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Free, for $127 I was delighted to hear that as a senior citizen I could attend college here in Arkansas for free. I was not so happy to find out that my free class cost me $127 in fees. I explained to the registrar that the law seemed to suggest that seniors would be exempt from all tuition and fees. They backpedaled a little bit, regrouped, and told me that the registration fee was not a fee, the infrastructure free was not a fee, and, of course, the tech fee was also not a fee. I would have pursued the matter further but was afraid that they might end up charging me additional fees for the lesson in Orwellian logic. David Malcolm Rose Hot Springs

see it routed right down the middle of I-40, where the additional impact over what already exists will be minimal, thousands of people will know it is there and witness both the construction and the day to day operation, see things like if it is being maintained or not, and report any leaks within minutes. Current laws or regulations prevent that? Then change them! Oh, and just so one company is not profiting via the dollars it saves by using public property, be sure to charge them a

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many cancers in children and elderly persons, some deadly, the whole fairly new suburb street they all lived on, some 16 or so houses, was bought and razed by Unocal, the people settled for fairly large amounts of money, and hardly a peep was heard from the local media: A quarter century ago, Unocal was a major economic presence in the medium-sized farming town of Santa Maria. Hopefully, there will not be the terrible health consequences in Mayflower that we saw in Santa Maria (although the symptoms sure sound similar to what was reported there). Hopefully, Exxon will settle with all residents who want out — I know I would not want to live on a spill site or anywhere near it. And hopefully, state and federal governments will do their part to protect citizens’ rights. Peterjkraus In response to Jay Barth’s March 27 column, “Hobby Lobby case affects more than just contraception”: Perhaps the key issue at stake in the case, Jay, is whether or not government regulations can supersede the fundamental protections afforded U.S. citizens by our Constitution. Last I checked, the right to the free practice of religion IS protected. I’m not aware of any guarantee of free or discounted access to the morning after pill — particularly at the expense of another citizen who conscientiously objects to it. SteveB87

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THE LAKE MAUMELLE WATERSHED. Graham Rich, CEO of Central Arkansas Water, the utility that manages the Lake Maumelle watershed and reservoir, which supplies 400,000 Central Arkansans with their drinking water, said based on his conversations with ExxonMobil, he doesn’t believe the oil giant will accede to CAW’s demand that Exxon relocate the Pegasus pipeline outside of the watershed. ANDI DAVIS. The Hot Springs lawyer, whose relationship with Attorney General Dustin McDaniel led him to withdraw from the gubernatorial race, was charged with manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of Maxwell Ander-

son at Davis’ Hot Springs home as well as burglary and theft for an unrelated alleged crime. PETTY POLITICS. Sen. Jason Rapert objected to the appointment of Linda Tyler to the state Parole Board, leading Gov. Mike Beebe to withdraw the nomination. Rapert and Tyler, a former state representative, faced off in the 2012 election for the Senate District 35 seat, a contentious, no-love-lost race. By tradition, gubernatorial appointments requiring Senate approval can be vetoed by the senator of the nominee’s home district, though such vetoes are exceedingly rare. A senator has objected to a nominee just three times over the duration of Beebe’s term — two of them by Rapert in the last year. THE ARKANSAS TRAVELERS. The North Little Rock-based minor league baseball team introduced a new mascot, a swamp possum in hillbilly garb named Otey, which was nearly universally panned on social media (more on page 11). OUACHITA COUNTY JUDGE MIKE HESTERLY. Hesterly, charged in January 2013 with federal conspiracy and bribery counts in what prosecutors say was a scheme to trade FEMA disaster clean-up funds for a campaign contribution, announced he will resign effective April 3, citing “health problems, current circumstances and other concerns.”

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s the Times goes to press, it appears that enrollment in the new marketplaces created by Obamacare will have reached at least 7 million Americans as the March 31 open enrollment deadline passed (because of an extension, people have more time to sign up, and that number will grow). That was the original projection from the Congressional Budget Office when enrollment began last October. Then, of course, came the botched rollout of healthcare.gov, the federally run enrollment website used in 36 states, including Arkansas. The law’s critics howled triumphantly that the law was, as they had predicted, a train wreck. That 7 million was an impossible goal. That nobody wanted the products on offer. That the law was doomed to collapse. Many questions remain about how well Obamacare will work. The answers will vary in every state, and the big national enrollment numbers won’t tell us much. But they do tell us that the dire predictions of several months ago will not come true. While the initial performance of healthcare.gov remains an embarrassing unforced error with both political consequences and real harm to folks attempting to enroll, it appears more and more likely that it will end up being a footnote in the history of the law. A detour on the track, not a wreck of the train. 6

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rkansas has had many governors who were unfriendly to public education. Proudly ignorant themselves, they thought it presumptuous of others to ask for more. Besides, people who get more education are likely to want more money, and the Curtis Colemans of the state are committed to keeping workers’ wages low, so that bosses’ profits can be kept high. Low wages are among Arkansas’s most enduring traditions. But few Arkansas politicians have shown their disregard for education so boldly as Coleman. Schoolchildren are still valued in some quarters, education still considered fashionable. There may be no other compliment that can be paid Coleman — we know of none — but on this point, at least, he’s an honest man. “Let the little buggers go out and get a job” is his theory. Asa Hutchinson may feel the same way, but he won’t be as frank about it. Coleman is an opponent of Hutchinson’s for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. (Some believe that the Walmart crowd’s hostility to public schools is based on their belief that better education would lead to demands for better pay.) Coleman said at a news conference that he wants to change the state’s top priorities from funding an adequate education for the state’s public school children to granting tax cuts. These cuts would be of more benefit to rich Arkansans than to others. For most non-Walton Arkansans, low pay is a much greater problem than high taxes. Coleman says the tax cuts he seeks would lead to reductions in other government services besides education, but like most tax-cutters he doesn’t say exactly what these would be. Talk about shutting down schools is one thing. Talk about releasing prison inmates is another.

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his winter was a bad one. Ice storm after ice storm. Weeks’ worth of disruption to schools, roads and business. Worst of all, there were those several long stretches of viciously frigid temperatures, the kind that reduce everyone to uselessly and indignantly declaring “IT’S COLD” when stepping out the door. Meanwhile, the planet is still getting warmer and warmer. Last Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its latest report describing the potentially catastrophic impact of rising temperatures on ecosystems and human societies the world over. The IPCC, a global body of scientists tasked with compiling and interpreting climate data into a something like a coherent long-term forecast, said that all signs continue to point to human activity (i.e., burning fossil fuels) as the major driver. There’s no contradiction here. The IPCC measures long-term global trends in temperature; a cold winter in North America doesn’t mean the earth as a whole isn’t still warming. Neither would a mild summer, or another frigid winter after this one. It’s possible that the appendage of Arctic air that repeatedly smacked the U.S. these past few months was edged southward by weather patterns influenced by climate change. Or, maybe not. Weather always lurches around unpredictably, and it does a disservice to the natural world when every meteorological event is seen as a harbinger of doom. By the same token, it’s intellectually dishonest to blame a 12-day run of 100-degree temperatures in August on climate change, tempting though it may be when the inevitable heat wave arrives. That creates a problem, though. Human minds work by generalizing from the particular and tend to put experience before abstractions and data. Without individual examples — the cancer patient helped (or harmed) by Obamacare, the kid’s life ruined by mandatory drug sentencing guidelines — public policy is dry. The climate change issue occupies an odd space: It’s increasingly real and present, but it’s simply impossible to definitively say

that any single weather phenomenon was caused by climate change. All we can do is keep drawing the causal connections. Increased atmospheric levels of CO2 trap more solar heat. Burning oil, BENJAMIN coal and gas release tremendous HARDY amounts of CO2. Therefore, our GUEST COLUMNIST use of fossil fuels is gradually heating up the planet. Environmental threats are often best described with the language of risk. The presence of a hog farm near the Buffalo doesn’t necessarily mean the river is going to be harmed, but for those who love the Buffalo River, its value is so intrinsic and self-evident that any risk rightly sets off alarm bells. Just because ExxonMobil’s Pegasus pipeline runs next to the reservoir supplying drinking water to 400,000 residents of Central Arkansas doesn’t necessarily mean it will contaminate Lake Maumelle. Statistically speaking, it’s highly unlikely another rupture would happen along that specific 13-mile stretch of pipe. But what if did? The consequences of an oil spill in Lake Maumelle would be so disastrous for Little Rock and surrounding towns that even U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, a friend of the pipeline industry, said the line should not be restarted. (Exxon itself now publically acknowledges the reality of climate change, incidentally, in part for PR purposes but also because it’s a company built on good science.) Meanwhile, the likelihood of catastrophe occurring as a result of increased atmospheric carbon output is high and growing every year. The IPCC predicts increased droughts and floods, rising sea levels, extinctions, falling crop yields, and on and on. Whatever the localized environmental hazards posed by a pipeline or a hog farm, they pale in comparison to the disruption Arkansas faces from a warming planet. If your home is touched by air and water, this problem is in your backyard, too.

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7 million reasons not to repeal the ACA

n the last signup day for first-year insurance coverage, Ross Douthat, the quasi-official Republican intellectual, wrote an obituary for the forces that hoped to repeal Obamacare when Republicans control all three branches of government. Writing in the corner of the New York Times reserved for conservative orthodoxy, Douthat said repeal won’t happen now because it depended on Obamacare tripping over its complexities and failing miserably to achieve its goal of expanding insurance to a significant part of the population. Four and a half months ago, he wrote that the cataclysmic failure of the Internet portals established for the signups and then the cancellation of substandard insurance plans in December in spite of the president’s promise that insurance companies wouldn’t do that meant that it was possible, maybe likely, that the reforms would be so discredited that Obamacare could be repealed when the party got its majorities.

But with the first-year prediction of 7 million new insurance buyers a certainty in spite of all the adminisERNEST trative glitches and DUMAS with many million more poor workers signed up for Medicaid (200,000 Arkansans by the end of this year), that possibility vanished, Douthat said. Repeal or any serious change that canceled coverage for millions of people, he wrote, will not appeal to even many Republicans and will produce only “a ruinous civil war” in the party. Douthat always viewed the reforms as another welfare-state entitlement like Social Security, Medicare and veterans insurance, which if the law worked would become widely accepted and even popular. While polls show Obamacare still unpopular, Douthat saw signs of its growing popularity like Medicare and Social Security before it. Forlorn as he is about the prospect of

killing the law, Douthat does not call on his party to abandon its plan to use Obamacare to win both houses of Congress this year, the last chance to exploit it. The most successful public-relations ruse in history was to make the Affordable Care Act “Obamacare” in the common parlance, thus linking the reforms to a president who was hated in the South and the deep-red mountain and Midwestern states. Polls show people favor the Affordable Care Act and that all its major features except one, the individual mandate, are wildly popular, and the mandate is a trifle below 50 percent. But approval sinks when people are asked about “Obamacare.” Even as it surpasses the first signup threshold, Obamacare political ads proliferate. As of March 1, 66,000 ads had attacked Democrats and more than 30,000 blamed the Democrats for Obamacare. The number of Obamacare ads is 12 times the number at this stage of congressional races four years ago, when they enabled Republicans to take over the House of Representatives. On almost any website you go to, an ad flashes a picture of Pryor and the words he “told the biggest lie of the year.” Then a very sad Wanda Buckley of Marion tells about how grieved she was when Blue Cross canceled her insurance in spite of Obama’s

promise that she could keep it. There was nothing about Pryor lying, but the ad notes that he voted for the act. And the Arkansas insurance commissioner said Blue Cross could continue to cover Mrs. Buckley and others like her with the substandard plans for another two years. Pryor had seen his high approval ratings four years ago plummet because of the Obamacare attacks, but a year ago he counted on implementation at least neutralizing it as a political issue if not turning it into a positive. The bare numbers ought to bear out his hopes: 200,000 voting-age Arkansans with insurance for the first time, thousands more who had lost insurance because they had pre-existing conditions or their illnesses had become too long and expensive insured again, 500,000 Medicare enrollees who are having their out-of-pocket drug costs lowered and have access to free cancer screenings, 35,000 young adults back on their parents’ insurance, 115,000 Arkansans who got rebates last year because insurance companies spent more of their premiums on profits and overhead than Obamacare allows, 1.3 million whose insurance as of Jan. 1 can never be canceled as long as they pay their premiums. But Pryor voted for Obamacare.

Hard to deny Obamacare

o it turns out that millions of people dealt with the Affordable Care Act enrollment cutoff pretty much the way they habitually deal with the April 15 income tax filing deadline: procrastinating until the last minute to ensure maximum stress and standing in line. Like mobbing shopping malls on the day after Thanksgiving, it’s the American way of life. One result was predictably negative headlines like this classic in the Washington Post: “HealthCare.gov tumbles on deadline day as consumers race to sign up for insurance.” Because as we all know, temporary computer glitches — which never happen in the flawlessly efficient corporate sector, of course — are the big story here. In the news business, this is called “burying the lede.” It’s the equivalent of a sports story headlined “Third inning errors mar Red Sox World Series win.” Because the real news, sports fans, is that Obamacare has met and even surpassed every enrollment projection. Oddly, millions of last minute shoppers decided they’d be better off with health insurance after all. Who could have guessed? At this writing, it appears that the late buying surge will carry Obamacare beyond the 7 million enrollments projected by the

in American health care some dreamed of, that the number of people without insurbut a creditable start. ance is actually rising.” What’s more, the numbers are dramatiWe await Cruz’s thunderous proof. cally better in states that worked to impleCongressional BudMeanwhile, something else that’s been ment rather than obstruct the Affordable happening right in the face of all those get Office. Too bad, because that quite Care Act. In New York, CNBC reported 59 Koch-financed “Americans for Prosperity” ruins the visual percent of those buying health insurance ads lamenting that the Affordable Care Act effect of a comithrough the state’s marketplace had been “just doesn’t work,” is that the law’s popupreviously uninsured. In Kentucky, it’s 75 larity among the public has been steadily cally misleading Fox GENE News bar graph that percent — immeasurably improving the rising. The latest ABC News/Washington LYONS Post poll released this week shows Obamcontrived to make lives of rural Kentuckians particularly. How long will their neighbors, in, say, acare supported by more Americans than the 6 million citizens enrolled as of last week appear to be a small fraction of the 7 million Tennessee be able to hold out against oppose it, albeit by a scant margin of 49 to 48 percent. CBO projection, rather than 84 percent of it. Obamacare as word gets around? An alert basset hound wouldn’t have been So how are Republicans whose conInterestingly, 36 percent of selffooled. Do they think viewers are morons? gressmen have voted 50 times to repeal the described conservatives now support the But more about what Ed Kilgore calls law handling the unwelcome good news? law, as opposed to 17 percent last Novem“Obamacare denialism” to come. According About the way they dealt with allegedly ber. How that will play into November 2014 to a Rand Corp. study reported in the Los “skewed” poll numbers back in 2012. Who congressional elections remains to be seen. Angeles Times, along with the 7 million can forget the Weekly Standard’s bold elec- However, it’s already become clear to the newly enrolled in private insurance plans, tion eve prediction? “New Projection of saner sorts of conservative thinker that the roughly 4.5 million previously uninsured Election Results: Romney 52, Obama 47.” Affordable Care Act is here to stay. Americans have enrolled in Medicaid since According to pundit Fred Barnes, a 10-point The market has spoken. The political the new law came online last November. Romney landslide was entirely likely. rebellion and/or actuarial collapse dreamed Another 3 million young adults gained The New Republic’s Jonathan Cohn of on the right clearly to happen. coverage through their parents’ insurance summarizes: “[Republicans] are doing Longer term, Obamacare denialism plans, as Obamacare allows. what they almost always do when data appears even more futile. The ever-preRand estimates that another 9 million confounds their previously held beliefs. scient Kevin Drum points out that RepubAmericans have bought directly from insur- They are challenging the statistics — pri- licans can’t dream of repealing the law as ance companies, although many of those marily, by suggesting that most of the peo- long as its namesake lives in the White were previously insured. Overall, the unin- ple getting insurance already had coverage. House. And by 2017 the CBO estimates sured rate has dropped from an estimated Some, like Senator John Barrasso of Wyo- the law’s benefits will extend to 36 mil20.9 percent to 16.6 percent in the law’s ming, say the administration is ‘cooking the lion Americans — a formidable constitufirst year—hardly the sudden revolution books.’ Others, like Senator Ted Cruz, say ency indeed. www.arktimes.com

