant month dinner menu. (D) 14502 Cantrell Rd 868-7600 CapersRestaurant.com

One free cheese dip or guacamole with purchase of an entrée. Buy 2 dinners and 2 drinks – $5 off. (LD) 25 Rahling Circle 821-2740 CantinaCincoDeMayoLR.com Free small cheese dip with purchase of two or more entrees. (LD) 6820 Cantrell Rd. 280-9888 18321 Cantrell Rd. 868-8822 CasaMananaMexicanFood.com

A.W. LIN’S

Buy 1, get 1/2 off on #2 breakfast combo: Eggs, a biscuit, bacon or sausage and home fried potatoes.

(B) 824 W. Capitol Ave. 372-8816

Club sandwich and fries $10 11am-2pm • 5-10pm $10. (LD) 1023 W. Markham St. 372-4371 Doubletree3.Hilton.com

1/2 price appetizers from 4-7pm Mon.-Thur. (D) 401 E. 3rd St. 244-0542 DugansPubLR.com

CHECK THESE LISTINGS THROUGHOUT AUGUST OR VISIT DINELR.COM FOR WEEKLY SPECIALS THE FOLD

FORBIDDEN GARDEN

GARDEN SMOOTHIES

Free Habanero Queso with the purchase of a taco plate. No substitutions. One per table. (LD) 3501 Old Cantrell Rd. 916-9706 TheFoldLR.com

$1 off wine. (LD) 14810 Cantrell Rd. 868-8149 Facebook.com/ForbiddenGardenAR

1/2 off fresh fruit smoothie with the purchase of sandwich or wrap.

(L) 400 Pres. Clinton Ave. 244-9964

HILLCREST ARTISAN MEATS

THE HOP DINER

10% off any sandwich and $1 off any dinner to go (M-F 4:30-6pm) (LD) 2807 Kavanaugh Blvd., Ste. B 671-6328 Facebook.com/HillcrestArtisanMeats

$1 off any combo (L) 201 E. Markham 224-0975 Facebook.com/TheHopDiner

LA CASA REAL Fajita’s for two, small cheese dip and two soft drinks $22.95. (LD) 11121 N. Rodney Parham 219-4689

B = BREAKFAST • L = LUNCH D = DINNER FLYING FISH

FLYING SAUCER

Hula Poppers – 6 jalapeños filled with cheese, shrimp & bacon $9.99. (LD) 511 Pres. Clinton Ave. 375-3474 FlyingFishInThe.net

Fabulous lunch specials, including tea or soda for $7.99. Mon-Fri, 11 am-4 pm only. Ask your server for details. (L) 323 Pres. Clinton Ave. 372-7468 Beerknurd.com/Stores/LittleRock

GRAND CAFE (CLARION HOTEL)

GUILLERMO’S

Philly cheesesteak with fries and drink $9.95. (LD) 925 S. University Ave. 664-5020

Ask about whole beans coffee Peru Andes Reserve. $5 off of one pound of coffee, your choice of beans.

(BLD) 10700 Rodney Parham Rd. • 228-4448 Facebook.com/G3coffee

IRIANA’S PIZZA

JIM’S RAZORBACK PIZZA

JUANITA’S CAFE & BAR

15% off any whole pizza. (LD) 201 E. Markham St. 374-3656 IrianasPizza.com

14” pizza (up to 3 toppings) with a side of Razorback Sticks with cheese $13.95. (LD) 16101 Cantrell Rd. 868-3250 RazorbackPizza.com

Buy one lunch entree, get one of equal or less value for 50% off. (L) 614 Pres. Clinton Ave 372-1228 Juanitas.com

LARRY’S PIZZA DOWNTOWN

LAS PALMAS

LAYLA’S GYROS AND PIZZERIA

LE POPS

Buy any Sub Sandwich and get the 2nd for 1/2 price. (LD) 1122 S. Center St. 372-6004 LarrysPizzaOfArkansas.com

Combination Plate #1-15 $6.99.

99¢ small draft beer Mon-Wed 3pmclose. (LD) 10402 Stagecoach Rd, Ste. J 455-8500 LasPalmasArkansas.com

Get $5 off when you spend $25 or more (cannot be used with any other offer). (LD) 8201 Ranch Blvd. • 868-8226 9501 N Rodney Parham • 227-7772 LaylasGyro.com

Free chocolate dip with purchase of a pop. (LD) 5501 Kavanaugh Blvd.

313-9558 LePops.com

LA HACIENDA

LILLY’S DIM SUM, THEN SOME

LITTLE GREEK

Free Guacamole with purchase of two entrees. (LD) 3024 Cantrell Rd. 661-0600 LaHaciendaCantrell.com

25% off Chinese spring rolls. (LD) 11121 N. Rodney Parham Rd. 716-2700 LillysDimSum.com

Buy one pita/salad/platter and get second pita/salad/platter of equal or lesser value for 50% off. (LD) 11525 Cantrell Rd, Ste. 905 223-5300 MyLittleGreek.com

LOCA LUNA

LOCAL LIME

Mon: 1/2 off all wine under $28.

Tues: $9 large pizza, $2 draft.

Wed: Cheeseburger Night – CreekStone Angus $7.95. (LD) 3519 Old Cantrell Rd 663-4666 • LocaLuna.com

“Lunch Pronto”: Come in Mon-Fri for lunch and order off the pronto menu, get a free soda or tea. (L) 17815 Chenal Pkwy.

448-2226 LocalLimeTaco.com

THE MAIN CHEESE

MASON’S DELI & GRILL

MEXICO CHIQUITO

MURRY’S DINNER PLAYHOUSE

OCEANS AT ARTHUR’S

Enjoy our signature Main Cheese Donut for $1 with purchase of any entree. (LD) 14524 Cantrell Rd, Ste. 110 367-8082 TheMainCheese.com

Free fountain drink with the purchase of a burger or turkey burger.

(LD) 400 Pres. Clinton Ave. 376-3354 Facebook.com/MasonsGrill

Two can dine for $16.99 (1 appetizer, 2 entrees, 2 desserts) (LD) 13924 Cantrell Rd. 217-0700 MexicoChiquito.net

$1 off wines by the glass on Wednesday evenings. (D) 6323 Colonel Glenn Rd. 562-3131 MurrysDP.com

One free dessert with the purchase of two entrees at dinner. Please let your server know. (D) 27 Rahling Circle 821-1838 OceansLittleRock.com

THE PANTRY RESTAURANT

PAXTON’S PIZZA

PROSE GARDEN CAFÉ

$2 off a medium Paxton’s Favorite pizza pie. (LD) 13420 Otter Creek Pkwy.

455-4242 Facebook.com/OCPizza

Chicken salad on croissant and potato salad $5.25. (LD) Main Library, 5th Floor, 100 Rock St. 918-3023 CALS.org/about/locations/mainlibrary.aspx

THE PURPLE COW

RED DOOR RESTAURANT

Free dessert of your choice. One per table. Dinner only. Just say Savor the City. (D) 11401 N Rodney Parham 353-1875 LittleRockPantry.com

RED MANGO SMOOTHIE & JUICE BAR

REVOLUTION TACO & TEQUILA LOUNGE

Free 1-scoop ice cream sundae with the purchase of an entrée. (LD) 8026 Cantrell Rd. • 221-3555 11602 Chenal Pkwy. • 224-4433 PurpleCowLR.com

Mon: 1/2 off all bottled wine under $28. (D) Tues: 1/2 off all appetizers.

(LD) Wed: Filet Night - $19.95 Creekstone Angus Filet (D) 3701 Cantrell Rd • 666-8482 RedDoorRestaurant.net

RIVERSHORE EATERY

THE ROOT CAFE

ROSALIA’S FAMILY BAKERY

Sandwich, chips and drink $7.49 (L) 400 Pres. Clinton Ave. 224-2326

Weekday Breakfast Special: 20% off your breakfast entree. Available Tues-Fri, 7-11 am. (B) 1500 S Main St. 414-0423 TheRootCafe.com

A free piece of cheese bread for every $5 you spend at Rosalia’s during the month of August. (BLD) 2701 Kavanaugh Blvd. • 719-7035 CafeBossaNova.com/RosaliasBakery

SCALLIONS RESTAURANT

SKY MODERN JAPANESE

SLICK’S SANDWICH SHOP

Sun-Thur, 5-7pm: All fried rolls $6.50; All featured cocktails $5; Seared diver scallops $3 off. (D) 11525 Cantrell Rd. 224-4300 SkyLittleRock.com

Biscuit & Gravy 99¢. (B) Homemade cookies 2 for $1 (L) 101 E Capitol Ave., Ste 116 375-3420 SlicksMenu.com

Mention restaurant month and get $1 iced coffee, $2 iced latte, & $3 frozen latte. (LD) 5621 Kavanaugh Blvd. • 663-2500 RedMangoUSA.com

Frozen Ruby Red Grapefruit Margaritas $5. Small Queso and Salsa w/ fried Tortilla Chips & TWO Tempting Taco Plates $19.99. (LD)

SALUT BISTRO

SANTO COYOTE

Free dessert with purchase of two dinner entrees. (D) 1501 N. University Ave. 660-4200 Salut-Bistro.com

Free flan with purchase of $15 or more. (LD) 11610 Pleasant Ridge Rd. # 110 225-1300 Santo-Coyote.com

Caprese Sandwich: Arkansas tomatoes and mozzarella, pesto, balsamic vinaigrette on ciabatta roll w/chips and choice of soup, fruit or side salad $10.95. (L) 5110 Kavanaugh Blvd.

666-6468 • Scallions.org

SONNY WILLIAMS STEAK ROOM

STAR OF INDIA

STICKYZ ROCK ‘N’ ROLL CHICKEN SHACK

SUSHI CAFE

TABLE 28

Sun-Thur: Chef’s Special, 2 Adults for $50 (sushi only) (LD) 5823 Kavanaugh Blvd.

663-9888 SushiCafeRocks.com

Ask for the appetizer and drink specials Mon-Fri 4-6pm. (D) 1501 Merrill Drive 224-2828 Facebook.com/Table28

THE VEG

ZACK’S PLACE

ZAZA FINE SALAD & PIZZA CO.

“Good Ass” Smoothie $4.25 (L) 400 Pres. Clinton Ave. 838-3634 Facebook.com/TheVegLR

2 Daily Lunch Specials $11.99 Mon-Fri, 11 am-2 pm. (L) 1400 S. University Ave. 664-6444 Zacks-Place.com

“Summer Cold Snap”: $1 off a large gelato. (LD) 5600 Kavanaugh Blvd.

661-9292 ZazaPizzaAndSalad.com

20% off all appetizers. (D) 500 Pres. Clinton Ave, Ste. 100 324-2999 SonnyWilliamsSteakRoom.com

TRACY CAKES Buy 3 Cupcakes, Get 1 Free.

10301 N. Rodney Parham Rd. 227-4243 TracyCakesAR.com

300 Pres. Clinton Ave. 823-0091 • RumbaRevolution.com

15% off dinner entrée. (D) 301 N Shackleford Rd., Ste. C4 227-9900 LRStarOfIndia.com

TRIO’S RESTAURANT

Lunch: 1/2 off spinach dip OR dessert.

Dinner: 4 -course dinner for $28. Any appetizer, house or Caesar salad. Entrees: Farmer’s Market Splendor, Shrimp or Chicken Enchiladas, Voodoo Pasta or Chicken special - plus dessert. (LD)

8201 Cantrell Rd, Ste. 100 221-3330 • TriosRestaurant.com

Ask your server about our $5-$7-$9 specials for Savor the City. (LD) 107 River Market Ave 372-7707 Stickyz.com

Thanks for voTing us one of The besT!

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We take great pride in our sincere dedication to service and to quality!

Place to gamble

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Performing arts group Arkansas Repertory Theatre Runners-up: ReCreation Studios, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Arkansas

Greyhound Park, Choctaw Casino, Cherokee Casino

Place to see someone famous Capital Hotel

Oaklawn Park Runners-up: Southland

Runners-up: Clinton Presidential Center, South on Main, Doe’s Eat Place

Thanks for voting us among the best!

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Larry West is our readers’ choice as Best Decorator, so we decided to test his mettle with perhaps the greatest challenge of his 20-year career: re-imagining the Arkansas Times office. If you have never paid a visit to our humble home base, I will briefly paint a picture. The walls veer between drab grey, mustard-beige and off-white — imagine a variety of skin tones of sickly men near death.

There are stacks of papers and boxes close to the tipping point at every corner; dozens of unused dilapidated chairs; entire walls unadorned by decoration of any kind; a patchwork of well-stained carpets perhaps older than the Times itself; entire rooms used to store things that no current employee claims; fluorescent lights flickering between those familiar middle-school-classroom ceiling tiles.

Everywhere: a faint muskiness.

When told of the idea to get an interior design consult from the Best Decorator winner, Times publisher Alan Leveritt said, “That’s like taking a city planner to Berlin in 1945.”

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“When I think of the Arkansas Times, I think of fun, I think of interesting, I think of out of the box,” he said. “When I walk off the elevators, that’s not what I get. I feel like I’m maybe at the back office at Home Depot.”

West noted that, but for one hallway with framed past issues of the Times (more of that, he suggested), the office had mostly blank walls.

Meanwhile, he questioned what actually had been put up. A giant calendar (“boring,” he said) was tacked to one wall in the meeting room, but was completely blank. “Do you need that?” he asked. I didn’t have a good answer. Meanwhile, in our newsroom, West asked about a 4-by-7-foot white poster board, blank, attached to the wall with a mish-mash of tacks and packing tape. After some investigation, it turns out that Times editor Lindsey Millar put it up a year ago in order to project a power point presentation. It hasn’t been used since.

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For the walls, West suggested framed images — classic Times covers, notable photographs from our archives. “I’d have pictures all over the place,” he said. “Stuff that’s fun.

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The whole place would get a paint job, West said. “The color is boring in this whole entire space, that’s the first thing I think we should change,” he said. West sent over suggestions, a vibrant array of oranges, purples, greens and pastel blues. “Something bright and fun and cheery — not depressing. I feel like I’m going to jump out a window into the river.”

West also suggested mid-sized club chairs (cozy and colorful), sleek laptop tables, stylish lamps in lieu of the fluorescent overhead lighting, new carpeting (“something fun”) and more attractive commercial insets for the ceiling grids.

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Another big one: Shelving mounted to the walls. Anything, West said, to get us out of our current habit of stacking stuff everywhere. Half of our desks (mine included) have assorted stacks of paper. Stacks of overstuffed boxes are everywhere (one set of boxes by my desk is labeled with years from the early 1990s).

