In Susan Seidelman’s “Desperately Seeking Susan,” housewife Roberta Glass reads the personals section and is taken by the story of the bold and mysterious Susan Thomas (Madonna, in her first major screen role) and Jim Dandy, who appear to be involved in a torrid love affair. Their lives soon become dramatically mixed up.
July 2024 magazine
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Six strings attached: Fry Guitars makes custom axes players pine for
Fry Guitars pumps out one-of-a-kind, hand-built shredding machines from Hot Springs native Dave Fry’s home workshop in Alexander.
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‘I’m gonna tattoo till I die’: Robert Berry’s 7th Street Tattoo and Piercing is a Little Rock institution
Little Rock native Robert Berry, 67, opened 7th Street Tattoo and Piercing in 1998. He has no plans to slow down.
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Black history, from pre-K up
For more than a decade in the ‘80s and ‘90s, a small private school called the McGraw Learning Institute brought Afrocentric education to Little Rock.
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‘It’s all frequencies’: A Q&A with artist Zina Al-Shukri
Little Rock-based, Baghdad-born artist Zina Al-Shukri’s gestural portraits brandish undaunted hues and unabashed gazes, displaying an amorous relationship with the materiality of paint and an intimacy with the spectrum of life’s blows and balms.
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Immerse Arkansas is building a first-of-its-kind youth shelter in Little Rock
The Station, opening later this summer, will be a dedicated youth shelter for 18-to-24 year olds.
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‘Footloose’ opens at The Rep on Tuesday
Take off your thinking cap for a night and enjoy the very resolvable problems of this movie-musical-turned-stage-musical on the 40th anniversary of the original Kevin Bacon-fronted film’s 1984 theatrical run.
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Oxtail Gospel: Craig ‘Big Chef’ Taylor blends sweet, savory and scripture
Some chefs use recipes; Big Chef Taylor talks to God.
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Celebrate Jen Fawkes’ new novel at WordsWorth Books on Tuesday
“Daughters of Chaos” comes out July 9, and WordsWorth Books is hosting a launch party on the same day, where Little Rock writer Jen Fawkes will be in conversation with Arkansas magic realism master Kevin Brockmeier.
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Inconsequential News Quiz: The ‘cheeks are in the mail’ edition
The Inconsequential News Quiz returns! See how well you’ve been paying attention to recent news around the Natural State.