Saturday, November 7, 2009 10:30 p.m.

Eric E. Harrison

CHEAP EATS: Odd spellings translate to Ali Baba treasures

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: November 5, 2009 4:28 a.m.

Ali Baba, if you remember your Arabian Nights, used the password “Open Sesame” to open the entrance to the 40 thieves’ treasure cave.
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TRANSITIONS

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: November 5, 2009 4:26 a.m.

Evidently progress is continuing on the Bravo! Cucina Italiana under construction at The Promenade at Chenal, Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road, Little Rock. Last Sunday’s paper contained a classified ad seeking a general manager, executive chef, front-of-house managers and sous-chefs.
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THEATER Gilbert grew up on Prairie, now she’s homestead’s ‘Ma’

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: November 1, 2009 5:03 a.m.

Melissa Gilbert could not have imagined, in her Wilderest dreams, when as a child actress she was playing Laura in the NBC television series Little House on the Prairie, that she would revisit that world 30-plus years later to play that character’s mother.
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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES King’s Singers plan classes, public concert in Conway

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: November 1, 2009 4:56 a.m.

The King’s Singers — David Hurley and Timothy Wayne-Wright, countertenors ; Paul Phoenix, tenor; Philip Lawson and Christopher Gabbitas, baritones; and Stephen Connolly, bass — will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
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Cellist, conductor explore German music ‘genealogy’

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: November 1, 2009 4:55 a.m.

Arkansas Symphony Orchestra audiences who heard Ludwig van Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto in mid-October will get to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in concerts this coming weekend at Little Rock’s Robinson Center Music Hall.
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TRANSITIONS

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: October 29, 2009 3:28 a.m.

Mark Abernathy reports his Red Door, formerly Bene Vita (also the original location, you may remember, of Brave New Restaurant, and before that a Steak & Egg Kitchen), 3519 Old Cantrell Road at Cantrell, is now open, serving “a good selection of creative seafood dishes and some of the best-sellers from Bene Vita and Blue Mesa Grill,” plus chicken-fried prime rib and nightly blackboard specials.
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ENTERTAINMENT NOTES Ringers, singers, strings to play at state venues

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: October 25, 2009 5:11 a.m.

The Guarneri String Quartet — Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley, violins; Michael Tree, viola; and Peter Wiley, cello — will make an Arkansas stop on its farewell tour with a performance at 7:30 p.m. today in Staples Auditorium at Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway.
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THEATER: Crafty character comes back to wrap up mummy mystery

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: October 22, 2009 4:56 a.m.

If the Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre’s show that premieres this weekend seems a little flat, it’s on purpose.
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CHEAP EATS: Bookends turns a new page for cafe

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: October 22, 2009 4:37 a.m.

A cafe in the Central Arkansas Library System’s Cox Creative Center, which houses River Market Books & Gifts and an art gallery, is a good idea.
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TRANSITIONS

By Eric E. Harrison
Posted: October 22, 2009 4:30 a.m.

The new North Little Rock franchise of Panera Bread has opened in Lakewood Village, 2812 Lakewood Village Drive, off McCain Boulevard. Hours are 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. The telephone number is (501) 771-0168.
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