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Ballet Arkansas presents VISIONS, a competition that will bring five choreographers from across the country to Little Rock to compose a 4-6 minute piece to be performed at the Ron Robinson Theater at 7 p.m.

A panel of judges and audience members will vote for their favorite; the winning chorographer will be awarded a contract to develop the full-length production to be performed at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre in April. For tickets, visit www.balletarkansas.org.

AUGUST 5-10

The Arkansas Travelers have a home

stand at Dickey Stephens Park against San Antonio, Tuesday through Thursday at 7:10 p.m., and Corpus Christi on Friday at 7:10 p.m., Saturday at 5:50 p.m. and on Sunday at 6:10 p.m.

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Loretta Lynn, Bobby Bare and Reba McEntire headline the Johnny Cash Music Festival at A-state

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The Little Rock Zoo welcomes you to Snore and Soar, a sleepover at the zoo from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. Bring your tent and sleeping bag. The cost is $29.75 for members and $35 for non-members. The next morning enjoy breakfast with the elephants.

World Elephant Day is August 12. For more information and a complete calendar of events, visit www.littlerockzoo.com.

Root for your Arkansas Travelers at Dickey Stephens Park as they play Tulsa, Tuesday through Friday at 7:10 p.m., and take on the instate rival Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Saturday at 7:10 p.m., Sunday at 2:10 p.m. and Monday at 7:10 p.m.

AUGUST 21

As part of the 12th National Drawing Invitational now on display at the Arkansas Arts Center, Nigerian-American artist Victor Ekpuk will deliver “Ode to Joy: Meditation in Lines” at 6 p.m. on using sign systems and symbols to convey his message. The lecture is free to members and is $15 for non-members. For more information, visit www.arkarts.com.

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UALR hosts receptions from 5-7 p.m. for new exhibits in each art gallery. In Gallery I, view Piranesi and Perspectives of Rome featuring the etchings of Italian architect and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, on display through October 5. In Gallery II is Teaching a Canary to Sing, a multimedia installation by Catherine Siri Nugent, on display through September 28. In Gallery III, Small Works on Paper features drawing, mixed media, photography and printmaking by Arkansas artists on display through September 26. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Weekend hours begin after Labor Day.

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Other topics on which the EOA (encyclopediaofarkansas.net) likely has a monopoly among similar projects: cheese dip (“… considered to be an important part of Arkansas’s food culture”), drag shows (“… have their roots in rural folk dramas often used as fundraisers for community institutions”) and slime molds (“… do not have a particularly attractive name, but some examples produce fruiting bodies that are miniature objects of considerable beauty”).

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas takes on topics that might be of broader interest, of course: The entry on the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School is the EOA’s most visited page, often, judging from the sorts of queries the staff gets, from students working on assignments, according to editor Guy Lancaster. That means the encyclopedia is fulfilling one

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ast October, a group of rappers and self-taught producers sharing an apartment in Maumelle — a living situation variously described as a “creative space” and a “shitty den,” a place of arguments and video games — received a profound vision inspired, they would later say, by boredom and ambition and the consistent use of psychedelic mushrooms. The vision had to do with their own potential, with “realizing the power we had to create

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On a Wednesday afternoon in July, the collective, all of whom now live in Little Rock, met up to plot their next move at the downtown loft of member Brandon Burris, better known as Goon des Garcons, an alter-ego Burris describes as a “joke that just went wrong.” A TV in the corner played a selection of the music videos they’ve

made this summer on a quiet loop, and on the loft’s brick walls hung a tattered American flag and a poster for the `60s psych-rock band 13th Floor Elevators. “I don’t think people know that, like, it’s actually happening for us,” Burris said, as the other five members, all between the ages of 20 and 22, voiced their agreement. “The city is getting better, the ball is in motion.

It’s a renaissance.”

Aside from Burris, there was Jordan Rowe, a.k.a. Fresco Grey, a.k.a. Fresco the Cavemen, a rapper and prolific beatmaker with a broad smile and a large-gauge septum piercing; Reggie Golden, who raps under the name Reggie Gold and wears long dreads that often fall draped in front of his face; Taylor Walker, the group’s only female, who speaks softly and deliberately, and makes ornate, futurist R&B under the name Taylor Moon; Kaylan Marks, the youngest of the six and a wildly talented producer (as Mach Soul), who sat plugging away at his laptop while the others spoke; and Chris Williams, the rapper Cool Chris, who wore a zebra-print button-up, sipped an enormous glass of grape juice and focused all of his attention on the blunt he was rolling.

“We all met ’cause we all have the

same goals,” Burris said. “We wanted to make art.” Bred on the self-made, Internet-fueled success of artists like Soulja Boy, Lil B, Odd Future and A$AP Rocky, the musicians have resolved to carve out their own space in a city they figure has no real place for them.

Producing each other’s mixtapes and appearing in each other’s videos (shot in liquor store parking lots or on bike trips around the Clinton Presidential Center), the rappers envision their success in collaborative terms. Along with a handful of other young and like-minded artists, like Kari Faux, BLACK PARTY and Lo Thraxx, they’re announcing the long overdue emergence of Little Rock hip-hop’s next generation.

This summer, their output has been steady and surprising, from fully realized EPs like Cool Chris’ “Trap Conversations” and Goon des Garcons’ “Meanwhile …” to bold and imaginative singles like Taylor Moon’s “Final Fantasy MMXIV.” All of it is available for free online, at ygoa.tumblr.com, and they’re eager to point out that much more is completed and on the way in coming weeks. The only obstacle now is that no local venues will have them — and even that might not be an obstacle.

Juanita’s, which used to host the “Good Vibes” and “Trill Clinton” showcases they’d perform at with other local artists their age, blacklisted the whole crowd after the police were called at a show earlier this year. (Rowe says the incident can be blamed on the fact that he went home and changed clothes during the night — he was cold — and the door guy didn’t recognize him, assuming he’d snuck in.) There have been other misunderstandings with other downtown venues, and clubs like Elevations, friendlier to hip-hop in theory but skewing older, are out as well: “We can’t do clubs, that’s not our aesthetic,” Burris said. “You got to be a certain age to understand what we’re doing.”

Not that any of this has stopped them from performing. The “Good Vibes” showcases have been revived as Hillcrest house parties, and not long ago they did a “pop-up show” in a storefront on the third floor of Park Plaza Mall. “A funny ass set,” Burris said. “We was rappin’ to the window while people were walking by.” The group has also talked about renting a U-Haul, outfitting it with Continued on page 68

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A&E NEWS JUANITA’S, THE VENERABLE TEXMEX RESTAURANT and live music venue, has new owners. Four years after they purchased the restaurant and club, Joe Cates and Jim O’Brien have sold it to Erin Hurley, Trey Jordan, Reed Lewallen, Bill Puckett and James Snyder. The new group takes ownership Aug. 1. Upgrading the type of concerts the club hosts is one of the new group’s top priorities, according to Lewallen.

Hurley has worked for and with Juanita’s for years, first as on-staff talent buyer, later on contract with his booking business Green Grass entertainment and, more recently, managing the bar; he’ll continue to oversee the bar under new management. Snyder began working with Juanita’s as director of business development for Green Grass in 2007 before becoming general manager and talent buyer for Juanita’s in 2010; he’ll continue in both roles.

Earlier this year, Jordan, Lewallen, Puckett and Snyder formed a booking company, 5zero1 Promotions. They produced the Great Arkansas Beer Fest at the Little Rock Metroplex and brought Eddie Money and Third Eye Blind to Juanita’s. The restaurant and bar took in the third highest gross in its 28-year history on the day of the Third Eye Blind show, according to Lewallen.

Expect more shows of the caliber of Third Eye Blind, Lewallen said. In recent years, most Little Rock clubs have shied away from booking mid-sized acts that require a ticket price of more than $20 for the club to cover the artists’ guarantee. Under this new regime, Juanita’s plans to buck that trend. While still mixing in local music and up-and-coming national talent with tickets in the $10-and-under range, the club has a number of shows on the horizon featuring bigger names in a variety of genres — T-Pain, The Toadies, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, members of Celtic Thunder — and ticket prices that start at $20 or $25 and climb (stage access meet-and-greet tickets for T-Pain go for $250).

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THURSDAY 7/31

REBECCA GAYLE HOWELL

7 p.m. Oxford American Annex. Free.

In between translating the works of the acclaimed Iraqi poet Amal al-Jubouri, earning a Ph.D. from a university in Lubbock, Texas (birthplace of Buddy Holly

and Joe Ely), and releasing an alreadysold-out, much-adored book of poetry called “Render/An Apocalypse,” that led New York’s State Poet Marie Howe to claim, “This is the book you want with you in the cellar when the tornado is upstairs taking your house and your

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farm,” Kentucky native and Pushcart Prize winner Rebecca Gaye Howell has been selected as the new poetry editor of the Little Rock-based Oxford American magazine. National Book Award winner Nikky Finney calls Howell’s poems “haunting and hungry,” and it isn’t hard

to see what she means. One of her poems, “A Catalogue of What You Don’t Have,” is a single word: “Enough.” Howell will read from her work Thursday night at the Oxford American Annex (next to South on Main), alongside local poets Hope Coulter and Sandy Longhorn. WS

FRIDAY 8/1

KUHS 97.9 FUNDRAISER

8 p.m. Maxine’s, Hot Springs. $5.

Low Key Arts, the Hot Springs nonprofit that sponsors Valley of the Vapors and all sorts of other worthwhile cultural events, recently got a license to start a community radio station, KUHS FM, 97.9, and it’s aiming to start broadcasting early next year. “Imagine a Hot Springs radio station broadcasting jazz, blues, rock, classical, world beat, hip-hop, punk, metal and news programming,” its statement reads.

“These are all cultures represented in Hot Springs who may soon have a voice!” The fundraising event at Maxine’s (these things cost money) will feature Brother Andy and His Big Damn Mouth, Joe Meazle, All the Way Korean, The Casual Pleasures (a new band featuring members of Ezra Lbs and Groovecluster), Amanda Avery, Chuck Dodson, Paul Sammons and more. There will also be “live art,” which sounds intriguing if puzzling, plus a raffle, and food and drink specials. WS

FRIDAY 8/1

TRAPPER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

9 p.m. 521 Southern Cafe. $10 adv., $20 day of.

A HUNDRED LIES: Malcolm Holcombe will be at White Water Tavern 9 p.m. Thursday.

MALCOLM HOLCOMBE

9 p.m. White Water Tavern.

Malcolm Holcombe looks uncannily like Neil Young and sounds, as a writer for No Depression once put it, “like an Appalachian Keith Richards with strep throat.” He has one of those stories, too, those career narratives of talent thwarted by commercial reluctance or fourth-quarter record label misgivings: His first album, “A Hundred Lies,” (“Knowin’ right, still doin’ wrong/As a hundred lies unfold”), was recorded in 1996 and shelved for several years, the eventual release prompting Rolling Stone magazine to say Holcombe “sounds like he could have cut these ten songs forty years ago, for Folkways Records, or just yesterday at your kitchen table,” which I think is 54

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almost entirely complimentary. He worked a stint as a cook at a Nashville bar, untying his apron to take the stage and sing lines like, “There’s belonging in just longing for someone.”

“I didn’t think Malcolm would make it out,” Justin Townes Earle has said. “I was afraid that he was going to become another one of those famous-afterdeath songwriters. Malcolm’s whole thing was always unpredictable. He’d disappear for a week, then come back and do something insane.” But then here he is, several full-fledged and intelligent albums later, a compulsively watchable performer serving Deep South zen koans and harsh, steel string hammer-ons that make him grimace and convulse. You get the feeling that it hurts him more than it hurts us, and it will hurt us a little. WS

Fans of the International Player Hater’s Ball Awards sketch from “Chappelle’s Show” should find plenty to like about the Trapper of the Year Awards, which includes a wide range of categories (from Best DJ to Best Barbershop) and will fea-

ture performances from 607, Rod-D (of the recent street hit “Pull Up”), Eastside Shawty (the only local rapper capable or willing to buy a guest verse from Lil Boosie when the Baton Rouge legend was in town not long ago), Magnolia Elvis, Young Slab and many others. VIP booths and bottle service will obviously be available, and anyone who can’t make it can listen live on 101.1 FM. WS

SATURDAY 8/2

STONE’S THROW BREWING BIRTHDAY BASH 4 p.m. Stone’s Throw. $3.

It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since Stone’s Throw Brewing opened its doors — impossible to believe. Where has the time gone?

How old does that make us? It’s like Yoko Ono once wrote: “Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence/ summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance/autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence/win-

ter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance./There is a season that never passes, and that is the season of glass.” You know? Anyhow, the microbrewery will celebrate its first birthday this weekend with a block party.

Thanks, guys! There will be live music and a ton of food trucks (including the Waffle Wagon, Southern Gourmasian, the Pie Hole and my favorite, Luncheria Mexicana Alicia, plus many others). Also, and this should go without saying, Stone’s Throw is bringing beer. WS

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THURSDAY 7/31 Comedian Landry will be at the Loony Bin through Saturday, Aug. 2, 7:30 p.m. (and 10 p.m. Friday–Saturday,) $7-$10.

The Porter Players Jam Session will take place at Afterthought as part of Jazz Week, 8 p.m., free. South on Main will host a fundraiser for the independent food zine Bruto! featuring music by Mandy McBryde and The Grooms and DJ Poebot, 8 p.m., $5. Tulsa group Native Lights will be at Stickyz with Jumpship Astronaut, 9 p.m., $5. Hometown art-rock favorites Duckstronaut and Collin vs. Adam will join forces at The Joint, 9:30 p.m., $5.

FRIDAY 8/1 The Dunbar Community Garden Project will hold its 2nd Annual Zine Night, featuring a showcase of zines and mini comix, the food truck Southern Salts and music by Adam Faucett, Willliam Blackart, Radradriot and more, 7 p.m. Alex Bugnon will be at Sway as part of Jazz Week, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., $35-$50. Louisville alt-rock band Tantric will be at Revolution, 8:30 p.m., $10 adv., $14 day of. Little Rock’s best instrumental funk group, The Funkanites, will be at Afterthought, 9 p.m., $7.

North Carolina metal group Invoker will be at Vino’s with Soundcult, More Than Sparrows and Cape Fear, 9 p.m., $8.

SATURDAY 8/2

BORN STANDING UP: Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers will be at the Walmart AMP 7:30 p.m. Sunday, $69-$89.

Sunday 8/3

STEVE MARTIN AND THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS 7:30 p.m. Walmart AMP, Rogers. $69-$89.

There’s little ground in show business that Steve Martin has yet to cover. Since he got his start as a comedy writer and stand-up in the ’60s, he’s appeared on millions of television and movie screens, written plays and

New Yorker articles, and hosted the Academy Awards three times.

