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New cooking show set for Oct. 9 debut

Little Rock is partnering with the Convention and Visitors Bureau to start a cooking show on the local access channel, featuring local chefs and organizations.

The series will be called Chop the Rock and will air Mondays at 7 p.m. The first show will be broadcast Oct. 9 on Comcast Channel 11 and AT&T Uverse Channel 99. The Little Rock local access channel is available to 40,000 houses in the area.

The show can also be watched on the city and bureau's YouTube channels.

Kathy Webb, who serves as vice mayor, will represent the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance in the first episode as she cooks Asian peanut butter noodles with sauteed greens.

On Oct. 16, Shane Henderson will represent the Ben E. Keith food and beverage distribution company as he demonstrates how to cook early fall wheat berry salad.

Mark Abernathy with the Red Door and Loca Luna will cook frijoles borrachos and steak tampiquena Oct. 23.

On Oct. 30, Hollie Sanders will represent the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and teach dutch oven cooking with panhandler spaghetti.

Each week's show will re-air at 3 a.m. and noon on Tuesdays; 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesdays; 2 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursdays; 5 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Fridays; 1 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Saturdays; and 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Halloween is theme for fall film series

The Ron Robinson Theater in downtown Little Rock will show $2 Halloween movies for its Boos and Booze fall film series.

The first film, I Know What You Did Last Summer, will be shown at 6 p.m. Tuesday

The film series will conclude with a Halloween bash at the end of October.

Special beer selections will be for sale at each viewing.

Tickets can be purchased ahead of time on the Central Arkansas Library System's website, cals.org.

2 events lined up by Clinton School

The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service is hosting a book signing Tuesday and an education conversation Wednesday.

Michelle Kuo, the author of Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship, will talk about her book and sign copies at noon Tuesday at Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave.

Kuo taught English at an alternative school in Helena for two years through Teach for America after graduating from Harvard University.

"In this stirring memoir, Kuo, the child of Taiwanese immigrants, shares the story of her complicated but rewarding mentorship of one student, Patrick Browning, and his remarkable literary and personal awakening," according to a news release.

On Wednesday, Clinton School Dean Skip Rutherford will join Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key to talk about education in the state. The event will be at noon at Sturgis Hall.

Metro on 09/24/2017

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