A proposal with strong support is circulating to name 12th street in Little Rock to John W. Walker Boulevard in honor of the late state representative as well as an area school. The movement was started by the Little Rock chapter of the NAACP in their November executive committee meeting. The proposal states: “It was …
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Teachers in Little Rock Public Schools are planning a one day strike this Thursday, November 14th, in response to the decertification of the Little Rock Education Association (LREA) and the ongoing battle with the Arkansas Board of Education. The State Board of Education, which currently controls the Little Rock schools, voted to end the contract …
There is no shortage of great events, supporting great causes, and full of great food in October. One of our favorites every year has become the Blue Plate Special supporting Thea Foundation. This year it brings together eight talented chefs to raise money to help promote the arts among Arkansas’s youth. This year it takes …
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The Downtown Little Rock Partnership selected artist Guy Bell to create a mural on the first floor of the parking deck at Scott and 6th street, now being called Baker’s Alley, in Downtown Little Rock. Bell’s proposal was chosen from a review committee after all applications were in. The mural is approximately 900 square feet, …
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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has named current senior associate athletic director and CFO George Lee as the new athletic director according to a release today. Lee replaces Chasse Conque who recently left to take over as the Athletic Director at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Under Conque the Trojans saw …
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We often refer to Arkansas as a melting pot of various different regional food. From Cajun to Tex Mex, BBQ to Soul food, we blend it all into our own unique cuisine. It also means that we do not get to call many things truly our own. The major exception to that is cheese dip, …
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There’s not much that everybody can agree on anymore. Ice cream, however, is pretty much a good thing in almost everyone’s book. This Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, and, in what’s become an annual tradition, Loblolly Creamery will be blowing it out for folks in Central Arkansas. The SoMa neighborhood ice cream shop has …
If you have ever been to a cooking competition, you know that by and large, it is just a bunch of folks under tents huddled around grills and smokers with not a lot of things to do. It was certainly the case with the annual PK Grills Cookoff at War Memorial Stadium. Starting as a …
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If there is a food-related expansion requested more than any other it is for a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Little Rock. We now have a strong confirmation that they are in the early stages of acquiring contractors and laying out plans for the first ever location in Little Rock. For those of you unaware, …
Nibble until your content or take it to a belt-loosening status, scrumptious eats are just weeks away… I’m talking about this year’s 16th annual Taste of Little Rock, an event that continues to help UA Little Rock students pursue their goals toward graduation. Expect to taste some of the best local foods the capital city …
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