These days, he plays the banjo. No surprise he’s good at that, too. He and the Steep Canyon Rangers, alongside Edie Brickell from the New Bohemians, will team up next Sunday night to furnish what will likely prove a spirited blend of comedy and bluegrass.

Last year, the Rangers won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy for their

album, “Nobody Knows You,” and were nominated the previous year for “Rare Bird Alert,” produced in collaboration with Martin.

But there’s another Grammy duo in this trio — Martin and Brickell won the 2014 Grammy for Best American Roots Song for “Love Has Come For You.” All told, it should be a worthy spectacle, especially if Martin starts dancing. CG

The Arkansas State Bodybuilding Championships will kick off at 10 a.m. at the Statehouse Convention Center.

Grammy-winning Latin-pop fusion star Pepe Aguilar will be at the Walmart AMP, 7:30 p.m., $24-$44. Guitarists Randy Buckner and Brian Ison will be at the Ozark Folk Center Park, $12. Jeff Lorber will be at the Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts as part of Jazz Week, 8 p.m., $45-$65. Knoxville, Tenn., native and Billboard chart-topping country star Rodney Atkins will be at Magic Springs’ Timberwood Amphitheater, 8 p.m., $49.99-$54.99. Local soul group Brown Soul Shoes will be at Stickyz, 9 p.m., $5. The Lightbulb Club, in Fayetteville, will host a release party for Fayetteville underground rock compilation Art Amiss, featuring Dead Indian, Shook Yang and Auric, 9 p.m., $5. Pockets will be at White Water Tavern with local favorites Brother Andy and Isaac Alexander, 9:30 p.m., $5.

TUESDAY 8/5

CARY HUDSON

9 p.m. White Water Tavern. $5.

In the late ’80s, Cary Hudson shared a house with the other members of a band called The Hilltops on Van Buren Avenue in Oxford, Miss. According to an article Jamie Quatro wrote about the band for the Oxford American some years ago,

Barry Hannah was their next-door neighbor and would sometimes come jam with them. “Some nights he brings his trumpet over and blows along with them,” Quatro writes, “doing his best Miles Davis.” Sometimes he’d bring Larry Brown over, too, which makes them about the most quintessentially Oxford, Miss., band that ever existed. Later, Cary and his then-wife and bass player, Laurie

Stirratt, would form Blue Mountain, a great and important alt-country band from an era of great and important alt-country bands. Now Hudson has gone solo and has made a string of good singersongwriter records, the newest being “Town and Country.” According to his website, he enjoys “riding his bike to the snowcone stand and going for leisurely walks with his dogs.” WS www.arktimes.com

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The Casual Pleasures, Brother Andy and His Big Damn Mouth, Chuck Dodson, Paul Sammons, Amanda Avery, Joe Meazel and more Maxine’s, 8 p.m., $5. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. www. maxinespub.com.

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THURSDAY, JULY 31

Youth Chefs Culinary Camp. Pulaski Technical College — South Campus, 8 a.m., $250. Exit 128, I-30.

MUSIC

Aaron Watson, Cody Johnson. George’s Majestic Lounge, 9 p.m., $10. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226.

Duckstronaut, Collin vs. Adam. The Joint, 9:30 p.m., $5. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-3720205. thejointinlittlerock.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.

Jim Dickerson. Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, 7 p.m. 500 President Clinton Ave. 501-324-2999. www.sonnywilliamssteakroom.com.

Kirra, Eddie and The Defiantz, Ringleader.

Vino’s, 8 p.m., $8. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Krush Thursdays with DJ Kavaleer. Club Climax, free before 11 p.m. 824 W. Capitol. 501-554-3437.

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

Malcolm Holcombe. White Water Tavern, 9 p.m. 2500 W. 7th St. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com.

Michael Eubanks. Newk’s Express Cafe, 6:30 p.m. 4317 Warden Road, NLR. 501-753-8559. newks.com.

Native Lights, Jumpship Astronaut. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $5. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com.

Open Jam. Thirst n’ Howl, 8 p.m. 14710 Cantrell Road. 501-379-8189. www.thirst-n-howl.com.

Open jam with The Port Arthur Band. Parrot Beach Cafe, 9 p.m. 9611 MacArthur Drive, NLR. 771-2994.

Porter’s Players Jam Session. Jazz Week 2014.

Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 8 p.m., Free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

R and R (headliner), Funk Hammer (happy hour). Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 and 9 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-375-5351. www.cajunswharf. com.

RockUsaurus. Senor Tequila, 7-9 p.m. 10300 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-224-5505. www. senor-tequila.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 7:30 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG. Wino Vino, Ozarka Orkestra. The Lightbulb Club, 9 p.m., $5. 21 N. Block Ave., Fayetteville.

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Landry. The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m., $7-$10. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-228-5555. www. loonybincomedy.com.

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Geocaching. Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, 8:30 a.m. 602 President Clinton Ave. 501-907-0636. www.centralarkansasnaturecenter.com.

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Hammered Dulcimer Weekend. Ozark Folk Center State Park, $200. 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View.

SATURDAY, AUG. 2 BLACKWATER: Native Lights will be at Stickyz 9 p.m. Thursday, $5. independent food zine Bruto! Featuring music

by Mandy McBryde and the Grooms and DJ Poebot. South on Main, 8 p.m., $5. 1304 Main St. 501-244-9660. https://www.facebook.com/ SouthonMainLR. Rebecca Gayle Howell and Friends. Oxford American, 7 p.m. 1300 Main St.

CAMPS

Youth Chefs Culinary Camp. Pulaski Technical College — South Campus, through Aug. 1, 8 a.m., $250. Exit 128, I-30.

CLASSES

Hammered Dulcimer Weekend. Ozark Folk Center State Park, -Aug. 2, $200. 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View.

FRIDAY, AUG. 1

MUSIC

9th Annual Jerry Garcia Birthday Party.

Featuring Forgotten Space. George’s Majestic Lounge, 9:30 p.m., $15. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226.

Adam Faucett, William Blackart, Radradriot.

Dunbar Garden Project, 7 p.m. 1800 S. Chester.

501-529-8520. dunbargarden.org.

Alex Bugnon. Jazz Week 2014. Sway, 7 and 9 p.m., $35-$50. 412 Louisiana. 501-907-2582.

Bluesboy Jag and the Juke Joint Zombies.

Markham Street Grill and Pub, 9 p.m., free. 11321 W. Markham St. 501-224-2010. www.markhamst. com.

The Body XXX. IV Corners, 8 p.m. 824 W Capitol Ave. Boom Kinetic. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 10 p.m., $10. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com.

Claire Holley. South on Main, 9:30 p.m., $7. 1304 Main St. 501-244-9660. https://www.facebook. com/SouthonMainLR. Club Nights at 1620 Savoy. Dance night, with DJs, drink specials and bar menu. 1620 Savoy, 10 p.m. 1620 Market St. 501-221-1620. www.1620savoy.com.

Foley’s Van. First Friday Concert Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 8 p.m., free. 600 Museum Way, Bentonville. 479-418-5700. crystalbridges.org.

The Funkanites. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 9 p.m., $7. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www. afterthoughtbar.com.

Invoker, Soundcult, More Than Sparrows, Cape Fear. Vino’s, 9 p.m., $8. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-

8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

Rodney Block and The Real Music Lovers.

White Water Tavern, 9 p.m., $10. 2500 W. 7th St. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com.

Route 66. Agora Conference and Special Event Center, 6:30 p.m., $5. 705 E. Siebenmorgan, Conway.

Tantric. Revolution, 8:30 p.m., $10 adv., $14 day of. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-823-0090. revroom.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 9 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG. Terminus, Witchsister. The Lightbulb Club, 9 p.m., $5. 21 N. Block Ave., Fayetteville. 479-444-6100.

Trapper of the Year Awards. Featuring Rod-D, 607, Eastside Shawty, CBM, Magnolia Elvis and more. 521 Southern Cafe, 9 p.m. 521 Center St. 501-413-2182.

COMEDY

Landry. The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m., $7-$10.

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

DANCE

Ballroom Dancing. Free lessons begin at 7 p.m.

Bess Chisum Stephens Community Center, 8-11 p.m., $7-$13. 12th & Cleveland streets. 501-2217568. www.blsdance.org.

“Salsa Night.” Begins with a one-hour salsa lesson. Juanita’s, 9 p.m., $8. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www.littlerocksalsa.com.

EVENTS

Geocaching. See July 31.

LGBTQ/SGL weekly meeting. Diverse Youth for Social Change is a group for LGBTQ/SGL and straight ally youth and young adults age 14-23.

For more information, call 244-9690 or search “DYSC” on Facebook. LGBTQ/SGL Youth and Young Adult Group, 6:30 p.m. 800 Scott St. Little Rock Photo Expo. A photography conference and trade show. Embassy Suites, Aug. 1-2, 5 p.m., $99. 11301 Financial Centre. 501312-9000.

Maori Healers. Divine Intervention Dome, Aug. 1-4, 10 a.m., $150. 2818 Park Ave, Hot Springs.

BENEFITS

KUHS 97.9 Fundraiser. A fundraiser for Hot Springs’ new community radio station, featuring

MUSIC

Brown Soul Shoes. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $5. 107 Commerce St. 501-3727707. www.stickyz.com.

Club Nights at 1620 Savoy. See Aug. 1.

Dead Indian, Shook Yang, Auric. Art Amiss Compilation Release The Lightbulb Club, 9 p.m., $5. 21 N. Block Ave., Fayetteville. 479-444-6100.

Indie Music Night. Juanita’s, 10 p.m., $10. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www.juanitas.com.

The Intruders. Afterthought Bistro & Bar. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Jam Rock Saturday. Twelve Modern Lounge, first Saturday of every month, 9 p.m. 1900 W. Third St. 501-301-1200.

Jeff Lorber. Jazz Week 2014. Wildwood Park for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m., $45-$65. 20919 Denny Road.

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.

Karaoke with Kevin & Cara. All ages, on the restaurant side. Revolution, 9 p.m.-12:45 a.m., free. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-823-0090. revroom.com.

K.I.S.S. Saturdays. Featuring DJ Silky Slim. Dress code enforced. Sway, 10 p.m. 412 Louisiana.

501-492-9802.

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

May the Peace of the Sea Be With You, Oh My Blue Sky, Belukhas, Bristol Hills. Maxine’s, $5. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. www.maxinespub.com.

New Era Saturdays. 21-and-older. Twelve Modern Lounge, first Saturday of every month, 9 p.m., $5 cover until 11 p.m. 1900 W. Third St. 501-301-1200.

Pepe Aguilar. Walmart AMP, 7:30 p.m., $24-$44.

5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers. 479-443-5600. www.arkansasmusicpavilion.com.

Pickin’ Porch. Bring your instrument. All ages welcome. Faulkner County Library, 9:30 a.m. 1900 Tyler St., Conway. 501-327-7482. www.fcl.org.

Pockets, Brother Andy, Isaac Alexander. White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m., $5. 2500 W. 7th St. 501375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com.

Randy Buckner and Brian Ison. Ozark Folk Center State Park, $12. 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View.

Rodney Atkins. Magic Springs’ Timberwood Amphitheater, 8 p.m., $49.99-$54.99. 1701 E.

If you’re not HERE, we’re having more fun than you are!

Argenta Farmers Market. Argenta Farmers Market, 7 a.m. 6th and Main St., NLR. 501-8317881. www.argentaartsdistrict.org/argenta-farmers-market/.

Falun Gong meditation. Allsopp Park, 9 a.m., free. Cantrell & Cedar Hill Roads.

Geocaching. See July 31.

Hillcrest Farmers Market. Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd.

Historic Neighborhoods Tour. Bike tour of historic neighborhoods includes bike, guide, helmets and maps. Bobby’s Bike Hike, 9 a.m., $8-$28. 400 President Clinton Ave. 501-613-7001.

Little Rock Farmers’ Market. River Market Pavilions, 7 a.m. 400 President Clinton Ave. 3752552. www.rivermarket.info.

Little Rock Photo Expo. A photography conference and trade show. Embassy Suites, 5 p.m., $99. 11301 Financial Centre. 501-312-9000.

Maori Healers. Divine Intervention Dome, through Aug. 4, 10 a.m., $150. 2818 Park Ave, Hot Springs.

Pork & Bourbon Tour. Bike tour includes bicycle, guide, helmets and maps. Bobby’s Bike Hike, 11:30 a.m., $35-$45. 400 President Clinton Ave. 501-613-7001.

Stone’s Throw Brewing Birthday Bash. A block party featuring live music, food trucks, local vendors and craft beer. Stone’s Throw Brewing, 4 p.m., $3. 402 E. 9th St. 501-244-9154.

SPORTS

Arkansas State Bodybuilding Championships.

Statehouse Convention Center, 10 a.m. 7 Statehouse Plaza.

CLASSES

Hammered Dulcimer Weekend. Ozark Folk Center State Park, $200. 1032 Park Ave., Mountain View.

Luke Ballard Photography Workshop. Riverfront Park, Aug. 2-3, 9 a.m., $38-$51. 400 President Clinton Avenue.

SUNDAY, AUG. 3

MUSIC

Irish Traditional Music Session. Hibernia Irish

EVENTS

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CLASSES

Luke Ballard Photography Workshop. Riverfront Park, 9 a.m., $38-$51. 400 President Clinton Avenue.

501.372.4782 www.erniebiggs.com

KIDS

Learning from the Wild. Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center, 2 p.m., Free.

602 President Clinton Ave. 501-907-0636. www. centralarkansasnaturecenter.com.

MONDAY, AUG. 4

MUSIC

Brandon Dorris Group. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, $5. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

Monday Night Jazz. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 8 p.m., $5. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

Richie Johnson. Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-375-5351. www.cajunswharf. com.

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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.

NEW PATIO HAPPY HOUR WED-SAT 4 PM

Bernice Garden Farmer’s Market. Bernice Garden, 10 a.m. 1401 S. Main St. www.thebernicegarden.org.

Geocaching. See July 31.

“Live from the Back Room.” Spoken word event.

Vino’s, 7 p.m. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www. vinosbrewpub.com.

Maori Healers. Divine Intervention Dome, through Aug. 4, 10 a.m., $150. 2818 Park Ave, Hot Springs.

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COMEDY

Landry. The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m., 10 p.m. $7-$10.

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

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Tavern, first and third Sunday of every month, 2:30 p.m. 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501246-4340. www.hiberniairishtavern.com.

Karaoke with DJ Sara. Hardrider Bar & Grill, 7 p.m., free. 6613 John Harden Drive, Cabot.

501-982-1939.

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers.

