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Dealing with ‘disturbances’ I recently attended the March meeting of the Little Rock School District Community Advisory Board, where a plan was discussed for arming current security personnel working for the school district. The plan was presented by Ron Self, director of safety and security for the LRSD. To give a brief overview, Self would like to arm 10 of his current officers, including himself, at a cost of $50,000 for the first year and $15,000 every year after that. These officers would go through training as outlined by the School Security Officer program. Four of these officers would come from the patrol division that moves between schools and reacts to what Self described as “disturbances,” which include such things as breaking up fights. As a future parent of LRSD, I find this plan to be incredibly misguided and potentially dangerous to the students. The purpose of arming these personnel is to ensure that, if an active shooter situation were happening, a security officer would be able to engage the shooter much quicker than a police officer having to respond to the scene. This is a noble idea, but in practice proves to be less than ideal, as recent studies and examples have shown. However, what is more problematic to me is that the purpose of these patrol officers is primarily to deal with “disturbances” from students. This means that an armed patrol officer is much more likely to be called to break up a fight on a bus than they are to have to engage an active shooter. There is no reason to add a gun to that sort of situation. Not only could it be a safety issue, whether it accidentally goes off or in a moment of rash anger a student tries to take it, but it adds an emotional weight to any interaction that can instantly escalate that situation. We have seen time and time again across this country where a routine stop by police escalates to death. Why would we want to have even the slightest chance of that happening with our students? While the intention is to make students feel safe, by arming security officers you are telling students that they are dangerous and are suspects. You are effectively telling them they are criminals before they have ever committed a crime. A student cannot grow under that kind of system. They cannot learn from their mistakes, channel their emotions healthily or become a mature adult if they feel like they are inmates in a prison. And 4

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that is exactly how it will feel when that security officers have to respond agency. We know Republicans want to there are armed officers coming in to as well. chop Social Security by comments made to deal with these “disturbances.” So Sam Grubb in the past. Sen. Mitch McConnell told instead of spending $50,000 on guns Little Rock “The Tom Sullivan Show”: “Medicare and training, why not spend that and Social Security (entitlements) is money on community and counseling the single biggest threat to our future.” services? Why not spend that money on House Speaker Paul Ryan told the Social Security is on the chopping CNBC “Harwood File” he wanted to something that tries to build a student up rather than tear them down? Not block. Republicans want to chop Social cut Medicare and Social Security to only will this allow us to deal with Security funds from the public sector reduce the deficit. many of the root issues that cause and feed the funds to Wall Street wolves. Republican President George active shooters in the first place, but Republicans must first disable the W. Bush spent 10 months trying to I can guarantee they will also help cut Social Security Administration, declare privatize Social Security. Unfortunately, down the number of “disturbances” it unsustainable, then eliminate the privatized investments are not guaranteed by the government. Traditional Social Security investments are federally insured. Today, privatized Social Security contributions would probably go to President Trump’s Wall Street buddies. Republican President Ronald Reagan figured out another way to cut Social Security. Reagan labeled some citizens as “double dippers.” These were federal employees who were drawing from more than one government retirement account at the same time. Reagan himself became Our sister paper El Latino is Arkansas’s only a double dipper when he began weekly – audited Spanish language newspaper. drawing from a state account and his Social Security account. The ReaganArkansas has the second fastest growing Latino population in sponsored 1983 Windfall Elimination the country and smart businesses are targeting this market as Law reduced Social Security benefits they develop business relationships with these new consumers. for millions of Americans, even though D many of these good citizens had paid A U N ID I S CO M T TR A m GR A S into the system for decades. E E N U a n s a s .c o OZ D rk L A V .e ll a ti n o a There may be no way to stop the www chopping. N7 Gene Mason DICIÓ 7•E EN 1 M U OL V • J acksonville 17 O 20

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Quote of the week “Some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control ‘exactly what people think.’ ... This is extremely dangerous to a democracy.” — Chris May, of KATV, Channel 7, reading a script that Sinclair Broadcast Group, the owner of KATV and the largest owner of television stations in the country, required anchors to read on air recently. Viewers were given no indication it wasn’t local commentary, but a missive distributed by the rightleaning Sinclair that echoes President Trump’s “fake news” rants.

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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has filed a new lawsuit against drug manufacturers Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and Endo Pharmaceuticals for deploying “marketing schemes and misinformation campaigns” that she said helped create the state’s opioid crisis. The drug companies misled doctors and other medical providers by deceptively downplaying the risks associated with prescription painkillers, Rutledge said. They “falsely touted benefits” of drugs such as OxyContin and Percoset despite a lack of good evidence to support their claims. Drug companies “worked hard to change the longstanding medical understanding of opioids” and have been rewarded with $11 billion in opioid-related revenue in 2014 alone, Rutledge said. Meanwhile, Arkansas has reaped “a public health crisis of epic proportions.” The state’s opioid prescription rate is the second highest in the U.S., and drug-associated overdoses are on the rise. “I am going to make them pay for what they have done to Arkansas,” Rutledge declared at a press conference last week with Governor Hutchinson at her side. She presented a display of prescription pill bottles in the shape of the state, each representing one of the 401 opioid deaths in Arkansas in 2016. Rutledge is suing for damages under the state’s Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Arkansas Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act, among other laws.

vehicles with the state online at mydmv. arkansas.gov. Registration previously required a trip to the Revenue Office. More than 643,000 vehicles were registered at offices throughout the state in 2017. In announcing the development, Governor Hutchinson said Arkansas was one of the first states to offer online vehicle registration.

Court again says state must release execution drug labels Last week, the Arkansas Supreme Court partially affirmed a circuit court ruling that ordered the Arkansas Department of Correction to release package inserts and labels for its supply of potassium chloride, one of three drugs Arkansas uses in lethal injections. However, the court agreed with the state’s assertion that it was still required to redact certain information from the labels that could identify who sold or supplied the drug to the state. The justices remanded the case back to Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen to determine which specific information must be redacted. The ruling mirrored a decision made by the court in November over another

CORRECTION: The photograph that appeared with last week’s story on The New Gallery being built at 16th and Main streets was incorrect. This is the correct photograph.

drug used in the execution protocol, the sedative midazolam. Attorney Steve Shultz filed almost identical Freedom of Information Act complaints against the state last year — one for midazolam, one for potassium chloride — over the prison system’s unwillingness to release drug labels.

Tenure policy changed The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees has approved a change in tenure policy that has been widely criticized by faculty, especially

by the 294 anonymous respondents to a survey taken at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Faculty concerns were that the new policy weakens tenure and faculty rights and would undermine academic freedom. Among other objections, faculty members were critical of changes within Section 405-1 of the policy creating a requirement of “collegiality” for tenure — which some interpret as a way to quell freedom of speech — and adding the ambiguous “unsatisfactory performance” as cause for dismissal.

