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Stories by Eric E. Harrison
Let freedom ring: Independence Day celebrations in Arkansas abound all around
July 4 comes at the end of this year's July 4 weekend, and Americans will be celebrating the 246th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress' public declaration of the establishment of th...
June 30, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Three Fold set to open west Little Rock outlet; opening target shifts for Crumbl Cookies
The second location of Three Fold Noodles & Dumpling Co., what the Three Fold folks colloquially refer to as “Three Fold West”, is on the cusp of opening — as early as next week ...
June 30, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: ‘Art and Story’ exhibit features works based on myth
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:ART: Inspired by myth"Art and Story," including works by Randall Good and Gary Simmons that draw on mythology; collages by Jeri Hillis that co...
June 30, 2022
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts moves opening to spring 2023
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts on Wednesday announced that the museum will now have its grand opening in spring of 2023.It's the second postponement on the museum’s opening date, which had...
June 29, 2022
Six conductors step up to podium for Arkansas Symphony Orchestra season
The Arkansas Symphony has released the names of the six conductors who will be on the podium for the six 2022-23 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks concerts at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performanc...
June 28, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: CALS hosts author Rhona Weaver for reading/signing
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:Novel readingAuthor Rhona Weaver, under the auspices of the Central Arkansas Library System, will read from and sign copies of her novel "A Sacred ...
June 26, 2022
Tacos 4 Life has donated nearly 25 million meals to starving kids
Tacos 4 Life has a mission to help end world hunger.For every taco, salad, rice bowl, quesadilla and plate of nachos it sells at its 21 restaurants in seven states in the Southeast and Midwest, the Co...
June 26, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Caked Up opens up in Heights; Chi's Baohouse is changing locations
Caked Up Cupcakes and Ice Cream opened June 11 at 5621 Kavanaugh Blvd. in Little Rock's Pulaski Heights, in the storefront that most recently had housed a Poke Hula outlet. Hours are 9 a.m.-9 p.m....
June 23, 2022
The original rom-com: ‘Much Ado’ resurrects Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre
CONWAY — Four centuries before "When Harry Met Sally ..." hit movie screens, William Shakespeare invented the rom-com.Steven Marzolf, who plays Benedick, a soldier scornful of marriage...
June 23, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Opera in the Ozarks opens summer music festival
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:MUSIC: Mountainside operaOpera in the Ozarks kicks off its 2022 summer music festival with Giacomo Puccini's opera "La Rondine,&qu...
June 23, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Les Moderns ushers donate $20,000 to local charities
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:THEATER: Charitable donationLes Moderns, a service organization that provides ushers for events at Robinson Center Performance Hall, is donating $20,000...
June 21, 2022
Royal Comedy tour sets Oct. 28 North Little Rock stop on 17-city itinerary
Comedians Sommore, Bruce Bruce, Arnez J and Lavell Crawford, on the 17-city Royal Comedy tour this fall, will make a North Little Rock stop, 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at The Theater@Simmons Bank Arena, the arena...
June 20, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Wicker purses go on display, documentary gets premiere
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:EXHIBITS: Woven wicker"Basket Cases," a collection of wicker baskets and purses, goes on display Tuesday at the ESSE Purse Museum & Store,...
June 19, 2022
Festivities for freedom: Juneteenth in Da Rock among several events throughout the state
Celebrations across the state mark Juneteenth, proclaimed a federal holiday in 2021 and marking the date — June 19, 1865 — that Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that th...
June 16, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: James Hale takes top job at Little Rock eatery; opening day nears for second Kemuri
James Hale, former executive chef and co-owner of Acadia (1999-2015 in Little Rock’s Hillcrest) and briefly, for about a pre-pandemic year, chef at Capital Bar & Grill, departed the Little R...
June 16, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in Benton, ‘Gypsy’ in Little Rock
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:THEATER: Benton 'Beauty, Beast'The Royal Players stage "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" (music by Alan Menken, lyrics ...
June 16, 2022
Blues Hall of Famer Bobby Rush performs July 16 at Little Rock's Ron Robinson Theater
Blues Hall of Famer Bobby Rush will perform an intimate acoustic solo show 7 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at the Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Ave., Little Rock.The concert is part of the Central ...