Walmart AMP, 7:30 p.m., $69-$89. 5079 W. Northgate Road, Rogers. 479-443-5600. www. arkansasmusicpavilion.com.

Successful Sunday. The Italian Kitchen at Lulav, 8 p.m., $5-$10. 220A W. 6th St. 501-374-5100. www.lulaveatery.com.

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Grand Ave., Hot Springs.

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

Stays In Vegas, People’s Republic Of Casio Tones, Randy Harsey Music. Vino’s, 9 p.m., $7. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 9 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG. The Toadies. George’s Majestic Lounge, 8:30 p.m., $17.50. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville.

479-442-4226.

Maori Healers. Divine Intervention Dome, 10 a.m., $150. 2818 Park Ave, Hot Springs.

TUESDAY, AUG. 5

MUSIC

Brian and Nick. Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 p.m. 2400 Cantrell Road. 501-375-5351. www.cajunswharf. com.

Cary Hudson. White Water Tavern, 9 p.m., $5.

2500 W. 7th St. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com.

Gil Franklin & Friends. Holiday Inn, North Little Rock, first Tuesday, Wednesday of every month.

120 W. Pershing Blvd., NLR. Jeff Ling. Khalil’s Pub, 6 p.m. 110 S. Shackleford Road. 501-224-0224. www.khalilspub.com.

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AFTER DARK, CONT. Jim Dickerson. Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, 7 p.m. 500 President Clinton Ave. 501-324-2999. www.sonnywilliamssteakroom.com.

Karaoke Tuesday. Prost, 8 p.m., free. 322 President Clinton Blvd. 501-244-9550.

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

Music Jam. Hosted by Elliott Griffen and Joseph Fuller. The Joint, 8-11 p.m., free. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

Tuesday Jam Session with Carl Mouton.

Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

COMEDY

Stand-Up Tuesday. Hosted by Adam Hogg. The Joint, 8 p.m., $5. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

DANCE

“Latin Night.” Revolution, 7:30 p.m., $5 regular, $7 under 21. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501823-0090. www.littlerocksalsa.com.

EVENTS

Little Rock Farmers’ Market. River Market Pavilions, 7 a.m. 400 President Clinton Ave. 3752552. www.rivermarket.info.

New Belgium Tasting. The Joint, 6 p.m. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com.

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

FILM

“Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter.”

Vino’s, 7:30 p.m., free. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-

The BIGGEST,

8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com.

SPORTS

Arkansas Travelers vs. San Antonio. DickeyStephens Park, 7:10 p.m., $6-$12. 400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www.travs.com.

CLASSES

Cooking for the College Bound. Pulaski Technical College — South Campus, Aug. 5-6, 1 p.m., $65. Exit 128, I-30.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 6

MUSIC

$7-$10. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501228-5555. www.loonybincomedy.com.

The Joint Venture. Improv comedy group. The Joint, 8 p.m., $7. 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

Geocaching. See July 31.

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

Gil Franklin & Friends. Holiday Inn, North Little Rock, first Tuesday, Wednesday of every month.

120 W. Pershing Blvd., NLR. Jim Dickerson. Sonny Williams’ Steak Room, 7 p.m. 500 President Clinton Ave. 501-324-2999. www.sonnywilliamssteakroom.com.

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

Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com.

Open Mic Nite with Deuce. Thirst n’ Howl, 7:30 p.m., free. 14710 Cantrell Road. 501-379-8189. www.thirst-n-howl.com.

Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 7:30 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG.

COMEDY

John Wesley Austin. The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m.,

The BEST,THE BISCUIT!

POETRY

Wednesday Night Poetry. 21-and-older show.

Maxine’s, 7 p.m., free. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-321-0909. maxineslive.com/shows. html.

SPORTS

Arkansas Travelers vs. San Antonio. DickeyStephens Park, through Aug. 7, 7:10 p.m., $6-$12.

400 W. Broadway St., NLR. 501-664-1555. www. travs.com.

CLASSES

Cooking for the College Bound. Pulaski Technical College — South Campus, 1 p.m., $65. Exit 128, I-30.

THIS WEEK IN THEATER

“Four Weddings and an Elvis.” Pocket Community Theater, through Aug. 10: Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2:30 p.m., $10. 170 Ravine St., Hot Springs.

“Godspell.” A production by the Summer Musical Theatre Intensive (SMTI) Junior Session. Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Aug. 2-3, 7 p.m.; Sun., Aug. 3, 1 p.m., $10. 601 Main St. 501-378-0405. www. therep.org.

“Oklahoma!.” Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, through Aug. 27: Tue.-Sat., 6 p.m.; Wed., Sun., 11 a.m., $25-$35. 6323 Col. Glenn Road. 501-562-3131. murrysdinnerplayhouse.com.

GALLERIES, MUSEUMS

NEW EXHIBITS, EVENTS

Roy Rogers and Sonny Landreth

delbert mcclinton

jimmy vivino and the black italians

Bobby Rush • Earnest “Guitar” Roy • Reba Russell Anson Funderburg & The Rockets • Paul Thorn Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith Band, Bob Margolin, and Bob Stroger Andy T & Nick Nixon • James Cotton • and MANY more!

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ART GROUP ARKANSAS, Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road: “Summer Evening Out,” 4-8 p.m. Aug. 1, guest artist Bryan Massey Sr. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 1-6 p.m. Sun. artgrouparkansas.com.

L&L BECK ART GALLERY, 5705 Kavanaugh Blvd.: “Impersonating the Impressionists,” paintings

by Louis Beck, through Aug., free giclee giveaway 7 p.m. Aug. 21. 660-4006.

SIXTH STREET LIBRARY, Christ Church, 509 Scott St.: “Common Ground,” ceramics made from Arkansas clay paired with sites of origin by Fletcher Larkin, Beth Lambert and Jaman Matthews, through September. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Mon.-Thu., 9 a.m.-noon Fri. sixthstreetlibrary. tumblr.com.

THEA FOUNDATION, 401 Main St., NLR: “John Harlan Norris: Cast,” artist’s take on occupational portraiture, part of The Art Department series of works by young professionals, opens Aug. 4, reception 6:30 p.m. Aug. 8, $10, live music and open bar. 379-9512.

EUREKA SPRINGS EUREKA FINE ART GALLERY, 63 N. Main St.: “The Art of Negative Thinking,” photographs paired with negatives by Ron Lutz, Aug. 1-29, reception 6-9 p.m. Aug. 9. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

479-363-6000.

FORT SMITH FORT SMITH REGIONAL ART MUSEUM, 1601 Rogers Ave.: 66th annual “River Valley Invitational,” through Sept. 14. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Tue.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 479-784-2787.

HOT SPRINGS Galleries will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the monthly Gallery Walk with events Aug. 1-3.

AMERICAN ART GALLERY, 724 Central Ave.: Works and demonstration by basket weaver Valerie Hanks Goetz, 5-9 p.m. Aug. 1. 501624-0550.

ALISON PARSONS GALLERY, 802 Central Ave.: “Art and Architecture in the Spa,” through Aug., reception 5-9 p.m. Aug. 1. 501-655-0604.

ARTISTS WORKSHOP GALLERY, 610 A Central Ave.: Paintings by Linda Shearer, pastels by Caryl Joy Young, through Aug., reception and pottery demonstration by Nina Louten, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 1; silk scarf painting by Pat Langewis, noon-2 p.m. Aug. 2; guitar performance by Terry O’Dell, 2-3 p.m. Aug. 2; Chinese brush painting demonstration by Linda Shearer, 3-4:30 p.m. Aug. 2; multiple-image-making demonstration by O’Dell, 2-3 p.m. Aug. 3.

50-623-6401.

BLUE MOON GALLERY, 718 Central Ave.: Work

by Randall Good and studio artists, through Aug., reception 5-9 p.m. Aug. 1, meet and greet with Good 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 2. 501-318-2787.

BLUE ROCK STUDIO, 262 Hideway Hills Drive: “Rock Music,” rock-inspired woven and felted tapestries by Barbara Cade, through Aug. 15, open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 2 (regular hours 1-4 p.m. Tue.-Sun., felting workshops 9 a.m.-noon).

501-262-4065.

FINE ARTS CENTER, 626 Central Ave. and Prospect: “Hot Springs Regional Art Competition,” reception 5-9 Aug. 1, show through Aug. 9. 501-624-0489.

FOREST PATH WOOD GALLERY, 107 Stillmeadow Lane: Woodwork by Gene Sparling, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 1, and by appointment. 501-617-0594.

GALLERY CENTRAL, 800 Central Ave.: Wine samples from “The Wine Rack,” preview of artwork for “Paws in Prison” fundraiser, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 1; “Women’s Paint Out,” live painting by gallery’s women artists, peach Bellinis to be served, 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 2; “Paws in Prison” fundraiser, 1-5 p.m. Aug. 3; 501-318-4278.

JUSTUS FINE ART, 827 Central Ave.: Exhibition of new work by gallery artists celebrating the gallery’s 10th anniversary, reception 5-9 p.m. Aug. 1; “Travel and Painting: Two Passions Combined,” gallery talk by Steve Griffith, 11 a.m. Aug. 2; “How to Start Collecting Art,” gallery talk by Jennifer Lee, 1 p.m. Aug. 2; “Inspiration and Process,” gallery talk by Donnie Copeland, 2 p.m. Aug. 2; “Essential Elements,” gallery talk

by Dolores Justus, 4 p.m. Aug. 2. 501-321-2335.

LEGACY FINE ART GALLERY, 804 Central Ave.: Live music, interpretive painting, 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 1; art class with Carole Katchen, Patrick Cunningham and Elizabeth Weber (bring your own supplies), 1-5 p.m. Aug. 2; tea, trunk show and sale 1-4 p.m. Aug. 3. 501-762-0840.

LINDA PALMER STUDIO/GALLERY, 800 B Central Ave.: Colored pencil drawings and oil paintings by Palmer, also paintings by Jason Sacran and Randy Groden, reception 5-9 p.m.

Aug. 1; demonstration and talk by Sacran 2 p.m.

Aug. 2; colored pencil demonstration and talk

by Palmer 3 p.m. Aug. 2. 501-620-3063.

MID-AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM, 500 MidAmerica Blvd.: “Night @ the Museum: An Amazon Voyage,” dinner and dance, 7-10 p.m.

Aug. 2, $35 advance, $40 at door. 501-767-3461.

TAYLOR BELLOTT NATURE GALLERY, 726 Central Ave.: Photographs, reception 5-9 p.m.

AFTER DARK, CONT. the Civil War Battle of Reed’s Bridge, Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP) and other military history.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $3 adults; $2 seniors, military; $1 students. 501-241-1943.

PERRYVILLE SUDS GALLERY, Courthouse Square: Paintings

by Dottie Morrissey, Alma Gipson, Al Garrett Jr., Phyllis Loftin, Alene Otts, Mauretta Frantz, Raylene Finkbeiner, Kathy Williams and Evelyn Garrett. Noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Fri, noon-4 p.m.

Sat. 501-766-7584.

PINE BLUFF THE ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER, 701 Main St.: “I Come From Women Who Could Fly: New Work by Delita Martin,” through Aug.; “Shaping Our World,” science exhibit on acts of nature, through Aug.. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 1-4 p.m.

Sat. 870-536-3375.

SCOTT PLANTATION AGRICULTURE MUSEUM, U.S. 165 S and Hwy. 161: Artifacts and interactive exhibits on farming in the Arkansas Delta. $4 adults, $3 ages 6-12. Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 501-961-1409.

SCOTT PLANTATION SETTLEMENT: 1840s log cabin, one-room school house, tenant houses, smokehouse and artifacts on plantation life. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thu.-Sat. 351-0300. www.scottconnections.org.

CONTINUING MUSEUM EXHIBITS, CENTRAL ARKANSAS ARKANSAS INLAND MARITIME MUSEUM, North Little Rock: 371-8320.

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MUSEUM, Verizon Arena, NLR: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 663-4328.

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.: “Chihuly,” studio glass, through Jan. 5, 2015; permanent exhibits on 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.

ESSE, 1510 S. Main St.: “What’s Inside: A Century of Women and Handbags (1900-1999),” purses from the collection of Anita Davis, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tue.-Sun., $10-$8. 916-9022.

HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM, 200 E. 3rd St.: “Kateri Joe: Thank Your Lucky Stars,” mixed media, through Sept. 7; “A Beauty on It Sells: Advertising Art from the Collection of Marsha Stone,” 13th annual Eclectic Collector exhibit, through Jan. 1; “So What! It’s the Least I Can Do …,” paintings by Ray Wittenberg, through Sept. 7, “Arkansas Made,” ongoing. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 324-9351.

MacARTHUR MUSEUM OF ARKANSAS MILITARY HISTORY, MacArthur Park: “American Posters of World War I”; permanent exhibits. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-4 p.m. Sun. 376-4602.

MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER, 501 W. 9th St.: “Arkansas’ African American Legislators,” permanent exhibits on black entrepreneurship in Arkansas. 683-3593.

MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY, 500 President Clinton Ave.: “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 13 and older, $8 ages 1-12, free to mem-

bers and children under 1. 396-7050.

OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM, 300 W. Markham: “Lights! Camera! Arkansas!”, the state’s ties to Hollywood, including costumes, scripts, film footage, photographs and more, through March 1, 2015. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 324-9685.

WITT STEPHENS JR. CENTRAL ARKANSAS NATURE CENTER, Riverfront Park: Exhibits on wildlife and the state Game and Fish Commission. 907-0636.

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BENTONVILLE CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, One Museum Way: “Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie,” drawings, sketches, videos, photographs and scale models, through Sept. 1; “Anglo-American Portraiture in an Age of Revolution,” five paintings, including works from the Musee de Louvre, the High Museum of Art, and the Terra Foundation, through Sept. 15; permanent collection of American masterworks spanning four centuries. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon., Thu.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wed., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., closed Tue. Free admission sponsered by Walmart.

479-418-5700.

FAYETTEVILLE LALALAND, 641 Martin Luther King Blvd.: “Women of DAPA (Drawing and Painting Association of the UA),” Raven Halfmoon, Ashley Byers, Carrie Gibson, Mia Buonaiuto, Ashley Lindsey, Jessica Lynnlani Westhafer, Emily Chase and Natalie Brown.

EUREKA SPRINGS EUREKA FINE ART GALLERY, 63 N. Main St.: Bob Harvey, paintings, through July. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. 479-363-6000.

FORT SMITH REGIONAL ART MUSEUM, 1601 Rogers Ave.: 66th annual “River Valley Invitational,” through Sept. 14; “Carol Dickie: An Artist’s Journey,” through Aug. 10. 479-784-2787.

