While recent summary judgment motions from both sides indicate that the city of Little Rock and the Terry House heirs are now in consensus that the property should be returned to the heirs, there is still disagreement about whether the city should pay for restoration of the historic mansion and grounds.
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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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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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‘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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AMFA reports over 155,000 visitors during inaugural year
Coupled with the annual report is the announcement that “Rivera’s Paris,” a new Diego Rivera exhibition curated and organized by AMFA, is coming to the museum in 2025.
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ACS to screen five Arkansas-made films in June
First on deck is Charles B. Pierce’s “The Legend of Boggy Creek,” a 1972 faux docudrama and cult classic about the Bigfoot-esque Fouke Monster that was made on an impressively small budget of around $160,000 and utilized locals as its interview subjects.
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AMFA’s 2024-2025 concert series to feature Booker T. Jones, S.G. Goodman and more
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.
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Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts announces artists for ‘Delta Triennial’ exhibition
Among the 39 artists chosen for the exhibition, 19 have a connection to Arkansas and six either currently live in or were born in Little Rock.
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‘Bravo,’ the climax of Ballet Arkansas’s season, opens Thursday
Pianist Fei-Fei Dong, a Juilliard graduate and a current doctoral student at the Manhattan School of Music, will provide music for the entirety of the program, which includes both regional and world premieres.