Photos, above, left to right:
Bobby Roberts (CALS)announced the selection of Rob Robinson Theater as the name for a new performance space in the Arcade building opening on River Market & President Clinton Avenues in January; a beautiful shot of River Market and Center City districts downtown, posted by Moses Tucker Real Estate this week on Facebook-photo by CameraWork; Anne Laidlaw, co-chair of the Main Street Revitalization Committee, and her son, Hayes, were all smiles Saturday at the very successful Main Street Food Truck Festival. For more festival photos link to Facebook here. |
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Robinson Center
Music Hall
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Nov 24 Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker. Learn more.
Dec 13-15 The Nutcracker with the Ballet Arkansas. Learn more.
Jan 14-16 Hello Dolly. On sale Dec 16.
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Julius Breckling
Riverfront Park
In the River Market District, along the south bank of the Arkansas River. Free parking on weekends behind the River Market Pavilions or ride the River Rail trolley from an abundance of free parking locations on both sides of the river. |
Tuesdays and Saturdays thru October 26, Farmers' Market, River Market Pavilions, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Locally grown, farm fresh produce. Also art, specialty crafts, and more. Meet the vendors here. | |
SoMa
Southside Main Street,
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Sundays thru mid-November, Farmers' Market, The Bernice Garden, 1401 S. Main Street, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rain or shine!
Oct 13 2nd Annual Hot Pepper Eating Contest at The Root cafe, 1500 S. Main, 4 p.m. For those with a taste and tolerance for unbearably hot peppers. For more information call 414-0423. This year's peppers grown by Dunbar Gardens and Doug Smith.
Wednesdays, South on Main Live Music Series, 1304 Main
October 16 Rodney Block. For more information go to Facebook. | |
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Verizon Arena
1 Verizon Arena Way, North Little Rock. For tickets to these events call 800-745-3000 or go online.
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 Oct 11-12 Joyce Meyer Conferences. Free. No registration required. Learn more.Oct 17 Luke Bryan "Dirt  Road Diaries Tour" with special guests Thompson Square and Florida Georgia Line 2013 ACM Entertainer of the year, 2012 American Country Award.
Oct 18 Bon Jovi!
Nov 8 Avett Brothers
Nov 17 P!NK: Truth About Love Tour
Dec 7 Jimmy Buffet & the Coral Reefer Band.
Dec 20 Tran-Siberian Orchestra "The Lost Christmas Eve"
Jan 14 Jeff Dunham, Disorderly Conduct
 Mar 28 Cher Dress To Kill, Tickets on sale Oct 25
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Argenta Arts
North Main Street, North Little Rock |
Oct 12 Argenta Farmers Market, 6th & Main Streets, 7 a.m.-noon, across from Argenta Market. On the River Rail Trolley route with an abundance of free bike, stroller, & auto parking.
Oct 18 Argenta Artwalk held the 3rd Friday of each month from 5-8 p.m. Art in unexpected places, inside and out along Main Street. | |
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Clinton School Lectures |
All events are free and open to the public. However, reservation are requested by calling 501-683-5239 or emailing. | |
Terry Shook, award-winning urban planner
Tuesday, October 15 at 6 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
- Shook, FAIA, is a principal of Shook Kelly, with offices in Charlotte, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Shook Kelley's retail consultancy includes psychographic consumer analysis, strategic planning, and prototype development for many of the world's foremost retail brands, and well as retail centric mixed use environments in existing urban as well as greenfield locations. He has more than 25 years' experience in planning and branding traditional town centers, shopping centers, and retailers. Shook Kelly designed Birkdale Village (Huntersville, NC), which has received awards from the NAHB, ULI, and ICSC and is considered one of the most successful New Urban lifestyle centers in the United States.
International Public Service Project Panel
Thursday, October 17 at 12 noon (Sturgis Hall)
- Five Clinton School students, Ashley Jones, Tyler Pearson, Lindsay kuehn, Neena Viel, and Jessica Boyd, will discuss the international public service projects they completed this summer as part of the Master of Public Service degree program. The participating students traveled to Colombia, Slovakia, Kenya, Cambodia and Uganda.
"The Problem with Invasive Pythons in the United States," professor JD Willson
Friday, October 18, 12 noon (Sturgis Hall)
- Willson joined the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas in the fall of 2012 where he is completing basic and applied research on amphibians, aquatic reptiles, and invasive snakes. His dissertation research used multidisciplinary to examine aquatic snake population dynamics and evaluate the critical roles that snakes play as predators within wetland ecosystems and he became involved in research on the ecology, impacts, and potential for range expansion of invasive Burmese Pythons in the Florida Everglades.
"Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking," author Pati Jinich
Monday, October 21 6 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
- Jinich is the chef of the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, DC and author of "Pati's Mexican Table," which is also the title of her popular public television series. Born and raised in Mexico City, she served as a political analyst and has a master's degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. She left policy work to pursue her lifelong passions: to research, write about, test and cook Mexican food, and to share her knowledge and adventures in that cuisine and culture with others. |
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October 11, 2013 | |
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Congratulations are in order for Mayor Mark Stodola who became a grandfather on October 9. He has a beautiful grandson. All the best to mom, dad and grandparents!