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or the better part of three years, Pearls About Swine has largely championed Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long for how he’s met various decision points. Prior to the genesis of this column, even, I thought axing John Pelphrey after four seasons as men’s basketball coach was undeniably proper: Recruiting and retention were slipshod, and he didn’t warrant another glance after two losing seasons and ill feelings about the program surfaced. Long had the temerity to make the long-anticipated overtures toward Mike Anderson, and he did so because it was logical, not simply popular. Following that came the first of Long’s hellish trio of calls about the head football coaching position. He implored for veracity behind Bobby Petrino’s halfassed Knievel story and got it, then went at the Gordian knot with both hands. The John L. Smith plug-in shorted out the wiring pretty badly, but Long gritted his teeth and smartly waited out the lost 2012 season to secure Bret Bielema’s name on the contract. Here’s the thing about those decisions: In the proverbial vacuum or with a wide lens flanked by context, Long acted reasonably if not altogether shrewdly. Bielema may be viewed as boorish by some, but he won over 70 percent of his games in a major conference and was, by all rights, a surprising coup just the way Petrino was in late 2007. He’s obviously going to get two or three solid years to calm the presently turbulent seas he sailed in upon. Anderson came “home” and will be here for at least two more seasons in theory because his credentials earned him a longer leash than the one Pelphrey was afforded, and his job performance to date hasn’t been so thoroughly discouraging as to warrant a quick hook. Long was this publication’s 2012 Arkansan of the Year, in fact, not because of ingenuity. He was simply an ever-present lightning rod for many months, and even if you cast him off as some kind of interloper from the other side of Mason-Dixon, you at least had to respect his fearlessness. I guess you could applaud him again for what he did Sunday — a full 48 hours ahead of April Fool’s Day, mind you — when he hired an ESPN analyst to lead the women’s basketball program. Do not interpret any mocking tone herein as a slight toward Jimmy Dykes personally; he lobbied for the job hard and got it, and even if his commentary during games makes you bristle, you can at least appreciate his robust knowledge of the sport. He’s going

to get and apparently embrace a fair opportunity to invigorate a program that has been more or less dorBEAU mant for a while. WILCOX The hiring generated momentary social media buzz on an otherwise sleepy Sabbath morning. Predictably Dykes’ TV colleagues took to Twitter to well-wish, and extol his brilliance. Long had replaced Tom Collen, who has won 348 Division I games, with a guy who has never been a head coach above the small high school level. This isn’t to lambaste the firing of Collen, which was legitimized by yet another poor SEC campaign, but to point out that Long really went off-script with this choice. And why? Was it truly for public relations currency, which is of dubious actual value? Did Long think he could get away with this move simply because women’s basketball isn’t a revenue stream? His duties toward the athletic department are indisputably fiscally motivated, but there’s got to be a cry about gender equity looming beneath the surface here. Had he fired Petrino in 2012 and permanently replaced him with, say, Kirk Herbstreit just because the latter had observed hundreds of games and played the sport, this fan base would be livid. If the hiring standard varies from one sport to the next based on gains and losses alone, we’re facing a rather grim societal problem. Further, Long was visibly shaken in April 2012 when, in detailing Petrino’s various offenses, he emphasized that the departing coach had flagrantly violated university hiring policies by retaining Jessica Dorrell for a recruiting liaison gig that paid just shy of $60,000 per year. Now Long, less than two years later, has given Dykes just shy of a half-mil to be in full control of an entire varsity sport despite his own undeniable dearth of experience. But to skirt the risk of likening Dorrell to Dykes, let’s hearken back to 1997 for something more relevant and comparable. When the late Orville Henry memorably penned that he was “furious” when a selection committee tabbed the rah-rah of Houston Nutt over the seasoning of Tommy Tuberville, it was because that committee bought into a sales pitch and strayed from common sense. Time will tell if that has transpired again, and Pearls can’t share Orville’s rage over this decision, but it’s a perplexing turn of events to say the very least.

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Travelin’ LAST WEEKEND, THE OBSERVER woke up on a hardwood floor in New Orleans, having slept in the unfurnished bedroom of a brick building on Esplanade Avenue with shards of glass glued like makeshift barbed wire to the top of the surrounding wall. “Place looks like a crack-house,” said one passing cyclist as we sat on the stoop drinking coffee a little while later. The cyclist wasn’t wrong. The other houses on the street, narrow shotguns and double-gallery homes painted bright pastel colors, only underlined how bleak and unfinished-seeming the brick building was. One of the tenants, who lived upstairs and claimed exclusive access to the porch, was a house painter and prolific graffiti artist who drank Taaka straight from the bottle. Another made his living by painting his entire body red and dressing up as the devil. Every day he would stalk the Seventh Ward accepting donations for the fact of his costume, and these days, apparently, even in his off-hours he stayed red. I later learned that Degas had once lived across the street. Elbowing our way through the magicians and ghost-tour guides and trombonists and tired tourists in the French Quarter, we paid the two dollars to board the ferry to Algiers Point. We stood on the lower deck, braving windburn and sun shock, and the ride took 10 minutes or maybe less. Once across the river, we walked to a bar called Old Point. Still mostly asleep, we were hardly surprised when we heard, over the music and out of the open side door, what sounded unmistakably like the sound of a velociraptor crying in a yard across the street. We took our beers and wandered toward the yard. Behind a metal grate, we found an enormous turkey squawking and gobbling and eating cat food out of a plastic tray. Its owner, a generous middle-aged woman wearing sunglasses, introduced us to the bird, whose name was Tom Tyson. Tom’s head looked disconcertingly like a brain, changing colors fluidly “like a mood ring,” as his owner put it. While we talked, her husband brought huge, awe-inspiring slabs of meat out to a grill on the porch, and a small, nervous terrier barked in Tom’s face and leapt up to lick our hands. Though we didn’t ask, she began to tell us about her experiences during Katrina. They hadn’t

left, and though their screened-in porch was damaged and Tom was soaked and afraid, his molting process accelerating so that he dropped all of his feathers prematurely, their house remained intact and they were uninjured. Algiers didn’t flood, she told us, and only one of her neighbors had died. She’d tried to leave and suffered a blood clot on the bus out of town. One of the biggest names ever to come out of Algiers was Clarence “Frogman” Henry, and as we rode the ferry back across the river, I looked up Henry’s Wikipedia page. He grew up idolizing Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, and would wear a wig during his early concerts, I learned. His biggest U.S. hit was “I Don’t Know Why (But I Do),” from 1961. Clarence “Frogman” Henry, look him up. Back in on the more populous side of the Mississippi, we again pushed our way through the noise and waves of bodies. It smelled like oysters. A sign caught my eye: “See the Albino Alligators.” It started to rain so we ducked into a bar. We discussed the turkey we had met and agreed that “Tom Tyson” was an appropriate name.

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THIS OBSERVER WAS A ROLLIN’ STONE last weekend, taking the heavensent Saturday morning as a sign that we should light out for Memphis with the family, that handsome city to the Northeast, site of so many of The Observer’s good times and good meals. By the time we got there, convinced yet again that the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is in an active conspiracy with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism to stifle the flow of dollars into Tennessee, the sun was high and bright in the blue bowl of the sky. We went to Central Barbecue and had the city’s finest swine, flipped through novels in a bookstore older than Coca Cola (Burke’s Books, open since 1875 and highly recommended), petted kitties at the pungent cat rescue shop across the way, then thumbed stacks of albums at a little hipster record store around the corner, coming kissing close to buying a little number called “Vampire at the Harpsichord” even though we haven’t owned a functioning record player since Ronald Reagan was ascendant. A short trip, then. No lumpy hotel beds or strange toilets, no luggage. Just a lovely trip, and we didn’t once set foot on Beale Street, sakes alive. www.arktimes.com

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The Huffington Post recently had some fun with David Sterling, the relatively unknown religious right Republican running for Arkansas attorney general. The North Little Rock lawyer represented the Cupids Lingerie company in a lawsuit five years ago; Cupids, in addition to selling risque undies, has a website that hawks some raunchy porn sites. Sterling was an attorney representing a client, which hardly means he endorses Cupids. But you know who won’t cotton to even a whiff of association with panties? Jim Bob Duggar, that’s who. HuffPo poked the hornet’s nest, informing the patriarch of the TLC reality television show “19 Kids & Counting” about the old case. Duggar’s spokesperson responded with this statement: “Due to new revelations and recent developments the Duggar family has decided to withdraw its endorsement of David Sterling in the 2014 race for Arkansas Attorney General. The family wishes both candidates well, but will not be making any endorsement at this time. We will have no further comment on this matter.” New revelations! Recent developments! Duggar’s son Josh Duggar is executive director of the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council. Jim Bob Duggar has previously offered support for Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum.

Another racist billboard in Harrison

Last October, a billboard with the message “Anti-Racist is a Code Word for Anti-White” went up in Harrison, a town that counts around three dozen black people among its 13,000 residents. Harrison has an ugly racial history as a “sundown town” unwelcome to black people, and happens to be where KKK leader Thom Robb, who lives nearby, keeps his post office box (the KKK continues to make its presence felt in the town — last month, 14 “racial patriots” showed up at the Harrison library to protest a black history event). The “Anti-White” billboard stirred up controversy and exasperation among city leaders who are hoping to change Harrison’s reputation. In November, the sign was painted over in graffiti, with someone changing “Anti-White” to “Love.” Chad Watkins CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 10

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Lost in translation Worry about fate of Hall’s Newcomer Center simmers. BY DAVID KOON

ducators at Hall High School and members of the Little Rock Chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens are worried that Little Rock School District Superintendent Dr. Dexter Suggs wants to end or drastically change the current Newcomer Center at Hall High School. The center, which brings in students from all over the district for whom English is not their native language, currently serves more than 200 students, most of them Latinos. Supporters say the program, which is unique in the district, works to better academic outcomes for students. Suggs, meanwhile, says his intentions have been misconstrued, and he actually wants to expand ESL services — and options for ESL students and their parents — throughout the district, including at Hall. The Newcomer Center at Hall was established after a 1998 visit from federal investigators following a civil rights complaint on behalf of ESL students in the LRSD. Under the Newcomer Center system at Hall, ESL students from 9th through 12th grade are taught their four core subjects in small “sheltered” classes with only 16 students per classroom. Although the

classes are taught in English, as required by state law, teachers of these classes must have an endorsement on their teaching license saying they are specially trained to deal with students who are learning English as a second language. As students become more proficient in English, they are moved into regular or pre-AP classes taught by teachers who have at least 30 hours of training on educating ESL learners. In addition, English classes at Hall are “double blocked” for ESL students, meaning that students spend one hour each day on writing, pronouncing and listening to English, and another hour each day taking the common core English class. Elective classes at Hall such as art, computer keyboarding and PE are taken by both ESL and native speakers. Attendance at Hall High is optional for ESL students; parents may send their children to schools in their neighborhood if they wish. When the program started, it served 60 students. Now there are more than 200 ESL students clustered at Hall, most of them Latinos, who make up 20 percent of the population of the school. A person closely associated with the discussions over the Newcomer Center

who wished to remain unidentified over job concerns — here called M — said that Suggs’ plans for the Newcomer Center and ESL programs in general have been unclear. “He’s saying, ‘We’re going to get rid of it,’ but I can’t pin him down on his plan,” M said. “He won’t say if this is going to be next year, if this means in four years. He won’t commit to anything. But he has flat said in a town meeting that he was going to get rid of the Newcomer Center, and he has said in a public meeting that he will not move the Newcomer Center.” During discussions with Suggs, some had suggested moving the Newcomer Center to McClellan High School on Geyer Springs Road to be closer to the center of the Latino population in Southwest Little Rock. M said the Newcomer Center improves outcomes for ESL students who might otherwise be stuck in the back of a classroom and ignored. M called the percentage of ESL kids who currently go on to take preAP and AP courses at Hall “astronomical compared to the rest of the population,” adding that the school sent ESL students to Governor’s School and Boys and Girls State in recent years, and saw their first ESL Homecoming Queen this year. M said strength in numbers for the Latinos at Hall not only keeps incidents of racially inspired bullying in check, it gives students the confidence to apply to college. Though Suggs has suggested training ESL teachers in schools throughout in the district to increase services to ESL students, M questioned whether this approach is feasible. “You can say you’re going to train teachers,” M said, “but with our agreement with our union, you can’t make a teacher go get trained. You can’t make a teacher go get an endorsement.” The classes for ESL training are particularly rigorous, M said, requiring the completion of 12 graduate hours, and many teachers just don’t want the hassle. The better system, M said, is the one currently in place, which brings ESL students to a centralized location for intensive, specialized instruction, rather than dispersing them into the greater population where teachers may not have the time to spend on their special needs. “[Dr. Suggs’] public motive seems to be that he wants to service the Latino population,” M said, “but he’s not being specific on how he wants to do that. You’re not servicing the Latino population by taking CONTINUED ON PAGE 51

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announced the first phase of rebranding last fall — which included unveiling a new logo and a “swamp camo” jersey — the team promised to later unveil a new mascot that team officials described as “a legendary creature, an omen known to bringing good luck.” The big reveal came last week. Shelly, the goofy, bucktoothed horse that served as the team’s mascot since 1996 was “upgraded” to Ace, a menacing, 7-foot horse. But Ace didn’t fill the “legendary” good luck charm role. That’s left to a second new mascot, Otey the swamp possum. Has there ever been a more misguided mascot selection? Custom Characters of Glendale, Calif., who has created characters for the likes of Disney and DreamWorks, definitely didn’t take a cue from Pogo. This swamp possum is all sharp claws and rat face. True to form, his backstory includes growing up “watching Travs games ... from underneath the stands” at Ray Winder Field. He’s named “in honor” of former Travs infielder and groundskeeper R.C. Otey, who passed away several years ago. We’re sure his family is touched. The selection drew immediate jeers throughout social media and the web. National sites Deadspin and SBNation lampooned it. Look for Otey to join the Geoduck of Evergreen State (a green, phallicshaped mollusk) and the Banana Slug of the University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz on worst mascot lists on the web. Here’s a sampling of a few of the mostly critical comments from the Times Facebook page:

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was charged with vandalizing the sign, which was taken down, restored, and put back up. Meanwhile, someone leaked Watkins’ name to the KKK before the charge was made public by the

CAREY VOSS How can there be so many problems with one tiny swamp possum? 1. perputuates hillbilly/ignorant redneck stereotype 2. creepy Clockwork Orange bowler hat (ready for some ultra-violence?) 3. the giant red bat suggests that we should all go out and club a bunch of possums after the game 4. WTF is up with the giant teeth and weird nose? DANIEL GREEN Once, someone’s grandpa brought in a possum he caught to a “science class” at my elementary school. Thing proceeded to hiss, shit everywhere and play dead. Yes. Let’s compare a competitive professional sports team with that. BEAU GOLDEN The marketers in California just have a great feel for what would appeal to people in Arkansas. What do we think of, when we think of Arkansas? Hillbilly Opossums. ROBBIE GILL Run it over and leave it for the vultures. SHARPE DUNAWAY I may be in the minority here but renaming the team to the Arkansas Swamp Possums would be pretty cool! Also an awesome band name. ED CALDWELL Just say no, or consider Gary the Rabid Raccoon. JOHN PETTIE How about the goddamn Arkansas Traveler as a mascot? Would that be so terrible? A man on a horse. There you go. That’s the mascot. Not a stupid Bullwinkle horse with a Shell logo on its back or a disease infested, club-wielding marsupial.

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WILL CHURCHILL Otey looks like a great mascot for a sweeping compound or a line of floor buffers. ISRAEL ROGERS What, was rabid nutria already taken?

police. Now a new sign has gone in below the billboard that reads “Beautiful Town, Beautiful People, No Wrong Exits, No Bad Neighborhoods” and has a picture of a smiling white family. The billboard says it’s sponsored by the Harrison Area Business Owners and has a link to the website HarrisonArkansas.Info. The site eliminates any doubt that the new billboard’s racial coding, if less blatant than the other sign, is ugly business. On its home page, the site has a long description of Harrison, beginning with run-of-the-mill town boosterism, but then quickly displaying a coziness with white supremacy and fascism familiar to anyone who has waded through the muck of racist propaganda. As for the KKK leader Robb? He’s not racist, he’s just “prowhite only.” “Some in the city resent the attention he brings while most are either ambivalent or quiet supporters,” the site says. The strange “No Wrong Exits” bit on the sign is particularly creepy in Harrison, given the horrific history of the violent, forced expulsion of blacks out of the town a century ago.

Still searching for All-Star alumni

A reminder: The 20th class of the Arkansas Times Academic All-Star Team will be named in April. Starting in 1995, teams of judges with years of experience working in education have whittled down hundreds of nominations we’ve been sent from school districts and high schools throughout the state to create each year’s team of 20 of the top students in the state. Now that a good number of past All-Stars are well into their professional careers, and since we’re at a milestone year, we’re hoping to track down as many alumni as possible. If you know a former All-Star, please help put us in touch. Send an email with the subject “ALL-STAR” to lindseymillar@arktimes.com with any information that you have. See a searchable database of all the past winners at arktimes.com/allstaralumni. www.arktimes.com

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Better H health care, lower cost The state’s Payment Improvement Initiative shows it can be done. BY LESLIE NEWELL PEACOCK

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ere was a question a team of public and private insurers and health care specialists put to doctors who perform tonsillectomies: After surgery, do you send the tonsils to pathology for a full stain and thin-slice workup? Or just for a gross inspection? Or do you simply pitch the tonsils in the nearest biohazard bin? Here’s the best answer for slowing medical costs while providing quality care, the goal of the Payment Improvement Initiative’s public and private partners: Pitch them. In virtually every case, doctors suspect before they operate whether the tonsils they are removing are malignant and need to go to pathology; otherwise, the pathology study is deemed unnecessary. That means savings at no cost to a patient’s health. The initiative of the state Department of Health’s Medicaid division and private insurers Blue Cross Blue Shield and QualChoice, launched in 2011, given a trial run in 2012 and now in place, is showing that when doctors know the full costs of treatment of, for example, hip and knee surgery, they may change their practice behavior, creating savings in total health care dollars spent.

