Like last year, all of the concerts will take place in AMFA’s 350-seat Performing Arts Theater, starting on Sept. 11 with Booker T. Jones, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient whose iconic organ and piano work with Booker T. & the M.G.’s left an indelible mark on the trajectory of soul music.
Stephanie Smittle
Stephanie Smittle is editorial director at the Arkansas Times and will arm wrestle anyone who says Arkansas is boring.
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Arkansas might just see the northern lights tonight
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a G4 (or Kp=8) watch for tonight, meaning the solar storm on the sun might just be strong enough to scatter light our way.
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Students and dignitaries celebrate in Little Rock as Daisy Bates statue debuts in Washington, D.C.
Celebrations and simulcasts took place at both Central High School and Second Baptist Church in Little Rock today, as a statue commemorating civil rights leader and newspaper publisher Daisy Bates was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall.
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2024 Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars team
This year marks the 30th roster of Arkansas Times Academic All-Stars: 20 exceptional students chosen from a pool of applicants from across the state, each nominated by their high school counselor or principal.
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A post-eclipse 2024 stargazing guide from astronomer Darrell Heath
Meteors, planetary rings and supermoons to channel your post-eclipse fervor into a solid stargazing strategy for the rest of the year.
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Johnny Cash has a new song and it’s about getting sexy in a laundromat
“Have You Ever Been to Little Rock?” is among the unreleased tracks from Cash, to be released June 28 as an album called “Songwriter.”
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‘Drag Race’ star Q turned a school night into a werk night at Sway
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Q charmed the runway at Club Sway last night — and was a wildly good sport about being coerced into calling the Hogs.
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North Little Rock breaks ground on new animal shelter
The current facility at 1 Championship Drive was built in 1961 and, as Hartwick said, “has not had anything added since the ’80s.”
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Hundreds line up for free dental clinic at Conway Expo Center
Patients lined up overnight and began providing their information to clinic volunteers in the wee hours this morning, well ahead of the clinic’s 6 a.m. start time.
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Can’t get outside to see the eclipse? Watch it on PBS
Those unable to be outdoors for Monday’s total solar eclipse can watch it from DeQueen, Petit Jean Mountain, Jonesboro and Russellville, courtesy of a livestream from Arkansas PBS.