Another Pop Up in the Rock is coming on October 26. This year it will be on 7th between Cross and Izard streets. What is a Pop Up? It is a temporary urban demonstration of what is possible, not only on that particular street, but also within the context of the city. There will be transportation options which include walking, biking, public transit and of course cars. There will be activities for families. So plan to come out and support this effort. Learn more on Facebook or Twitter, #PopUpintheRock.
Last, but certainly not least, I want to thank our sponsors, volunteers, staff and all those who came out to support the Main Street Food Truck Festival. We had about 6000 people enjoy all the activities in the rain and shine. I was a wonderful day! Again, our thanks to all!
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Downtown News
Gov. Mike Beebe and nGage Labs announced today that the company will open an Analytics Innovation Center in the River Market District. The company plans to begin hiring "immediately" to fill at least 35 knowledge-based positions at an average salary "above $100,000." It will have a temporary home in the Capitol Commerce Building downtown taking on 12-15 employees before moving into the Heritage West Building on East Markham Street in "two to three months." Learn more at Arkansas Business.
Conversion-driven marketing agency 90octane announced recently that its digital marketing program for Heifer International won a Blackbaud Impact Award for best interactive campaign. The Nonprofit Impact Awards honor nonprofits that use technology to make a positive impact on their organizations, constituents and society. 90octane outperformed every major success metric goal established at the outset of the program, helping Heifer International increase donations by nearly 30% over the previous year with a cost per donated dollar of $0.07. Learn more about the program and download a guide to nonprofit content marketin online.
AdWeek, the leading publication in the advertising industry, has named Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods as the "Top Shop" in Arkansas. The methodology was a combination of head count, notable clients, legacy and reputation. AdWeek said "every state has 'that agency'--The one you can't help but admire, or envy. The one where you'd like to work--or if you're lucky, where you do work. The one that's hard to beat. The one that critics moan is overrated. The one that more often than not, just gets it right." Congratulations, CJRW!
In case you missed the story, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette husband-wife team, reporter Cathy Frye and photographer Rick McFarland, are lucky to be alive after a vacation in Texas. Link here to a video that aired Tuesday on the CBS Early Morning Show.
Residents of the Quapaw Tower Condominiums and their neighbors, the staff of Holiday Inn Presidential, were recently the guests of a very special party. Jess "Woody" and Bette Woods, Quapaw Tower residents, treated the two groups to their famous barbecued ribs, baked beans, and slaw. "Woody ," known as much for his clown work as for his cooking throughout Arkansas and all the way to The White House -owned and operated Woody's Sherwood Forest in Sherwood for many years and can likely boast that he and Bette have prepared food for a high percentage of the populations of Pulaski County and Garland County. Furnished by Vera Massey, Quapaw Tower |
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Around Downtown
For a list of of some of the local downtown venues offering music, go to Sync's Take Note. Click here. |
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 Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Fridays thru November 15
Corner of Main and Capitol on the Plaza
Presented by Downtown Little Rock Partnership
Watch for updates on the website or on Facebook.
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"Nora"
Friday thru October 19
The Weekend Theater, 7th & Chester streets
A young wife and mother begins to question the very foundations on which her life is built - a bold stance, to be sure, in Norway in 1878. These stirrings of empowerment and independence are central to "Nora," Ingmar Bergman's adaptation - or perhaps "reconstruction" would be a better description - of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House." Learn more.
Deadline for Sign-Up
Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas: The Vines that Bind Ramble
Friday, October 11
For more information about this fall tour of enduring historic communities in the Arkansas Valley on October 19, call Vanessa McKuin at 501-372-2757 or go online.
Mavis Staples Concert
Friday, October 11, 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott Street
The Arts@Christ Church
Legendary gospel and R&B singer Mavis Staples will perform. Tickets are on sale now in the office, $35 per seat, $20 reserves standing in the transept. There may be tickets available the night of the show, especially standing ("dancing") room tickets, beginning at 6:30 p.m.. 501-375-2342. Also, the radio show "Arkansongs" (KUAR 89.1 FM) is running its Mavis Staples show Friday in conjunction with her appearance at Christ Church, airing at 6:20 p.m.
2nd Friday Art Night
F riday, October 11, 5-8 p.m.
A free, once-a-month event when galleries, museums, and businesses in downtown Little Rock are open from 5-8 p.m. for an after-hours gallery walk.Learn more.