MORRILTON MUSEUM OF AUTOMOBILES, Petit Jean Mountain: Permanent exhibit of more than 50 cars from 1904-1967 depicting the evolution of the automobile. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 7 days.

501-727-5427.

POTTSVILLE POTTS INN, 25 E. Ash St.: Preserved 1850s stagecoach station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route, with period furnishings, log structures, hat museum, doll museum, doctor’s office, antique farm equipment. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed.Sat. $5 adults, $2 students, 5 and under free.

479-968-9369.

ROGERS ROGERS HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 322 S. Second St.: “IMAGINE: A NEW Rogers Historical Museum,” conceptual designs of new exhibition areas to be built; “Up in the Air,” ceramic hot air balloons, through Sept. 1; “Regional Foodways,” food-related artifacts, “Hog Wild: Our Area’s Love Affair with the Pig,” farm tools, sausage-making gadgets, folk art, books, through Aug. 9. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.Sat. 479-6210-1154.

MOVIE REVIEW

A god among bad movies Set your expectations low and ‘Hercules’ will hurdle ’em.

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he myth of Hercules is one of those fantastic jellybeans of world literature, a nasty, brutish, savage story full of monsters and gods and heroes, a rival to any of the cracking yarns from the Bible but without any hint of moral nourishment to weigh it down. In Greek tradition, the king of the gods, Zeus, had all the marital integrity of your average goat, fathering a slew of demigod tots with various human hotties. Hercules, legend tells, showed his first godly pluck when he strangled two asps that Zeus’ wife, Hera, sent to assassinate him in the cradle.

After that he was basically the Bo Jackson of his day: stronger, faster, badder than every beast or task thrown at him.

That would’ve made a sweet movie, no doubt, but surprisingly, refreshingly, Brett Ratner’s “Hercules” picks up after the legend has grown and Hercules’s slayings of, for instance, the Nemean lion (with its unpierceable hide) and the Erymanthian boar (a rampaging monster of tanklike stature) have passed from rumor to lore. His reputation, it turns out, is the result of a concerted marketing push on the part of Hercules and his roving posse of mercenaries. While they travel and fight as a group, they’re invested in propigating and even propping up the impression that their admittedly formidable leader (Dwayne Johnson, looking grunge-band shaggy) is truly the son of Zeus, rocking these missions solo.

It’s intimidating, after all, and when you’re in the business of doing dirty work for hire, anything to justify the price is likely to stick.

This warped approach allows “Hercules” to take on a couple of nifty features that keep it from melting into the sort of self-important inadvertent campiness that can torpedo a good time at the movies. (Au contraire: “Hercules” is fully aware of its campiness.)

The first is, the dialogue among the mercenaries — Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Aksel Hennie, Reece Ritchie — deflates most of the schlocky high concept of gods and warriors chasing noble deeds. They’re

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vulgar, occasionally funny sellswords.

This fits because their fearless leader10CNG-06_4.5x2.625.indd is played by a former pro wrestler perhaps best known for his hyperactive eyebrows. In case the tone of this escapade escapes you, the bombastic brassheavy score screams Saturday matinee.

Pay enough attention and you’ll notice a couple of relatively subtle ribaldries signaling adults not to take this trip to the movies too seriously.

Whether or not he’s truly the son of Zeus, or just a great set of shoulders with an equally great backstory, Hercules and his cronies are on the make when a desperate king (John Hurt) pleads for help fending off a marauding army that may or may not be centaurbased. Our heroes help to whip this poor king’s farmers into fighting shape (and there is better-than-average battlefield warfare here with, yes, a strong dose of hokum) and then fall into a series of plot twists that don’t make a whole lot of sense; but oh, well, by this time what do you expect? For a movie named for a hero whose weapon of choice is a spiked club, this “Hercules” has enough nuance in its telling that it won’t really matter. Ratner knows this is bargain-concept cinema. Set the bar low enough and it’s amazing how good a below-average flick can seem.

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Dining WHAT’S COOKIN’ THE SOUTHERN FOODWAYS ALLIANCE, a nonprofit based at Ole Miss’ Center for the Study of Southern Culture that examines the culture of food in the South, is collaborating with chef Matt McClure (21c Museum Hotel) to host the Bentonville Potlikker Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9. The celebration of Southern cooking will include food films by Joe York, “Fish Ribs in Little Rock,” about the Lassis Inn, and “Ovens Are for Pies,” about McClard’s Barbecue, will feed the mind. Arkansas chefs McClure, Matt Bell (South on Main) and Travis McConnell (Butcher and Public), using groceries from Arkansas growers Falling Sky Farm, Armstead Mountain Farm, Cedar Creek Farms and Rios Family Farm, will feed the bellies.

York, you may remember, made the films about Dallas Bump (“Bump”) and Violet Hensley (“74 Fiddles”) for the Arkansas Made Film Living Treasure Series. Foodies know and love the chefs. Ozark Beer Co. and Mountain Valley Spring Water will make sure no one goes thirsty. Foley’s Van bluegrass will make sure everyone is merry. For $75 (includes everything), you can’t go wrong, especially since you can go to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art pre-festival.

The Southern Foodways Alliance has held Potlikker film fests across the South since 2007; this is a first for Arkansas.

The festival will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 21c Museum’s restaurant and bar The Hive (200 NE A St., Bentonville).

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1620 SAVOY Fine dining in a swank space. The scallops are especially nice. 1620 Market St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-221-1620. D Mon.-Sat. ADAMS CATFISH & CATERING Catering company with carry-out restaurant in Little Rock and carry-out trailers in Russellville and Perryville. 215 N. Cross St. All CC. $-$$. 501-3744265. LD Tue.-Fri. ALL ABOARD RESTAURANT & GRILL Burgers, catfish, chicken tenders and such in this trainthemed restaurant, where an elaborately engineered mini-locomotive delivers patrons’ meals.

6813 Cantrell Road. No alcohol. 501-975-7401.

LD daily.

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A Hot Springs classic Fisherman’s Wharf keeps on keeping on.

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ome restaurants never seem to change. The years go by, and the decor remains the same, the menu is static and the same drinks are poured day after day. Fisherman’s Wharf, the classic Hot Springs seafood restaurant on the shore of Lake Hamilton, is just such a place — and before anyone starts thinking that we’re complaining, let’s get one thing clear: We’re happy that Fisherman’s Wharf has stayed the same over the years, because we wouldn’t change a thing.

Modeled after coastal seafood houses, Fisherman’s Wharf features the expected maritime kitsch on the walls; but with a steady stream of boats running up and down Lake Hamilton just outside, none of the decor feels like a put-on. It’s the perfect combination of tourist restaurant and local favorite, and we’ve enjoyed the food and atmosphere here for years.

The appetizer menu at Fisherman’s Wharf is extensive, so we recommend getting one of the sampler plates ($10.95 for three items, $12.95 for four). On our most recent visit, we chose three of our favorites: clam strips, calamari and coconut shrimp bites. There’s nothing fancy about any of these items, but it’s hard to hate any seafood that’s spent some time in the deep fryer. The clam strips and calamari are both tender and flavorful, and the sweet/savory flavor of coconut adds a nice touch to fried shrimp. Portions are generous, and everything arrived piping hot, so we certainly felt we got our money’s worth from the sampler.

After all that glorious fried food, we decided to go lighter for our entrees, ordering from the broiled fish section of the menu. We started with the Crab Stuffed Shrimp ($16.95), which features six jumbo shrimp split and filled with a tasty crab cake filling. This was a filling dish, and we were hard-pressed to finish the large portion of shrimp and crab cake.

Some of our party found the crab cake mixture to be a little too fishy tasting for their liking, but they were overruled by the majority, who found the dish delicious.

GENIUS: Fisherman’s Wharf’s Grouper Oscar.

Fisherman’s Wharf 5101 Central Ave. Hot Springs 501-525-7437

QUICK BITE Fans of patio dining will find a lot to love about the large, covered deck overlooking Lake Hamilton. Vacationing right on the lake? Feel free to boat over to the restaurant, which boasts a full dock with tie-offs and a walkway right from the water’s edge.

HOURS 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

OTHER INFO All CC, full bar.

Our next dish was a tender, flaky, broiled Mahi Mahi ($19.95), which came with a tangy sauce on the side that went with the fish perfectly. An order of mixed vegetables to the side of this dish arrived overcooked, sadly not unusual at family seafood restaurants. Still, the fish was fine, sure to please anyone who craves something lighter yet filling.

Our last dish was a longtime favor-

ite, the Grouper Oscar ($19.95). We’re not sure who Oscar is or was, but whoever decided to take a grouper filet and top it with shrimp and crabmeat is a genius in our book. This is a delicious seafood experience, made only better by the creamy Dijon mustard sauce served to the side. The sauce is a standout because it features pungent mustard that is nevertheless subtle enough not to overwhelm the delicate flavor of the fish, shrimp and crabmeat.

Our side of boiled potatoes with butter made up for the overcooked vegetables with the Mahi Mahi, and we declared the Grouper Oscar to be the star of the meal.

Fisherman’s Wharf is a classic Hot Springs eatery, as much a part of the landscape of the Spa City as the Mountain Tower or Bath House Row. The lake scenery outside makes for a wonderful setting to enjoy a meal, while the old school menu of seafood is a treat in this day and age of deconstructed dishes and fusion cuisine. Eating at Fisherman’s Wharf is like coming home after a long time away, and we hope the place keeps on just like it is for years to come.

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tutions with the likes of plate lunches, burgers and homemade desserts. Remarkable chess pie. 11900 Kanis Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$.

501-221-9400. LD Mon.-Sat. ASHER DAIRY BAR An old-line dairy bar that serves up made-to-order burgers, foot-long “Royal” hotdogs and old-fashioned shakes and malts. 7105 Colonel Glenn Road. No alcohol, No CC, CC. $-$$. 501-562-1085. BLD Mon.-Sat., D Fri.-Sat. B-SIDE The little breakfast place in the former party room of Lilly’s DimSum Then Some turns tradition on its ear, offering French toast wrapped in bacon on a stick, a must-have dish called “biscuit mountain” and beignets with lemon curd. 11121 Rodney Parham Road. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-716-2700. B-BR Sat.-Sun. BAR LOUIE Mammoth portions of very decent bar/bistro fare with an amazingly varied menu that should satisfy every taste. Some excellent drink deals abound, too. 11525 Cantrell Road, Suite 924. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-228-0444.

LD daily.

BIG WHISKEY’S AMERICAN BAR AND GRILL A modern grill pub in the River Market District with all the bells and whistles — 30 flat-screen TVs, whiskey on tap, plus boneless wings, burgers, steaks, soups and salads. 225 E Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-324-2449.

LD daily.

BOBBY’S COUNTRY COOKIN’ One of the better plate lunch spots in the area, with some of the best fried chicken and pot roast around, a changing daily casserole and wonderful homemade pies. 301 N. Shackleford Road, Suite E1. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-224-9500. L Mon.-Fri. BOGIE’S BAR AND GRILL The former Bennigan’s retains a similar theme: a menu filled with burgers, salads and giant desserts, plus a few steak, fish and chicken main courses.

There are big-screen TVs for sports fans and lots to drink, more reason to return than the food.

120 W. Pershing Blvd. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$.

501-812-0019. D daily.

BOOKENDS CAFE A great spot to enjoy lunch with friends or a casual cup of coffee and a favorite book. Serving coffee and pastries early and sandwiches, soups and salads available after 11 a.m. Cox Creative Center. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501- 918-3091. BL Mon.-Sat. THE BOX Cheeseburgers and french fries are greasy and wonderful and not like their fastfood cousins. 1023 W. Seventh St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-372-8735. L Mon.-Fri. BUFFALO GRILL A great crispy-off-the-griddle cheeseburger and hand-cut fries star at this family-friendly stop. 1611 Rebsamen Park Road.

Full bar, CC. $$. 501-296-9535. LD daily.

CAFE 201 The hotel restaurant in the Crowne Plaza serves up a nice lunch buffet. 201 S. Shackleford Road. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-2233000. BLD Mon.-Sat., BR Sun. CATFISH CITY AND BBQ GRILL Basic fried fish and sides, including green tomato pickles, and now with tasty ribs and sandwiches in beef, pork and sausage. 1817 S. University Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-663-7224. LD Tue.-Sat. CHEERS Good burgers and sandwiches, vegetarian offerings and salads at lunch, and fish specials and good steaks in the evening. 2010

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N. Van Buren. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-6635937. LD Mon.-Sat. 1901 Club Manor Drive.

Maumelle. Full bar, All CC. 501-851-6200. LD daily, BR Sun. CHICKEN KING Arguably Central Arkansas’s best wings. 5213 W 65th St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-562-5573. LD Mon.-Sat. CHICKEN WANG & CAFE Regular, barbecue, spicy, lemon, garlic pepper, honey mustard and Buffalo wings. Open late. 8320 Colonel Glenn Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-562-1303.

LD Mon.-Sat. DAVE AND RAY’S DOWNTOWN DINER Breakfast buffet daily featuring biscuits and gravy, home fries, sausage and made-to-order omelets. Lunch buffet with four choices of meats and eight veggies. 824 W. Capitol Ave. No alcohol. $. 501-372-8816. BL Mon.-Fri. DAVID’S BURGERS Serious hamburgers, steak salads, homemade custard. 101 S. Bowman Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-227-8333.

LD Mon.-Sat. 1100 Highway 65 N. Conway.

No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. (501) 327-3333 4000 McCain Blvd. NLR. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$.

501-353-0387. LD Mon.-Sat. E’S BISTRO Despite the name, think tearoom rather than bistro — there’s no wine, for one thing, and there is tea. But there’s nothing tearoomy about the portions here. Try the heaping grilled salmon BLT on a buttery croissant. 3812 JFK Boulevard. NLR. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-771-6900. L Tue.-Sun., D Thu.-Sat. FLIGHT DECK A not-your-typical daily lunch special highlights this spot, which also features inventive sandwiches, salads and a popular burger. Central Flying Service at Adams Field.

Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-975-9315. BL Mon.-Sat. HILLCREST ARTISAN MEATS A fancy charcuterie and butcher shop with excellent daily soup and sandwich specials. Limited seating is available. 2807 Kavanaugh Blvd. Suite B. No alcohol, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-671-6328. L

Mon.-Sat. THE HOP DINER The downtown incarnation of the old dairy bar, with excellent burgers, onion rings, shakes, daily specials and breakfast. 201 E. Markham. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-2440975.

JASON’S DELI A huge selection of sandwiches (wraps, subs, po’ boys and pitas), salads and spuds, as well as red beans and rice and chicken pot pie. Plus a large selection of heart healthy and light dishes. 301 N. Shackleford Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-954-8700. BLD daily.

