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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.

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.

Nearly pitch perfect

Ump’s serves up great grub ... just not your usual sports bar fare.

There are sports bars and then there are sports bars.

Speaking his heart

Spoken word artist A.P.O.L.L.O. releases debut album.

The Wrightsville spoken word artist known as A.P.O.L.L.O. weaves a series of S-starting words, building images and evoking emotions through a rapid-fire yet soulful puzzle of alliteration.

Worldwide takeover

Are you ready to do the Wave?

Google is taking over the world. Usually, I’m not one to buy into conspiracy theories, which I find entertaining for the big screen, but unbelievable in real life.

Purveyors of messy rock 'n' roll

Frown Pow'r channels '60s-era rock and dirties it up.

A Thursday evening with Frown Pow'r kicks off with a suitcase full of Pabst Blue Ribbon and a 18-pack of Bud fat lounging on the floor and a question: "Who's the band's historian? Who can tell me how the band formed?"

Walk through the Egyptian world

Arkansas Arts Center exhibit shows the unchanging nature of humanity.

While it's been more than a week since I got a peek at "World of the Pharaohs: Treasures of Egypt Revealed," the massive new exhibit at the Arkansas Arts Center, only as I sit down to write do The Bangles pop into my head. I must be slipping.

History lives here

Central High's football field has seen victory, violence and, now, a makeover.

As the clock at the newly renamed Quigley-Cox Stadium ticks down to triple zeros and the fourth quarter of Little Rock Central High School's home field opener comes to a close, the scoreboard reads 28-24 for the visitors, the Van Buren Pointers.

Sedaris to talk pretty Sunday for library fundraiser

Though it means taking time away from the books and bathrooms - and if they still have them, the pay phones - one ticket not to miss this weekend is author David Sedaris...