OPINION

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o here’s my question: if you’re all Anybody who about personal privacy, why are scrolls down mine you on Facebook to begin with? would notice that Neither Cambridge Analytica nor any I am inordinately other internet marketing firm has any fond of basset information about you that you didn’t hounds, orange GENE give away. The rest is mainly hype and tabby cats and LYONS wishful thinking. Besides, your zip code’s horses. They can a better guide to your politics than some see a photo of my wife with a 120-pound imagined psychological profile. Great Pyrenees in her lap. Although I’ve Facebook is a public place. I can’t seen that dog thrash two coyotes and help imagine why anybody would think oth- his partner, Maggie, chase a cougar halferwise. The only approach to posting way across Perry County, thunder frightpersonal details there is to recognize that ens him, and he requires comforting. fact. I’ve no idea what percentage of my Anyway, I suspect Cambridge Ana“friends” are even acquaintances in real lytica and its ballyhooed “psychographic life, and act accordingly. Some probably targeting” are of very little concern to come closer to being enemies. such persons. Indeed, the whole subject Short of appearing on TV, a habit I reminds me of the big kerfluffle over quit years ago, posting on Facebook is “subliminal advertising” during the 1970s. the most public thing I do — including Supposedly, cunning advertisers could writing this column. Pretty much any manipulate your mind by superimposing of Facebook’s 2 billion users worldwide images into movies and TV programs too can check out my profile, with its quick briefly for your conscious mind to recogpersonal history and photos of some par- nize, but stimulating your salivary gland ticularly lovely cows. to drive you to the refreshments stand. Or, for that matter, your own profile. Theoretically then, interpolating brief

Teachers and tax cuts

n a year of odd phenomena, none is odder than this: Across the nation’s midsection, schoolteachers are suddenly fed up with their government’s treatment of education and educators, and Republican governors and legislatures are capitulating right and left, even raising taxes to mollify them. West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona. Not long ago, it happened in Kansas and Louisiana. Even in Mississippi, where teachers work for less than everywhere and are getting out, legislators are trying to find ways to keep them in the classrooms without giving them a raise. What in the world is going on? All of these states have been our confederates in the struggle of the past 40 years to raise our education systems from the bottom of all the national rankings — teacher salaries, school spending, student achievement, graduation rates, college-going and, of course, per-capita income, which goes hand-in-hand with all those rankings. Twenty thousand West Virginia teachers went on strike in February and said they would not return until they got a 5 percent raise, their first raise in years. Legislators tried to pass a 4 percent raise, but the teachers said 5 percent or noth-

ing. Legislators and the governor agreed and then had to promise a 5 percent raise for state employees as well. Oklahoma’s striking teachers were even madder. Their salaries had fallen well below even Arkansas’s, the state wasn’t proERNEST viding supplies DUMAS or current textbooks, and classrooms were crowded. The Republican legislature and governor quickly capitulated and gave them a $6,000-a-year raise, which will put them above Arkansas again. To pay for the raises, legislators agreed to raise production taxes on oil and gas, although they already were among the highest in the country, almost as high as Texas’, and also to make motorists pay higher gasoline taxes. (A cut in production taxes helped create the budget crisis.) The teachers said the raises were not enough and that the state needed to pay for books and school necessities and to relieve the overcrowded classrooms. Teachers are picketing or walking out in Kentucky and Arizona, demanding higher school funding. Legislators

snippets of “Triumph of the Will” into cycle had nothing to do with “psycho“The Simpsons” could influence people graphic targeting.” Instead, it was helpto get on board the Trump train. Except ing Russian trolls spread fantastic lies that the technique simply never worked about Hillary Clinton to targeted voters on even the simplest level. Popcorn sales in the industrial Midwest (where, also, remained flat. she neglected to campaign). Zip codes Similarly, what Cambridge Analytica and party registration were the key — the calls its “Database of Truth,” compiled by cyber-equivalent of the “Martin Luther ransacking personal information improp- King at a Communist Training School” erly obtained from 50 million Facebook billboards of yore. accounts, can supposedly “bypass ‘indiOtherwise, New York Times conservaviduals’ cognitive defenses by appeal- tive columnist Ross Douthat got it right. ing directly to their emotions’ ” — in the The proximate driver of Trump’s election words of a lawsuit filed against the com- “wasn’t Zuckerberg’s unreal kingdom; it pany — and by so doing cause them to wasn’t even the Twitter platform where vote against their interests. Trump struts and frets and rages daily. It Color me skeptical — kind of my per- was that old pre-internet standby, broadsonality type, actually. (My brother says cast and cable television, and especially we got that way by growing up in New TV news.” Jersey, state motto: “Oh yeah, who says?” If you don’t know that, you’ve no idea Except Swami Tommy picks the Mets to what happened. win the World Series every year, so what As for the marketing geniuses at Facedoes he know?) Anyway, you can dress book, with their sophisticated algorithms up trendy psychobabble in an upper class and “98 personal data points,” what are British accent, but it’s still nonsense and they trying to sell me today? Tips for wishful thinking. avoiding “Common Kindergarten IllYes, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg nesses” and motorcycle insurance. No is both annoyingly smug and not par- need to tinker with privacy settings. At ticularly honest. But Facebook’s main my advanced age, I’ve become a cybercontribution during the 2016 electoral mystery man; they haven’t got a clue.

and governors, long contemptuous of teacher activism, are scrambling to mollify them. When the public school legions get behind the teachers they can make a political force almost as potent as Grover Norquist. Besides the teacher revolt, what else do all these states have in common with each other and with states like Kansas and Louisiana that went through the same crisis the previous five years? You guessed it. They all climbed on the tax-cut train that passed through the South and border states in the last decade. If you slash the taxes of corporations and high earners, the theory goes, they will expand their business and create more jobs, other businesses will move to the state to take advantage of the lower taxes and the state will wind up with far more money in the treasury. But, as all those states discovered, it doesn’t work that way. State taxes are spent locally and it all winds up in the pockets of local people. Cutting state or local taxes rarely has any stimulus effect. West Virginia, under a Democratic governor and Republican legislature, slashed the corporate tax rate from 9 to 6.5 percent and ended its business franchise tax. Its growth pattern didn’t change but it couldn’t afford to keep up its schools. In Kansas and Louisi-

ana, brash young Republican governors promised utopia if taxes were slashed dramatically. Instead, public services and even their credit ratings crashed. State governments have one giant obligation: education. When money falls short, teachers and the kids make the sacrifice. In Arkansas, education is the one function spelled out in the state Constitution that must be funded properly. Arkansas fought that battle for 30 years until, led by Gov. Mike Huckabee, it raised a bundle of taxes and set up a funding system to guarantee a constitutional school system in perpetuity. Except it didn’t. Each year, the legislature and the governor ignore the court mandate and statutory law and the schools slide a little farther behind. In the fiscal session that just ended, Governor Hutchinson and the legislature quietly abrogated the Lake View mandate of the Supreme Court again. The governor has a strategy. Cut business and wealth taxes a little at a time over years, skirt the school-funding mandate a little at a time, avoid the big sudden crisis like West Virginia’s and Oklahoma’s and still, some day, businessmen will respond and prosperity will bloom. Meantime, he is credited with being a tax-cutter, a label without which no Republican today can hold public office.