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It was at Gov. Mike Beebe’s urging, said Dr. William Golden, medical director for Arkansas Medicaid, that Arkansas launched the PII, a unique retrospective payment system. “The governor said, ‘Let’s do this. ... Let’s be ambitious,’ ” Golden said. For a year and a half, DHS and Medicaid staff, the private insurers and consultants McKinsey and Co. held dozens of meetings with doctors and other health care professionals all over Arkansas to create a system tailored to Arkansas’s specific health care landscape, a decentralized system in which people look to many independent providers rather than large, multispecialty organizations along the lines of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. The PII collaborators rejected managed care — a “fee for service” system that puts doctors “in a corner” when it comes to how they care for their patients. It rejected “bundling,” in which a single payer divvies up a set dollar amount for a particular course of treatment (or episode of care) to members of the medical team, a system that would not

work in the landscape of fragmented care. (Former Medicaid director Gene Gessow had been a proponent of bundling; he resigned in October 2011.) Instead, the team came up this idea: a retrospective reimbursement system based on comparison of what Arkansas providers charge for a particular “episode” of care — say the treatment of a common cold. Using that continuum of charges, the PII team determines what the acceptable range is and rewards providers whose charges fall in the “commendable” range — below the baseline — and penalizes those whose charges are above the baseline. The curve is based not only on cost, but on quality-of-care indicators that have been factored in. Acceptable levels vary depending on whether Medicaid or private insurance is the payer, since Medicaid reimbursement is lower. The PII team chose five “episodes” to measure initially: upper respiratory tract infections, knee and hip replacement, congestive heart fail-

ure, attention deficit disorder and perinatal care (or pregnancy), first doing three-month trial runs with providers to let them see how they fell along the continuum of charges, and then initiating yearlong pay analyses to determine reimbursement. Since the initial five, 10 more episodes were chosen: colonoscopy, cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), tonsillectomy, oppositional defiance disorder, coronary artery bypass grafting, percutaneous coronary intervention, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coupled ADHD/ ODD diagnoses and some neonatal conditions. The private insurers started with three episodes: knee and hip replacement, congestive heart failure, and perinatal care. Those particular episodes were chosen because of wide variation in charges and quality and high numbers of procedures, Steve Spaulding, senior vice president at Blue Cross in charge of payment reform, said. Its next episodes will be tonsillectomy, colonoscopy and gall bladder surgery. The private insurance system differs from Medicaid’s in that the target cost per episode was pre-established by historical data and charges are compared against that. What the Payment Improvement Initiative has done for doctors, Spaulding said, is make transparent the costs of various providers their patients will encounter during the course of an episode, thanks to an electronic data system. For example, surgeons who before might have sent all their hip replacement patients to in-patient rehabilitation post-op can now compare their outcomes with others who used less expensive outpatient alternatives and see if it makes sense for their patients. The electronic records allow doctors to “drill down,” Spaulding said, to examine the average amount spent for their episodes, get details on quality indicators for the episode, compare patients and, if they have questions, call the service line for help with the data. “The intended result,” Spaulding said, is not to cut back on the cost of health care but “to reduce the rate of increase.” Tennessee, Ohio and Delaware are looking at Arkansas’s payment improvement plan as a model they could use, and Spauding and Golden both said they hope Medicare will incorporate some of the retrospective approach to create a standard to which to hold providers accountable. About that common cold: Anyone who has kept up with medical news — not just doctors — knows that antibiotics don’t treat cold viruses. It’s also common knowledge by now that the overuse of antibiotics has made the drugs less effective against fighting bacteria, as the bugs have learned to adapt to their enemies and mutated into resistant strains. That has left us with a smaller arsenal in the fight against infection. So why are doctors still prescribing antibiotics for the sniffles? “It’s easier,” Golden said: They don’t have to spend time explaining why the antibiotic would only be useful to treat a secondary bacterial infection that develops as a result of the virus, thus shortening the visit. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 www.arktimes.com

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Taking the PII to heart Cardiologist David Rutlen and UAMS team make changes in the best way to care for their patients. BY LESLIE NEWELL PEACOCK

r. David Rutlen, 67, has been a cardiovascular researcher at Yale University, chief of cardiology at the Medical College of Georgia, and director of cardiovascular medicine at Froedtert and The Medical College of Wisconsin Cardiovascular Center in Milwaukee. The director of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the past eight years and a clinician, Rutlen and “a cast of thousands” (as he likes to say) took on another challenge in 2012: revamping the way UAMS originates care for congestive heart failure patients as part of the state’s Payment Improvement Initiative to control Medicaid spending. For six months, attending physicians, fellows,

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residents, nursing students, pharmacists — the number was actually 40 — met to examine what UAMS was doing to treat its patients with chronic heart disease who come to UAMS for acute care. It looked at the heart failure order sheet of various procedures and asked, what should be here and what need not be here? Who among us has not had a doctor ask us to get a test another doctor performed in recent months? Shouldn’t that be determined before one is ordered? The medical center’s order sheet — which drives doctors’ decisions in testing — included cardiac ultrasounds, chest X-rays, full blood work. And Rutlen said the team said, “Let’s just rethink CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

But since the PII began to provide doctors with information on their peers’ costs and outcomes in the treatment of upper respiratory infection, the prescribing of antibiotics to treat a common cold has fallen more than 10 percent. The number of doctors that prescribed two courses of antibiotics has fallen by 40 to 50 percent, Golden said. The use of strep tests to diagnose sore throats (pharyngitis) has risen more than 5 percent. Medicaid’s URI data, reported in February, was the first to come in since the PII was launched. Medicaid tracked 654 providers who treated patients for non-specific infections, sore throats and sinusitis from October 2012 to September 2013, and here’s what it found: More than 78 percent of the URI episodes were in acceptable or commendable ranges. More than 40 percent fell in the commendable range and will receive “gain-sharing” incentive payments ranging from less than a dollar to more than $3,000. Only 22 percent charged above the baseline; their “risksharing” (or penalty) ranged from less than a dollar to $7,200. The dollars doctors gained: $69,000. Dollars doctors will pay back to the state: $92,000. Then there are the practices in the middle, the 38 percent of episodes in the acceptable range: They too represent savings, when they have changed the ways they do things to reach that acceptable level. Given what doctors know about the common cold, why would a clinic make an appointment for someone complaining of a cold? That also is a question the Payment Improvement Initiative will address as part of its Medical Home initiative for primary care, a team-based approach in which doctors, nurses and other care providers coordinate all care provided to their patients, with the primary care provider accountable for all costs. That would result in better care, Golden said, and reduce trips to the hospital. It would reduce unnecessary trips to the doctor; that caller with a common cold could be directed to an advanced practice nurse to assess whether a visit is necessary. It would also allow clinics to do what managed care was expected to do so many years ago: prevent acute problems as well as complications, with outreach and more coordinated clinical care. There are financial benefits for primary care providers — who Blue Cross’ Spaulding said take in only 10 percent of the medical dollar but influence care for nearly 100 percent of patients — under the medical home model. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is making grants available to clinics to transfer to the medical home model, helping pay for infrastructure and outreach costs, and savings for reimbursements that fall in the commendable level are significant. Say the PCP is showing savings of $10 per member patient per year, a savings that puts them in the commendable category: Medicaid will reimburse them 50 percent of that $10. CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Caring for offspring and outliers Neonatologist heads Center for Diversity Affairs at UAMS. BY LESLIE NEWELL PEACOCK

aybe it’s because his parents were sharecroppers. That he grew up Tyronza, one of 12 children. That he was one of the first in his family to go to college. That he knows what it was like to be different from the mainstream student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, what it’s like to be a minority on staff. Dr. Billy Ray Thomas, neonatologist at UAMS and head of its Center for Diversity Affairs, knows that while access to medical care is increasing, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, and that Arkansas hopes to improve the quality of health care with its medical home initiative, there are other reasons that stand in the way of a healthy populace. Half of his job (the other half in the neonatal intensive care unit) is figuring out how to serve the demographic of the population “moving into the insured realm” whose fears of being discriminated against, or lack of familiarity with the system, mean that accessibility doesn’t translate to actual care. And how can UAMS attract more to the profession of medicine who understand these fears, people who can communicate with minority populations — African American, Hispanic, gay, transgender, the

disabled, people of minority faiths like Muslims, etc. — and can make them comfortable and open about their medical concerns. UAMS open its Office of Minority Affairs in the 1970s, when the focus for equality was on race. Now, as the Center for Diversity Affairs, the office is concerned with all “marginalized populations,” Thomas said. “At the heart of what we do is try to find, recruit and retain disadvantaged and minority students. ... Not just because we need to be diverse. The value is a diverse health care workforce does a better job of taking care of a diverse population.” In the 2013-14 class at UAMS, only 4.7 percent of students were African American, a percentage that has actually decreased in the past five years. The numbers of Hispanic or Latino students has ranged between 1.3 and 3 percent since the 200809 school year. Training faculty and doctors in what Thomas calls cultural competency “is one of the hardest things of any institution,” Thomas said. “There are institutions with bits and pieces of programs, and we have an early beginning of a program.” Where do you start? With faculty? Students? Cul-

tural competence can’t be taught in a lecture hall, the doctor said; “it has to be experiential. ... I think what we’re facing here is people don’t have a real sense of the health disparities that exist.” For the LGBT population, that includes more depression, suicidal thoughts, drinking, smoking and drug abuse. It means reluctance to visit a doctor or share intimate information. As attendees heard at a conference on caring for LGBT patients at UAMS in January, the LGBT population has a higher risk of homelessness, especially among young transgender females. Lesbians have higher rates of obesity and breast cancer and a lower use of preventative health services. Gay and lesbian children are more likely to have been bullied or the victim of violence. Older transgender patients may suffer ill effects from using hormones long term. There is the issue of HIV/AIDs and stigmatization. One of the Center for Diversity Affairs’ top programs now is its summer mentored research programs. “I think that has made the biggest difference in us being able to attract and retain [minority medical] students,” Thomas said. The Center also has science programs that target K-12 students. “I do think we’re making some headway; things will blossom in the next three to five years if we can get past [UAMS budget difficulties].” Thomas’ clinical focus targets another subpopulation: premature and sick full-term babies. During a visit to the neonatal intensive care unit at the UAMS Medical Center, Becky Sartini, head of the NICU, handed Thomas a tiny, beautiful baby born six weeks premature. As Thomas cradled the infant, Sartini made gentle fun of him. He can put a breathing tube in with no problem, she tells a reporter, but he looks a little tentative holding that tiny baby. One of the reasons Thomas, who did his postgrad fellowship at Case Western Reserve, likes his job, he said, is the people in the nursery, “likeminded” people who care for their delicate charges and who, like him, want to get babies past the acute crisis and give them a chance at “another 80 years.” When Thomas, 61, was doing his fellowship, babies under 700 to 750 grams (about a pound and a half) did not survive, he said. Viability is now at 500 grams (a little over a pound). That’s possible thanks to early and good prenatal care for the mother that makes the womb a healthy place for the at-risk fetus, as well as new meds that make up for the lack of secretions in little lungs that keep them from working properly. Babies born prematurely have a high risk of neurological and developmental problems. Babies born at only 25 weeks gestation can develop normally, “but numbers are low,” because of the likelihood of brain bleeds, risk of infection and oxygen deprivation. Given that, how early is too early to save a baby? “I don’t think we’re close to answering that question,” Thomas said. “I think it’s a good thing that we save their lives. We know a large number will have productive, quality lives.” The most important thing for a baby’s development, he said, is getting a team in place — doctors, the family and social workers — to make a plan. www.arktimes.com

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BETTER HEALTH CARE, LOWER COST CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 If the medical home has 1,000 members, that’s $5,000. It would also provide financial support to primary care physicians, also with incentives that include reimbursements for charges falling under the baseline. Golden said Arkansas was “launching the most ambitious medical home” program in the nation. Doctors learning about the system were “at first like deer in the headlights,” Golden said, but now 600 doctors in 110 practices seeing more

than 250,000 patients are participating. Golden isn’t exaggerating the importance of the medical home. Just a few weeks ago, an MSNBC program on the Payment Improvement Initiative as a whole — one it called one of the nation’s “most creative, ambitious efforts to transform health care” in the nation — focused on SAMA Health Care in El Dorado, one of the state’s first medical homes. Doctors at SAMA got a CMS grant for $400,000 and raised another $100,000 to transform their practice and in nearly two years have produced outcome rankings far higher than the national average and prevented 880 emergency room visits, which would have cost Medicaid $2.6 million.

this.” What if the patient had had an ultrasound recently? Was the chest X-ray really needed? Why order full bloodwork when what you want to know is whether the patient’s kidneys are functioning the way they ought or has their poor heart function loaded their lungs or legs with fluid? Isn’t it critical to get a pharmacist and the nursing staff involved to see what medicines the patient has been taking (heart patients are sometimes on as many as 30 meds, Rutlen said)? Are we providing the best care? What if the patient was put on an intravenous diuretic instead of a bolus, and what if the patient was to be seen a week after his hospital visit to make any needed adjustments in medications? Should that be included in UAMS’protocol? The approach was to see “what exactly do we need to know to take care of the patient?” Rutlen said. The result was a “sea change,” impacting not just its Medicaid patients but all heart patients seen at the medical center. UAMS expected that its average charge for 30-day episodes of congestive heart failure would be in the $4,700 to $6,500

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range, Rutlen said. But the data came back better: UAMS’ average charges to Medicaid for 20 episodes of congestive heart failure were $3,500. That’s in the “commendable” range established by initiative, which means UAMS will get money back from the state Medicaid system. Will the Payment Improvement Initiative make a real difference in containing Medicaid costs? Rutlen believes it will. The Payment Improvement Initiative is only tangentially related to the Affordable Care Act, which expanded Medicaid eligibility and thus access to health care for hundreds of thousands of Arkansans. But the PII’s creation of the medical home — the coordinated care of patients by cooperating providers — could help with outreach to persons who didn’t have insurance or who simply didn’t feel comfortable going to the doctor. Rutlen’s wondering about his patient with congenital heart failure whom he’s never been able to convince to have the surgery he needs. Maybe he will now. “It’s exciting,” Rutlen said. “Medicine is moving so quickly. ... With the Affordable Care Act, you can look at it as a burden or as an opportunity.” Rutlen added, “My personal perspective would be for universal health care, but only Obama’s plan would have passed” Congress.

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DAVID L. RUTLEN University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Division Of Cardiovasular Medicine Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5311

EUGENE S. SMITHIII University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Cardiology Clinic Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5311

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Division Of Cardiovascular Medicine 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8000

Clinical Pharmacology LAURA P. JAMES Arkansas Children’s Hospital Section Of Pharmacology And Toxicology 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 Phone: 501-364-1418

Colon And Rectal Surgery J. RALPH BROADWATER, JR. University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Department Of Surgical Oncology 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8211

Critical Care Medicine PAULA JEAN ANDERSON University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Pulmonary And Critical Care Clinic Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-603-1400

JOHN B. CONE University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Department Of Surgery 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8000

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Pulmonary And Critical Care Clinic Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-603-1400

MUHAMMAD JAFFAR University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Department Of Anesthesiology 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-6114

LARRY G. JOHNSON University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Pulmonary And Critical Care Clinic Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-603-1400

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GARY L. TEMPLETON Fayetteville Diagnostic Clinic 3344 N Futrall Dr Fayetteville, AR 72703 Phone: 479-521-8200

SCOTT M. DINEHART Arkansas Skin Cancer Center Medical Towers Bldg, Ste 860 9601 Baptist Health Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-975-7455

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KEVIN ST. CLAIR Ozark Dermatology Clinic 4375 N Vantage Dr, Ste 305 Fayetteville, AR 72703 Phone: 479-443-5100

Eating Disorders MARIA G. PORTILLA Arkansas Children’s Hospital Section Of Adolescent Medicine 1 Children’s Way Little Rock, AR 72202 Phone: 501-364-1849

Endocrinology And Metabolism DONALD L. BODENNER University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Thyroid Center 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-526-2292

STAVROS C. MANOLAGAS University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Diabetic And Endocrinology Clinic Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-296-1220

GANESH K. NAIR Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic 10001 Lile Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-227-8000

ROBERT S. WEINSTEIN University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Diabetic And Endocrinology Clinic Outpatient Center Bldg, 2Nd Fl 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-296-1220

Family Medicine JIMMY ACKLIN Veterans Health Care System Of The Ozarks Department Of Family Medicine Sparks Medical Plaza 1500 Dodson Ave Fort Smith, AR 72917 Phone: 479-441-2600

DAN BEAU BELL Washington Regional Family Clinic Eureka Springs 146 S Passion Play Rd, Ste A Eureka Springs, AR 72632 Phone: 479-253-9746

RONALD BRIMBERRY Uams Family Medical Center Springdale 601 W Maple Ave, Ste 102 Springdale, AR 72764 Phone: 479-750-6585 18

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KATHERINE ANN IRISH-CLARDY University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Ahec Family Medical Center 612 S 12Th St Fort Smith, AR 72901 Phone: 479-785-2431

RALPH FARRIS JOSEPH St. Vincent Family Clinic 4202 S University Ave Little Rock, AR 72204 Phone: 501-562-4838

RUSSELL EUGENE MAYO University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Ahec Family Clinic 300 E 6Th St, 2Nd Fl Texarkana, AR 71854 Phone: 870-779-6000

