“The Bikeriders,” Little Rock native Jeff Nichols’ sixth feature-length film, has come and gone from theaters, but those who missed it (or are jonesing for a rewatch) won’t have to wait long.
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‘Dovetail Purses’ exhibition on display at ESSE Purse Museum
Who says handbags have to be dainty? That seems to be one of the questions driving New Orleans-based artist Jennifer Dove Cooper, whose handmade, intricately-decorated purses are fashioned from recycled materials, like egg cartons, clothing scraps and water bottles.
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Arkansas-connected filmmakers get a showcase at 2024 Filmland fest
The roster of Arkansas-connected films includes “All Happy Families,” which stars Josh Radnor and was co-written by North Little Rock native Coburn Goss.
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Glenwood native director Clark Duke wraps second film
Described as a “comedic thriller in the vein of the Coen Brothers’s oeuvre” and “a Southern-fried siege, with shades of ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ and ‘Die Hard,’” the film stars Ashley Benson and Jake Lacey.
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Songwriting legend Randy Goodrum to perform at Ron Robinson Theater on Saturday
What do England Dan & Jon Ford Coley’s “It’s Sad to Belong,” Anne Murray’s “You Needed Me,” Michael Johnson’s “Bluer Than Blue,” Steve Perry’s “Oh Sherrie,” Toto’s “I’ll Be Over You,” DeBarge’s “Who’s Holding Donna Now” and Jo Dee Messina’s “Lesson in Leavin’” have in common? They’re all written (or co-written) by Hot Springs native Randy Goodrum.
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Ron Robinson Theater screens ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ and more in August
“The Mask,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Repo Man” are also among the August lineup.
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Banzai Florist goes sincere on new single ‘punish’
Melancholic and meditative, “punish” sees singer-songwriter Harry Glaeser simplifying his melodies, taming his tendency to get quirky, and channeling the moody, percussive strums of artists like Hovvdy and Runnner.
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Central High under consideration for World Heritage List nomination
UNESCO’s World Heritage List includes “cultural and natural sites of universal importance” like Grand Canyon National Park, the Taj Mahal and the Galápagos Islands.
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7 artists from ‘Delta Triennial’ to speak at AMFA on Thursday
The artists include Kevin Demery, Christian Dinh, Anita Fields, Coulter Fussell, Letitia Huckaby, Jerry Phillips (who lives and works in Little Rock) and Andrew Scott Ross.
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‘Secret doors and lost texts’: A Q&A with writer Jen Fawkes
Partway through “Daughters of Chaos,” Sylvie Swift ventures beneath the brothel where she’s been staying in Civil War-era Nashville and discovers that the prostitutes are up to something darkly mystical, foregoing sex work in favor of feminist rituals through which they subtly reprogram the violence-prone psyches of their clientele. That’s just one of the many forms of masquerading going on in Little Rock writer Jen Fawkes’ debut novel.