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Fire with fire

’m fired up as I reflect on Easter and the ridiculous displays of piety by our elected officials who spend the rest of their time propping up systems that lead to injustice and suffering for anyone who isn’t rich and white. It’s beyond my comprehension how the same people who go on and on about how Jesus is risen can support an administration set on nuking us all to kingdom come. Maybe that’s the whole point. I was raised in a conservative evangelical church where I was expected to be in the pew twice on Sundays and every Wednesday night. Growing up, I spent enough time reading the red printed words of Jesus in my Bible to know his sentiments were often at odds with what our fire and brimstone preacher told us while stomping his feet and shaking his fists. Jesus brought a message of hope and love and inclusion. All I heard from that pulpit was fear and division and rule after rule about how to act, especially as a woman. By the time I graduated from high school, I’d had my fill of church. During my college years, I was surprised to find that my religious upbringing served me well in my literature classes. I caught the biblical allusions used by William Faulkner, Maya Angelou and John Steinbeck. I understood why a story about two brothers could never be just a story about two brothers. I discovered the Jefferson Bible, full of those familiar red words. I took a secular Bible class and suddenly many of the inconsistencies I had noted growing up concerning women being quiet in church and about hell were clarified. Religion had been twisted. Smallminded men who put more effort into trying to silence applause during our monthly youth meetings (because heaven forbid the sound of any instrument, including hand clapping, make its way into the Church of Christ) than they did helping the poor had no business wagging their fingers at me. I went from being sick of church to being angry at church. When I had my own children, I vowed to never subject them to the homophobia, sexism, classism and racism I saw wielded in the name of God. And before you get all worked up about that claim of racism, spend a few minutes researching what some churches, especially in the South, teach about slavery and the curse of Ham, the son of Noah, and his son, Canaan. And if you want to argue

with me about classism, turn on Joel Olsteen or another one of his prosperity gospel buddies. It’s all there. At the same time I wanted to avoid all of the terrible things about religion, I also wanted my daughters to understand literature and poetry. I wanted them to understand people and their motivations, especially AUTUMN those who would TOLBERT use scripture to try to control them. I decided I would just teach them the Bible stories on my own. Then, of course, as life goes, I never did. Luckily, I live near one of the most progressive churches in Arkansas and found my way inside where a group of people, believers and nonbelievers, are, when not at church, active in politics. Politics that put more emphasis on feeding the hungry, welcoming the foreign refugee and realizing we live in a world of people who need our help. None of this “America First” nationalism that seems to be popular among so many conservative evangelicals. Speaking out on this topic has resulted in the loss of ties with a few friends and family members. Ronnie Floyd, megapreacher, has blocked me on Twitter. I’m sad to lose touch with the former, but the latter is no big loss. I’ve also discovered there are many more people like me who want something other than the mean version of Christianity. I wonder if the Southern Progressive’s energy is misplaced. Maybe we don’t need to be spending so much time building up the Democrats and other left-leaning parties here in the Bible Belt. Maybe the secret to getting people who aren’t being served by the GOP to finally vote in their best interest is to open progressive churches where the focus is on compassion and mercy instead of on fear and the deification of Donald J. Trump. Maybe that is the fastest way to wrench the power away from men like Ronnie Floyd, Franklin Graham and Mike Pence. Maybe that’s how we get Arkansans to understand how ridiculous it is that Sen. Tom Cotton, who seems to have made it his personal mission to bring about more suffering in the world through war and draconian immigration policies, is considered by evangelicals as one of the “good guys.” Maybe it is as simple as fighting fire with fire. arktimes.com APRIL 05, 2018

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pring football always represents such a fresh veneer, but especially when a new coaching regime has been installed. It was hard to get jazzed about Bret Bielema’s fifth, and ultimately final, season at the helm of Hog football. The 2016 team closed the year with two awful clunkers, and that altered the landscape for the erstwhile coach and his staff, an underperforming group that was as much his undoing as any other factor. Then Rawleigh Williams III, by far the Hogs’ most viable returning source of offensive consistency and productivity, was shelved for good with another neck injury, and the rest of spring and summer had this lingering pall over it. No such case in 2018. I’m excited, dammit, and you should be, too. Y’all can’t take me off this delusional cloud of mine — not today, Satan! Seriously, Arkansas football is somewhat reborn with Chad Morris here, and that is not to besmirch Bielema for the many good things he did during a half-decade where wins and losses didn’t quite tell the full tale of either his achievements or his downfall. This isn’t blind optimism talking, mind you. Morris is a galvanizing sort, because of what he’s accomplished but also what he represents: a change of pace, an air of swagger and a businesslike methodology to recruiting and program building. It’s conventional to brand him as an “up-and-comer” but unlike some of the other possible candidates who were rumored to succeed Bielema, namely Memphis’ Mike Norvell, he’s veered past middle age and not just fueled by youthful exuberance. At Clemson, Morris simply overhauled the offense entirely and the results have been rather obvious. Since his departure, the Tigers’ production has ticked downward ever so slightly and the Brent Venables-led defense has gotten stingier. Over four years as Dabo Swinney’s offensive coordinator, the Tigers were a robust 42-11, and even when Morris left to take the reins at SMU, the after-effects of his tutelage were obvious. Clemson spent that four years not only being well-quarterbacked by the likes of Tahj Boyd, and then Cole Stoudt and a young phenom named Deshaun Watson, but their skill position depth was on par with the likes of Alabama. Wide receivers with size and speed were plentiful, and that’s a philosophy 10

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that Morris carried down to Dallas in 2015 when he got the gig for the Mustangs. DeAndre Hopkins and Sammy Watkins became field- BEAU WILCOX stretching superstars on the edge, parlaying that into NFL riches, and now there’s a similarly equipped wideout named Courtland Sutton who is set to make a name for himself professionally after shining for SMU the past two seasons. The common thread among this trio of Morris-coached wideouts is that they are physical specimens in every conceivable way, all a shade over 200 pounds, over 6 feet, and lightning-quick out of their cuts and precise running routes. Arkansas fans thought that Bobby Petrino was going to bring all-world receiving talent to Fayetteville, but of the foursome that starred over his fouryear run as head coach, none ended up making waves in the NFL. The difference in the Petrino system is that it prized the so-called possession receiver. Morris’ philosophy seems to be that if there’s a guy who bears a faint physical resemblance to Julio Jones out there, he’s going to pursue him, sign him and make him the centerpiece playmaker in an offense that still deploys two running backs the vast majority of the time. Right now, the Arkansas receiving corps simply doesn’t have that proven asset, but you can bet that guys like Jordan Jones, Brandon Martin and Jonathan Nance are going to get opportunities to excel immediately. If you’re going to head to War Memorial Stadium Saturday for the 1 p.m. RedWhite game to take a gander at this new system, focus on the flankers and ends for this reason. Arkansas will be vertically oriented in a way that it wasn’t even under Petrino, and will also be reliant on the running backs in the passing game even more. While a lot of attention will be given to the John Chavisled defense early on, there’s only so much that can be done in a matter of weeks with the returning crop of players on that side of the ball. Morris and his offensive coordinator, Joe Craddock, should be able to get guys like Jared Cornelius and the aforementioned trio of returning pass-catchers to be more effective, much faster, and that is going to be where Arkansas’s success in the offseason is best measured.

