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A&E NEWS “DAMNATION,” the Depression-era drama from University of Arkansas graduate and “Longmire” writer Tony Tost and “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie, has been ordered to series by USA Network, and is expected to premiere in October. Netflix, now a co-producer of the series, has obtained first-run rights outside the U.S. Tost, whose first book of poetry received a 2003 Walt Whitman Award (judged by the late Arkansas poet C.D. Wright), is also the author of the 33 1/3 book series’ treatise “Johnny Cash’s American Recordings.” Tost will serve as executive producer of the series along with James Mangold (director of “Walk the Line”), Guymon Casady (“Game of Thrones” producer) and Daniel Rappaport (“Office Space” producer). WALDRON NATIVE JAYME Lemons has announced the launch of a partnership with actress Laura Dern on a film and television production company, Jaywalker Pictures. Lemons produced director Daniel Campbell’s short film “Antiquities,” and one of the films slated for development by Jaywalker Pictures suggests she’ll keep her Arkansas ties at the forefront: Graham Gordy and Jay Jennings’ adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel, “The Dog of the South.” PAULA MARTIN, WHO produced the “Tales from the South” radio show for a decade, will act as producer and creative director for a storytelling series, Potluck and Poison Ivy, to launch Thursday, May 25, at The Joint Theatre & Coffeehouse, 301 Main St., NLR. Hosted by Traci Berry, LGBT advocate and host of “The T with Traci and Angie” on KABF-FM, 88.3, the opening night features stories from Kevin Kresse, Tyler Thompson and Susan Elder, as well as live music from the Papi Band, featuring Heather Smith. Tickets for the event, a benefit for the ACANSA Arts Festival, are $100 and include dinner. A cash bar is available. Admission for subsequent Potluck & Poison Ivy events, like the June 22 installment featuring “Chewing the Fat” podcast hosts Rex Nelson and Paul Austin, will be $35. For more information, visit potluckandpoisonivy.org. LITTLE ROCK-BASED composer, artist and educator Phillip Rex Huddleston has created a “Southern Writers” series of prints featuring portraits of Eudora Welty, Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Mark Twain and others. The series, available in bundles of five prints (Truman Capote, Carson McCullers, Charles Portis, Alice Walker and Tennessee Williams in one and William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston, Harper Lee, Eudora Welty and Richard Wright in another), is available at etsy.com/shop/PhillipRexHuddleston.
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