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LIVE MUSIC IN ARKANSAS: Scott Sean White to play Hibernia Irish Tavern
Upcoming live music events in Arkansas.
Stories by Jerry McLeod
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Subscriber ExclusiveLIVE MUSIC IN ARKANSAS: Brian Nahlen, Jason Lee Hale perform Saturday at Stone’s Throw
Upcoming live music events in Arkansas.
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Subscriber ExclusiveCHEAP EATS: Swing in to Bleu Monkey for lunch
The building on Rodney Parham Road at Interstate-430 has housed four restaurants within the past eight years. It was the Little Rock location for Chili's until…
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Subscriber ExclusiveCHEAP EATS: Comfort food at Cotham’s, chicken and dumplings style
Cotham's is closed on weekends and only open for lunch. The die-hard diners get there by 11 a.m. and by noon the place is packed. The service is impeccable and…
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Subscriber ExclusiveLIVE MUSIC IN ARKANSAS: Lauren Daigle bringing Kaleidoscope Tour to arena
Louisiana-born contemporary Christian music star Lauren Daigle brings her Kaleidoscope Tour to North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank Arena on Friday. Opening the sh…
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Subscriber ExclusiveCHEAP EATS: Hamburger meal still a bargain at David’s
First-time diners at David's Burgers are made to feel welcome the minute the door opens at any of the locally owned burger joint locations.
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Tour featuring Whiskey Myers, with Lukas Nelson and his band, stops May 3 at Simmons Bank Arena
Genre-bending Americana band Whiskey Myers, on tour to support their latest self-produced album, "Tornilla," is set to stop at North Little Rock’s Simmons Bank…
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SPECIAL EVENT: Thousands will be out and proud for Saturday’s Central Arkansas Pride Parade and Festival
North Little Rock’s Argenta Plaza becomes a “safe space” Saturday for thousands of LGBT Arkansans and their allies when Central Arkansas Pride Festival kicks o…
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MusicFest El Dorado
The 35th anniversary MusicFest El Dorado kicks off Friday in and around the south Arkansas city's downtown Union Square. The fun continues Saturday with three …
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Subscriber ExclusiveAmie Bishop band changes its name to Wunderpus, gets canceled gigs
What's in a name? It depends on who you ask. For Amie Bishop and her former band the Slingerz, a new name means at least three gigs have been canceled. Goodbye…
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HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’ gives Jets fans an [expletive] earful of coaches’ backstage ill temper
In the time-honored spirit of "man bites dog," what stood out most from the second episode Aug. 15 of HBO's "Hard Knocks" were the relatively few moments of ge…
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Swiftie friendship bracelets are all the rage
Thousands of Taylor Swift fans showed up early to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood recently for the singer-songwriter's first of six sold-out shows. Many donned outfi…
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Getting it straight
Singer and actor Lainey Wilson is not performing Sunday at the Union County Fairgrounds in El Dorado. A headline and story in Thursday's Style section repeated…
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Quartz, the official state mineral, is plentiful in and around Mount Ida
In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around.
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TOOLS & TOYS: Leo’s Loo Too by Smarty Pear; and Millboard
Leo's Loo Too by Smarty Pear; and Millboard
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Saturday's sold-out Koe Wetzel concert at Little Rock amphitheater postponed
The singer announced on Facebook today that during, Thursday night's show in Nashville, Tenn., his voice had started to go out halfway through the set.
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Justin Moore, fellow Arkansas country stars to perform in Arkansas tornadoes relief concert at Little Rock's The Hall
Country music artists from The Natural State, Justin Moore, Collin Raye, Matt Stell, Heath Sanders and Tyler Kinch, are coming together Wednesday for a show th…
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Pandemic quirks and pastimes become the norm
Dusting off old musical instruments, appreciating the outdoors more meaningfully, dumping the hair dye and letting the gray fly forever.
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OPINION | SHARON RANDALL: Nationwide bus trip with 35 kids eye opening
They were wrong about me on the bus that day. I didn't see it then. But looking back, I can see it so clearly it makes me laugh.
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LIVE MUSIC IN ARKANSAS: Newsboys at Magic Springs; Buffett at Walmart AMP
Contemporary Christian quartet Newsboys will perform Saturday at Magic Springs Theme and Water Park in Hot Springs, along with Adam Agee.
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Many hands at work: Activism chronicled in new online exhibition
"We who believe in freedom cannot rest. We who believe in freedom cannot rest."
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Country music executive, former broadcaster Lisa Lee dies; Cabot native was 52
Lisa Lee, an Academy of Country Music executive and former broadcaster who was born in Cabot, died Saturday from brain cancer. She was 52.
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Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams show in Little Rock rescheduled
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit is coming to Little Rock, but the date has changed once more after first being rescheduled in 2020 because of the covid-19 pandemic.
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Arkansas Country Music Awards winners announced
Conway native Erin Enderlin took home the top honor of entertainer of the year and an award for songwriter of the year Monday at the Arkansas Country Music Awa…
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Batesville native Emilee up for iHeart music award
An Arkansas singer went head to head with Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande at last week's "Billboard Music Awards," competing against the pop music titans in the to…
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MUSIC: Here comes Heath
Arkansas has given the world some big names in country music: Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Tom T. Hall are the first to come to mind.