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ow do you get more million- coastal and has no income tax, can’t aires to live in your state? You compete with Florida for new milliontax them fairly and equitably. aires. This tells us it isn’t about the taxes. And you use that money to pay for inOnce people succeed, they tend to vestments that improve quality of life, stay put. And millionaires become even like education and infrastructure that less likely to move produce successful businesses. The once they retire. wealthiest people might not be excit- Some of the most ed about their tax rates, but research frequent movers, on shows that nearly none of them will be the other hand, are bothered enough to leave. young, recent gradELEANOR In general, people rarely change uates who are WHEELER their state of residence. Those who do unmarried. are often low-income, not wealthy elites And what do these young, collegesearching for a better tax deal. Peo- educated, potential millionaires care ple making around $10,000 are by far about? It isn’t tax rates on top incomes, the most likely income group to move which they don’t yet earn. They want from state to state. Even among that what everyone wants. A well-educated relatively mobile group, only about 4.5 population. Thriving communities percent switch states in a given year. with arts and good restaurants. They According to research by Stanford Uni- care about the cost of living, quality of versity, millionaires are even less likely life, job markets and the availability of to move. They switch states about half top-notch public schools where they as often as low-income people. can send their kids when they start Millionaires families. We get stay put because those with pubthey’re particu- Of the small percentage of lic investments, not by slashing larly tied to their c o m mu n it ie s . millionaires who do move, taxes. They’re older, If we give up more likely to there’s little evidence that they’re hundreds of milhave kids and lions of dollars in own homes, and motivated by taxes. tax revenues to almost all of make Arkansas’s them are marincome tax rates ried (90 percent). They have business more “attractive” to the wealthy, the and career success that depends on best-case scenario is that lawmakers local relationships and knowledge spe- will eviscerate their own most imporcialized to their region — all things that tant area of influence (the budget) and don’t easily translate to new locations. we will continue to be at the bottom Of the small percentage of million- of all the rankings on child well-being. aires who do move, there’s little evi- The worst-case scenario? Arkansas dence that they’re motivated by taxes. becomes Kansas. And we will do all About half of those who move go to of that in exchange for, at most, a negstates that have higher or equivalent ligible effect on interstate migration. tax rates. A small sliver of millionaires State lawmakers hold the keys to the move, and only a fraction of that sliver is budget, which means they influence more likely to move to a lower-tax state access to quality education, health care, over a higher-tax state. If you put it all an unbiased justice system, income together, it amounts to a net 0.3 percent mobility, modern roads and bridges, of the entire population of millionaires and even safe homes. All of these things (three out of every 1,000) that move matter desperately, and they matter to lower-tax states on an annual basis. right now. The Arkansas Tax Reform And even that low percentage is and Relief Task Force is preparing to skewed by Florida. It has become a release in September its recommendahaven for the rich for reasons beyond tions for tax and budget decisions, with taxes, such as location, climate, cruise the hope of influencing legislators as ports and plentiful established luxury they prepare to convene the General amenities. If you exclude the Sunshine Assembly in January 2019. State from the data, “low-tax” states have virtually no edge on other states Eleanor Wheeler is a senior policy in terms of attracting affluent residents. analyst for Arkansas Advocates for ChilIt’s a wash. Even Texas, which is also dren and Families.

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t least three more groups that were denied cultivation licenses by the state’s Medical Marijuana Commission have filed lawsuits challenging the commission’s means of choosing five winners among 95 applicants. The five cultivation permits are already frozen due to an injunction issued in a separate lawsuit by rejected applicant Naturalis Health. Boll Weevil Farms of the Delta LLC, which is represented by medical marijuana amendment author David Couch, and Pine Bluff Agriceuticals LLC and filed in Pulaski County. Heritage Farms of Eastern Arkansas LLC filed in Drew County. The five members of the Medical Marijuana Commission scored each applicant separately. Heritage Farms, Boll Weevil and Pine Bluff Agriceuticals were scored 14th, 18th and 20th in that order. The complaints from Heritage Farms and Pine Bluff Agriceuticals piggyback on the existing Naturalis case, in which the plaintiff said the commission’s entire scoring process is arbitrary and capricious, and should be tossed out based on alleged conflicts of interest among the commissioners and alleged scoring irregularities. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen agreed with Naturalis and declared the commission’s earlier scores to be null and void. The state attorney general’s office — which represents the marijuana commission — is appealing to the Arkansas Supreme Court. The Heritage Farms and Pine Bluff Agriceuticals complaints attach Griffen’s ruling as an exhibit and cite few other facts. Rather than challenging the evaluation process as a whole, Boll Weevil’s suit asks the court to order the commission to award Boll Weevil another 22 points, thereby placing it among the top five applicants. The complaint says the commission scored two sections of Boll Weevil’s application 21 points lower than Heritage Farms’ application that contained identical language. Boll Weevil and Heritage Farms are not affiliated, but both worked with the same consulting firm to prepare their applications, Couch told the Arkansas Times. Schedules 2 and 3 of both applications outline identical business plans in regard to operations, construction, security and a timeline, Couch said. However, Heritage Farms received a score on schedules 2 and 3 that was 21

points higher than Boll Weevil’s. Most of the discrepancy apparently derives from Commissioner Dr. Carlos Roman’s scores, which were 14 points lower for Boll Weevil than Heritage Farms on the identical parts of the applications, according to Couch’s complaint. (Neither application was immediately available from the Medical Marijuana Commission for verification.) Couch said Commissioner Travis Story also erred on Boll Weevil’s application by failing to award any points on schedule 3(b), which simply asks whether the applicant has a business plan. An applicant should receive one point even if the plan is deemed “underqualified,” Couch said, and the other four commissioners awarded Boll Weevil more than one point on that section. Story, however, assigned Boll Weevil zero points. Couch said he thought that was “just an oversight” on Story’s part. Couch also noted that if the plaintiffs prevail in the Naturalis complaint, his case would be moot. However, “if they don’t prevail ... mine should still proceed,” he said. Meanwhile, Roman fired back at critics in interviews with the Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Business amid allegations of a conflict of interest between Roman and a top-scoring applicant. Roman took issue with Griffen’s decision to nullify the scores, according to the D-G: “It blows my mind that a judge, a lawyer, could put this trash out,” he was quoted as saying. The Naturalis complaint outlines two alleged conflicts of interests. One is between Roman and Dr. Scott Schlesinger, a partial owner of Natural State Medicinals Cultivation, which Roman gave a significantly higher score than any other applicant. Naturalis says Roman, an anesthesiologist and painmanagement specialist who runs a large clinic in Little Rock, regularly refers patients to Schlesinger’s practice, and that the two men have “an extremely close personal and professional relationship.” (The other alleged conflict of interest is between Commissioner Travis Story and Osage Creek Cultivation.) Roman said the scores were strictly based on merit and that Natural State Medicinals was the standout candidate among the group. He told Field that he didn’t know Schlesinger was an applicant when he was grading the cultivation hopefuls.

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MOVING ON: Though the Plains and Eastern Clean Line Project won’t come through Arkansas, other renewable energy sources, including wind energy, are gearing up.

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Plains and Eastern Clean Line may be dead, but clean power still coming. BY BENJAMIN HARDY

or the record: a belated obituary Clean Line Energy Partners acknowlfor the Plains and Eastern Clean edged to Arkansas Business in JanuLine Project, the proposed high- ary that it had abandoned plans to use voltage transmission line that would Arkansas as a route, which would have have delivered wind-generated power entailed constructing towers across from Oklahoma to Tennessee and other 12 counties in the northern half of the state, from Fort Smith to Memphis. (A states in the Southeast. The U.S. Department of Energy spokeswoman for the company told recently announced it would termi- Reuters that “the project is not dead, nate a partnership to develop the 700- but is on a much slower track” after mile line — partly because of Arkansas’s the DOE announcement.) opposition. Clean Line struggled to find buyers The Clean Line project has been pre- for its power in Tennessee and points sumed defunct since Houston-based east. It also encountered stiff resis-

