Full of standout performances by Spencer LaRue, Ray Robinson and Emily Royer, the production’s virtues are located in the little things instead of its overarching themes.
Daniel Grear
Daniel Grear is the culture editor at the Arkansas Times. Send artsy tips to danielgrear@arktimes.com
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Chappell Roan is coming back to Arkansas
As predicted, the venue this time around — the Walmart AMP in Rogers — is exponentially bigger than her Natural State appearance just a month ago, with the AMP’s 11,000-person capacity eclipsing The Hall eightfold.
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Arkansas Times scores 2 wins from national alt-newsmedia group
After being nominated for seven AAN awards — a personal best for us! — we took home two top prizes and placed in several other categories.
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Best of Arkansas 2024: Winners, finalists and faves
The best of the best in Arkansas, from dance clubs to dry cleaners to dermatologists.
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‘Call me a million times’: Blackbird Home Inspections is in a long-term relationship with Arkansas homebuyers
Owner and McCrory native Eric Young doesn’t think of his services as a one-time transaction.
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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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Trust Tree fundraiser at Museum of Discovery on Saturday
Since 2017, Central Arkansas nonprofit summer camp Trust Tree has been putting rock ’n’ roll instruments and art supplies in the hands of girls and queer youth ages 8-18 with the express purpose of catching early the self-limiting beliefs imposed by a tough world and replacing them with a more expansive idea of what’s possible.
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‘Delta Triennial’: A first look at AFMA’s newest excavation of the Mid-South
“Delta Triennial” is remarkably diverse in terms of proportion, subject material and medium, but thanks to an intentional layout design by AMFA curators that prioritizes associative groupings over simply organizing by geography, the viewing experience is one of surprising resonances.
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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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Arkansas Abortion Amendment needs 5,800 signatures by Friday
On Monday, Arkansans for Limited Government said they needed 10,000 signatures, and yesterday, the group reported needing 8,200, suggesting that serious progress is being made and that momentum could be picking up. Get on it!