June 14, 2022
R&B stars Keith Sweat, Babyface, Jody Watley set Aug. 14 concert at Little Rock’s First Security Amphitheater
R&B singers Keith Sweat, Babyface & Jody Watley will perform Aug. 14 at Little Rock’s First Security Amphitheater. The VIP Pavilion opens at 4:30 p.m.; gates open at 5 p.m.. Tickets...
June 14, 2022
Windgate Foundation sets $1.5M challenge grant for Arkansas Symphony
The Windgate Foundation has announced it will give the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra a $1.5 million, two-to-one challenge grant to help build its planned Stella Boyle Smith Music Center.The grant will f...
June 14, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame to induct five muscians
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:MUSIC: All that jazz ...Arkansas jazz musicians TeRoy Betton Jr., Irene Crutchfield Brown, Bill Craig, Jackie Lamar and Ken Walker join the Arkansas Jaz...
June 14, 2022
Maxwell sets Oct. 21 show at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena
R&B singer Maxwell, extending his “Night” Tour through summer and fall, performs at 8 p.m. Friday Oct. 21, at North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena.Musiq Soulchild will open the s...
June 13, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: ‘Music Man’ the latest Muses Project offering
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:THEATER: Muses' 'Music Man'The Muses Project of Hot Springs will stage "The Music Man" (music, lyrics and book by Meredith Wi...
June 12, 2022
Chef James Hale returns to Little Rock, takes over kitchen at Allsopp & Chapple
James Hale, the former executive chef and co-owner of Acadia in Little Rock’s Hillcrest, has taken over as executive chef at Allsopp & Chapple, 311 Main St. in downtown Little Rock.Hale had ...
June 9, 2022
OPINION | RESTAURANT REVIEW: Mar y Tierra Cantina & Grill brings upscale Mexican fare to West Third Street 2 ½ years after it was first announced
An octopus motif is omnipresent at Mar y Tierra Cantina & Grill. It’s on the logo, which appears throughout the restaurant, emblazoned on the chairs in the dining rooms and in the bar and he...
June 9, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: DeLuca’s II ‘95% a go’ at west Little Rock center; ghost kitchen houses Italian Couple redux
Reports have been swirling that a DeLuca's Pizzeria will be a part of the Breckenridge Village Shopping Center revitalization. Jim Keet of JTJ Restaurants, one of the partners who bought the cente...
June 9, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Little Rock Winds’ 25th Flag Day salute rings in celebration
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:FUN: Cat conclaveThe Gulf Shore Region of the Cat Fanciers' Association is presenting a two-day All-Breed Cat Show, "The Crown Jew...
June 9, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Top of the Rock seeks singers; ‘Baby Jane’ screens
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:MUSIC: Chorus invitationThe Top of the Rock Chorus, in its 60th year as a chapter of Sweet Adelines, invites women of all ages to a membership event, 7-...
June 7, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Journalist to discuss, sign book on America’s future
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:BOOKS: Political 'Pass'Jonathan Martin, national political correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN, will discuss th...
June 5, 2022
Opera in the Rock offerings feature Black experience
Opera in the Rock, Little Rock's professional opera company, will be the only one in the nation to dedicate its entire season to Black artists, the company's president and chief executive offi...
June 2, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Jacksonville Minute Man closes doors; Homer’s West closes ahead of moving day
The Minute Man, 120 John Harden Drive, Jacksonville, has closed. Google reports it as "permanently closed"; the phone number, (501) 983-4857, returns only a busy signal; the website, minutem...
June 2, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Pulaski Tech gallery displays glass ‘Variations & Mutations’
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:ART: Blown glass art“Variations & Mutations,” blown glass art by Ed Pennebaker, is on display through June 30 in the Windga...
June 2, 2022
Rapper Lil Durk coming to North Little Rock on '7220 Deluxe' tour
Rapper Lil Durk is extending his “7220 Deluxe” Tour to include North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena, 8 p.m. Sept. 18.Tickets — $39.50-$69.50 plus service charges, with an...
June 1, 2022
Opera in the Rock to focus 2022-23 season on Black performers, composers
Opera in the Rock, Little Rock’s reconstituted professional opera company, will be “the only opera company in the United States dedicating its entire season to build the Black experience,&...
June 1, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Brickell at center of Maud Crawford Weekend
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:'Crawford Weekend'Beth Brickell, Arkansas-born author and film director now based in Los Angeles, will be in Camden for "Maud Crawford Week...