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tance from property owners, state poli- ress toward reducing carbon emissions. cymakers and the Arkansas congres“It’s a setback, but I don’t think it’s sional delegation, which celebrated the going to be critical,” Hooks said. “I was recent news of the DOE’s withdrawal disappointed that the Clean Line projfrom the project. Even some Arkansans ect didn’t go through. I think it was a typically sympathetic to environmental good project for us to move energy from issues objected to the places where the idea of 200people aren’t to foot towers mar- SWEPCO is behind the plans the places where people are. … But ring the landto sell Wind Catcher power to I think clean scape. High-voltage, energy is pretty long-haul trans- Northwest Arkansas customers much unstopmission lines are pable.” considered an — including Walmart, which is He cited t h e m a s s i ve , important part of the effort to shift hungry for clean power. 2,000-megawatt away from fosWind Catcher projec t just sil fuels because they allow power to be moved from across the Arkansas-Oklahoma state the windy, sparsely populated states line, which will feed power to Northof the Great Plains to the cities of the west Arkansas utilities and help FaySoutheast. That’s why the Sierra Club etteville meet its goal of 100 percent and other groups fighting climate clean and renewable energy by 2050. change embraced projects like Clean Wind Catcher will be the largest single Line. But, according to Arkansas Sierra wind farm in the U.S. when completed, Club Director Glen Hooks, the project’s Hooks said. demise won’t reverse the state’s prog“And then there are all these similar

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projects for solar that are coming online in the state,” he added. Even in Arkansas, renewable energy is gearing up in a major way. Entergy is investing in solar generation in South Arkansas, including one facility in Stuttgart and another near Lake Village. SWEPCO is behind the plans to sell Wind Catcher power to Northwest Arkansas customers — including Walmart, which is hungry for clean power. In the River Valley, Clarksville’s municipal utility contracted with Arkansas-based Scenic Hill Solar to build a 20,000-panel solar plant, completed in January. Commercial and residential solar generation is also set to grow, as it is doing in other sunny Southern states. The pace of that growth depends in part on an upcoming Arkansas Public Service Commission decision on net metering rules, which determine the rate at which commercial and residential customers are compensated by utilities for feeding “distributed generation” power back into the grid. (Though Entergy and other power companies are getting into the renewables business themselves, they fear a big increase in distributed generation could upend their business model, which is why they’re pushing the PSC to give less advantageous terms to homeowners and businesses that invest in solar.) John Bethel, the PSC’s executive director, said the three-member commission will likely reach a decision on the rule in the coming weeks. Clean Line’s fall was the result of “unique circumstances,” Hooks said. After the PSC refused to deem Clean Line Energy Partners a public utility in the state — partly because the project initially included no plans to provide power to Arkansans — the company found a workaround by partnering with the DOE. It then tried to use a section of the federal Energy Policy Act to claim eminent domain authority. “The major sticking point was you had a private company that was being granted the right of eminent domain, rather than a public entity,” Hooks said. “It was a real flash point for property owners and gave them something to rally around. ... It really resonated with some folks.” That made the project “controversial in Arkansas in a way it really shouldn’t have been.”

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Play at home, while soaking up the sweet, sweet propaganda! 1) An anchor with KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock recently took to the airwaves to read a statement that warns, in part, that some media outlets publish fake stories. What else was weird about the statement, which was presented as editorial commentary from a trusted face in local media? A) It was actually pro-Trumpist propaganda written entirely by KATV parent Sinclair Broadcast Group, a corporate behemoth whose owner is a far-right Trump supporter. B) As seen in videos online, the company forced dozens of local anchors at Sinclair-owned stations across the country to present the same statement, word for word, while giving no sign that the message wasn’t drafted in-house. C) The statement included the following, irony-exploding line: “Some members of the media use their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control exactly what people think ... . This is extremely dangerous to a democracy.” D) All of the above. 2) Stock in the Arkansas-based data-mining company Acxiom took a tumble recently. What was the cause of the dramatic downturn? A) When Trump tweeted his outrage at the cell phone version of the game Pac-Xon after losing a round during his daily briefing with the Joint Chiefs, the phone’s autocorrect changed the name of the game to “Acxiom.” Sad! B) Acxiom researchers announced their belief that America may soon reach “peak moron.” C) Facebook said it would stop using companies such as Acxiom to provide data to the social media giant’s advertising clients to help target their ads. D) Acxiom’s part in helping to compile the database known as “Project Alamo.” Look it up. 3) It was recently announced that Arkansas-based retail giant Walmart will remove a certain magazine from checkout lines at more than 5,000 stores across the country. What’s the magazine? A) Gat Fancy. B) Cosmopolitan. C) Toothless Nudist Monthly. D) Porks Illustrated. 4) An art teacher at Marked Tree High School accused of having sex with four students, including one who was a minor at the time, recently faced justice in an Arkansas courtroom. What was the outcome? A) He received 40 years in prison. B) He got 25 years in prison and was order to pay a $15,000 fine. C) He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and lifetime registration on the state sex offender registry. D) She was sentenced to probation, with zero prison time. 5) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that Arkansas is first in the nation in a rather dubious category. In what way is Arkansas first, according to the CDC? A) Pounds of pickled eggs consumed per month. B) Merkin ownership per capita. C) Duggarificness. D) Binge drinking, with the average Arkansas power drinker slamming a liver-quivering 8.3 alcoholic drinks per binge.

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MARCHING FOR SENSIBLE GUN LAWS: A crowd of between 3,000 and 4,000 people marched on the state Capitol with Moms Demand Action and Arkansas students on March 24.

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Interest in the gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action has exploded since the massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High in Florida. Leaders here say they’re in the battle for ‘gun sense’ until the job is done. BY DAVID KOON

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n March 13, a month after a They got the basics: how to make presenstudent armed with an AR- tations about guns that people across the 15-style semi-automatic rifle political spectrum can agree with; how to walked into Marjory Stone- be firm but polite, even when talking about man Douglas High School in Parkland, a subject many of them are passionate Fla., and didn’t stop shooting until 17 peo- about; how to talk one-on-one to people ple, most of them his former classmates, who might not agree with them on what were dead, about a dozen people met at has become, in many cases, the simultaFletcher Library in Little Rock so pre- neous third rail and immovable object of senters with the state chapter of Moms Arkansas politics — our state’s love affair Demand Action for Gun Sense in America with guns, and the steadfast, near-concould teach them how to become warriors spiratorial belief that any attempt at gun in the ongoing battle for common sense. control, even in cases involving those who Most of those there that evening, will- are mentally ill or demonstrably dangering to spend an hour and a half inside even ous, is a slippery slope that will eventually as spring threatened to riot just beyond the lead to bans and wholesale confiscation. windows, were mothers, many of them still Since the Valentine’s Day massacre dressed in their business casual from work. in Parkland, Moms Demand Action for

Gun Sense in America — a group founded by Shannon Watts, a mother of five, in December 2012 after the slaughter of first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — has seen interest skyrocket from people ready to join the fight. Whether Parkland was the straw that finally broke the camel’s back on the subject or the voices of young survivors encouraged others to do the same, by the week after the Parkland shooting the national headquarters of the group told media outlets they’d already been contacted online or through social media by over 75,000 Americans expressing interest in joining. It is a wave of outrage and interest that broke hard enough to reach inland to Arkansas as well. The leaders of the state’s growing local chapters say there has been an influx of at least 700 new volunteers since Parkland, with the number of chapters in the state doubling from five to 10 and groups flourishing in unlikely, gun-loving places like Cabot and Batesville. The Arkansas leaders of Moms Demand Action describe a constant, uphill battle against entrenched ideas and the seemingly bottomless checkbook of the National Rifle Association, which they unfailingly call “The Gun Lobby.” But they will also tell you it is a fight they believe can be won bit-by-bit, even in Arkansas. arktimes.com APRIL 05, 2018