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ANN T. RIGGS DAVID A. LIPSCHITZ 415 N Mckinley St, Ste 130 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-660-4500

PRIYA MENDIRATTA University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Donald W. Reynolds Senior Health Center Geriatrics And Longevity Clinic 629 Jack Stephens Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-6219

GRETCHEN M. OROSZ Sparks Senior Health Center 1500 Dobson Ave, Ste 125

University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Donald W. Reynolds Senior Health Center Geriatrics And Longevity Clinic 629 Jack Stephens Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-6219

T. SCOTT SIMMONS University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Institute On Aging 629 Jack Stephens Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8000

A. REED THOMPSON University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Lymphedema Clinic 4301 W Markham St, 6Th Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-296-1200

LARRY D. WRIGHT Schmieding Center For Senior Health And Education 2422 N Thompson St, Ste A Springdale, AR 72764 Phone: 479-757-3333

Geriatric Medicine/Hospice And Palliative Medicine A. REED THOMPSON University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences

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University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Infectious Diseases Clinic 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-603-1616

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JOHN E. DIETRICH Infectious Disease Resource Group 9600 Baptist Health Dr, Ste 280 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-661-0037

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GORDON R. PARHAM Washington Regional Medical Center Department Of Internal Medicine 3215 N North Hills Blvd Fayetteville, AR 72703 Phone: 479-463-1000

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Gastroenterology HELEN B. CASTEEL Pediatric Gastroenterology Associates 1515 S Bowman Rd, Ste B Little Rock, AR 72211 Phone: 501-228-7171

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Internal Medicine LEE CURTIS ABEL Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic 10001 Lile Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-227-8000

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LANCE L. HAMILTON Northwest Internal Medicine 2900 Medical Center Pkwy, Ste 240B Bentonville, AR 72712 Phone: 479-273-9173

ROBERT HOWARD HOPKINS, JR. University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Internal Medicine South Clinic 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5311

ROBERT CHARLES LAVENDER University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Internal Medicine South Clinic 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5545

SARA GHORI TARIQ University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Internal Medicine South Clinic 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5545

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JOSEPH M. BECK II Doctor’s Bldg, Ste 512 500 S University Ave Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-666-7007

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University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Medical Oncology Clinic 4301 W Markham St, 7Th Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8530

TONY A. FLIPPIN Mercy Medical Center Department Of Medical Oncology And Hematology 7001 Rogers Ave, Ste 200 Fort Smith, AR 72903 Phone: 479-314-7490

Neurological Surgery STEVEN L. CATHEY Central Arkansas Neurosurgery Clinic 3500 Springhill Dr, Ste 201 North Little Rock, AR 72117 Phone: 501-771-2000

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Little Rock Hematology Oncology Associates 9500 Baptist Health Dr, Ste 330 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-537-9009

University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Department Of Neurosurgery 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8757

LAURA FULPER HUTCHINS University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Women’s Oncology Clinic 4301 W Markham St, 2Nd Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-296-1200

ALI F. KRISHT Arkansas Neuroscience Institute Department Of Neurosurgery 5 Saint Vincent Cir, Ste 220 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-552-6412

T. GLENN PAIT University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Jackson T. Stephens Spine And Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8757

MICHAEL STANDEFER Northwest Arkansas Neurosurgery Clinic 5501 Willow Creek Dr, Ste 203 Springdale, AR 72762 Phone: 479-521-0900

Neurology ROBERT LEROY (LEE) ARCHER University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Jackson T. Stephens Spine And Neurosciences Institute

The Neurology Clinic 501 Jack Stephens Dr, 2Nd Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5838

BRADLEY S. BOOP Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic 10001 Lile Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-227-8000

M. BETUL GUNDOGDU University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Jackson T. Stephens Spine And Neurosciences Institute The Neurology Clinic 501 Jack Stephens Dr, 2Nd Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5838

JOHN L. KAREUS

BASHIR S. SHIHABUDDIN

Cooper Clinic, P.A. 6801 Rogers Ave Fort Smith, AR 72903 Phone: 479 274 3300

University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Jackson T. Stephens Spine And Neurosciences Institute The Neurology Clinic 501 Jack Stephens Dr, 2Nd Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5838

WALTER STEVEN METZER University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Department Of Neurology 501 Jackson Stephens Dr, 8Th Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-1735

STACY A. RUDNICKI University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Jackson T. Stephens Spine And Neurosciences Institute 501 Jack Stephens Dr, 2Nd Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5838

MARGARET F. TREMWEL Vascular Neurology And Memory Disorders Clinic 1500 Dodson Ave, Ste 175 Fort Smith, AR 72901 Phone: 479-709-7125

Nuclear Medicine JAMES E. MCDONALD University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Division Of Nuclear Medicine

ISAAM MAKHOUL University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Medical Oncology Clinic 4301 W Markham St, 10Th Fl Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-8530

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LAWRENCE A. MENDELSOHN Little Rock Hematology Oncology Associates 9500 Baptist Health Dr Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-219-8777

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Little Rock Hematology Oncology Associates 9500 Baptist Health Dr, Ste 200 Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-537-9009

Nephrology SAMEH R. ABUL-EZZ University Of Arkansas For Medical Sciences Kidney Transplant Clinic 4301 W Markham St Little Rock, AR 72205 Phone: 501-686-5535

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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD

MATT AMARO

n 1942, the city of North Little Rock began working toward passing a tax to support local libraries. The tax was placed on the ballot in 1945 and passed. Myrtle Deason was hired to operate the library and worked for a full year with the Board of Trustees before the library opened in 1947. The original library was housed in a turn-of-the-century building at 211 Maple St. It was two stories, with books on the first level and living quarters on the second. A library for the African-American community was established near the Missouri Pacific railroad grounds at 808 E. 13th St. In 1959, a group of determined citizens and the library director, Elsie Wisenberger, sparked a drive for a Civic Improvement Bond issue that would include a new library building. On Dec. 30, 1962, the Maple Street Library and 13th Street Library moved into the new facility and formally dedicated it as the William F. Laman Public Library of North Little Rock. It was named in honor of Mayor William F. “Casey” Laman who held office from

Library director Jeffrey Baskin

dedicated on April 22, 2003, it was nearly doubled in size, from about 25,000 square feet to almost 50,000 square feet. This expansion added a second floor, included new space for books and public programs, and created two large public reading rooms.

massive deficits, Baskin saw opportunity. The old Argenta Post Office in downtown North Little Rock officially closed June 15, 2012, leaving this historic building vacant and without purpose. According to the National Trust for Historic Preserva-

economic growth and creating sustainable and safe neighborhoods for its residents and visitors. Community integration has always been Baskin’s core motive behind directing the library into its future. His vision to move the library’s

Community integration has always been Baskin’s core motive behind directing the library into its future. His vision to move the library’s Argenta Branch into the Post Office has finally come true. 1958 to 1972 and then again from 1979 to 1980. Helen Elrod was the first director. Wilma Ankrum followed as director, and then in 1970 the library expanded under the direction of Patricia O’Bannon. Nancy Pack served as director from 1981 to 1987. Since that time, Jeffrey L. Baskin has served as library director. His dedication to revitalizing the library in big ways has given other libraries a prime example to model. In February 2002, work began to expand and renovate the library. When the expansion was formally

In May 2006, the library opened its first branch on Main Street in downtown North Little Rock. The Argenta Branch moved into what was once the City Hall and downtown fire station. The 2,550-square-foot branch held a collection of approximately 10,000 adult and children books and DVDs, and six computer stations with public internet access. The library shared the historic building with the North Little Rock History Commission. In 2011, as the United States Postal Service announced the closure of 3,700 post offices nationwide due to

tion, “Local post office buildings have traditionally played an essential role in the lives of millions of Americans. Many are architecturally distinctive, prominently located, and cherished as civic icons in communities across the country.” The William F. Laman Public Library System believes in the Historic Argenta District. Its history and effort to preserve, restore and revitalize Main Street and historic buildings and homes is important to the downtown area of North Little Rock. It brings community back to the city, boosting

Argenta Branch into the Post Office has finally come true. With a loan from the City of North little Rock, the William F. Laman Public Library System purchased the former Post Office building for $775,000 on Sept. 30, 2012. Baskin says, “We are very excited for this opportunity to improve and expand our services to the people of Central Arkansas.” Renovations began March 5, 2013 at a cost of $2.8 million, with the plan to convert and renovate the old Post Office for use as the Argenta Branch Library.

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The renovated building features 15,300 square feet of public space, including a large children’s department, computer lab, exhibit hall/gallery, 140-seat auditorium, meeting room, vending area with seating and more than 12,000 books for children, teen and adult readers. “The new library will be a great asset to everyone in the community. It is one more piece to the puzzle that makes Argenta a place we want to live and raise a family. The remodeling of the Post Office was a great way to use a beautiful historic building and provide a style inside that will make everyone feel welcome. I’m looking forward to it opening and providing a centrally located space for the whole city to enjoy,” said Terry Hartwick, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce President & CEO. The grand opening of the new Argenta Branch is Saturday, April 5 with all-day activities and fun, but it won’t stop there. Branch manager Brooke Hadder says, “The Argenta Branch Library will be a great community space with regular programming to both satisfy community interest and address community needs.” The full programming schedule includes weekly children’s story times, as well as a twice monthly baby lapsit called “Twinkle, Twinkle,” developed to address the early literacy needs of infants. Tail Waggin’ Tutors will be a regular presence in the library with sessions on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Additionally, adults will enjoy Good Gardens on the second Saturday of each month, with hands-on gardening techniques and guest lecturers from the field. Furthermore, the library’s LINC Center will feature 18 public access computers and offer a weekly Jobseekers Clinic, in which library staff will offer one-on-one assistance to those building a resumé, applying for a job or needing help setting up an email account. “And that’s just the beginning,” Hadder says. “Everyday we’re brainstorming new programs to engage the community here in Argenta.”

First library in North Little Rock opens in 1947 at 211 Maple St. Post office construction begins Dec. 21, 1931 in downtown North Little Rock.

HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE 1931 Construction of $125,000 red-brick two-story Post Office began

Dec. 21. Designed by architect Charles L. Thompson, an example of 1930s Georgian Revival style.

1932 Post Office opens Dec. 17. 1933 Ross Lawhon appointed first NLR postmaster June 27. 1937 Lawhon resigned. Jonathon A. Horton appointed acting

postmaster Jan. 1. Arkansas District of Civilian Conservation Corps locates on the second floor in the ’30s.

1938 Horton appointed postmaster in March. 1939 R.M.S. Butner appointed acting postmaster after Horton’s

death, May 30.

1940 Butner appointed postmaster July 1 and served until

December 1946. Major repairs made to the Post Office during the summer, including plumbing and fixtures improvements, painting, sidewalk and curb work, and installation of Venetian blinds.

1942 U.S. Coast Guard recruiting office locates in the building

during the 1940s.

1944 Department of Labor office operated in the building

during the 1940s.

1947 Otis W. Neely appointed postmaster Jan. 1 and served until

his death, April 26, 1959.

1956 Internal Revenue Service had a field office on second floor

for almost 20 years until 1976.

1959 David P. Wood appointed acting postmaster in November.

1960 Clyde Byars installed as acting postmaster, Feb. 20. 1961 Gene Burks named acting postmaster in March. 1962 Downtown merchants protest plan to move Main Post Office

to Pershing Avenue in Military Heights.

1963 Arnold B. Sikes appointed postmaster, April 26. 1964 U.S. Treasury Department opens an office. 1965 Main Post Office moves to Pershing Avenue in July. 1968 Renovations totaling $252,000 were made, including

adding air-conditioning to the building.

1983 Post Office building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1988 Saturday window service eliminated in February. 1993 Jack H. Williams accountants had offices in the building

until 2002.

1996 Americans with Disabilities Act ramp built in April in the front of the building. Broken windows and masonry are repaired.

2007 Window service hours cut back and office weekday hours

changed to close at 1 p.m.

2012 Post Office closes June 15. The William F. Laman Public

Library, with a loan from the City of North Little Rock, purchases building for $775,000 on Sept. 30.

2013 Renovations to the building begin March 5. 2014 Laman Library Argenta Branch opens April 5.

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“Argenta is the front door to our city and the curb appeal just went way up with the new Argenta branch of the Laman Library. What an outstanding institution and addition to our city. Congratulations to our library commission and employer on their new building, where fostering education, community service and the arts happens every day.” — Joe Smith, mayor of North Little Rock

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All Day | Arts & Crafts Activities Held in the Children’s Department

One event coming soon is the Summer Reading Program, which will feature performers and crafts for children and author discussions for adults, as well as great prizes! Summer Reading kicks off June 1. The library will host the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST) in its production and presentation of William Shakespeare’s comedy, “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” on June 19, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. The outdoor production will take place from the old postal loading dock, making “taking in the theatre” a more casual and accessible feat. “We are really excited about working with the new location this summer,” says

Rebekah Scallet of AST. The library’s continued participation in Argenta Art Walk, the third Friday of each month, will resume in May. Visitors will be invited into the historic lobby to watch live demonstrations from local artists and view the library’s current exhibit in the gallery. The gallery opens with a photography exhibit that showcases historical images of old Main Street in Argenta, and the construction and building of the Post Office. Lastly Hadder states, “We view this library as a blank canvas and we are excited for the people of Central Arkansas to fill it with programs, activities, and memories.”

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ittle Rock’s Kevin Brockmeier is the award-winning author of two story collections, two children’s books and three novels, including “The Brief History of the Dead” and “The Illumination.” His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, the Oxford American and the Georgia Review. His new book (published on Tuesday), “A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade,” is his first work of nonfiction, a beautifully written and often unsettling account of his experiences as a seventh-grader in Little Rock in 1985-86 (a period, he says at one point, bookended roughly by the 38

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releases of “Gotcha!” and “Top Gun”). Far from an exercise in nostalgia, the book is a glimpse into the peculiar and particular terrible-ness of that stage in a young person’s life, full of nebulous friendships, minor humiliations and melancholy boredom. The books rings awfully true, in other words, and Brockmeier’s potent, honest prose makes for a vivid, funny and achingly familiar read. You’re known as a fiction writer. Why a memoir and why now? The book had been gestating for quite a while, actually. In fact, I tried to start it several years ago, but couldn’t figure out how to approach the material, so I set it

aside to work on “The Illumination.” I remember reading something that Charles Baxter wrote about William Maxwell’s short novel “So Long, See You Tomorrow”: “You feel that you have been given considerably more of what is precious to its author than is often the case in novels of many hundreds of pages.” I was thinking of that as a sort of challenge: to give away what was most intimate to me. Even the strangest and most unlikely of my books have had hard undercurrents of personal feeling, but very rarely have they depicted what literally happened to me. There are writers I love — Italo Calvino, for instance, and Octavia Butler — who wrote almost nothing about their own lives,

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and I love them no less for that, but I can’t help wondering what such books would have been like and wishing they existed. Did you find that autobiographical writing presented a different set of challenges from your previous work? I always work roughly the same way. My shorthand description is that I broach my sentences one tiny piece at a time, termiting away at them until I’m satisfied that they present the right effect, doing my best to complete each one before I move on to the next. My approach was the same here, except that the character whose world I was exploring was a younger version of myself. One of the challenges for me was figuring out whether I would reflect on that time in my life or immerse myself in it. How much distance, I wondered, should I permit myself? None, was my decision, or at least as little as possible. I selected the third-person, presenttense voice — Kevin does this, Kevin thinks that — mostly as a matter of instinct, but on reflection I think that it gave me a very particular way of approaching the story, one that allowed me to investigate my life the same way I investigate the lives of my fictional characters, with both honesty and compassion. My fiction-writing muscles are trained toward sympathy, whereas if you’re reflecting on your own life, you train yourself away from sympathy, or at least I do. I hope I found a way to be simultaneously transparent and generous with myself. CONTINUED ON PAGE 48

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THURSDAY 4/3

DAX RIGGS

9 p.m. Stickyz. $10.

Dax Riggs fronted the influential sludge metal band Acid Bath, who formed in South Louisiana (deep in “True Detective” country) in 1991, played spooky, experimental “death rock” that sampled “Blue Velvet” and Jim Jones, and then disbanded in the late ’90s. Riggs went on to start a handful of other bands, including the equally scary and rage-filled (but quieter and more accessible) Fat Possum indie rock band Deadboy and the Elephantmen. These days he records and tours under his own name, settling into his role as, in Fat Possum’s words, “Louisiana’s own dark star and Orpheus of the underground.” If his aesthetic has moved away from discordance towards dark, Nick Cavelike folk-rock, his sensibility is the same as it ever was: His most recent album was called “Say Goodnight to the World,” and featured song titles like “I Hear Satan” and “Let Me Be Your Cigarette.”

DEATH ROCK: Dax Riggs will be at Stickyz Thursday.

THURSDAY 4/3-SATURDAY 4/5

DELTA SYMPOSIUM XX

Arkansas State University. Free.

Arkansas State University will host its 20th Delta Symposium this weekend, titled “Diversities in the Delta,” and featuring a variety of free lectures, readings and performances on the theme. Talks on Levon Helm, swamp rabbits and 19th century cookbooks will be followed by panel discussions focusing on topics like blues and Delta memoir writing. Two highlights of this year’s event

are a reading, Q&A and book signing by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa (5 p.m. Friday, April 4) at the Wilson Hall Auditorium, and a concert by blues musician John Hammond, the man who introduced Bob Dylan to The Band (his father was the famous talent scout who got Dylan a record deal in 1961, the same year he also spearheaded the reissue of Robert Johnson’s “King of the Delta Blues Singers”), at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at City Water and Light Park.

