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Down with the Clown

Juggalos take their love of Insane Clown Posse to the next level.

Will Doe exclaims: "It's gonna be insane!"

To design clothes for a fashion show is, according to many who do it, something of a stressful experience leading up to the big day. To produce the show, likewise, is a life of last minute details and planning and making sure everything comes out right.

Your charity gift guide

From coats to calls, local organizations reveal their wishlists, and how you can contribute this season.

Local charities reveal their most needed items for the season.

The game plan

Hogs sack Troy; Mallett’s emerging leadership becomes evident.

These are good times, Arkansas fans. Savor them while they last.

Movin' on down the road

Transplanted Dizzy’s offers up surprising treats.

It’s a little odd to see a restaurant pack up shop and move when it’s been firmly established in the same place for more than a decade.

Serving by example

College student says ways to help are all around us.

Since being adopted and coming to the United States from Russia in 2001, Katya Lyzhina has been a dedicated volunteer.

Catching volunteering

UCA graduate surprised to find career helping others.

Bobby Kelly caught a bug. Now, he wants others to catch it, too.

Talking soup

Ordering chicken tortilla soup can be a surprise every time.

Unless there’s a thorough description, chances are you can’t know what to expect when you order chicken tortilla soup, an option that seems to be on many menus these days.

A week with the Droid

Phone has minor issue, but overall a good choice.

The longer you live with someone, the more you notice their quirks — both good and bad. The same goes with tech gadgets.

Not her grandma’s decor

Lamp-maker redesigns family home in neutral tones with bursts of color.

Using a slow and steady approach, Allison Davis has spent the last few years transforming her Little Rock home, which she shares with husband Warren and poodle Foxy.

Sports bar nights in a dry county

Touchdown Sally’s serves pub grub, TVs and alcohol in Benton city limits.

In the interests of full disclosure, I should say up front that it’s hard to be too critical of a restaurant when a friend who accompanies you there to check it out wins $400 in the process.

Lunchtime sizzle

Doe’s staff has the ‘hots’ for customers.

In the beginning, there was the smell of tamales.

‘Slow Doomsday’ scenario

Elvis Perkins in Dearland discusses Levon Helm, rock and a new album.

It's a Thursday afternoon in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York, two days before Halloween, and Elvis Perkins prepares to celebrate the ghoulish holiday with an appearance by his band Elvis Perkins in Dearland at Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble.

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.