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A million me’s

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One of those there for the training at Fletcher Library was Mariam Hopkins. A Little Rock lawyer who recently became an adoptive mother again at 55, Hopkins said that it was Parkland and the courage displayed by the teens who survived the massacre there that made her turn her beliefs into action. “These are high school seniors who should be thinking about college and going on with their lives,” she said. “They’re high school students who should be enjoying their high school years. And here they are doing what the adults should be doing. It was a motivation for me to get up and get with it.” Also attending the training at Little Rock was Mahala Gallegos, who was there with her two daughters, Christi Gallegos and Chalina Mora. All residents of the small community of Ward, they had attended the first meeting of the Cabot chapter of Moms the previous week. Like Hopkins, the three women agreed that the courage they’ve seen from the survivors of Parkland helped them decide to get more involved. “My brother is in high school,” Christi Gallegos. “He’s about to graduate. We shouldn’t have to worry about him going to school. We shouldn’t have to worry about anyone going to school.” Like them, Hopkins said that she believes something is different this time — that maybe the dam of public outrage that has stubbornly held through other massacres may have cracked. “One me, I know, is not going to make a difference,” Hopkins said. “I know that I alone cannot make a difference. But if I feel like there’s a million me’s out there — and I do think there are a million me’s out there — then it can change.” Austin Bailey is the Little Rock group lead for Moms Demand Action, and spent over two years heading the statewide chapter. She said the group has seen a huge influx of volunteers since Parkland, most of them committed to help get gun safety legislation passed in Arkansas. “The young people really have embraced the movement,” Bailey said. “They’re the ones that are going to get it over the finish line. I don’t think anybody has any doubt about that now. We’re here to land some good blows and help them along so it’s easier when they get to that. Maybe we can move it along, because we’d rather

see it happen sooner rather than later, happen in other countries, and I am the gun lobby is paying you to do it. but I think there are a couple of things so fed up listening to people who I’m really angry about that,” she said. that come to mind. One, a lot of par- say, ‘Guns don’t kill people, people While the NRA claims to be a mements watched on the news when a kill people.’ Well, guess what? All bership organization, Bailey said, the bunch of kids were running out a around the world, people are angry. group is not there to serve individual school with their hands behind their All around the world, people are poor. gun owners and does not mirror the heads, and it was terrifying. So I think All around the world people are men- ideas of their membership when it that when people see that, there’s tally ill. There is nothing special about comes to issues like whether to allow not really a way to look away from us except that we can go out and get sales to the mentally ill or concealed carry in bars. it. It’s a really in-your-face tragedy.” a gun right now.” “It’s a trade industry,” Bailey said. Bailey said she got involved as a volA veteran of several recent legisunteer for Moms Demand Action after lative fights over guns in Arkansas, “The $35 a year that NRA members it became clear that the nation was Bailey was one of those who spoke pay to get their free totebag, that is becoming numb to gun violence. A out during public comments on HB not the money that’s going into poliwalking encyclopedia of gun violence 1249, the “campus carry” bill pushed ticians’ pockets. They have this really statistics, Bailey can reel them off at through the legislature last January phenomenal system where the better will: 93 Americans killed every day by that created a special “advanced” con- they are at selling the idea of freedom,

‘COMMON SENSE HAS GONE OUT THE WINDOW’: Austin Bailey, Little Rock group leader for Moms Demand Action, is angry about Arkansas legislators decision to allow guns on college campuses.

guns. A doubling of the instances of road-rage shootings in the past five years. A suicide rate in gun-owning homes that is catastrophically higher than in homes without guns. “Mass shootings get lots of attention, but the fact of the matter is that if you go any deeper, you see that’s not even the tip of the iceberg,” she said. “We have 50 women a month killed by husbands, boyfriends, ex’s with guns. Seven kids a day are killed by guns. That doesn’t

cealed carry permit that allows the manhood and masculinity in the form holder to carry a handgun onto a col- of a gun, every time they sell a gun lege campus, including into dorms they have more money to sell more and frat houses. She said the “guns guns. It’s brilliant.” After talking to people all over the everywhere” approach of the NRA is state about guns, including gun owndangerous. “Common sense has gone out the ers who have seen her out in her red window,” Bailey said. “When you put Moms shirt and struck up conversaguns in college frat houses, when you tions about her beliefs, Bailey said she put guns in college dorm rooms, you believes there is room for compromise are knowingly putting young people in on the issue of gun safety in Arkansas. danger, and you’re doing that because “I think the vast majority of Americans arktimes.com APRIL 05, 2018

know that guns in bars is a bad idea,” she said. “I think the vast majority of Americans, Republicans and Democrats, think guns in classrooms is not a good idea. We’re not driving the bus, though. The gun lobby is driving the bus. The disconnect is awareness about the radical and extreme views and laws the gun lobby is pushing.”

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professor at Henderson State Univer- in there and saw the Moms Demand sity since 2001, Storm said there are Action table, and learned that there about two dozen people in the group was a bill in the legislature about putshe leads, which doesn’t include 30 ting guns on college campuses. Since I more who have expressed interest but am a college professor and I feel very haven’t been about to make it out to protective of my students and my cola meeting yet. “Right after Parkland,” leagues, I thought that I really wanted Storm said, “I had eight people the very to be involved in that. So I wanted to next week sign up to go to [Arkansas be involved in fighting that piece of U.S. Rep.] Bruce Westerman’s town legislation.” hall here in Arkadelphia. That room Never politically active before — “I’m an artist, not a politician,” she said — Storm said the election of Donald Trump had some bearing on her getting involved in the fray. The more she looks into the issue, Storm said, the more clear it becomes that politicians of both parties are reluctant to move forward on what she called “common sense” gun laws. “I think that in the very polarized political environment we find ourselves, it’s very hard for people to hear our message, which is that we believe it’s possible to respect the Second Amendment while still enacting common sense gun legislation,” she said. “For example: criminal background checks on all gun sales. We do believe that guns don’t belong everywhere. We want to see them kept out of sensitive places like schools and bars, and places I go with my kid. I think it’s very hard for people to hear that. I think that guns are very deeply baked into our culture. I grew up around guns. My dad was a hunter, and many of my friends are gun owners. It’s not the responsible gun owners that are the issue.” Often wearing her Moms Demand Action shirt when she goes out, Storm said she’s had conversations with many gun owners, the majority of whom are respectful and interested in her point of view. She often finds common ground on issue like background checks and rigorous training for concealed carry permit holders. As a college professor, she said she feels HEADING UP CABOT EFFORT: Jessica Rogers, shown here with her 3-year-old that the “campus carry” bill rammed daughter, Jessie, said she could not “justify sitting idle” after Parkland. through the legislature is “a horrible idea” that doesn’t make anyone safer. “In fact, I think it increases danger ment. was on fire about gun issues. There “I believe we can put forth common were several people who joined us on campus,” she said. “I don’t think sense gun policies everywhere that can after that.” classrooms where students are conStorm said she first got interested fronted with challenging ideas are the help prevent gun violence, even in our red state of Arkansas,” she said. “If we in gun laws in America after the Sandy place for a gun. I don’t think that teachcan all put partisan political nonsense Hook massacre. Her infant daugh- ers’ offices during office hours, where aside and focus on making smarter ter had been in daycare for about six sometimes there are difficult converpolicies, we can create safer commu- months by then. “I had just gone back sations happening, is the place for a nities. Talk is cheap and now is the to work, and I just remember thinking gun. …. I’ve had students talk with me time for action. When moms demand then how much I wanted to do some- about this, and they say — it doesn’t action, change is possible.” thing,” she said. “That was not the time come from me — but they say things Laura Storm, who leads the Ark- in my life to do that, but last January, like, ‘Hormones and guns are not a adelphia group, helped found the after the Women’s March, there was a good idea. Guns, alcohol and hormones chapter in May of last year. A music tabling event [at Henderson]. I walked are a terrible idea.’ I love college stuBRIAN CHILSON