8 p.m. Robinson Center Music Hall. $50.15-$58.85.

“I know ya’ll seen me in the movies, but the money’s gone goddamnit, that’s why I’m here tonight.” That’s how Mike Epps opened his “Inappropriate Behavior” special in 2006, and I can only assume the money is gone once again, because Epps will be in town Friday night on his “After Dark” 40

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SHINYRIBS

10 p.m. White Water Tavern.

Beloved alt-country band The Gourds, an important presence in the Austin music scene since the mid’90s, went on hiatus last October, giving singer Kevin Russell time to focus all his resources on his newer project, Shinyribs, which also features Gourds drummer (and Russell’s brother-in-law) Keith Langford. Here, Russell dances

and plays occasional ukulele and writes songs about his “favorite root vegetable” (sweet potato) and conspiracy theories involving the moon. As always, he also plays engaging, skewed country music filled with falsetto and upbeat, Southern-funk, bar-band stomp. The group’s strongest trait is its unpredictability: Its second and most recent album, “Gulf Coast Museum,” ended with a wounded Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes cover.

SATURDAY 4/5

FRIDAY 4/4

MIKE EPPS

FRIDAY 4/4

ZAJAL LIVE

tour. One of the emergent stars of the Def Jam Comedy boom of the early ’90s, Epps quickly found a home outside of the stand-up circuit, in Hollywood. Famous for his roles as a stoner in “Next Friday,” a pimp in “How High,” a thief in “All About the Benjamins” and a Kodiak bear in “Dr. Doolittle 2,” he’s also appeared in music videos by Kendrick Lamar (playing a priest), Ice Cube and T.I. (twice).

6 p.m. Reynolds Center, Fayetteville. Free.

The King Fahd Center at the University of Arkansas will present “Zajal Live: A Poetic Duel in Lebanese Arabic,” featuring Antoine Saadeh and Bassam Harb, two celebrated experts in the art of zajal, an Arabic oral poetry tradition dating back to the 13th century. Zajal is semi-improvised, semi-sung and presented in the form of a duel, a kind of

proto-rap battle in which both participants riff on a common theme (“riff” in this case implying a much higher level of complexity than is typically intended by the word). Professor Adnan Haydar will be on hand to explain and summarize the proceedings. Middle East Studies instructor Paula Haydar will give a lecture on the history of the folk tradition earlier that day, at 1:30 p.m. in room 408 of the Science and Engineering building.

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THURSDAY 4/3

TUESDAY 4/8

THE GODFATHER: PART II

7 p.m. Market Street Cinema. $8.

The “Godfather” movies never really fit the New Hollywood narrative very comfortably — they’re stuffy, white-elephant, prestige dramas, classically constructed and a little humorless. They are beautiful though, especially the second

one, which pays tribute (to put it charitably) to the visual breakthroughs of Bertolucci’s “The Conformist,” and brings to life the grimy old New York that Luc Sante wrote about in “Low Life.” There are more interesting movies on the same subject and milieu (e.g. “Once Upon a Time in America”) and even better Fran-

cis Ford Coppola movies (“The Conversation”), but there’s a lot to enjoy about this thing, even in the margins (note the rare and awesome Lee Strasberg performance as the cold-hearted and shirtless Miami kingpin Hyman Roth). Also, I’ve never seen it on a big screen, and that’s what Market Street is offering.

The Porter Fund will host a gala at the Governor’s Mansion to honor Charles Portis with its Lifetime Achievement Award, featuring readings by authors Roy Blount Jr., Roy Reed and Jay Jennings, 6 p.m., $200. Pianist Jura Margulis will give a free lecture and concert at the University of Arkansas’s Ozark Hall, 5 p.m., and the Natural State Brass Band will play at Maumelle High School at 7:30, $5, a benefit for the Maumelle High School Band program. Little Rock’s Collin vs. Adam and Whale Fire will play at the Afterthought at 9 p.m., $5, and The Frontier Circus will be at White Water Tavern with Riverbottom Debutante at 9:30 p.m., $5.

FRIDAY 4/4 The Arkansas Men and Women’s College Basketball All-Star Game will be held at Summit Arena, at 3:30 p.m. (also 3:30 p.m. Saturday), $8-$18. The Ron Robinson Theater will present “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” the 2013 biopic starring Idris Elba as Nelson Mendela, 7 p.m. April 4-6, $5. The Old State House Museum will open its free production of “The Bridgegroom of Blowing Rock,” a play by Catherine Trieschmann performed by Torn Kite Theatre Company, at 7:30 p.m. (other performances will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6). The Weekend Theater’s production of “Tuesdays With Morrie” will also open at 7:30 p.m., with other performances at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, and 2:30 p.m., Sunday, April 6, $12-$16. L.A. NOISE: John Wiese will be at White Water Tavern with Bonnie Montgomery and The Bloodless Cooties Tuesday.

SATURDAY 4/5 TUESDAY 4/8

JOHN WIESE

9:30 p.m. White Water Tavern.

“I deal in actual sounds,” John Wiese once told the L.A. Times. “Often, these will have a lot of trajectory of their own and define their own path.” A composer and noise musician, Weise has dealt in his own

chaotic brand of “actual sounds” since the late ’90s, touring and recording with his projects LHD and Sissy Spacek, and with a diverse orbit of often better-known groups looking to borrow his distinctive sonic tool-kit, like Wolf Eyes, Yellow Swans, No Age and Sun O))), who I once saw nearly

shatter a collection of stained glass windows in an Athens, Ga., chapel by force of volume alone (the fire alarm went off and no one even noticed). Wiese is a little brilliant and maybe dangerous, and he’ll share a bill with Bonnie Montgomery and The Bloodless Cooties.

“The 400 Blows” officially announced the arrival of the French New Wave, “Breathless” gave it personality. With its sloppy, barely explored manhunt plot, makeshift tracking shots and seemingly arbitrary edits (within single takes, giving it that idiosyncratic, jittery feel), the film was something new in a way that

divided audiences and thrilled aspiring filmmakers. It’s hardly representative of Godard’s approach, as he never really made another film like it, but it’s taken on a cultural-historical life of its own as a cinematic landmark, admired for its radical direction, D.I.Y. ethos and fashion, among other reasons.

WEDNESDAY 4/9

“BREATHLESS”

7:30 p.m. Vino’s. Donations.

Splice Microcinema, the new underground film series to be held in Vino’s back room, is starting out strong with its opening night pick, the first in a set of four early Jean-Luc Godard films (screened in 16mm). If Truffaut’s

The Arkansas Orchid Society and SWROGA Show and Sale, a free event featuring a raffle, silent auction and orchid sale, will be at the Benton Event Center beginning at noon and at 11 a.m. Sunday, April 6. Gallery 360 will present “Burning Bright,” a reading by poet Jessica Otto at 7 p.m. Local garage punk band Bombay Harambee will play White Water Tavern with Teenagers and Pagiins, 9 p.m. Buttery and Irie Soul will be at the Afterthought at 9 p.m., $10, and Consumers will be at Juanita’s with Becoming Elephants and Burning the Past, 10 p.m., $10.

WEDNESDAY 4/9 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase finalist John Willis will perform at South on Main as part of its free Local Live series, 7:30 p.m. The Slackers will play at Juanita’s at 9 p.m. with Chinese Dub Embassy and Brown Soul Shoes, $15. www.arktimes.com

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Collin vs. Adam, Whale Fire. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 9 p.m., $5. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-6631196. www.afterthoughtbar.com. Dax Riggs. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 NEXT FRIDAY: Mike Epps will be at the Robinson Center Music Hall Friday, 8 p.m., p.m., $10. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www. $50.15-$58.85. stickyz.com. The Frontier Circus, Riverbottom Debutante. animation, the festival will host visiting filmmakHall, 8 p.m., $50.15-$58.85. Markham and White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m., $5. 2500 W. 7th ers and offer a screenwriting workshop. through Broadway. www.littlerockmeetings.com/convSt. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com. April 6, $25. centers/robinson. “Inferno.” DJs play pop, electro, house and more, “Winter Sucks.” Original sketch comedy by The plus drink specials and $1 cover before 11 p.m. Main Thing. Call to make reservations. The Joint, Sway, 9 p.m. 412 Louisiana. 501-907-2582. Horse racing. Oaklawn, 1:30 p.m., $2.50-$4.50. 8 p.m., $20. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372Jura Margulis. A free lecture and concert by the 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-4411. 0205. thejointinlittlerock.com. internationally renowned pianist, to be held www.oaklawn.com. in Ozark Hall. University of Arkansas, 5 p.m., Fayetteville. honorscollege.uark.edu/invites. Ballroom Dancing. Free lessons begin at 7 p.m. Krush Thursdays with DJ Kavaleer. Club Climax, “From the Heart: A Night of Spoken Word.” Bess Chisum Stephens Community Center, 8-11 free before 11 p.m. 824 W. Capitol. 501-554-3437. Hosted by the Oxford American, the Social Justice p.m., $7-$13. 12th and Cleveland streets. 501-221Laura Aikin. Walton Arts Center, 8:15 p.m., $75. 495 League Poetry Club, and Foreign Tongues. Oxford 7568. www.blsdance.org. W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-443-5600. American, 7 p.m. 1300 Main St. “Salsa Night.” Begins with a one-hour salsa lesson. Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Juanita’s, 9 p.m., $8. 614 President Clinton Ave. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. lit- FRIDAY, APRIL 4 501-372-1228. www.littlerocksalsa.com. tlerock.erniebiggs.com. Michael Eubanks. Newk’s Express Cafe, 6:30 p.m. 4317 Warden Road, NLR. 501-753-8559. newks.com. Club Nights at 1620 Savoy. Dance night, with Fantastic Friday. Literary and music event, Natural State Brass Band. Proceeds benefit the DJs, drink specials and bar menu, 10 p.m. until refreshments included. For reservations, call Maumelle High School Band program. Maumelle 2 a.m. 1620 Savoy. 1620 Market St. 501-221-1620. 479-968-2452 or email artscenter@centuryHigh School, 7:30 p.m., $5. 100 Victory Drive. 501www.1620savoy.com. tel.net. River Valley Arts Center, Every third 851-5350. Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Friday, 7 p.m., $10 suggested donation. 1001 Open jam with The Port Arthur Band. Parrot Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. litE. B St., Russellville. 479-968-2452. www.arvarBeach Cafe, 9 p.m. 9611 MacArthur Drive, NLR. tlerock.erniebiggs.com. tscenter.org. 771-2994. Royal Southern Brotherhood, Samantha Fish. LGBTQ/SGL weekly meeting. Diverse Youth Project 86, At War’s End, Siversa. Juanita’s, 9 p.m., George’s Majestic Lounge, 9 p.m., $20. 519 W. for Social Change is a group for LGBTQ/SGL $10 adv., $12 day of. 614 President Clinton Ave. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226. and straight ally youth and young adults age 501-372-1228. www.juanitas.com. Shinyribs. White Water Tavern, 10 p.m. 2500 W. 14 to 23. For more information, call 244-9690 RockUsaurus. Senor Tequila, 7-9 p.m. 10300 N. 7th St. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com. or search “DYSC” on Facebook. LGBTQ/SGL Rodney Parham Road. 501-224-5505. www.senor- Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 9 p.m., free. Youth and Young Adult Group, 6:30 p.m. 800 tequila.com. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel. Scott St. Stoney LaRue. George’s Majestic Lounge, 9 p.m., com/CBG. $17. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226. University of Central Arkansas Opera Theatre. Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 7:30 p.m., See April 3. “Mandela.” Ron Robinson Theater, April 4-6, 7 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capit$5. 1 Pulaski Way. 501-320-5703. www.cals.lib.ar.us/ alhotel.com/CBG. ron-robinson-theater.aspx. University of Central Arkansas Opera Theatre. Mike Epps and friends. Robinson Center Music Ozark Foothills FilmFest. See April 3. Students will perform Samuel Barber’s “A Hand of Bridge,” Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Telephone” and Seymour Barab’s “La Pizza con Funghi.” Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.

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2014 Arkansas Youth Summit. Gina Cox Center, 1 p.m. 501 W. Academy St., Lonoke. Charles Portis Lifetime Achievement Porter Fund Gala. Featuring readings by authors Roy Blount Jr., Roy Reed and Jay Jennings. Governor’s Mansion, 6 p.m., $200. 1800 Center St. 501-868-7172. Hillcrest Shop & Sip. Shops and restaurants offer discounts, later hours and live music. Hillcrest, first Thursday of every month, 5 p.m. P.O.Box 251522. 501-666-3600. www.hillcrestmerchants.com.

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Arkansas Men and Women’s College Basketball All-Star Game. This two-day event will feature the top 20 male and female basketball players from throughout Arkansas. Summit Arena, April 4, 3:30 p.m.; April 5, 3:30 p.m., $8-$18. 134 Convention Blvd., Hot Springs. 501-620-5001. www.summitarena.org. Horse racing. Oaklawn, 1:30 p.m., $2.50-$4.50. 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-4411. www.oaklawn.com. St. Vincent Tour de Paul 2014. Men’s professional tennis tournament. Pleasant Valley Country Club, April 4-13. 1 Pleasant Valley Drive. 501-225-5622. www.pleasantvalleycountryclub.net.

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Bombay Harambee, Teenagers, Pagiins. White Water Tavern, 9 p.m. 2500 W. 7th St. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com. Butterfly and Irie Soul. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 9 p.m., $10. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com. Club Nights at 1620 Savoy. See April 4. Consumers, Becoming Elephants, Burning the Past. Juanita’s, 10 p.m., $8 adv., $10 day of. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www.juanitas.com. FRASS, The Pneumatic Girls, Herding Kittens. The Locals coffee shop, 7 p.m. 1024 Van Ronkle Street, Conway. thelocals.be. Jam Rock Saturday. Twelve Modern Lounge, first Saturday of every month, 9 p.m. 1900 W. Third St. 501-301-1200. K.I.S.S. Saturdays. Featuring DJ Silky Slim. Dress code enforced. Sway, 10 p.m. 412 Louisiana. 501492-9802. Lil Rock Obama, J Purley, Suavio Da Don, Yung 2, Joker B, Country Boyz. Regina Intus Centre, 10 p.m., $7-$10. 6221 Colonel Glenn Rd. Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com. New Era Saturdays. 21-and-older. Twelve Modern Lounge, first Saturday of every month, 9 p.m., $5 cover until 11 p.m. 1900 W. Third St. 501-301-1200. Pickin’ Porch. Bring your instrument. All ages welcome. Faulkner County Library, 9:30 a.m. 1900 Tyler St., Conway. 501-327-7482. www.fcl.org. Singer/Songwriters Showcase. Parrot Beach Cafe, 2-7 p.m., free. 9611 MacArthur Drive, NLR. 771-2994. Tab Beniot, The Cate Brothers. George’s Majestic Lounge, 9 p.m., $20. 519 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-442-4226. Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 9 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel. com/CBG. Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 8:30 p.m., $8 adv., $10 day of. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com. University of Central Arkansas Opera Theatre. See April 3.

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Jessica Otto, “Burning Bright.” Gallery 360, 7 p.m. 900 S. Rodney Parham Road. 501-663-2222. “Zajal Live: A Poetic Duel in Lebanese Arabic”. A free performance by two of Lebanon’s masters of the art of oral poetry — zajal — Antoine Saadeh and Bassam Harb, at the Reynolds Center. University of Arkansas, 6 p.m. Fayetteville.

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Arkansas Men and Women’s College Basketball All-Star Game. See April 4. Children’s Advocacy Alliance: Tandem Skydiving Jump. A fundraising event to benefit for abused community children. Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, $100. One Airport Road. 501372-3439. clintonairport.com. Horse racing. Oaklawn, 1 p.m., $2.50-$4.50. 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-4411. www. oaklawn.com. St. Vincent Tour de Paul 2014. Men’s professional tennis tournament. Pleasant Valley Country Club, through April 13. 1 Pleasant Valley Drive. 501225-5622. www.pleasantvalleycountryclub.net.