Old State House: The museum will host two screenings of the short film "Pillow" for 2nd Friday Art Night at 5:30 p.m. and again at 7:00 p.m. Directors Miles and Joshua Miller will host a Q and A following each screening of the 30-minute short. The Miller brothers describe their movie as a Southern Gothic film about two brothers who go to desperate measures to please their overbearing mother. It won the "Made in Arkansas: Best Director" award at the 2011 Little Rock Film Festival. In addition, the film won "Best Narrative Short" at three festivals: the 2011 Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, Mississippi, the 2011 deadCENTER Film Festival in Oklahoma City and the 2011 Indie Memphis Film Festival. Each screening is free and open to the public.
Butler Center (Arkansas Studies Institute): Featuring two new opening exhibitions--Native Arkansas...experiencing Arkansas eyes through the eyes of the first Euro-American explorers. On display through February 22, 2014. And The Photography of Barney Sellers...photographs Walnut Ridge native and award-winning news photographer Barney Sellers. On display through December 28. Featured artist--Judy Shantz Honey...works primarily with watercolor, acrylic, and collage on paper and canvas. Her work is included in private collections locally and nationally, and is available in the Butler Center Retail Gallery.
Featured musician--Jeff Coleman...a singer/songwriter based in Little Rock.
Historic Arkansas Museum: Stop by for the opening reception of Figurations--works by Stephen Cefalo and Sandra Sell in the Trinity Gallery for Arkansas Artists. Live music by Bonnie Montgomery, bringing her raucous spin on traditional southern music to honky-tonks throughout the U.S. and Europe.
Arkansas Freedom Fund's Challenge Ride
& Little Rock Fire Department Fire Safety Day
Saturday, October 12
Clinton Presidential Center and Park
Race 8:15 a.m., signup at 7 a.m.
Fire prevention displays 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Lunch on the Lawn cooked by the Arkansas National Guard Enlisted Association along with family play area. Inflatables displays and more. To ride or donate to help the Arkansas Wounded Warriors and Veterans go online.
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece, Volume IV
Saturday, October 12, 6 p.m., doors open at 5 p.m.
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Calling all poetry lovers, it's the event your ears have been waiting for! It's the return of Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece featuring national poetry group The Foreign Tongues! This free poetry event brings the best poets from across the state and around the country to Little Rock. To reserve your free tickets call 683-3593 or visit online.
Biketoberfest at River Market
Sunday, October 13, starts at 1 p.m.
400 President Clinton Avenue
A day of bikes, beer, music, art and fun celebrating bicycling fun, creativity and design. There will be a "Rockabilly Ride" from 3-4 p.m. through downtown Little Rock, a bicycle art show and sale, plus a build-off competition with a silent auction. The event will start at 1 p.m. and admission is free. |
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Navigating the Affordable Care Act
Tuesday, October 15, 1-3 p.m.
Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, 200 E. Markham
The training is presented by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in partnership with the Arkansas Insurance Department. Area small business owners and employees can learn about new health insurance options and requirements for small businesses at "Informed Businesses: Navigating the Affordable Care Act." There is no charge to attend. Pre-registration is required. To register, call (501) 683-7700 or go online.
Job Fair
Tuesday, October 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Statehouse Convention Center
Sponsored by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Central Arkansas Human Resources Association. Free. For more information go online.
Spark!
Thursday, October 17, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Museum of Discovery, 500 President Clinton Avenue
Spark! will be an evening of exciting hands-on science and technology activities, a live auction, cocktails, heavy hors d'oeuvres and desserts as well as honoring successful STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) professionals in the community. Guests will also have a chance to win a free trip for two to San Francisco. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased online or by calling 501-537-3077. For more information email Brooke Ivy.
Bless the Mic: Daymond John
Thursday, October 17, 7 p.m.
Philander Smith College, M.L. Harris Auditorium
John is best best known as one of the creators of the global fashion brand FUBU. In 2009, he joined the cast of Shark Tank, a show in which he and other business executives listen to the business pitches of aspiring entrepreneurs to decide whether to invest in their projects. Free.
Between Stage and Screen:
Red and the movie "Andy Warhol: A Documentary"
Thursday, October 17, 6 p.m.
William F. Laman Library, North Little Rock
Members of The Rep's creative team will discuss John Logan's dramatic play Red about Mark Rothko and where the abstract artist fits into the art world of the 1960s. Red will open at The Rep on October 23 Rothko's art will open at the Arkansas Arts Center on October 25.
Farm-to-Table Dinner
Saturday, October 19
Historic Arkansas Museum, 6 p.m.
Organized by Arkansas Times featuring Butcher & Public's Travis McConnell, former chef at the Capital Bar and Grill. Reservations by October 16. Tickets $95 for food and drink. Arkansas music. For reservations or more information contact Kelly Lyles at 501-492-3979.
River Rhapsodies Chamber Series
Tuesday, October 22, 7 p.m.
Clinton Presidential Center Great Hall The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra present Visions of America, featuring The Rockefeller Quartet and The Quapaw Quartet. The Chamber Series is sponsored by Parker Lexus. General admission single tickets are $23; student tickets are $10 and can be purchased online or by phone at 501-666-1761. |
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