If you never stray far from the interstates in Arkansas, it’s easy to forget just how conservative it can be out there beyond the urban islands of blue and their purplish suburbs. Ironically, or perhaps defiantly, it’s in the communities adrift in the sea of red where Moms Demand Action has seen its biggest explosion of growth in the weeks and months since Parkland. Jessica Rogers is the local group leader of the new Moms group that just started in Cabot. The group plans to have its second meeting in mid-April. The mother of kids between the ages 16 and 3, Rogers said she discovered the Arkansas chapters of Moms Demand Action after watching the horrifying events at Parkland unfold on social media. “I was at home preparing for my children to arrive [from school] when the news of Parkland broke out,” she said. “I remember breaking down in tears as my own children came home safely through the door that day.” After spending the afternoon in heartbreak, Rogers said, she went on to watch as the children of Parkland rose to speak for their dead friends. “I watched them summon the fortitude to demand action and demand it loudly. I could not justify sitting idle, stewing in my anger and doing nothing of substance with it,” she said. “Not for one more minute. Enough is enough and we cannot continue to give thoughts and prayers, alone. Every single victim of gun violence in this country deserves better.” The Cabot group has about 25 people, Rogers said. They plan to hold monthly meetings at the Cabot Library and to set up tables at events. Far from the stereotype of a gun-grabber often conjured up on the right, Rogers said she and her husband are both hunters who strongly support the Second Amendment. “To me, this issue of gun violence should matter to every American,” she said. “I am a gun owner and have been for over 10 years. My husband and I are also hunters. Although we hunt primarily with bows, we have also hunted with guns. Responsible

gun ownership isn’t the issue. One of the problems I see is how easy it is for people to get guns who should not have them in the first place. That creates a dangerous situation for everyone. One I feel there is more we can do to prevent.” The issue is bigger than politics, Rogers believes. She thinks the gun safety measures proposed by Moms can and should be a nonpartisan move-

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dents. But I know that self-control and self-restraint are not always their strengths.” Though change on guns will no doubt come slowly to Arkansas, Storm said what she’s learned since joining Moms makes her believe there is room for compromise going forward. “I think there are more people out there that agree with us than don’t, when they stop to hear what it is we’re advocating for,” she said. “But that is the hard part. We are a nonpartisan organization. It’s a fairly big tent, and we’re not looking to deny anybody their rights. So yes, I do believe there’s room.” Stephannie Baker, the Bentonville group’s leader, has seen even more dramatic interest in the organization. Its first meeting in late February, just after the Valentine’s Day slaughter at Parkland, attracted more than 100 volunteers. “That exceeded all my expectations for an initial meeting,” she said. “There’s definitely energy here, and I have friends on both sides of the aisle who are interested in Moms Demand Action. So I don’t think being in a red area should limit us as an organization.” Baker became interested in Moms as the “campus carry” bill was working its way through the legislature in February 2017. While Moms gets smeared as left-wing gun-grabbers by the NRA and much of the far right, Baker stresses that the group is nonpartisan and believes that common sense gun laws should have support across the aisle. “As an organization, we support the Second Amendment,” she said. “We just believe that there are obvious things we can change about our laws to prevent further gun violence deaths. That being said, I’m fully aware that we have a reputation as being antigun, even though that’s not true. My husband is a concealed carry permit holder. He likes to go hunting. A lot of our members are gun owners. But we know we can make it safer and reduce this burden.” Across the state, Baker said, one thing the group stresses is gun safety, including keeping guns locked and unloaded. “That is a message that we can really bring to Benton County that people would be receptive to,” she said. “I think if we could get people to come to the table and speak with us, they’ll realize we’re not a radical, ‘take your guns away’ kind of group.” All that said, Baker acknowledges that to change gun laws, there will

INSPIRED BY BRAVE STUDENTS: Lawyer Mariam Fletcher attended the Moms Demand Action trainin session at Fletcher Library so she could turn her beliefs into action.

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denying that those things go together.” In Arkansas, Jorgensen said, her group would like to seek common ground in the legislature to try and enact more “gun sense” measures, including “red flag” laws that allow a judge to order the seizure of firearms from anyone who has been deemed a threat, stiffened laws to remove guns from those convicted of domestic violence or stalking and raising the minimum age to purchase a rifle to 21. Still, as a veteran of the fight against “campus carry,” Jorgensen knows what it’s BRIAN CHILSON

likely have to be a change in Congress. nating in the massive “March for Our Public opinion on the issue is evolving, Lives” event that drew thousands — she said, and Democratic and Republi- including hundreds of Moms Demand can legislators can either change with Action Members — to Little Rock on it or be replaced by the voters. “I don’t March 24 for a protest at the Arkanknow how long it will take, but we are sas State Capitol. very used to this battle,” Baker said. Like other leaders interviewed for “We tell ourselves every day, ‘It’s a mar- this story, Jorgensen said that she athon, not a sprint, and we’re going to doesn’t believe the NRA truly reprelose some.’ We lost HB 1249. That’s sents gun owners, who studies show the law now. But we say, ‘We lose for- largely agree with her on issues like ward.’ People were so aggravated that required background checks for every we gained memberships in three cit- gun sale. ies where we didn’t have local groups. “That shouldn’t be political,” JorAfter Parkland, we now have 10 local groups. A year ago, we had one in Little Rock. That was it. If we lose, we’re going to lose forward. We’re going to keep fighting. We’re not going to stop. We’re going to keep going.”

The three hats of Eve Jorgensen Eve Jorgensen has three full-time jobs. By day, she’s a technician with Central Arkansas Water, helping keep current the complicated digital map of Little Rock’s hydrants, valves and water meters and their specs. At night, though, her other full-time jobs begin: Being a mother of two kids, 7 and 3, and leading the booming, statewide chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. “It has been pretty wild,” she said. “I took over last fall right before the Las Vegas shooting. We saw a lot of growth right after that. We had our Moms five-year celebrations and planned celebrations for five cities, and then Parkland happened. It’s been going a hundred miles an hour since then. I work all day at CAW and I work all night on Moms.” It was taking her son to his first day of kindergarten, she said, that got her interested in working with the group. “He’s kind of a little guy for his age,” she said. “Watching him walk into that big school, it dawned on me the reality of schools in our country. I decided I wanted to do something. ... I didn’t want to just sit home and worry. I wanted to do something proactive. So I got involved. I really jumped in with both feet.” Originally the social media lead for the group, a position that required her to keep abreast of local news, Jorgensen said it was eye-opening to see the reality of gun violence in Central Arkansas. Like others we interviewed, Jorgensen said the Arkansas chapter has experienced exponential growth since the Parkland shooting, culmi22

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EVE JORGENSEN: The leader of the statewide chapter of Moms Demand Action, a speaker at the March 24 event, believes gun owners want more safeguards.

gensen said. “But the gun lobby likes like trying to speak out against guns to make everything us against them. at the legislature. When you really talk to gun owners, “It was the most frustrating expemost of them are reasonable people, rience to be at the Capitol last Januand want to protect our kids. That’s ary testifying against guns on camwhat we all want: a safer community. pus, watching university presidents, … We want to work within the Second police chiefs, campus security, everyAmendment to make safer gun laws for one testifying against it,” she said. our country. Our gun homicide rate is “They looked us all in the face and said, 25 times higher than any other devel- ‘We’re going to vote for it anyway.’ We oped nation. We have more guns than had an NRA lobbyist standing next to any other developed nation. There’s no the governor when he signed the bill.”