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Annual Railroadiana Show and Sale. Arkansas Railroad Museum, 9 a.m., $5. 1700 Port Road, Pine Bluff. 870-535-8819. www.arkansasrailroadmuseum.org. Arkansas Orchid Society and SWROGA Show and Sale. Free event featuring raffle drawing, silent auction and orchid sale. Benton Event Center, April 5, 12 p.m.; April 6, 11 a.m. 17324 I-30 North, Benton. Arkansas State University Delta Symposium. A free music festival and symposium featuring special guest John Hammond. City, Water and Light Arkansas Orchid Society and SWROGA Show Park, 12 p.m. 1123 S. Culberhouse St., Jonesboro. and Sale. Free event featuring raffle drawing, Falun Gong meditation. Allsopp Park, 9 a.m., silent auction and orchid sale. Benton Event free. Cantrell and Cedar Hill Roads. Center, 11 a.m. 17324 I-30 North, Benton. Grand Opening of Laman Library’s Argenta “Live from the Back Room.” Spoken word event. Branch. Music provided by Rodney Block and Vino’s, 7 p.m. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www. The Real Music Lovers. Laman Library, Argenta vinosbrewpub.com. Branch, 10 a.m. 506 Main St., NLR. 501-687-1061. www.lamanlibrary.org. Hillcrest Farmers Market. Pulaski Heights Baptist “Mandela.” Ron Robinson Theater, 7 p.m., $5. 1 Church, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd. Pulaski Way. 501-320-5703. www.cals.lib.ar.us/ Historic Neighborhoods Tour. Bike tour of historic ron-robinson-theater.aspx. neighborhoods includes bike, guide, helmets Ozark Foothills FilmFest. See April 3. and maps. Bobby’s Bike Hike, 9 a.m., $8-$28. 400 President Clinton Ave. 501-613-7001. Pork & Bourbon Tour. Bike tour includes bicycle, Horse racing. Oaklawn, 1:30 p.m., $2.50-$4.50. guide, helmets and maps. Bobby’s Bike Hike, 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-4411. 11:30 a.m., $35-$45. 400 President Clinton Ave. www.oaklawn.com. 501-613-7001. St. Vincent Tour de Paul 2014. Men’s professional tennis tournament. Pleasant Valley Country Club, through April 13. 1 Pleasant Valley Drive. 501“Mandela.” Ron Robinson Theater, through April 225-5622. www.pleasantvalleycountryclub.net. 6, 7 p.m., $5. 1 Pulaski Way. 501-320-5703. www. cals.lib.ar.us/ron-robinson-theater.aspx. MONDAY, APRIL 7 Ozark Foothills FilmFest. See April 3.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Cher

March 28, Verizon Arena BY JIM HARRIS

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he only other time we saw Cher perform live, she was on the first of a couple of supposed “final” tour stops at what’s now called Verizon Arena, and we had the pleasure of keeping company with Little Rock entrepreneur Jennings Osborne in his crowded suite. Jennings is gone, but Cher, who turns 68 in May, is still out on the road on yet another promised final concert along for the arena on such familiar Benatar swing. hits as “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “We This time we were only six rows away, Are Young,” and an encore blend of “Heartdead center, from the front of the stage breaker” with the Johnny Cash staple “Ring (amazing comped concert seats, to be sure) of Fire.” and we’re pretty sure we saw a wink when While Cher’s a testament to what plasshe was assuring the crowd of 12,119 rau- tic surgeons can accomplish, she also still cous concertgoers that this was indeed her possesses the legs of a 25-year-old — not a last series of shows. mark on them, though she was hiding recent Another sexagenarian who doesn’t sound ankle surgery that she said was keeping her ready to stop touring, the rocking, 61-year- from doing some really serious moves with old Pat Benatar, was a hot, cheery warm-up her five male and five female dancers, two for the main act in an hour-long set with her acrobats and a solid seven-piece backing husband, guitarist/keyboardist Neil Giraldo. band with a female bass player donning the Benatar, who stole the show appearing in Cher hair of the ’60s. a hit-filled tour with Journey that stopped Totally Las Vegas in production, with by Verizon Arena last fall, sounded no dif- everything but actual pyrotechnics, the perferent from the way she did 35 years ago formance may have been more show than when she and Giraldo first started their run. Cher, as she required several breaks for a Eventually, the show became a happy sing- dozen costume changes that helped her con-

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vey a career in singing and movies that began in the mid-1960s. She spent a lot of time providing insight we’ve somehow missed all these years, such as the fact that her mother was from Searcy before she moved to Hollywood for an acting and modeling career. (A simple Googling of Cher’s mom reveals a still-vivacious woman who has written a book and appears in fabulous shape for 88, hints that we may still have not seen the last of the genetically blessed Cher). The concertgoer’s age might have determined which part of the show stood out most. For us, Cher’s mashup of video from the 1960s and her live sing-along with a video of Sonny Bono on “The Beat Goes On,” followed by “I’ve Got You, Babe,” was beautiful nostalgia. Cher expressed how difficult it had been in past shows to recreate “I’ve Got You, Babe,” and her ode to her late and ex-husband was heartfelt. She began the show, though, bringing the power of woman to the fore and ended it the same. For the opening “Women’s World,” she arose atop a pillar wearing an audacious feathered headdress for a Cleopatra look. To end it, Cher climbed aboard a contraption shaped like a church window, and this time her headpiece was a halo of the madonna — not Madonna, but rather the Virgin Mary (we’re not kidding) — as she floated mere feet above the floor crowd to

the back of the arena. Some fans screamed and reached almost as if the Holy Mother herself was in the house. In between, Cher hit on all the major points in her vocal career, from her “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” solo breakout, as she swirled in a multileveled gypsy skirt, to the more recent “Believe,” where she wore what appeared to be next to nothing. Her fabulous dancers worked their rears off with her, particularly on the bawdy “Welcome to Burlesque,” and in killing time while she went backstage. Her two acrobats, wearing nothing but the lower half of a Greek war ensemble, scurried up and down ropes before a Trojan horse appeared from backstage, and Cher slipped out of it dressed as Helen of Troy (we guess) in a short gold outfit with blond wig, singing “Take It Like a Man.” One other highlight was the powerful and fitting ballad “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” a rangy song that she managed to handle without much difficulty. She reminded us, with a video of her Oscar acceptance speech for her role in “Moonstruck,” that critics never thought much of her as a “real” singer or actor. Her career says otherwise. And, approaching 68, it truly appears that, to paraphrase the song title, she has turned back time. No ifs about it.

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Bonnie Montgomery, John Wiese, The Bloodless Cooties. White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m. 2500 W. 7th St. 501-375-8400. www.whitewatertavern.com. Cypress Creek Park Spring Bluegrass Jam. Cypress Creek Park, through April 12. Cypress Creek Avenue, Adona. 501-662-4918. www. cypresscreekpark.com. The Goddamn Gallows. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 9 p.m., $7 adv., $10 day of. 107 Commerce St. 501-372-7707. www.stickyz.com. Irish Traditional Music Sessions. Hibernia Irish Tavern, second and Fourth Tuesday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 9700 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-246-4340. www.hiberniairishtavern.com. Joe Nichols, Backroad Anthem. Washington Regional Gala Walton Arts Center, 7 p.m. 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-443-5600. Lacuna Coil, Kyng, Eve to Adam, Cilver. Presented by 100.3 the Edge. Juanita’s, 8 p.m., $17 adv., $20 day of. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www.juanitas.com. Live music. No cover charge Sun.-Tue. and Thu. Ernie Biggs. 307 Clinton Ave. 501-372-4782. littlerock.erniebiggs.com. Lucious Spiller Band. Copeland’s Restaurant of Little Rock, 6-9 p.m. 2602 S. Shackleford Road. 501-312-1616. www.copelandsrestaurantlittlerock.com. Music Jam. Hosted by Elliott Griffen and Joseph Fuller. The Joint, 8-11 p.m., free. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com. Tuesday Jam Session with Carl Mouton. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com.

SPORTS

St. Vincent Tour de Paul 2014. Men’s professional tennis tournament. Pleasant Valley Country Club, through April 13. 1 Pleasant Valley Drive. 501-225-5622. www.pleasantvalleycountryclub.net.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9

MUSIC

Acoustic Open Mic. Afterthought Bistro & Bar, 8 p.m., free. 2721 Kavanaugh Blvd. 501-663-1196. www.afterthoughtbar.com. Casper Allen, Thistle, Elliott S. Cotton. The Locals coffee shop, 7 p.m. 1024 Van Ronkle Street, Conway. thelocals.be. Cypress Creek Park Spring Bluegrass Jam.

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“Latin Night.” Revolution, 7:30 p.m., $5 regular, $7 under 21. 300 President Clinton Ave. 501-8230090. www.littlerocksalsa.com.

EVENTS

Co-op(t): An evening of visual art and music. Featuring artwork by UALR Artist in Residen Taimur Cleary and music by the UALR Percussion Ensemble led by Charles Law. South on Main, 5 p.m. 1304 Main St. 501-244-9660. www.facebook. com/SouthonMainLR. Little Rock Green Drinks. Informal networking session for people who work in the environmental field. Ciao Baci, 5:30-7 p.m. 605 N. Beechwood St. 501-603-0238. www.greendrinks. org. Tales from the South. Authors tell true stories; schedule available on website. Dinner served 5-6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Call for reservations. Starving Artist Cafe, 5 p.m. 411 N. Main St., NLR. 501-372-7976. www.starvingartistcafe.net. Trivia Bowl. Flying Saucer, 8:30 p.m. 323 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-8032. www.beerknurd.com/ stores/littlerock.

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“Field of Dreams.” Vino’s, 8 p.m. 923 W. 7th St. 501-375-8466. www.vinosbrewpub.com. “The Godfather: Part II.” Market Street Cinema, 7 p.m., $8. 1521 Merrill Drive. 501-312-8900. www. marketstreetcinema.net.

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The Slackers, Chinese Dub Embassy, Brown Soul Shoes. Juanita’s, 9 p.m., $12 adv., $15 day of. 614 President Clinton Ave. 501-372-1228. www. juanitas.com. Ted Ludwig Trio. Capital Bar and Grill, 7:30 p.m., free. 111 Markham St. 501-374-7474. www.capitalhotel.com/CBG.

COMEDY

The Joint Venture. Improv comedy group. The Joint, 8 p.m., $7. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com. The Sandman. The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m. $8-$12. 10301 N. Rodney Parham Road. 501-228-5555. www.loonybincomedy.com.

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Little Rock Bop Club. Beginning dance lessons

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POETRY

Rocktown Slam. Sign up at the door to perform in the competition. Arkansas Arts Center, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., $5-$10. 501 E. 9th St. 501-372-4000. www. arkarts.com. Wednesday Night Poetry. 21-and-older show. Maxine’s, 7 p.m., free. 700 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-321-0909. maxineslive.com/shows. html.

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Horse racing. Oaklawn, 1:30 p.m., $2.50-$4.50. 2705 Central Ave., Hot Springs. 501-623-4411.

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THIS WEEK IN THEATER

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Wizard of Oz.” Walton Arts Center, through April 3, 7 p.m.; Fri., April 4, 8 p.m.; through April 6, 2 p.m., $26-$83. 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. 479-443-5600. “The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock.” A play by Catherine Trieschmann, performed by Torn Kite Theatre Company. Free and open to the public. Old State House Museum, April 4-5, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., April 6, 2 p.m. 500 Clinton Ave. 501-3249685. www.oldstatehouse.com. “The Fox on the Fairway.” Dinner and a new comedy by Ken Ludwig. Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, through April 19: Sun., 5:30 and 11 a.m.; Tue.-Sat., 6 p.m., $25-$35. 6323 Col. Glenn Road. 501-5623131. murrysdinnerplayhouse.com. “Les Miserables.” The Rep presents an allnew production of Alain Boublil and ClaudeMichel Schonberg’s “Les Miserables.” Arkansas Repertory Theatre, through April 6: Wed., Thu., Sun., 7 p.m.; Fri., Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m., $30$55. 601 Main St. 501-378-0405. www.therep.org. “Over the River and Through the Woods.” Pocket Community Theater, through April 13: Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2:30 p.m., $10. 170 Ravine St., Hot Springs. “Ripped and Wrinkled.” An original rock musical about a world famous band from North Little Rock called The Dogs. The Joint, through May 31: Fri., Sat., 8 p.m., $20. 301 Main St. No. 102, NLR. 501-372-0205. thejointinlittlerock.com. “Tuesdays With Morrie.” The Weekend Theater, through April 13: Fri., Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2:30 p.m., $12-$16. 1001 W. 7th St. 501-374-3761. www. weekendtheater.org.

GALLERIES, MUSEUMS

NEW EXHIBITS, EVENTS

ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, MacArthur Park: “InCiteful Clay,” 35 ceramic sculptures that offer social commentary by Toby Buonagurio, Nuala Creed, Michelle Erickson, Richard Notkin, Anne Potter, Richard Shaw, Akio Takamori, Ehren Tool, Patti Warashina and Paula Winokur, April 4-June 29, Winthrop Rockefeller Gallery; “Feed Your Mind Friday” tour of exhibit “InCiteful Clay” by Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Craft Brian Lang, noon April 4; “Art of Wine,” with Princess Giorgianna Corsini, 5:30 p.m. April 8, lower lobby, $50 members, $60 nonmembers; “The Crossroads of Memory: Carroll Cloar and the American South,” 70 paintings by the late Arkansas native, curated by Memphis’ Brooks Museum, through June 1; “Ties that Bind: Southern Art from the Collection,” atrium, through April 27; “Earthly Delights: Modern and Contemporary Highlights from the Collection,” through April 20, Strauss and Smith galleries. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 372-4000. ART GROUP GALLERY, 11525 Cantrell Road (Pleasant Ridge Town Center): “First Friday Art Night,” 4-8 p.m. April 4. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.Thu., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 1-6 p.m. Sun. STEPHANO’S FINE ART, 1813 N. Grant St.: “Tail Waggin’ and Tailgaitin’ ” party to benefit Out of the Woods Animal Rescue, with raffle baskets, live music, drinks, food, 2-5 p.m. April 6. 563-4218. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK, 2801 S. University Ave.: “Revision, Missing, Listen, Light, Fly: Drawings by David Bailin,” charcoal and mixed media drawings, Gallery II, April 5-May 30, artist’s lecture 6 p.m. April 17,

AFTER DARK, CONT. reception 6:30-8 p.m. May 15; “Annual Student Competition,” Gallery I, through May 5; “BA Group Exhibit,” work by Daniel Ramsey, Mandy Schrader, Ashley Barker, Lisa Kent, Megan Roberts and Charles Cameron Tedder, Gallery III, through April 9. 569-3182. BENTONVILLE CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, One Museum Way: “Picasso and His Times,” lecture by Duke University art history professor Patricia Leighten, 4-5 p.m. April 6; “The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism,” works by Paul Gaugin, Andre Derain, Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso and others, through July 7; “At First Sight,” watercolors from the personal collection of museum founder Alice Walton, through April 21; “Edward Hopper: Journey to Blackwell’s Island,” preliminary sketches on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the finished painting and other watercolors by Hopper, through April 21; permanent collection of American masterworks spanning four centuries. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon., Thu.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wed., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun., closed Tue. 479-418-5700.

Center at Mountain Home and to compete in the Quick Draw competition at the “Art, Music and Barbecue” in Cotter May 2. Landscape artist Bruce Peil will be judge. Artists’ registration will be April 30-May 2; entry fee is $50. Cash prizes to be awarded. Preregistration is encouraged. For more information go to White River Artists on Facebook, email whiteriverartists@gmail.com or call 870-424-1051.

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The Arkansas Arts Council is taking applications for $4,000 artist fellowships in short story writing, theater directing and artworks on paper. Deadline to apply is April 18. Fellowships are awarded based on artistic ability and to encourage development of the fellows. For more information, call the Arts Council at 324-9766 or email robinm@arkansasheritage.org. The Arkansas Arts Center is taking entries now through April 17 for its 56th annual Delta Exhibition, open to artists in Arkansas and contiguous states. Show dates are June 27-Sept. 28. Juror will be Brian Rutenberg. Prizes include the $2,500 Grand Award, two $750 Delta Awards and a $250 Contemporaries Delta Award. Artists may register and upload images at www.arkansasartscenter.org. Plein Air on the White River 2014, to be held April 30-May 3, is accepting entries from artists to show work at the Vada Sheid Community www.arktimes.com

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AFTER DARK, CONT. work by Warren Criswell, Samantha Kosakowski, Robert Bean, Diane Harper, Dominique Simmons, David Warren, Shannon Rogers, Win Bruhl, Debi Fendley, Jorey May Greene, Melissa Gill, Neal Harrington, Tammy Harrington, Evan Lindquist, Houston Fyer, Thomas Sullivan and Sherry O’Rorke, through June 28; “Southern Voices,” contemporary quilts by the Studio Art Quilts Associates, through May 24. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.Sat. 320-5790. CANTRELL GALLERY, 8206 Cantrell Road: “Arkansas Weather Report,” new paintings by Daniel Coston, through April 27. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 224-1335. GREG THOMPSON FINE ART, 429 Main St., NLR: “Carroll Cloar: A Road Less Traveled,” 23 paintings and drawings, through April 12. 664-2787. HEARNE FINE ART, 1001 Wright Ave.: “From a Whisper ... to a Conversation ... to a Shout,” work