JIMMY JOHN’S GOURMET SANDWICHES Illinois-based sandwich chain that doesn’t skimp on what’s between the buns. 4120 E. McCain Blvd. NLR. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$.

501-945-9500. LD daily. 700 South Broadway St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-372-1600. LD daily.

KITCHEN EXPRESS Delicious “meat and three” restaurant offering big servings of homemade soul food. Maybe Little Rock’s best fried chicken. 4600 Asher Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-666-3500. BLD Mon.-Sat., LD Sun. LASSIS INN One of the state’s oldest restaurants still in the same location and one of the best for catfish and buffalo fish. 518 E 27th St. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-372-8714. LD Tue.-Sat. MADDIE’S PLACE Owner/chef Brian Deloney has built quite a thriving business with a pretty simple formula – making almost everything from scratch and matching hefty portions with reasonable prices in a fun, upbeat atmosphere.

Maddie’s offers a stellar selection of draft beers and a larger, better wine list than you might expect. 1615 Rebsamen Park Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-660-4040. LD Tue.-Sat. MARIE’S MILFORD TRACK II Healthy and tasty are the key words at this deli/grill, featuring hot entrees, soups, sandwiches, salads and killer desserts. 9813 W Markham St. No alcohol, CC. $-$$. 501-225-4500. BL Mon.-Sat. MASON’S DELI AND GRILL Heaven for those who believe everything is better with sauer-

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kraut on top. The Bavarian Reuben, a traditional Reuben made with Boar’s Head corned beef, spicy mustard, sauerkraut, Muenster cheese and marble rye, is among the best we’ve had in town. 400 Clinton Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-376-3354. LD Mon.-Sat. MIMI’S CAFE Breakfast is our meal of choice here at this upscale West Coast chain. Portions are plenty to last you through the afternoon, especially if you get a muffin on the side.

Middle-America comfort-style entrees make up other meals, from pot roast to pasta dishes.

11725 Chenal Parkway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$.

501-221-3883. BLD daily, BR Sun. MORNINGSIDE BAGELS Tasty New York-style boiled bagels, made daily. 10848 Maumelle Blvd. NLR. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-7536960. BL daily.

NEWK’S EXPRESS CAFE Gourmet sandwiches, salads and pizzas. 4317 Warden Road. NLR. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-753-8559. LD daily.

ORANGE LEAF YOGURT Upscale self-serve national yogurt chain. 11525 Cantrell Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-227-4522. LD daily.

RED MANGO National yogurt and smoothie chain whose appeal lies in adjectives like “allnatural,” “non-fat,” “gluten-free” and “probiotic.” 5621 Kavanaugh Blvd. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-663-2500. LD daily.

SADDLE CREEK WOODFIRED GRILL Upscale chain dining in Lakewood, with a menu full of appetizers, burgers, chicken, fish and other fare.

It’s the smoke-kissed steaks, however, that make it a winner — even in Little Rock’s beef-heavy restaurant market. 2703 Lakewood Village. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-812-0883.

SIMPLY NAJIYYAH’S FISHBOAT & MORE Good catfish and corn fritters. 1717 Wright Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-562-3474.

LD Tue.-Sat. SLICK’S SANDWICH SHOP & DELI Meatand-two plate lunches in state office building.

101 E. Capitol Ave. No alcohol. 501-375-3420.

BL Mon.-Fri. SPECTATORS GRILL AND PUB Burgers, soups, salads and other beer food, plus live music on weekends. 1012 W. 34th St. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-791-0990. LD Mon.-Sat. SPORTS PAGE One of the largest, juiciest, most flavorful burgers in town. Grilled turkey and hot cheese on sourdough gets praise, too. Now with lunch specials. 414 Louisiana St. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-372-9316. LD Mon.-Fri. SUFFICIENT GROUNDS Great coffee, good bagels and pastries, and a limited lunch menu.

124 W. Capitol. No alcohol, CC. $. 501-372-1009.

BL Mon.-Fri. 425 W. Capitol. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-372-4594. BL Mon.-Fri. SUGIE’S Catfish and all the trimmings. 4729 Baseline Road. No alcohol, All CC. $. 501-5700414. LD daily.

T.G.I. FRIDAY’S This national chain was on the verge of stale before a redo not long ago, and the update has done wonders for the food as well as the surroundings. The lunch combos are a great deal, and the steaks aren’t bad. It’s designed for the whole family, and succeeds.

Appetizers and desserts are always good. 2820 Lakewood Village Drive,. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-758-2277. LD daily.

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DINING CAPSULES, CONT. THE TAVERN SPORTS GRILL Burgers, barbecue and more. 17815 Chenal Parkway.

Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-830-2100. LD daily.

TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFE Smoothies, sandwiches and salads. 524 Broadway. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 246-3145. BLD Mon.-Fri. (closes at 6 p.m.) 10221 N. Rodney Parham Road. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-224-2233.

BLD daily 12911 Cantrell Road. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-376-2233. BLD daily.

VICTORIAN GARDEN We’ve found the fare quite tasty and somewhat daring and different with its healthy, balanced entrees and crepes.

4801 North Hills Blvd. NLR. $-$$. 501-758-4299.

L Mon.-Sat. WHITE WATER TAVERN Good locally sourced bar food. 2500 W. 7th St. Full bar, All CC. $-$$.

501-375-8400. D Tue., Thu., Fri., Sat.

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BENIHANA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE Enjoy the cooking show, make sure you get a little filet with your meal, and do plenty of dunking in that fabulous ginger sauce. 2 Riverfront Place.

NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-374-8081. LD Sun.-Fri., D Sat. CHI’S DIMSUM & BISTRO A huge menu spans the Chinese provinces and offers a few twists on the usual local offerings, plus there’s authentic Hong Kong dimsum available. 6 Shackleford Drive. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-221-7737.

LD daily. 17200 Chenal Parkway. No alcohol, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-821-8000. LD Mon.-Sat., D Sun. 3421 Old Cantrell Road. 501-916-9973.

FAR EAST ASIAN CUISINE Old favorites such as orange beef or chicken and Hunan green beans are still prepared with care at what used to be Hunan out west. 11610 Pleasant Ridge Road. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-219-9399. LD daily.

FORBIDDEN GARDEN Classic, American-ized Chinese food in a modern setting. Try the Basil Chicken. 14810 Cantrell Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-868-8149. LD daily.

FU LIN Quality in the made-to-order entrees is high, as is the quantity. 200 N. Bowman Road.

Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-225-8989. LD daily, BR Sun. IGIBON JAPANESE RESTAURANT It’s a complex place, where the food is almost always good and the ambiance and service never fail to please. The Bento box with tempura shrimp and California rolls and other delights stand out.

11121 N. Rodney Parham Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-217-8888. LD Mon.-Sat. KIYEN’S SEAFOOD STEAK AND SUSHI Sushi, steak and other Japanese fare. 17200 Chenal Parkway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-821-7272.

LD daily.

KOBE JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI Though answering the need for more hibachis in Little Rock, Kobe stands taller in its sushi offerings than at the grill. 11401 Financial Centre Parkway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-225-5999.

L Mon.-Sat. D daily.

NEW FUN REE Reliable staples, plenty of hot and spicy options and dependable delivery. 418 W. 7th St. No alcohol, All CC. $. 501-664-6657.

LD Mon.-Sat. PANDA GARDEN Large buffet including Chinese favorites, a full on-demand sushi bar, a cold seafood bar, pie case, salad bar and dessert bar. 2604 S. Shackleford Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-224-8100. LD daily.

PEI WEI Sort of a miniature P.F. Chang’s, but a lot of fun and plenty good with all the Chang favorites we like, such as the crisp honey shrimp, dan dan noodles and pad thai. 205 N. University Ave. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-280-9423. LD daily.

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from the Brinker chain. 317 S. Shackleford Road.

Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-225-4424. LD daily.

SUPER KING BUFFET Large buffet with sushi and a Mongolian grill. 4000 Springhill Plaza Court. NLR. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-9454802. LD daily.

THE SOUTHERN GOURMASIAN Delicious Southern-Asian fusion. We crave the pork buns.

Various. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-954-0888.

L Mon.-Fri. VAN LANG CUISINE Terrific Vietnamese cuisine, particularly the way the pork dishes and the assortment of rolls are presented. Great prices, too. Massive menu, but it’s user-friendly for locals with full English descriptions and numbers for easy ordering. 3600 S. University Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-570-7700.

LD daily.

BARBECUE

CAPITOL SMOKEHOUSE AND GRILL Beef, pork and chicken, all smoked to melting tenderness and doused with a choice of sauces. The crusty but tender backribs star. Side dishes are top quality. A plate lunch special is now available. 915 W. Capitol Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-372-4227. L Mon.-Fri. CROSS EYED PIG BBQ COMPANY Traditional barbecue favorites smoked well such as pork ribs, beef brisket and smoked chicken. Miss Mary’s famous potato salad is full of bacon and other goodness. Smoked items such as ham and turkeys available seasonally. 1701 Rebsamen Park Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$.

501-227-7427. LD daily.

FATBOY’S KILLER BAR-B-Q This Landmark neighborhood strip center restaurant in the far southern reaches of Pulaski County features tender ribs and pork by a contest pitmaster.

Skip the regular sauce and risk the hot variety, it’s far better. 14611 Arch Street. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-888-4998. L Mon.-Wed. and Fri.; L Thu. HB’S BBQ Great slabs of meat with a vinegarbased barbecue sauce, but ribs are served on Tuesday only. Other days, try the tasty pork sandwich. 6010 Lancaster. No alcohol, No CC. $-$$. 501-565-1930. LD Mon.-Fri. MICK’S BBQ, CATFISH AND GRILL Good burgers, picnic-worth deviled eggs and heaping barbecue sandwiches topped with sweet sauce.

3609 MacArthur Dr. NLR. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-791-2773. LD Mon.-Sun. SIMS BAR-B-QUE Great spare ribs, sandwiches, beef, half and whole chicken and an addictive vinegar-mustard-brown sugar sauce unique for this part of the country. 2415 Broadway. Beer, CC. $-$$. 501-372-6868. LD Mon.-Sat. 1307 John Barrow Road. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-2242057. LD Mon.-Sat. 7601 Geyer Springs Road.

Beer, All CC. $$. 501-562-8844. LD Mon.-Sat.

EUROPEAN / ETHNIC

ALI BABA A Middle Eastern restaurant and grocery. 3400 S University Ave. No alcohol, All CC. 501-570-0577. LD Mon.-Sat. BANANA LEAF INDIAN FOOD TRUCK Tasty Indian street food. 201 A St. No alcohol, CC. $-$$. 501-227-0860. L Mon.-Fri. KHALIL’S PUB Widely varied menu with European, Mexican and American influences.

Go for the Bierocks, rolls filled with onions and beef. 110 S. Shackleford Road. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-224-0224. LD daily. BR Sun. THE PANTRY Owner and self-proclaimed “food evangelist” Tomas Bohm does things the right way — buying local, making almost everything from scratch and focusing on simple preparations of classic dishes. The menu stays relatively true to his Czechoslovakian roots, but there’s

plenty of choices to suit all tastes. There’s also a nice happy-hour vibe. 11401 Rodney Parham Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-353-1875. LD Mon.-Fri., D Sat. STAR OF INDIA The best Indian restaurant in the region, with a unique buffet at lunch and some fabulous dishes at night (spicy curried dishes, tandoori chicken, lamb and veal, vegetarian). 301 N. Shackleford. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-227-9900. LD daily.

ITALIAN

DAMGOODE PIES A somewhat different Italian/pizza place, largely because of a spicy garlic white sauce that’s offered as an alternative to the traditional red sauce. Good bread, too. 2701 Kavanaugh Blvd. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-664-2239. LD daily. 6706 Cantrell Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-664-2239.

LD daily. 10720 Rodney Parham Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-664-2239. LD daily.

37 East Center St. Fayetteville. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 479-444-7437. LD daily.

GUSANO’S They make the tomatoey Chicagostyle deep-dish pizza the way it’s done in the Windy City. It takes a little longer to come out of the oven, but it’s worth the wait. 313 President Clinton Ave. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-374-1441.

LD daily. 2915 Dave Ward Drive. Conway. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-329-1100. LD daily.

JAY’S PIZZA New York-style pizza by the slice.

400 President Clinton Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-374-5297. L Mon.-Sat. LARRY’S PIZZA The buffet is the way to go — fresh pizza, fully loaded with ingredients, brought hot to your table, all for a low price.

Many Central Arkansas locations. 1122 S. Center. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-224-8804.

LD daily. 12911 Cantrell Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-224-8804. LD daily.

NYPD PIZZA Plenty of tasty choices in the obvious New York police-like setting, but it’s fun. Only the pizza is cheesy. Even the personal pizzas come in impressive combinations, and baked ziti, salads are more also are available.

Cheap slice specials at lunch. 6015 Chenonceau Blvd., Suite 1. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-8683911. LD daily.

VESUVIO Arguably Little Rock’s best Italian restaurant. 1315 Breckenridge Drive. Full bar, All CC. $$$. 501-246-5422. D daily.

LATINO

CASA MANANA Great guacamole and garlic beans, superlative chips and salsa (red and green) and a broad selection of fresh seafood, plus a deck out back. 6820 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-280-9888. LD daily 18321 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-8688822. LD daily 400 President Clinton Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. BL Mon.-Sat. CASA MEXICANA Familiar Tex-Mex style items all shine, in ample portions, and the steakcentered dishes are uniformly excellent. 6929 JFK Blvd. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-835-7876.

LD daily.

EL PORTON Good Mex for the price and a wide-ranging menu of dinner plates, some tasty cheese dip, and great service as well. 12111 W. Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-223-8588.

LD daily. 5201 Warden Road. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-753-4630. LD daily.

ELIELLA You’ll find perhaps the widest variety of street style tacos in Central Arkansas here — everything from cabeza (steamed beef head) to lengua (beef tongue) to suadero (thin-sliced beef brisket). The Torta Cubano is a belly-buster.

It’s a sandwich made with chorizo, pastor, grilled hot dogs and a fried egg. The menu is in Spanish, but the waitstaff is accomodating to

gringos. 7700 Baseline Road. Beer, All CC. $.

501-539-5355. L Mon.-Sat. THE FOLD BOTANAS BAR Gourmet tacos and botanas, or small plates. Try the cholula pescada taco. 3501 Old Cantrell Road. Full bar, CC. $$-$$$. 501-916-9706. LD daily.

LA HACIENDA Creative, fresh-tasting entrees and traditional favorites, all painstakingly prepared in a festive atmosphere. Great taco salad, nachos, and maybe the best fajitas around. 3024 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-661-0600. LD daily. 200 Highway 65 N. Conway. All CC. $$. 501-327-6077. LD daily.