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Former President Bill Clinton launches podcast, talks with musician Marsalis
Former President Bill Clinton has brought his well-known gift of gab to a medium where that gift is highly regarded, with Thursday’s launch of his podcast, “Wh…
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Drive-thru light displays safely show festive spirit
This may not be a typical Christmas, but people seem to be brightening up the gloom of 2020 with a lot more lights. Some folks even put them up much earlier wh…
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Halloween's happening: It may not look a lot like years past, but there’s still lots of fun to be had
It's been a scary year so far, and it's about to get even spookier with Halloween just four days away. Even before the covid-19 pandemic, traditional trick-or-…
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PODCASTING: Clinton to join wife with his own podcast
Former President Bill Clinton is giving his wife a one-year head start. Hillary Clinton launches her new podcast, "You and Me Both," on iHeartMedia today, as r…
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OPINION | JERRY McLEOD: Remember live music? Poyen star reminds us
In pre-pandemic times, someone may have asked, "What was your first concert?" Nowadays, the question is more likely, "What was the last concert you went to?"
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Podcasts: New Podcast Seeks To Solve 1954 Lynching
Fourteen months and 23 days before 14-year-old Emmet Louis Till was lynched in Money, Miss., accused of somehow offending a white woman, a prominent Black farm…
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Podcasts: New Podcast Seeks To Solve 1954 Lynching
Fourteen months and 23 days before 14-year-old Emmet Louis Till was lynched in Money, Miss., accused of somehow offending a white woman, a prominent Black farm…
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PODCASTING: A legacy vanished
Fourteen months and 23 days before 14-year-old Emmett Louis Till was lynched in Money, Miss., accused of somehow offending a white woman, a prominent Black far…
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ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Open culture
The recent reopening of some Little Rock museums gives added hope for the eventual return to a semblance of normal life here. These fresh chances to visit also…
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Podcasts: Justin Moore Plants Seeds In Garden And New Medium
Later this summer, when it's time for fresh purple hull peas in Arkansas, Justin Moore just may be the man to call if you need a bushel or two. The revelation …
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PODCASTING: High-tech redneck
Later this summer, when it's time for fresh purple hull peas in Arkansas, Justin Moore just may be the man to call if you need a bushel or two. The revelation …
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VIDEO: Arkansas musicians sing ‘We Don’t Want the Covid’
The Downtown Little Rock Partnership’s staff members have had time on their hands lately, what with downtown sidewalks virtually empty the past couple of month…
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PODCASTING: Arkansas country music star Justin Moore launches new podcast
The biggest country music star still living in Arkansas is on his way to becoming even bigger with news that his new podcast launches today (May 19).
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Toad-Suck Daze, drive-through style
Toad Suck Daze Nature & Science Drive-Thru, was rescheduled and will now take place Wednesday from 2-6 p.m. at the University of Central Arkansas.
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This week in Alternative Entertainment
The Momentary wants to see your talent — by Sunday; El Dorado kids can get campy; Bedtime With Bach has amassed a large catalog of musical videos.
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Drive-thru fun in Conway; El Dorado kids can get campy
With the annual Toad Suck Daze festival postponed due to covid-19, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Conway Chamber of Commerce teamed up to sponsor an…
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Graceland in Memphis reopening for socially distanced tours
The grounds of Graceland have been closed to visitors since March, but Elvis Presley's home in Memphis is throwing open the doors Friday to resume tours, which…
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Inventors invited to make chain reaction devices
Rube Goldberg sketched this design for a simple task: to keep screen doors closed. It starts with frightened flies and ends with the monkey bowling at pins pai…
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Rags To Riches: Arkansan Bobby Bones 'doing quite well' on the airwaves
By his own admission, Bobby Estell was a poor, disheveled, often hungry little boy growing up in Mountain Pine, a former sawmill town of 700 near Hot Springs. …
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Put Blues Music Awards, state parks in weekend plans
With this antisocial virus stalking us and keeping us all apart, a lot of people already have the blues. Why not prop your blue self up in your most comfy chai…
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Zoo to do
Wednesday was Earth Day — its 50th anniversary — but the celebration is ongoing at the Little Rock Zoo (littlerockzoo.com), where an online Party for the Plane…
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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Get yappy, get a haircut, do the zoo and boogie
Hairdressers and barbers are getting restless, prompting one, Deidra Adamson, to start Moveon.org petition to Gov. Asa Hutchinson to reopen their shops beginni…
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HIGH PROFILE: Bobby Bones grew up poor, bullied in a small Arkansas town; today, he has millions of fans, big plans
By his own admission, Bobby Estell was a poor, disheveled, often hungry little boy growing up in Mountain Pine, a former sawmill town of 700 near Hot Springs.
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Life skills are there for the learning on internet
An 18-year-old we know recently needed help opening a box of salt. The taped-over, closed spout threw him off, and he's an otherwise smart kid. But he has no l…