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Continued from page 38 Why seventh grade? There’s this idea that only big lives, momentous lives, are worthy of memoir, and I remember thinking, well, maybe, but isn’t every life momentous — or at least wouldn’t it be if you approached it with enough care, enough perceptiveness? Take any one year of any one life, recount it with clarity and sympathy, and shouldn’t it matter? Seventh grade was far and away the most difficult year of my childhood, but it’s also the year I’ve spent the most time trying to understand, as well as the source of a lot of the stories I’ve continued to tell, and I thought it would make for fruitful narrative soil. I tried to avoid treating the incidents I recall as anecdotes, packaged together with whatever meanings or punchlines I’ve derived from them over the years, since I don’t think our lives actually unfold with morals attached to them, or meanings that are easily extracted, or jokes designed to generate sympathy. I wanted to do the opposite — to offer up a life whose meanings can only be perceived through a tangle of desires, confusions and textural details. But the wealth of stories I remember from seventh grade certainly gave me a way of organizing the book: Oh yes, this happened, and then this happened, and then this. The book can be painful to read. Was it painful to write? It might seem odd, but the most painful experiences to undergo ended up being the easiest to write about, simply because I recollected them so clearly. Those voices — I don’t think they’ve ever fully left my mind. What was hard for me was cleaving to the facts of my life as they actually transpired, and also to my sensibility as I recall it working back then — to that vocabulary, that perspective, that specific 13-year-old boy’s set of worries and preoccupations — resisting the urge to let my own sensibility, the retrospection of a middle-aged man, take up the instrument and change the key. Not painful work, then, but painstaking. Did you have any reservations about the book’s kind of stark honesty, or was this necessary to the whole project? I didn’t have those hesitations while I was writing the book, or at least I wouldn’t allow myself to indulge them, because the question at its heart was so intriguing to me: How did it actually feel to be this particular human being immersed in this particular life during this particular year? That’s what I wanted to know, and it seemed to me that my answer would only have any value if I was as honest as I knew how to be. CONTINUED ON PAGE 50

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God stars as destroyer In Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah.’ BY SAM EIFLING

he epic “Noah,” a watchable if relentlessly weird adaptation of the book of Genesis’ grisliest passage, carries a rating of PG-13, for all the things that make the Bible such a favorite around the holidays: “violence, disturbing images and brief suggestive content.” For anyone who spent Sunday school sleeping in, this is the episode in which the Creator, as Noah and his family call God, notices what a bunch of irredeemable scoundrels humans have become and decides to push the reset button. Violent and disturbing only begins to sketch it. To our everlasting luck, there was one fellow — Russell Crowe, as a proto-steampunk vegetarian — whom the Creator tipped off. Noah builds a triple-decker brick-shaped boat the size of a small mall, and when the rains come, he and a menagerie of birds, beasts and bugs ride out the tempest while everyone and everything else, including the dinosaurs, we can only presume, are duly and permanently smote. This is a story so short and simple that you could read the King James version fully during the end credits of “Noah.” And yet what a tale! It has been nightmare fuel for millennia, but the Bible tells us little about Noah, other than that he could build a boat like a boss. The Noah of “Noah” has a nice thing going — married to Jennifer Connelly,

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got three kids, grandson to Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins) — in a bleak Icelandic dirtscape, until he starts getting pretty explicit signs from God, in the form of creepy dreams full of undersea corpses, that He’s about to take a mulligan and it’s going to get ugly. Also, in a twist that you didn’t see coming, there are some pious stone giants handy to help Noah and his family slap the ol’ ark together on deadline. Not kidding. Some of director/writer Darren Aronofsky’s past work, not least “Requiem for a Dream,” has suffered because of his apparent malice toward his characters. In this, he’s not a bad fit to adapt Genesis. His Noah is a hero touched by God who cannot help but overthink the Creator’s aims. When his three sons look around and find that only

the eldest is bringing a wife (Emma Watson), Noah quells a family insurrection and surmises, not unreasonably, that their job is not to perpetuate this benighted species, but merely to shepherd the rest of the animal kingdom through the flood and then to die off slowly and in loneliness afterward. If Noah like Aronofsky seems like a misanthrope, well, remember that they like all of us were created in God’s image. For all of the clunkiness of “Noah,” it does pick the right aspect of this fable to dote upon. Once the family escapes an army of would-be ark pirates (led by a Mad Maxish Ray Winstone) they’re left to their own existential dread, huddled in a dark box as the screams of the dying leak in through the timber-and-pitch walls. Any bright child has picked apart this story with such questions as “How do the animals eat?” (turns out, they hibernate) and “Where does everyone go to the bathroom?” (unanswered, still). The slightly more advanced question is, “During months at sea, carrying the fate of every species including our own, in the dark and atop genocidal waves, how does everyone not go crazy?” Madness may be inevitable on such a mission from God, as the Blues Brothers would likewise tell you, especially when the Creator becomes the Destroyer. Here’s where “Noah” veers into the subversive, even as it takes a respectful route to smelting scripture into a big-budget spectacle. At some level, it’s about how wrong we can be when we feel certain we understand God. This in a film about the guy who saved all life on the planet (except, like, all the plants, right? How did any plants survive? (etc., etc.) and yet not even he gets close enough to God to really understand what He wants, nor to play God, as it were. A Biblical epic Artist: that celebrates a dose of healthy skepticism Heather is a “Noah” for modern times. Emmett

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BROCKMEIER, CONT. Continued from page 48 My impulse was to take all the circumstances of my life — the person I used to be, the friends I used to know, the girls I used to like, the dreams I used to have, the movies I used to watch, the secrets I used to keep, the doubts I used to hide, the adulthood I used to anticipate — everything, whether good, bad or embarrassing — and gather it back together. The problems of trying to resurrect that long-gone consciousness and that long-gone time were difficult for me, and being anything other than truthful would only have com-

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away the one stronghold that they have.” Andre Guerrero is a member of LULAC’s state education committee and the director of programs for language minority students with the Arkansas Department of Education — though he made it clear he was not speaking on behalf of the Department of Education. Guerrero and other members of LULAC have met with Suggs several times to discuss the issue of how to serve Latino students in the LRSD and the Newcomer Center at Hall. “He told us that the program was good and he was supporting it. And now, bang, he sort of announces that, no, he’s going to dismantle it,” Guerrero said. Guerrero said the Newcomer Center is efficient and makes financial sense. “Staffing, scheduling, funding, so that it is costeffective to give these kids the extra help they need,” he said, “and it’s been very, very effective. This is one of the few things that hasn’t cost the district a disproportionate amount of money for results.” The program was approved by the U.S. Department of Education when it was started in the 1990s, Guerrero said, and isn’t “segregation” — only clustering students together for efficiency. Most of the parents with ESL students at Hall are happy with the system as it is, Guerrero said, and that Hall has proven successful at reaching a vulnerable population. “Nationally, we have a major problem with Hispanic dropouts,” he said. “We’re doing a good job addressing that through the Newcomer Center. It’s helping these kids, they like it, they’re moving ahead, they’ve got a bond with their teachers, they feel wanted and secure and well-taught. That makes sense to me.” In an interview this week, Suggs told the Times he does not want to close the Newcomer Center, and it was “not accurate” that he shot down the idea moving the center to McClellan High. “We’re not closing the Newcomer Center,” he said. “We’re actually going to expand the services for our English as New Language students.” Suggs said he didn’t know why those who attended meetings with him got the impression that he would close the center. “We did speak about the Newcomer Center, but we didn’t go into specifics about it,” he said. “I think whenever you talk about change, people become nervous and think it’s going to end.” Suggs did say he will “rearrange” the Newcomer Center, adding: “Hall High School will change. We will expand the services to [ESL] kids, but that option will always be there [for parents] to send their kids to Hall.” Asked if he would prefer to send ESL

students to schools in their own neighborhoods, Suggs said he wanted to give parents and students the option to attend any school they desire, which an expanded ESL system would allow. He said the current mindset regarding ESL students in the district has “a segregation component,” which is unacceptable given that Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment of the LRSD student population. “I wouldn’t say [students are] denied [enrollment at other schools], because they’re given the opportunity,” he said. “But I would say [there is] that concept of: ‘OK, well, we have to send them here.’

Well, what if I don’t want to go there? If I want to go somewhere else, why not give them the option? I think it’s more important that we provide services, because a lot of our families have smaller kids who aren’t in high school. We need to make sure we’re providing those services at that lower level, which we’re not doing a very good job of right now.” Suggs said the discussions about ESL programs and how to fund ESL teacher training are in their infancy and that changes are “not going to happen any time in the near future.” He said that paying for those changes will be a matter of shifting

resources. He also said he’s sure he’ll be able to find volunteers or work with the teachers’ union to find teachers willing to go through ESL training so programs can be expanded across the district. “In coming years,” he said, “you’re going to see a lot of relentless determination to recruit Hispanic, bilingual teachers and paraprofessionals, because we have to provide those services for those students,” Suggs said. “You want those students to feel at ease, and the parents to feel at ease, that when they come into the school, they’ll have someone who can communicate with them effectively.”

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Dining WHAT’S COOKIN’

JONATHAN WILKINS, the man behind the most delicious bar food Little Rock has ever seen, is cooking again. After leaving White Water Tavern last summer, Wilkins has resurfaced with Arkansas Fresh Bakery in Benton, which largely supplies directly to restaurants but has expansion plans on the horizon. Wilkins will begin selling Arkansas Fresh bread and grilled sandwiches and snacks at the Argenta Farmers Market on Saturday. From Wilkins on Facebook: “I’m happy to announce a new collaboration between myself and the folks at Arkansas Fresh Bakery. Starting this weekend every Saturday you can find me at the Argenta Farmer’s Market from 7 a.m. to noon. I’ll be running the bakery’s market stand as well as manning the grill to serve up a revolving menu of sandwiches and grilled snacks. I’ve got a bunch of new recipes, but some of your favorites that you haven’t been able to get in a while will also be making appearances. In short, ‘The Doublewide’ will once again be available. Go ahead and ‘like’ the Arkansas Fresh Bakery page. I’ll be posting the weekly menu up there. Hope to see you this season at the farmer’s market.” 52

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the edge off. The chanterelle mushrooms, charred corn and truffle corn puree were outstanding complements, much more than just afterthoughts or plate decorations. The truffle polenta ($12), billed as “crispy,” wasn’t, and its blandness got more intense after we had consumed the excellent mushrooms and bits of goat cheese that accompanied. But it was filling for sure. Our pasta choice is what we’ll be going back for. The crab tagliolini ($16) is a gem: thin pasta with considerably more shards of SLEEK: Cache features swank, modern decor. lump crab than we deserved. It’s not heavily sauced, but the Pernod (a French anisette liqueur) gives it a great, sharp edge. On our return trip we weren’t so budget conscious. The sea bass and scallops ($39) featured two large, pan-sauteed scallops But there’s much to love about that sat atop cipollini onion that had been swanky River Market restaurant. sauteed to sweetness. The 4- to 5-ounce portion of perfectly prepared, succulent sea our gut reaction the first time you’re bass was accented by cauliflower cream that Cache Restaurant at Cache Restaurant will likely be, was rich and not too cauliflowery. Slightly 425 President Clinton Ave. “This doesn’t feel like I’m in Little charred broccoli, carrots and asparagus Little Rock, AR 72201 Rock.” That’s really not fair to our city, which accompanied. The dish was excellent, but 501-850-0265 www.cachelittlerock.com is growing in sophistication and worldliit wasn’t $39 excellent, particularly given ness, but gut reactions aren’t necessarily the portions. QUICK BITE logical or fair. Our dining companion’s Tasmanian If you just want to nosh or are looking for a lower-cost dinner option, ask Cache is super swanky, modern, cosmosalmon ($30) featured a larger slab of wellfor the pizza menu at the bar. You’ll politan and well-appointed in every way. prepared salmon, served skin-side up. It was find seven creative options, priced It’s a huge, two-story restaurant/lounge moist, tender and not the least bit fishy. It between $10 and $12. (They’re also that wraps around the northeast corner sat atop a bed of amazing creamed leeks on the main lunch menu.) And it’s fun watching the hustle and bustle in the of the new Arcade Building in the heart of (we could eat a bowl of them), and the kitchen and the bartenders slinging the River Market District. But it’s divided beet ribbons offered a nice counterpoint fancy drinks. into distinct smaller sections that give it of sweetness. HOURS an unexpectedly intimate feel — from the Speaking of sweetness, we tried three 11 a.m.-close Monday through Friday, comfortable bar area, perfect for happy hour desserts over the course of our two visits 5 p.m.-close Saturday. Last seating at chats, to the counter seats where diners can (all $9.95): a classic but not inspired vanilla 9:45 each evening. creme brulee; a more distinctive, light-yetwatch the dozen or so kitchen staff scurryOTHER INFO ing around the huge, upscale open kitchen rich cheesecake served with whipped cream Full bar, credit cards accepted. to the downstairs main dining room. and a bit of caramel sauce; and nougatine, a Upstairs is the lounge, and it’s presented very rich flourless chocolate cake with bits just as compellingly — thanks this time of of praline and nuts and a scoop of homeyear to the sliding glass windows, which get a load of the prices. We’re not a town made vanilla ice cream. open up the place to the beautiful spring known for $74 ribeyes, $26 foie gras appeTo see the variety of steak, chicken, pasta weather; and at the central corner of the tizers or $21 meat and cheese plates. And and other entrees — plus to get a sense of lounge is a small outdoor patio where you at lunch, a sandwich with chips will set you the look and feel of the place — take time can soak up even more of the River Market back $11-$13 before beverage, tip and tax. So, to visit www.cachelittlerock.com. hustle and bustle below. yes, you can bruise your credit card pretty Given its prices, it would be logical to catCache (pronounced “cash,” not “cach- severely at Cache, especially if you shoot egorize Cache as a special occasion restauay”) is owned by Linda and Rush Hard- the moon. But there are ways to minimize rant. But unless folks are celebrating even ing, and anyone who has followed Rush the financial commitment and still leave the most minor of holidays or occasions, Harding’s professional career as CEO of satisfied. that’s not the way Cache is playing out. We At our first dinner we each just got an booked well in advance for our Friday night Crews and Associates, his high-profile support of UCA and his many philanthropic appetizer, split a pasta and split a dessert. dinner, but when we called one Monday kindnesses knows he does nothing halfway. The braised pork belly ($14) features a afternoon for reservations that night we Cache is living proof. decent-sized hunk of flavorful, salty, some- were told it was a complete sellout — but Another “I don’t feel like I’m in Little what fatty piece of delectable pork, not a that we were welcome to dine at the bar, a Rock” moment is likely to come when you meal-sized portion but plenty to knock lively and enjoyable experience. BRIAN CHILSON

OUR ANNUAL ARKANSAS TIMES HERITAGE HOG ROAST is on the horizon. The cook-off at the Argenta Farmers Market in North Little Rock is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Tickets are $25 in advance, or $30 at the door and include pig meat and sides from the roasters and live music from Memphis’ Ghost Town Blues Band, Runaway Planet and The Salty Dogs. Proceeds benefit the Argenta Arts District. So far we’ve got 19 restaurants participating. They’ll all smoke a hog from Scott Heritage Farm. Here they are: 1620 Savoy, Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse & Oceans, Cafe 42, Cafe Bossa Nova, Cheers, Cregeen’s Irish pub, Crush Wine Bar, The Fold, Maddie’s Place, Midtown Billards, Natchez, Reno’s Argenta Cafe, Ristorante Capeo, The Root, The Schlafly Tap Room, Southern Gourmasian, South on Main, Taco Mama and Whole Hog. If your favorite restaurant isn’t among that group, holler at ’em. There’s still time for teams to register.

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4 SQUARE CAFE AND GIFTS Vegetarian salads, soups, wraps and paninis and a broad selection of smoothies in an Arkansas products gift shop. 405 President Clinton Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-244-2622. BLD daily. ARKANSAS BURGER CO. Good burgers, fries and shakes, plus salads and other entrees. Try the cheese dip. 7410 Cantrell Road. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-663-0600. LD Tue.-Sat. ASHLEY’S The premier fine dining restaurant in Little Rock. The menu is often daring and always delicious. 111 W. Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $$$. 501-374-7474. BLD Mon.-Sat. BR Sun. BELLWOOD DINER Traditional breakfasts and plate lunch specials are the norm at this lostin-time hole in the wall. 3815 MacArthur Drive. NLR. No alcohol, No CC. $. 501-753-1012. BL Mon.-Fri. THE BLIND PIG Tasty bar food, including Zweigle’s brand hot dogs. 6015 Chenonceau Blvd. Full bar, CC. $-$$. 501-868-8194. D: Tue.-Sun., L Sat.-Sun. BRAVE NEW RESTAURANT Chef/owner Peter Brave was doing “farm to table” before most of us knew the term. His focus is on fresh, highquality ingredients prepared elegantly but simply. Ordering the fish special is never a bad choice. His chocolate crème brulee sets the pace. 2300 Cottondale Lane. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-663-2677. LD Mon.-Fri. D Sat. BRAY GOURMET DELI AND CATERING Turkey spreads in four flavors — original, jalapeno, cajun and dill — and the homemade pimiento cheese are the signature items at Chris Bray’s delicatessen, which serves sandwiches, wraps, soups, stuffed potatoes and salads and sells the turkey spreads to go. 323 Center St. Suite 150. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-353-1045. BL Mon.-Fri. CAPITAL BAR AND GRILL Big hearty sandwiches, daily lunch specials and fine evening dining all rolled up into one at this landing spot downtown. Surprisingly inexpensive with a great bar staff and a good selection of unique desserts. 111 Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-374-7474. LD daily. CAPITOL BISTRO Serving breakfast and lunch items, including quiche, sandwiches, coffees and the like. 1401 W. Capitol Ave. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-371-9575. BL Mon.-Fri. CATERING TO YOU Painstakingly prepared entrees and great appetizers in this gourmetto-go location, attached to a gift shop. Caters everything from family dinners to weddings and large corporate events. 8121 Cantrell Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-614-9030. Serving meals to go: LD Mon.-Sat. CATFISH HOLE Downhome place for wellcooked catfish and tasty hushpuppies. 603 E. Spriggs. NLR. Beer, All CC. $-$$. 501-758-3516. D Tue.-Sat. CELLAR 220 Ecclectic menu and strong wine list. 220 W. 6th St. Full bar, CC. $$$. 501-374-5100. LD Mon.-Fri., D Sat. CIAO BACI The focus is on fine dining in this casually elegant Hillcrest bungalow, though excellent tapas are out of this world. The tree-

shaded, light-strung deck is a popular destination. 605 N. Beechwood St. Full bar, All CC. $$$. 501-603-0238. D Mon.-Sat. CRAZEE’S COOL CAFE Good burgers, daily plate specials and bar food amid pool tables and TVs. 7626 Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-221-9696. LD Mon.-Sat. CUPCAKES ON KAVANAUGH Gourmet cupcakes and coffee, indoor seating. 5625 Kavanaugh Blvd. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-664-2253. LD Mon.-Sat. DEMPSEY BAKERY Bakery with sit-down area, serving coffee and specializing in gluten-, nutand soy-free baked goods. 323 Cross St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-375-2257. Serving BL Tue.-Sat. DIXON ROAD BLUES CAFE Sandwiches, burgers and salads. 1505 W. Dixon Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-888-2233. D Fri.-Sat. DOE’S EAT PLACE A skid-row dive turned power brokers’ watering hole with huge steaks, great tamales and broiled shrimp, and killer burgers at lunch. 1023 W. Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-376-1195. LD Mon.-Fri., D Sat. FILIBUSTER’S BISTRO & LOUNGE Sandwiches, salads in the Legacy Hotel. 625 W. Capitol Ave. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-374-0100. D Mon.-Fri. FLYING FISH The fried seafood is fresh and crunchy and there are plenty of raw, boiled and grilled offerings, too. The hamburgers are a hit, too. It’s counter service; wander on through the screen door and you’ll find a slick team of cooks and servers doing a creditable job of serving big crowds. 511 President Clinton Ave. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$. 501-375-3474. LD daily. GRUMPY’S TOO Music venue and sports bar with lots of TVs, pub grub and regular drink specials. 1801 Green Mountain Drive. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-225-3768. LD Mon.-Sat. GUS’S WORLD FAMOUS FRIED CHICKEN The best fried chicken in town. Go for chicken and waffles on Sundays. 300 President Clinton Ave. Beer, CC. $-$$. 501-372-2211. LD daily.