LA VAQUERA The tacos at this truck are more expensive than most, but they’re still cheap eats.

One of the few trucks where you can order a combination plate that comes with rice, beans and lettuce. 4731 Baseline Road. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-565-3108. LD Mon.-Sat. LAS DELICIAS Levy-area mercado with a taqueria and a handful of booths in the back of the store. 3401 Pike Ave. NLR. Beer, All CC. $. 501-812-4876. BLD daily.

LAS PALMAS Mexican chain with a massive menu of choices. 10402 Stagecoach Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-455-8500. LD daily 4154 E. McCain Blvd. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. LD daily.

LONCHERIA MEXICANA ALICIA The best taco truck in west Little Rock. Located in the Walmart parking lot on Bowman. 620 S. Bowman. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-612-1883.

L Mon.-Sat. MARISCOS EL JAROCHO Try the Camarones a la Diabla (grilled shrimp in a smoky pepper sauce) or the Cocktail de Campechana (shrimp, octopus and oyster in a cilantro and onionlaced tomato sauce). 7319 Baseline Road.

Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-565-3535. Serving BLD Fri.-Wed. MERCADO SAN JOSE From the outside, it appears to just be another Mexican grocery store. Inside, you’ll find one of Little Rock’s best Mexican bakeries and a restaurant in back serving tortas and tacos for lunch. 7411 Geyer Springs Road. Beer, CC. $. 501-565-4246. BLD daily.

MEXICO CHIQUITO Some suggest cheese dip was born at this Central Arkansas staple, where you’ll find hearty platters of boldly spiced, inexpensive food that compete well with those at the “authentic” joints. 13924 Cantrell Road.

No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-217-0700. LD daily.

11406 W. Markham. No alcohol, All CC. $$.

501-217-0647. LD daily.; 4511 Camp Robinson Road. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-771-1604.

LD daily.

MOE’S SOUTHWEST GRILL A “build-yourown-burrito” place, with several tacos and nachos to choose from as well. Wash it down with a beer from their large selection. 12312 Chenal Pkwy. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-223-3378.

LD daily.

RIVIERA MAYA Typical Mexican fare for the area, though the portions are on the large side.

Lunch special fajitas are terrific. 801 Fair Park Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-663-4800. LD daily.

ROCK ’N TACOS California-style cuisine that’s noticeably better than others in its class. Fish tacos are treated with the respect they deserve, served fresh and hot. Tamales are a house specialty and are worth sampling as well; both pork and beef warrant attention. 11121 North Rodney Parham Road. No alcohol, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-812-3461. LD Mon.-Sat. SUPER 7 GROCERY STORE This Mexican grocery/video store/taqueria has great a daily buffet featuring a changing assortment of real Mexican cooking. Fresh tortillas pressed by hand and grilled, homemade salsas, beans as

DINING CAPSULES, CONT. good as beans get. Plus soup every day. 1415 Barrow Road. Beer, No CC. $. 501-219-2373.

BLD daily.

SUPERMERCADO SIN FRONTERAS Shiny, large Mexican grocery with a bakery and restaurant attached. 4918 Baseline Road. Beer, All CC. $$. 501-562-4206. BLD daily.

TAQUERIA JALISCO SAN JUAN The taco truck for the not-so-adventurous crowd. They claim to serve “original Mexico City tacos,” but it’s their chicken tamales that make it worth a visit. They also have tortas, quesadillas and fajitas. 11200 Markham St. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-541-5533. LD daily.

TAQUERIA LOURDES This Chevy Step Van serves tacos, tortas, quesadillas and nachos.

Colonel Glenn and 36th Street. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-612-2120. LD Mon.-Sat. TAQUERIA SAMANTHA On Friday and Saturday nights, this mobile taqueria parks outside of Jose’s Club Latino in a parking lot on the corner of Third and Broadway. 300 Broadway Ave. No alcohol, No CC. $. D Fri.-Sat. (sporadic hours beyond that).

TAQUERIA Y CARNICERIA GUADALAJARA Cheap, delicious tacos, tamales and more.

Always bustling. 3811 Camp Robinson Road.

NLR. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-753-9991. BLD daily.

AROUND ARKANSAS

BENTON

BROWN’S COUNTRY STORE AND RESTAURANT The multitude of offerings on Brown’s 100-foot-long buffet ranges from better than adequate to pretty dadgum good. 18718 I-30 North. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-778-5033. BLD daily.

SMOKEY JOE’S BAR-B-QUE A steady supplier of smoked meat for many a moon.

824 Military Road. All CC. 501-315-8333. LD Mon.-Sat. L Sun.

BENTONVILLE

THE HIVE The chef describes the menu as “High South,” with offerings like pimento cheese, “Arkansas Trail Mix” of pecans, soybeans, black walnuts and cheddar straws, grits, etc. You must have the frisee, egg or no. The pork chop is great. 200 N.E. A St. Full bar, All CC. $$$. 479-286-6575. BD daily, L Mon.-Fri. PETIT BISTRO Owner Dario Amini and chef Dane Mane serve haute cuisine in a little cobblestone house transformed into chic eatery outside Bentonville. When the weather’s nice, the back patio looks out on woods and a brook and is a perfect place to enjoy a glass of wine. Desserts look scrumptious, especially the pumpkin brulee. 2702 N. Walton Blvd. Full bar, All CC. 479-464-9278.

LD Mon.-Fri, D Sat.

BERRYVILLE

302 ON THE SQUARE Beefy dogs, thick burgers, large salads and generous sandwiches, along with unusual dessert options.

302 Public Square. No alcohol, CC. $$.

870-654-3952. L Mon.-Sat., D Thu.-Sat.

CABOT

THE DINER The waitresses will crack you up at this red and white classic country diner.

Made-to-order breakfasts and lunch plates, hot coffee served in logo mugs and gentle chiding from the wait staff make this a muststop. 3286 S Second St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. (501) 941-0904. BL Daily.

SOUTHFORK GRILL This new establishment on Cabot’s south side serves up sandwiches,

burgers and plate dinners as well as appetizers and big desserts. 2797 Southfork Dr. All CC. $$. (501) 941-7500. LD Mon.-Sat.

CONWAY

EL ACAPULCO Tex-Mex served in hefty portions in a colorful atmosphere. 201 Highway 65 N. No alcohol, All CC. $$.

501-327-8445. LD Mon.-Sun. EL HUASTECO Reasonably priced Mexican fare. 720 S. Salem Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-764-1665. LD Mon.-Sun. EL PARIAN Traditional Mexican and Tex-Mex favorites are offered by this Arkansas restaurant chain. 2585 Donaghey. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-513-1313. LD Mon.-Sun. FABY’S RESTAURANT Nuevo Mexican and Continental cuisine meet and shake hands at Faby’s. The hand-patted, housemade tortillas are worth the visit alone. 2915 Dave Ward. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-3295151. LD Mon.-Sun. LA HUERTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT Standard Mexican fare with an emphasis on family favorites. 1052 Harrison St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-762-0202. LD Mon.-Fri. MARKETPLACE GRILL Big servings of steak, seafood, chicken, pasta, pizza and other rich comfort-style foods. 600 Skyline Drive. No alcohol, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-336-0011. LD Daily.

MIKE’S PLACE Delicious New Orleansinspired steaks and seafood, plus woodfired pizzas, served in a soaring, beautifully restored building in downtown Conway. 808 Front St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-2696493. LD daily.

NEW CHINA Another buffet in the chain.

2104 Harkrider. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$.

501-764-1888. LD Mon.-Sun. PATTICAKES BAKERY 2106 Robinson Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-205-1969.

SLIM CHICKENS Chicken in all shapes and sizes with sauces. 550 Salem Road. All CC. $$-$$$. 501-450-7546. LD Mon.-Sun.

DEVALLS BLUFF

CRAIG’S A tiny, no-frills barbecue joint where the meat attracts people from all over, and the hot sauce means business.

U.S. Highway 70 west of town. 998-2616.

LD. FAMILY PIE SHOP Mary Thomas is deservedly famous for the pies she’s been selling out of a backyard kitchen since 1977. The $6 chocolate pie we bought there lately was deeply, heart-breakingly chocolate.

You can get fried pies (usually apple), coconut pie and egg custard pie regularly.

If you want a pecan pie — or, in the fall, mincemeat or pumpkin — call a day ahead.

U.S. Hwy. 70 West. 870-998-2279.

MS. LENA’S FRIED PIES After closing down for the summer, Ms. Lena’s Whole Pies reopens with all the favorites — always chocolate, coconut cream, 1/2 & 1/2 and vanilla and sometimes apple, caramel, egg custard, pineapple, cherry cream cheese, lemon ice box, karo nut pie (pecan), buttermilk, sour cream apple, lemon and raisin cream. Highway 33 at Highway 70.

No alcohol, No CC. $. 870-998-7217. BL Thu.-Sat.

DUMAS

TREVOR’S CAFE Simple traditional breakfasts, burgers and lunch and dinner buffets.

120 Highway 65 N. No alcohol, All CC. 870-382-1110. BLD daily.

EL DORADO

FAYRAY’S Elegant but unstuffy dining experience in the nicely renovated downtown.

Quality and price combine to make it an excellent value. 110 E. Elm St. 870-8634000. D. GOOD TIMES GRILL Steaks, pasta, Mexican fare and big burgers all share the menu at this ecclectic El Dorado eatery. There really is something for everyone on the menu, and the prices aren’t too bad. 415 N. West Ave. All CC. $$. 870-862-6922. LD daily.

EUREKA SPRINGS

K.J.’S CARIBE RESTAURANT & CANTINA Owner K.J. Zumwalt closely guards his secret recipes for sauces and salsas at this unique Caribbean restaurant. It’s safe to say it’s the only place in town where you can get jalapeño pie and a Mexican soda. 309 W. Van Buren St. Full bar, All CC. 479-253-8102.

DEVITO’S You absolutely cannot go wrong with the trout here — whether it’s the decadent Trout Italiano, the smoky Chargrilled Trout or the cornmeal encrusted Trout Fingers. DeVito’s housemade marinara is also a winner. 5 Center St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 479-253-6807. D. ERMILIO’S Great mix-and-match pasta and sauces, all done with fresh ingredients and creativity. Warm service in a classy atmosphere. 26 White St. 479-253-8806. LD. GASKINS’ CABIN Solid American food highlighted by the fish specials and prime rib.

Highway 23 N. 479-253-5466. D. MYRTIE MAE’S Hearty country breakfasts, sandwiches and Arkansas-style dinner plates.

May be the second best fried chicken in the state. 207 W. Van Buren. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 479-253-9768. BLD.

FAYETTEVILLE

A TASTE OF THAI Terrific Thai food, from the appetizers to the entrees to the desserts.

Only the brave should venture into the “rated 5” hot sauce realm. 31 E. Center St. All CC. $$-$$$. 479-251-1800. LD Mon.-Sat. ARSAGA’S FAYETTEVILLE COFFEE ROASTERS A locally owned and operated chain of Fayetteville-area coffeeshops featuring hot coffee and chai, sweet pastries, sandwiches and live performances by area musicians. 1852 N. Crossover Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. (479) 527-0690. BLD daily.

DAMGOODE PIES A somewhat different Italian/pizza place, largely because of a spicy garlic white sauce that’s offered as an alternative to the traditional red sauce. Good bread, too. 37 East Center St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 479-444-7437. LD daily.

HERMAN’S RIBHOUSE Filets, not ribs, are the big seller at this classic, friendly, dumpy spot. The barbecue chicken is another winner. 2901 N. College Ave. 479-442-9671.

MARKETPLACE GRILL Appetizers set on fire, Italian chips, funky low-fat dressings, prime rib and pasta in big ceramic bowls, the fare is a combination of old standbys and new-age twists. Also at 3000 Pinnacle Hills in Rogers.

4201 N. Shiloh. No alcohol. 479-750-5200.

LD Daily.

SLIM CHICKENS Chicken in all shapes and sizes with sauces. 2120 N. College Ave. Fayetteville. All CC. $$-$$$. 479- 443-7546.

LD Mon.-Sun.

FORT SMITH

NEUMEIER’S RIB ROOM They cook up

Memphis-style “dry” ribs that some say compare favorably to any in the Bluff City.

817 Garrison Ave. 479-494-7427. LD. THE LIGHTHOUSE INN Alaskan king crab, lobster, shrimp, oysters, snapper, scallops and more. 6000 Midland. 479-783-9420. LD.

GREENBRIER

WAGON WHEEL RESTAURANT Hometown favorite specializing in plate lunches, a bevy of burgers and decadent pies, plus a considerable breakfast menu. 166 S. Broadview Road. No alcohol, CC. $-$$. 501-679-5009.

GURDON

SOUTH FORK RESTAURANT This 24-hour truck stop diner is welcoming, with softdrawled waitresses and a friendly menu that includes breakfast 24 hours a day. The hotcakes are heavy on the cornmeal and very filling. 2066 Highway 53 North. No alcohol, All CC. $. 870-353-4363. BLD Daily.

HARRISON

HOMEY HEARTH BAKERY This Amishowned eatery offers a good and cheap lunch combo of sandwich, chips, drink and pie for $3.99. Great breads and rolls, too. 905 N Main St. 870-741-4690. LD.

HOT SPRINGS

ARLINGTON HOTEL Massive seafood buffet on Friday nights, breakfast buffet daily, served in the splendor of a grand old hotel.

239 Central Ave. 501-623-7771. BLD. THE BLEU MONKEY GRILL High end, artfully prepared pastas, salads, sandwiches and appetizers are one of the hallmarks of this classy/casual newcomer to the Hot Springs dining scene. Stay for the interesting dessert menu. 4263 Central Ave. Full bar, All CC. 501-520-4800. LD daily.

CAJUN BOILERS Expertly prepared boiled shrimp, crawfish and such, served in a fun atmosphere. 2806 Albert Pike. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-767-5695. D Tue.-Sat. LA HACIENDA Authentic Mexican food; array of entrees. 3836 Central Ave. 501-5258203. LD. OHIO CLUB Great atmosphere and a standout burger highlight what claims to be the state’s oldest bar. 336 Central Ave. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-627-0702. LD daily.

ROD’S PIZZA CELLAR Terrific handmade pizzas highlighted by the Godfather, a whopper. Lunch specials are a steal, especially the buffet. 3350 Central Ave. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-321-2313. LD Tue.-Sun. TACO MAMA Fresh, creative, homemade Mexican treats created with a Southwest flair. The menu is not huge, but there’s not a dud in the bunch. Truly a treasure for Hot Springs. 1209 Malvern Ave. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-624-6262. LD Mon.-Sat.

JACKSONVILLE

THE ORIGINAL FRIED PIE SHOP Fried pies for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 1321 T.P. White Drive. $-$$. 501-985-0508.