May 29, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Reopening is unlikely for Hubcap; Irish tavern plans to serve breakfast
Hubcap Burger Co., 7410 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, has been closed since a pickup truck plowed through the side wall on March 23, and “most likely we will not reopen,” says owner Erin Gri...
May 26, 2022
Changing seasons: New dancers bow in Ballet Arkansas’ 2022-23 productions
Ballet Arkansas is focusing on "themes of storytelling, collaboration, innovation, and community" in its productions for the 2022-23 season, while bringing in seven new dancers to replace si...
May 26, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Rock, blues music to fill the air at Pulaski County Fair
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:FUN: Pulaski County FairThe PBJ Happee Days Shows carnival midway, rides, games, a petting zoo, novelty vendors, foods and soft and adult b...
May 26, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: ASO concert to remember lives of ‘family’ members
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:MUSIC: Memorial concertThe Arkansas Symphony Orchestra closes its 2021-22 season with a free concert honoring and celebrating the lives of orchestra &qu...
May 24, 2022
‘Menopause The Musical’ to be revived at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse
Murry's Dinner Playhouse audiences attending Jeanie Linders' "Menopause The Musical," will notice a lot of similarities from the production that appeared onstage there in almost exac...
May 24, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Black composers’ music back in the limelight
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:MUSIC: Rediscovered musicViolinist Andrew Irvin and pianist May Tsao-Lim perform works by two Black American composers whose music has been recently red...
May 22, 2022
Folk-Americana duo Shovels & Rope to headline Nov. 5 concert marking Oxford American's 30th anniversary
Folk-Americana duo Shovels & Rope — Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent — will headline a concert and fundraiser celebrating the 30th anniversary of Oxford American at 7:30 p.m. No...
May 19, 2022
RESTAURANT TRANSITIONS: Consortium buys center, plans to add four eateries; smoke damage shuts west Little Rock Senor Tequila
The Keet family and their JTJ Restaurants group are among the buyers of Breckenridge Village Shopping Center, 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, part of a consortium called KBK-Breck LLC that a...
May 19, 2022
Phenomenal felines: ‘Cats’ returns to Robinson with new choreography, direction
Aiden Presser says "Cats" was the favorite of his father, growing up in the 1980s, but as a millennial he wasn't exactly familiar with it until he joined the touring company cast last ye...
May 19, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: ‘Jurassic Quest’ brings herd of dinos to Hot Springs
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts this weekend:FUN: ‘Jurassic Quest’“Jurassic Quest,” billed as “the nation’s biggest herd of photorealistic dinosaurs...
May 19, 2022
Arkansas Arts Council, Central Arkansas Library System to receive National Endowment for the Arts grants
Two Arkansas institutions are receiving grants totaling $733,670 from the National Endowment for the Arts.The Arkansas Arts Council will receive $721,670 as a state and regional partner to the endowme...
May 18, 2022
Ballet Arkansas' 2022-23 season includes 'Dracula,' 'Nutcracker,' 'Sleeping Beauty'
Ballet Arkansas is focusing on “themes of storytelling, collaboration, innovation, and community” in its 2022-23 season, while bringing in seven new dancers to replace six departures in it...
May 17, 2022
Rapper Kevin Gates bringing 'Big Lyfe' tour Oct. 13 to North Little Rock's Simmons Bank Arena
Rapper Kevin Gates, on his "Big Lyfe" tour in support of his third studio album, "Khaza,” due out June 17 on Bread Winner Alumni/Atlantic Records, takes the stage at 8 p.m. Oct.13...
May 16, 2022
Violinist Lark soars in ‘Sky’ concerto Saturday at Little Rock’s Robinson Center
Tessa Lark darn near fiddled her fingers off Saturday night at Little Rock's Robinson Center Performance Hall.The violinist, clad in a florid pantsuit that stood out against the Arkansas Symphony ...
May 15, 2022
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES: Argenta theater opens season with ‘Memphis’
Elsewhere in entertainment, events and the arts:Argenta seasonThe Judy Kohn Tenenbaum Argenta Community Theater, 405 Main St., North Little Rock, opens its 12th season, July 20-30 with "Memphis, ...
May 15, 2022
Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight to celebrate 'Friendsgiving' at Simmons Bank Arena
Legendary singers Patti Labelle and Gladys Knight are putting on a “Friendsgiving Event,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Theatre@Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock.“Both ladies are de...
May 12, 2022
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