HOMER’S Great vegetables, huge yeast rolls and killer cobblers. Follow the mobs. 2001 E. Roosevelt Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-374-1400. BL Mon.-Fri. 9700 N Rodney Parham. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-224-6637. LD Mon.-Sat. IRONHORSE SALOON Bar and grill offering juicy hamburgers and cheeseburgers. 9125 Mann Road. Full bar, All CC. $. 501-562-4464. LD daily. JIMMY’S SERIOUS SANDWICHES Consistently fine sandwiches, side orders and desserts for 30 years. Chicken salad’s among the best in town, and there are fun specialty sandwiches such as Thai One On and The Garden. Get there early for lunch. 5116 W. Markham St. No alcohol, CC. $-$$. 501-666-3354. L Mon.-Sat., D Mon.-Sat. (drive-through only). KRAZY MIKE’S Po’boys, catfish and shrimp and other fishes, fried chicken wings and all the expected sides served up fresh and hot to order on demand. 200 N. Bowman Road. Beer, All CC. $$. 501-907-6453. LD Mon.-Sat. LOCA LUNA Grilled meats, seafood and pasta dishes that never stray far from country roots, whether Italian, Spanish or Arkie. “Gourmet plate lunches” are good, as is Sunday brunch. 3519 Old Cantrell Road. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-663-4666. BR Sun., LD Mon.-Fri., D Sat. THE MAIN CHEESE A restaurant devoted to grilled cheese. 14524 Cantrell Road. Beer, Wine. $-$$. 501-367-8082. LD Mon.-Sat. MILFORD TRACK Healthy and tasty are the key words at this deli/grill that serves breakfast and lunch. Hot entrees change daily and there are soups, sandwiches, salads and killer desserts. Bread is baked in-house, and there are several veggie options. 10809 Executive Center Dr., Searcy Building. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-223-2257. BL Mon.-Fri., L Sat. NATCHEZ RESTAURANT Smart, elegant takes on Southern classics. 323 Center St. Beer, Wine, CC. $$-$$$. L Tue.-Fri., D Wed.-Sat. OYSTER BAR Gumbo, red beans and rice (all

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you can eat on Mondays), peel-and-eat shrimp, oysters on the half shell, addictive po’ boys. Killer jukebox. 3003 W. Markham St. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-666-7100. LD Mon.-Sat. THE RELAY STATION This grill offers a short menu, which includes chicken strips, French fries, hamburgers, jalapeno poppers and cheese sticks. 12225 Stagecoach Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-455-9919. LD daily. SALUT BISTRO This bistro/late-night hangout does upscale tapas. 1501 N. University. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-660-4200. L Mon.-Fri., D Tue.-Sat. SCALLIONS Reliably good food, great desserts, pleasant atmosphere, able servers — a solid lunch spot. 5110 Kavanaugh Blvd. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-666-6468. L Mon.-Sat. SHORTY SMALL’S Land of big, juicy burgers, massive cheese logs, smoky barbecue platters and the signature onion loaf. 1100 N. Rodney Parham Road. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-224-3344. LD daily. SONNY WILLIAMS’ STEAK ROOM Steaks, chicken and seafood in a wonderful setting in the River Market. Steak gets pricey, though. Menu is seasonal, changes every few months. 500 President Clinton Ave. Full bar, All CC. $$$. 501-324-2999. D Mon.-Sat. SOUTH ON MAIN Fine, innovative takes on Southern fare in a casual, but well-appointed setting. 1304 Main St. Full bar, CC. $-$$. 501-244-9660. L Mon.-Fri., D Tue.-Sat. TABLE 28 Excellent fine dining with lots of creative flourishes. Branch out and try the Crispy Squid Filet and Quail Bird Lollipops. 1501 Merrill Drive. Full bar, CC. $$$-$$$$. 224-2828. D Mon.-Sat. WEST END SMOKEHOUSE AND TAVERN Its primary focus is a sports bar with 50-plus TVs, but the dinner entrees (grilled chicken, steaks and such) are plentiful and the bar food is upper quality. 215 N. Shackleford. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-224-7665. L Fri.-Sun., D daily.

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A.W. LIN’S ASIAN CUISINE Excellent panAsian with wonderful service. 17717 Chenal Parkway. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-821-5398. LD daily. CHINESE KITCHEN Good Chinese takeout. Try the Cantonese press duck. 11401 N. Rodney Parham Road. No alcohol, CC. $-$$. 501-2242100. LD Tue.-Sun. LEMONGRASS ASIA BISTRO Fairly solid Thai bistro. Try the Tom Kha Kai and white wine alligator. They don’t have a full bar, but you can order beer, wine and sake. 4629 E. McCain Blvd. NLR. Beer, Wine, All CC. 501-945-4638. LD daily. MR. CHEN’S ASIAN SUPERMARKET AND RESTAURANT A combination Asian restaurant and grocery with cheap, tasty and exotic offerings. 3901 S. University Ave. $. 501-562-7900. LD daily. PHO THANH MY It says “Vietnamese noodle soup” on the sign out front, and that’s what you should order. The pho comes in outrageously large portions with bean sprouts and fresh herbs. Traditional pork dishes, spring rolls and bubble tea also available. 302 N. Shackleford Road. No alcohol, All CC. $$. 501-312-7498. LD Mon., Wed.-Sun. CONTINUED ON PAGE 54 www.arktimes.com

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SEKISUI Fresh-tasting sushi chain with fun hibachi grill and an overwhelming assortment of traditional entrees. Nice wine selection, also serves sake and specialty drinks. 219 N. Shackleford Road. Full bar, All CC. $-$$. 501-221-7070. LD daily. TOKYO HOUSE Defying stereotypes, this Japanese buffet serves up a broad range of fresh, slightly exotic fare — grilled calamari, octopus salad, dozens of varieties of fresh sushi — as well as more standard shrimp and steak options. 11 Shackleford Dr. Beer, Wine, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-219-4286. LD daily.

➥ The next big event at CANTRELL GALLERY is the spring trunk show for Regalia Handmade Clothing. Come to Cantrell Gallery to see the latest one-of-a-kind creations. A wine and cheese preview party will be from 6-8 p.m. April 11 or you can stop by from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 12. Bring your friends, see the new line, try on some clothes and visit with Mark Hughes, owner/designer of Regalia Handmade Clothing. If CHIP’S BARBECUE Tasty, if a little pricey, you’re not familiar with this line barbecue piled high on sandwiches generand you want a sneak-peek at what ously doused with the original tangy sauce or they look like, check out the Regaone of five other sauces. Better known for the incredible family recipe pies and cheesecakes, lia website: www.regaliahandmade. which come tall and wide. 9801 W. Markham com. For more information, call 501St. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-225-4346. LD 224-1335. Mon.-Sat. ➥ PARK PLAZA MALL recently PIT STOP BAR AND GRILL A working-man’s announced the expected summer bar and grill, with barbecue, burgers, breakfast opening of ZUMIEZ, a store that and bologna sandwiches, plus live music on specializes in young men’s and Friday and Saturday nights. 5506 Baseline Road. juniors’ casual, active and beachFull bar, No CC. $$. 501-562-9635. BLD daily. related sportswear and accessories. The store will be located on the top CREGEEN’S IRISH PUB Irish-themed pub with level, west end, near Build-A-Bear a large selection of on-tap and bottled British Workshop. beers and ales, an Irish inspired menu and lots ➥ THE PROMENADE AT CHEof nooks and crannies to meet in. Specialties NAL will host a Family Health and include fish ‘n’ chips and Guinness beef stew. Wellness Fest from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 301 Main St. NLR. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-3767468. LD daily. April 5. The event will feature free ISTANBUL MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT fitness demos, the chance to speak with health experts from St. Vincent West, health and wellness vendors, a Red Cross blood drive, and kids’ activities. soon to Lakewood Villa g n i ge! ➥ STUDIO ONE DANCE in North Com Little Rock is offering a belly dancing for beginners workshop on Thursday nights in April for ages 13 to adult. The class is from 7-8 p.m. April 3, 10, 17 and 24. The total cost for all four classes is $65. If the workWhere Modern Meets shop garners enough interest, Studio Fresh Mexican Cuisine One hopes to make it a permanent offering. Call 501-833-6000 for more 2629 Lakewood Village Pl · North Little Rock information. Next to Shoe Carnival ➥ Don’t forget that April 3 is FIRST (see attached) THURSDAY SHOP ’N SIP in Hillcrest. Enjoy a leisurely stroll down (AT) the neighborhood’s business disJust In Time For Easter! We have a very, very, sweet, male lab mix puppy that has shown up at our farm. He is healthy, playful and very, very hungry. We wormed him trict until 8 p.m., and be sure to stop this morning and he is ready to be adopted by a good home. Cost is $10 which takes by BOX TURTLE for the BELLA care of the wormer. This puppy would make a great child’s gift, just in time for Easter. Theole’ARKANSAS ORCHID SOCIETY and Or maybe just a good family dog. Call Kaytee at 501-607-3100. VITA jewelry trunk show and also SWORGA 2014 SHOW and SALE a book signing with Tracy Nicholas (ELLA) of thenewbully.com. April 5 • 12-4pm (Vender Sales Open 10am) Aprilla 6 •semana 11am-3pmSanta. ➥ OUT OF THE WOODS ANIA tiempo para Adopte este perrito! Tenemos un cachorro macho. Esta sano y juega mucho. FreeLabrador Admission MAL RESCUE of Arkansas will Esta listo para ser adoptado ya esta desparasitado. El costo es de $10 que cubre la desparasitada. Este cachorro ara feliz a cualquier niño. Para mayor información llama host a fun-filled afternoon to honor a Kaytee en Ingles al 501-607-3100. Meet and speak with award winning founder Kathy Woods. The event, orchid growers. Tail Waggin’ and Tailgaitin’ for View beautiful blooming orchids. Kathy’s Cause, will include live Purchase and grow your own orchid plants. Raffle drawing. music, a silent auction, a raffle, a Bid on silent auction items. wine pull and BBQ from Cross Eyed Pig. Hosted at Stephano’s Fine Art Benton Event Center Gallery from 2-5 p.m. April 6, folks 17324 I-30 N • Benton will also be able to browse and meet Info: reison@SBCGlobal.net the artist.

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This Turkish eatery offers decent kebabs and great starters. The red pepper hummus is a winner. Possibly the best Turkish coffee in Central Arkansas. 11525 Cantrell Road. No alcohol, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-223-9332. LD daily. LAYLA’S GYROS AND PIZZERIA Delicious Mediterranean fare — gyros, falafel, shawarma, kabobs, hummus and babaganush — that has a devoted following. All meat is slaughtered according to Islamic dietary law. 9501 N Rodney Parham Road. No alcohol, All CC. $-$$. 501-227-7272. LD daily (close 5 p.m. on Sun.). LITTLE GREEK Fast casual chain with excellent Greek food. 11525 Cantrell Road. Beer, All CC. $$. LD daily.

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CIAO ITALIAN RESTAURANT Don’t forget about this casual yet elegant bistro tucked into a downtown storefront. The fine pasta and seafood dishes, ambiance and overall charm combine to make it a relaxing, enjoyable, affordable choice. 405 W. Seventh St. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-372-0238. L Mon.-Fri., D Thu.-Sat. IRIANA’S PIZZA Unbelievably generous handtossed New York style pizza with unmatched zest. Good salads, too; grinders are great. 201 E. Markham St. Beer, Wine, All CC. $-$$. 501-3743656. LD Mon.-Sat. MELLOW MUSHROOM Popular high-end pizza chain. 16103 Chenal Pkwy. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-379-9157. LD daily. ROMANO’S MACARONI GRILL A chain restaurant with a large menu of pasta, chicken, beef, fish, unusual dishes like Italian nachos, and special dishes with a corporate bent. 11100 W Markham St. Full bar, All CC. $$-$$$. 501-2213150. LD daily.

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ZAFFINO’S BY NORI A high-quality Italian dining experience. Pastas, entrees (don’t miss the veal marsala) and salads are all outstanding. 2001 E. Kiehl Ave. NLR. Beer, Wine, All CC. 501-834-7530. D Tue.-Sat.

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CANON GRILL Tex-Mex, pasta, sandwiches and salads. Creative appetizers come in huge quantities, and the varied main-course menu rarely disappoints. 2811 Kavanaugh Blvd. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-664-2068. LD daily. COTIJA’S A branch off the famed La Hacienda family tree downtown, with a massive menu of tasty lunch and dinner specials, the familiar white cheese dip and sweet red and fieryhot green salsas, and friendly service. 406 S. Louisiana St. Full bar, All CC. $$. 501-244-0733. L Mon.-Fri. FONDA MEXICAN CUISINE Authentic Mex. The guisado (Mexican stew) is excellent. 400 N. Bowman Road. Full bar, CC. $$-$$$. 501-3134120. LD Tue.-Sun. LAS MARGARITAS Sparse offerings at this taco truck. No chicken, for instance. Try the veggie quesadilla. 7308 Baseline Road. No alcohol, No CC. $. LD Tue.-Thu. LAS AMERICAS Guatemalan and Mexican fare. Try the hearty tamales wrapped in banana leaves. 8622 Chicot Road. $-$$. 501-565-0266. LD daily. TAQUERIA KARINA AND CAFE A real Mexican neighborhood cantina. Freshly baked pan dulce, Mexican-bottled Cokes, first-rate guacamole, inexpensive tacos, burritos, quesadillas and a broad selection of Mexican-style seafood. 5309 W. 65th St. Beer, No CC. $. 501-562-3951. BLD daily.

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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed an application with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of the State of Arkansas for a permit to sell and serve wine food and Arkansas native beer and malt beverages at retail on the premises described as: 524 S. Main St. Little Rock, Pulaski County. Said application was on March 24, 2014. the undersigned states that he/she is a resident of Arkansas, of good moral character; that he/she has never been convicted of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; that no license to sell alcoholic beverages by the undersigned has been revoked within five (5) years last past; and, that the undersigned has never been convicted of violating the laws of this State, or any other State, relative to the sale of controlled beverages. Name of Applicant: Kent Walker. Name of Business: Kent Walker Artisan Cheese. Sworn to before me this 25th day of March, 2014. Linda L. Phillips, Notary Public. My commission Expires: September 28, 2016. #12350768.

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UAMS is seeking to fill two (2) positions for Assistant Professor of Family and Preventative Medicine in the Little Rock, Arkansas metro area. Clinical Position. The clinical physician will include directing residents, nurses and medical assistant. Duties include, prescribing or administering treatment, therapy, medication, vaccinations and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease or injury. Monitor patients’ conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary. Coordinate work with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care provides. Must have an MD, or foreign equivalent, Arkansas State Medical License, and must be board certified or board eligible in family medicine upon hire and if board eligible. Must complete board certification within one (1) year of hire. Send résumé to Jamie Rankins, jlrankins@uams.edu, 501-6866606, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dept of Family & Preventative Medicine, 4301 W. Markham, Slot 530, Little Rock, AR 72205. EOE.

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