KEO

CHARLOTTE’S EATS AND SWEETS SHOPPE This country restaurant, in a quaint old storefront decorated with teapots and such, answers all kinds of cravings, from fruit salads to hamburgers to catfish to cake. But no matter the entree, it’s the cakes and pies that have made Charlotte’s famous, so save room. 290 Main St. $-$$. 501-842-2123. L. www.arktimes.com

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hearsay ➥ B. BARNETT’S end of season sale is in full swing: score 75 percent off on all resort, spring and summer clothing, shoes and handbags. ➥ L& L BECK GALLERY’S August exhibit is “Impersonating the Impressionists,” a series of Impressionist master’s reproductions, along with a few originals in the same style. A piece titled, “The Langlois Bridge at Arles,” is the giclée giveaway of the month.

The exhibit will run through the month of August, and the giclée drawing will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 21. ➥ POP UP IN THE ROCK is reaching across the river to North Little Rock’s Park Hill neighborhood. Developed by studioMAIN and Create Little Rock, Pop Up in the Rock is a community development organization that focuses on enhancing local city areas with underdeveloped potential. It’s part of the national movement called the “Better Block Project” whose goal is to enhance a forgotten, desolate or car-dominated street into a more community-oriented area for a weekend in the hopes of inspiring permanent change.

This group of young professionals engages with community members to determine specific needs and institute changes such as bike lanes, shops, dining pop-ups and entertainment.

The event this year will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 13 along JFK Boulevard between B and E streets. Participating vendors include GOODWILL STORE, POP UP LIBRARY, CIVILIAN STYLE BOUTIQUE, KIVA ZIP, ABSTRACTNMODERN AND ORIGAMI OWL CUSTOM JEWELRY. If you’re interested in becoming a vendor, email abosweiler@gmail.com. ➥ Fido doesn’t like walking around in the rain any more than you do, so pick up a packable doggie raincoat from THE DOG BOWL over at Pleasant Ridge Town Center. It’s lightweight, attaches to a leash and comes in fashionable colors. ➥ It’s almost back to school time!

Outfit your dorm at Cynthia East Fabrics with their ready-made bedding, drapery, rugs and accessories.

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In retail, relationships count M

ADVERTISING SUPLEMENT TO ARKANSAS TIMES

ost of us have a mental list of all the stores or restaurants we would love to see come to town. And while social media has given customers a more visible avenue to voice their opinions, getting a national chain to locate in Arkansas can take a lot of work. Getting to opening day for a retailer in a new location takes many people, including commercial real estate professionals like the team at Flake & Kelley Commercial.

Brooke Miller, Flake & Kelley’s newest shareholder partner, recently sat down with CUE to talk about representing both landlords and tenants, her unique perspective on retail business, and the importance of relationships.

Meet the retail team “We have longstanding relationships with landlords, we can identify sites they really want to pursue. We’re someone with boots on the ground; someone they can trust.”

When representing landlords, property owners and developers, Miller provides a list of services that include property market value assessment, identifying prospects, negotiating rent rates and construction allowances, and finalizing the lease agreement between the tenant and the landlord. She also connects landlords with other divisions at Flake & Kelley, such as property management and account services.

On the other side of the table, Miller helps real estate directors working for national retailers to gather information on prospective sites that they can take back for approval. While some real estate directors are very analytical and work within specific market parameters, others are more intuitive, Miller said.

“It’s our job to know how we can deliver to them what they need,” she said.

Knowing the local retail market inside and out is an invaluable service that Flake & Kelley offers, she said.

“We have longstanding relationships with landlords, we can identify sites they really want to pursue,” Miller said. “We’re someone with boots on the ground; someone they can trust.”

But it’s not just national companies that benefit from working with Flake & Kelley. Miller represents local retailers, as well, and she comes to the partnership with first-hand knowledge about the considerations small business owners face.

Before joining Flake & Kelley in 2007, Miller co-owned Companions, a women’s clothing store. She started her real estate career after she and her business partner sold the store.

When Flake & Kelley CEO Hank Kelley learned she sold the store, he invited her to join the company to help build the retail representation at the firm.

“I can see through the eyes of a retailer,” she said. “It’s not just about how can I get a deal done – I understand that there are considerations that don’t show up on the business model.”

Miller said she hopes the depth of her experience in the market instills a trust in her clients about her ability to represent them. Trust and relationships are two concepts Miller emphasized when she talked about her work. “[Clients] know they can count on us because the relationship doesn’t end after the deal is done,” she said, adding that one successful deal can spark a retailer to open a second or multiple locations in the state at a later time. Clients also refer Flake & Kelley to other retailers looking in the area.

Another relationship unique to Flake & Kelley is its membership in ChainLinks, a retail-only real estate services and commercial property brokerage organization that connects organizations across the country to share industry information and referrals. Flake & Kelley is the only firm in Arkansas to be a part of ChainLinks.

“It’s an amazing network,” Miller said. “We get a lot of information about retailers doing deals that we can try to attract to Little Rock.”

It’s this combination of national relationships and local knowledge that allows Flake & Kelley to offer the best retail real estate services, Miller said.

“We offer a systematic approach that’s customized for the client,” she said.

HANK KELLEY: Hank Kelley, Partner and CEO for Flake & Kelley Commercial, joined the firm in 1984 and has helped to build the company’s retail tenant representation portfolio. In 2012, Hank was invited to become a member of The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE). Membership in the organization is awarded by invitation only through peer, employer and client review. He brings more than 30 years experience to the commercial real estate market. During that time, his retail tenant representation portfolio consists of a national wireless retail company; quick service restaurants that specialize in breakfast, coffee, sandwiches, salads and soups; a national upscale restaurant, bar and grill; a fast food national restaurant chain; a major national fitness center; a national crafts and fabrics store; a national frozen yogurt chain; and a national department store chain, to name a few. He is also an active member of ChainLinks Retail Advisors, Society of Industrial & Office Realtors, Central Arkansas Executive Association, International Council of Shopping Centers, Institute of Real Estate Management, and serves on various business boards throughout the community.

BILL PENDERGIST: Bill Pendergist finds unbelievable satisfaction in assisting his clients in achieving their goals and objectives. His engaging approach is unique as he works aggressively, utilizing his knowledge of market conditions and availability to complete the desired results for his clients. In his nine years of experience, his tenant representation list has included the following: a specialty grocery store; a quick-service restaurant that specializes in sandwiches, salads, and soups; a national wireless retail business; a cosmetology/beauty institute; and others. He is also active in various community involvement programs and professional affiliations.

He completed his bachelor’s degree at Lyon College and his Master’s in Business Administration at the University of Central Arkansas.

CYNTHIA LU: Cynthia Lu’s commercial real estate career began in 2006 at Tishman Speyer, one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate owners and developers. Her approach to real estate is creative yet disciplined, and she utilizes her astute attention-todetail to help her clients find solutions to their real estate needs. Her work for retail clients, including a national wireless company, national frozen yogurt chain, and national quick service restaurant, has taken her throughout the state of Arkansas, and she prides herself on the knowledge she has developed of multiple markets. She is a LEED accredited professional and has degrees from Rice and Georgia Tech universities.

DREW MENTZER: Drew joined Flake & Kelley in 2013 to begin his commercial real estate career. He has an enthusiastic approach to real estate, and uses his in depth of knowledge of the local market to provide his clients with a competitive advantage. His tenant representation list focuses primarily on the automotive sector of the retail business. He is also an active volunteer in the community and was named the 2013 Finest Honoree by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He and his fellow honorees are among the most influential and successful young leaders in Arkansas. He completed his bachelor’s degree at the University Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Dead Air, cont. the plan to encrypt LRPD radio traffic, Carr posted a note about it to the Forbidden Hillcrest Facebook page, noting that the decision to encrypt “was done with no public discussion and no vote by the LR board of directors.” He called the LRPD statement released on Monday “pro-encryption propaganda.”

Carr said there is a lot of information that can be gleaned from scanners, and that not being able to listen in on radio traffic will definitely hurt the ability of Forbidden Hillcrest and other Little Rock news outlets to collect and report the news. He notes that of the hundreds of calls the LRPD responds to every day, the department might issue one or two emails per day about a crime. Often, even those emails are sent in response to a reporter’s question about something they or a tipster originally heard over the scanner.

Carr gave as an example the apparent “road rage” incident that happened near Rebsamen Park Golf Course on July 27, with one driver allegedly firing several shots at another following a fender bender. Carr said he posted the initial media report about the incident on Forbidden Hillcrest after a reader who listens to LRPD traffic on her scanner sent him a tip about it.

“I’m pretty sure that story would have never seen the light of day if she hadn’t heard it on the scanner, and if I hadn’t posted it on Forbidden Hillcrest,” Carr said. “The police did follow through that day with an email, but I think that was in response to inquiries from media people who heard about it on [Forbidden Hillcrest].”

Carr said that if he were in charge of the department, he would be tempted to encrypt the police radio traffic as well.

Control the information and you can control the general public’s impression of crime and safety in the city. “It reduces the awareness of crime, it reduces public oversight of crime, and it keeps media away from the crime scene,” Carr said.

“It makes their job easier, but I don’t think it’s in the public interest.”

LRPD spokesman Allen said the decision to encrypt was made before the arrival of new Police Chief Kenton Buckner. He told a reporter that the ability of criminals to listen in on police traffic was the primary reason behind encryption.

“Not only were good people listening to the radios to see what’s going on and kind of get a feel for what’s going on in the city. That criminal element was also listening to the radios. There have been cases locally and nationally where a criminal might have a [police scanner] app on his telephone, his iPhone or Android phone. They’ll hear that call being dispatched, and they’ll leave prior to the police getting there.”

Allen said that he didn’t know if the city would come up with a way for media outlets to listen in on certain radio traffic, as Kellerman had suggested, but he said the information about crime would get to media outlets.

“The information will still get out there,” he said. “Today, things are always instant. People have instant popcorn and instant news. You will still get that information, but it’s just not going to be instant like it was in the past.”

All of arkansas, cont. tles; what they’ve added are mostly skirmishes, Lancaster said, “where a group of five people go out foraging for something and runs across a group of four bushwhackers and they trade bullets for a little bit and then back away.

“I really enjoy these because not only do they make the Civil War history more local — the war is now suddenly not something that happened around Pea Ridge and around Helena or around Arkansas Post — but it shows the more likely average war experience of your soldier, that there’s a lot of waiting around, there’s a lot of small-scale conflict, a lot of just holding territory. I tell Mark Christ [of the Sesquicentennial Commission] that it actually makes the Civil War more interesting by making it boring.”

Lancaster said local history often gets dismissed as unimportant, too quotidian.

“But really local history is where it’s at,” he said. “That’s where most people are connecting with whatever is happening in the wider world.”

Further reading We asked Encyclopedia of Arkansas Editor Guy Lancaster, an occasional contributor to the Arkansas Times, to pass along some of his favorite entries.

Here is a sampling: Freda Hogan Ameringer: “Socialist, suffragette, and all-around amazing woman.”

Bullfrog Valley Gang: “An international counterfeiting cartel based in the hills

Extreme makeover, cont.

Again, West suggested going for fun — metal, sleek, brightly colored.

“I’d love to see some red shelves in here,” he said. “It would look great and you could actually organize and store what you need. If things are in disarray, it makes your perception of what needs to happen off balance.”

West’s most popular suggestion around the office was one of his simplest. One large room is currently completely unused, cluttered with unoccupied desks, empty boxes, empty shelves and various unwanted knick knacks. Why not convert the space into a lounge, West suggested?

It could be a second, more spacious meeting area, plus a place with laptop tables set up for people who want to take a break from the newsroom or their office. Stick an espresso maker in there and you could almost have 68

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the vibe of an office coffee shop.

Again, said West, it’s about “using the space that you have. Here’s a blank open space. Right now, there’s too much space — shelves, chairs, office space, desks — that are abandoned.”

This approach fits with West’s design philosophy. “My forte is taking what people have and finding the proper balance and placement,” he said.

West has been decorating his whole life. “My mother loves to tell stories of me pushing furniture around when I was like 3 or 4,” he said. After a stint working under Little Rock interior decorator Tom Chandler, West struck out on his own in 1995 — West Interiors does both home and commercial projects, predominantly in Arkansas and Texas, but they have done projects in 15

of Pope County — paging Guy Ritchie.”

Grannis Vigil and Incoming Kingdom Missionary Unit: “So far, no one predicting the Second Coming has been proven right.”

Mitchell v. Globe International Publishing: “Oddly enough, ‘Pregnancy Forces Granny to Quit Work at Age 101’ wasn’t quite an honest headline.”

Richard Sharpe Shaver: “If a mentally ill former hobo managed to influence science fiction so much, what does that say about the genre?”

Skipper v. United Central Life Insurance: “The Arkansas Gazette described it as ‘perhaps the strangest case in the criminal annals of Arkansas,’ and that’s saying something.”

Helen Spence: “She killed the man who shot her pa, and won the hearts of many.”

“The White River Kid”: “Arguably the worst movie filmed in Arkansas.

Any decent state encyclopedia would be well within its rights to overlook this direct-to-video travesty that was first released on VHS in Bulgaria and Spain, but we are not any ordinary state encyclopedia. I like to think that our inclusion of this raging mess of inconsistent plot and bad acting is a testament of our commitment to cover all aspects of the state’s history and culture, no matter how obscure or regrettable.”

Young Gods, cont. other states as well. Notable projects include all nine of the Dallasbased Campisi’s Italian restaurants and major events for the Arkansas Arts Center and the Little Rock Zoo. West believes that comfort and style lead to more creativity in a work space.

“I think a lot of people don’t actually realize it until their space is properly organized and put together,” he said. “It really does make a difference.

Once they get themselves into an environment where the colors are right, the placement is correct, the organization is where it should be — it just changes people’s lives.”

Thus far, no word from the bosses on whether we get to put West’s plan for the Times office in action.

We labor on, our lives unchanged.

The broken chairs stare at us, accusingly.

speakers and a generator, and performing all over the city, whenever they feel like it. “I was thinking about doing it in front of venues, just to be that dude and piss people off,” Burris said. “They can’t hold the youth back.”

They’re also planning a college tour this fall, beginning with Conway and continuing to Fayetteville, maybe Memphis. On a recent trip to Atlanta, the group said, most of the people they met were shocked to find out they were from Arkansas, that music like theirs was even part of the landscape here. To the collective, this seemed like an opportunity. “The fact that nobody’s ever come from here is great, actually,” Burris said. “We have to decide, ‘What is Little Rock?’

We have this blank canvas, because Arkansas doesn’t have a sound. We are the painters.”

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