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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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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Summer CALS used book sale coming July 11-13
Reminder: Rather than happening in the basement of the Main Library, the sale will take place at the Port Industrial Hub (7773 Sloane Dr.).
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‘Songwriter’ is mostly just for Johnny Cash completists
“Songwriter” — Kingsland native Johnny Cash’s fifth posthumous album — features reworked material that the Man in Black left unfinished from an early ’90s session.
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The streets of SoMa are getting a facelift this weekend
Not one but two pieces of public art are going up in the 1200 block of South Main.
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Little Rock native Cassie Keet’s debut film ‘Scream Therapy’ now available on demand
“A cathartic girls trip to the desert turns deadly when demon-worshipping incels discover their secluded house and decide to make these girls their sacrifice,” reads the film’s log line.
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Eli Cranor plays chicken with Arkansas’s dark secrets in latest novel ‘Broiler’
“Broiler,” the latest book by Pope County writer Eli Cranor, entangles two couples whose lives orbit a chicken plant in Northwest Arkansas. Combining elements of expose journalism with conventions of tension and suspense, the novel sets in motion a chain reaction plot that rapidly moves through ransom demands, thefts and hostage-taking.
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Kevin Kresse completes Boys & Girls Club mural in North Little Rock
Kresse, a native of North Little Rock who clocked many an hour playing basketball at the facility as a boy, started on the mural in May 2023, around the time the club celebrated its 100th year in operation.
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Jeff Nichols puts a peculiar twist on American mythology with ‘The Bikeriders’
Simultaneously straightforward and opaque, Little Rock native Jeff Nichols’ sixth feature-length film is more portrait than epic.
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Everyone Asked About You announces new EP, ‘Never Leave’
The EP, which was recorded by Jason Weinheimer of Fellowship Hall Sound and mixed by North Carolina producer Alex Farrar, comes out on Aug. 5.