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A family affair in the kitchen
The making of breakfast and lunch at a homegrown diner.
Shortly after 8 a.m., a couple of freshly cracked eggs with bright yellow centers slowly frizzle on the grill next to a quartet of still batter-colored pancakes.
Wrap it up
The tedious work of applying vinyl CATA bus advertising.
In the cavernous, fumed-filled Central Arkansas Transit Authority maintenance building, the curious observer may find many oddities, like a pair of gloves that look as though they’ve been through the river of slime in Ghostbusters II or a copy of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight novel Breaking Dawn nonchalantly lying on a workbench.
A little bit country, a whole lot rock ‘n’ roll
HWY 5’s hard work, Texas touring pays off.
North Little Rock band HWY 5 waits in their tiny rehearsal space downstairs until the office upstairs is nearly vacant before plugging in guitars and cranking up the amps.
Easy on the eyes
Barakat seamlessly switches to Tex-Mex, keeps Italian-themed dining room.
West Little Rock’s Tico’s Cantina certainly doesn’t introduce itself as a Tex-Mex restaurant, with its granite-topped tables, columns and multicolored vases across a back wall, indoor waterwall fountain and centrally located fireplace.
Northern exposure
Sonny Weems takes his high-flying act to Canada
The sight surely left Raptors fans rapturous, if not nostalgic: two supremely athletic wingmen gliding down the court, each on the brink of unleashing a dunk that leaves the rim quivering in the wake of its fury.
Arkansas’ NBA fraternity
How the state’s alums will fare during this year’s basketball season.
With a population of nearly 2.9 million and only one elite college basketball program, Arkansas doesn't produce as many NBA players as many bigger states.
Call me
One number, easy-to-use voice mail makes Google Voice worth the effort
Google Voice may be old hat to thousands, but many more thousands have yet to be delighted by this free service that has been in public Beta testing since March and still requires an invite to use.
From schnitzel to spaetzle
The Pantry has European flair for code talkers and regular diners alike.
Apple. My life would be better if I’d just said “apple.”
Rumors point to Gossip’s return
Arkansas native Beth Ditto and crew to play Friday show at Vino’s.
Gossip’s newest long player Music for Men kicks off with the clack of drum sticks and a funky bass line à la Bernard Edwards on the track “Dimestore Diamond.”
The fear factor
The thrills, chills and bitter pills of local haunted houses.
Around the first of October, temporary businesses start to crop up around the nation. The costume shops and haunted houses stay in town for about a month out of the year.
Ten years of stories
Verizon Arena holds a decade of memories
It all started under a different name with the opening bombast of “Also sprach Zarathustra” and a minor league hockey game.
Money manager
Manage your finances with savvy online tools
In online money management there are generally a couple different schools of thought. There are folks who’ve managed their bank accounts, credit cards, stocks and budgets online for years, and when asked about the pros and cons they shrug, suspiciously raise their eyebrows and ask, “who doesn’t manage their money online?”
One more from the road
Drive-By Truckers finish off Creation’s Dark tour, prep for new albums
Before beginning an afternoon telephone interview from his home in Athens, Ga., Drive-By Truckers guitarist and singer Patterson Hood needs a cup of coffee.
City(Fest) on its knees
TobyMac talks about his latest album, recording and his musical journey.
At day’s end, when TobyMac finishes recording his faith-based urban rock, it’s only a short distance from his recording studio to his house in Franklin, Tenn. And how does the Grammy- and Dove-award winning, Christian music hit machine spend his down time? By playing Mr. Mom.
Order on the court
Tips for your fantasy basketball picks
Fantasy basketball is no longer the product of old, arthritic jocks daydreaming about their long-ago hardwood heydays.
Building the bears
UCA's rise to Division I and its financial impact.
With seven seconds left left in Saturday night's game, a young University of Central Arkansas fan climbed onto a storage box fronting fellow students huddled on the east side of Estes Stadium in Conway. The Bears were clinging to 30-point tie with Stephen F. Austin.
Numbers don't lie
Comparing Petrino’s second year to his Louisville days.
Nearly halfway through Coach Petrino’s second season at Arkansas, it’s time to take a statistical glance at how these ’09 Hogs compare to their predecessors. Let’s look at those shiny per-game stats now, before Arkansas’ plunge into the fiery maw of Mount Doom that is Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday.
Dream teams
A few of this year’s Race for the Cure teams reveal why they run.
The streets of downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock will turn to rivers of pink at 8 a.m. Saturday when the 2009 Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure kicks off. Part of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Series, the local women’s 5K run/walk and family 2K walk/fun run is one of 120 races worldwide with more than 1.5 million participants.
For topical use only
Second City brings can’t-miss comedy to The Rep’s stage.
By the time you read this, there will be no more than five performances left of The Second City’s 50th Anniversary Comedy Tour stop in Little Rock at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Simply put, you need to be at one of them.
Behind the sketch
Second City cast members talk about touring.
Sometimes, you just have to laugh, particularly when you’re dealing with funny people.
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