While she called that session “terrible for gun legislation in Arkansas,” she said she feels that Moms has momentum on its side and hundreds more volunteers willing to bring the fight. She feels that permit-free concealed carry, which has passed in other states, may be next on the agenda for Arkansas. A big part of the problem, she said, is the NRA, and the seemingly limitless supply of money they have to push guns into more places while selling their members on evermore extreme ideas about firearms. “The NRA started out as a hunting and sportsman’s group. Now, people are hunting less, they’re buying fewer guns, and the NRA is pushing to sell accessories and different versions of the same thing that people already have,” she said. “They say they have 5 million members, but there’s no proof of that. They have a lot of money, maybe from Russia, we don’t know. But they’ve changed significantly in the past few years. These videos with [NRA spokeswoman] Dana Loesch talking about the war on free speech and the war on this and that — it has nothing to do with guns.” Though she doesn’t frame her experience that way, so much of Jorgensen’s time with Moms Demand Action in Arkansas sounds like a study in frustration. One person she talked to suggested that if she was so worried about school shootings, she should pull her kids out of school and homeschool them, because “you’re just sitting at home doing nothing anyway.” Another idea she hears constantly is remaking schools into fortresses, with cameras, metal detectors and teachers armed to the teeth. In all things, though, Jorgensen is a data-driven person, and she believes the data show that working against “guns everywhere” is the best way to keep Arkansas safe. While Jorgensen admits she is not likely to see a seachange on attitudes about gun safety in Arkansas in her lifetime, it’s a race she and others are willing to start so others can grab the baton someday and finish. “You have to try,” Jorgensen said. “I’m not going to let them pass more and more gun laws without anyone coming and saying, ‘That’s a bad idea.’ If, God forbid, something happened where my kid was involved in an unintentional shooting or was shot at school, I would want to know that I did everything I could to prevent it.”

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Making us proud Arkansas artisans return to War Memorial. BY HEATHER STEADHAM BRIAN CHILSON

ome 125 Arkansas artisans will return to War Memorial Stadium this April for the second a nnua l A rka nsas MadeArkansas Proud market, a festive day of discovery of handmade items, from food to furniture to fashion accessories. With vendors new and old, including the concessionaires, the event will celebrate the creative minds and hands of Arkansans. The market runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, on the field. Keith Sykes at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. will perform on a stage on the field, and the food tent will sell grilled brats, pretzels and soft drinks. Lubricating sales will be bloody Marys and screwdrivers made with vodka by Arkansas distiller Rock Town Distillery and beer from Arkansas brewer Diamond Bear. The event is a partnership of the Arkansas Times and War Memorial Stadium; Ben E. Keith and Edwards Food Giant are also sponsors. Admission is $5; children 5 and under are admitted free. Start early with a shot of caffeine from Fayetteville’s Onyx Coffee Lab and begin your investigation of what Arkansas’s creative class has to offer. Then check out the scene. Here is a sampling of what you’ll find: ArkieStyle: Crafted in a laundry room on a four-color press, the handprinted apparel of ArkieStyle is the perfect purchase for the vintage T-shirt fan. ArkieStyle shirts use waterbased inks on a cotton blend and sport designs that scream Arkansas — Land of Opportunity, Natural State and the Fouke Monster! Bang-Up Betty: From necklaces stamped with “NOT TODAY SATAN” to stickers proclaiming “I Believe in Science” and “Frigid Bitch” can koozies, Stacy Bowers’ hand-stamped humorous objects and salty threads are crafted with care in North Little Rock. Bang-Up Betty jewelry has been featured on Bustle, POPSUGAR and Buzzfeed, and for good reason: They’re funny and feminist, making the buyer laugh and feel empowered in one fell swoop. Crooked House Herbals: Based in Hot Springs, this business specializes in handmade, organically grown products for healthy living. With beauty products (like facial cleansers, body scrubs and

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serums), pet care products (natural de-wormers, pet immune boosters and gum and teeth care) and children’s products (nourishing baby oil, baby

powder and lip balm), there will be something special for the whole family at this vendor’s booth. Crooked House Herbals also has subscription packages

for monthly deliveries right to your home. Evelyn & Osco: Now celebrating one year in the jewelry business, Evelyn & Osco creates handmade pieces ranging from funky, tiny-bead earrings to elegant, gold-chained necklaces with dangling stone pendants. With prices as low as $16, you can sport the latest fashion without taking a hit to your pocketbook. Fresh Mountain Soaps: Formerly Lady Eureka Boutique, Fresh Mountain now takes its handmade soaps, bath and body products on the road to markets such as Arkansas Made-Arkansas Proud, so you don’t have to travel to Little Switzerland for soaps made with cherry almond and citrus cedar sage. Fresh Mountain Soaps’ towel turbans make you feel like you just stepped out of the spa. Geri’s Jams & Jellies: Using local and organic produce, Geri’s features award-winning homemade jams, jellies and fruit butters made in small batches and stirred by hand. Island Butter, a combination of bananas, pineapple and coconut, is Geri’s No. 1 bestseller. Honeysuckle Lane Cheese: This cheese-maker operates the only rawmilk cheese plant in all of Arkansas. Using Grade A raw milk produced by its Daley Dairy cows, the cheeses boast a creamy texture and rich flavor. Honeysuckle Lane Cheese offers four varieties: white cheddar, yellow cheddar, jalapeno cheddar and Colby. Each variety is vacuum-sealed and stored in the aging room at Honeysuckle Lane Cheese at 42 degrees for at least 60 days, preserving the healthy digestive enzymes of the cheese. JK Woodworking: Crafting products mostly from the wood around Greers Ferry Lake — maple cut on Eden Isle, mulberry from the Little Red River and American elm from Ferndale — JK Woodworking gives new life to drought or storm-damaged and dead trees. All manner of woodworks are offered, from spoons, to mortar and pestles, to cutting boards, often with the original character of the wood (worm holes, knots and grain) preserved. These handcrafted items aren’t just tools, they’re heirlooms. Kyya Chocolate: Using 24 different CONTINUED ON PAGE 39

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one of three against the San Antonio Missions. Keep an eye out for outfielder Braden Bishop and relief pitcher 7:10 p.m. Thu.-Fri., 6:10 p.m. Sat. Art Warren, two Travs who ended up Dickey-Stephens Ballpark. $7-$13. Two weeks ago, legendary Arkan- among the top 10 picks on the Seattle sas catcher and manager Bill Dickey, Mariners’ Top 30 Prospects List; the the man to whom Yogi Berra said he Travs are in their second year as the owed “everything [he] did in baseball,” Mariners’ Double-A affiliate. Come was honored with a plaque bearing Friday night for a fireworks show afhis name on the Hot Springs Historic ter the game and to meet members Baseball Trail. This week, the ballpark of the Arkansas Razorbacks football named for Dickey opens for the first team hanging out at the ballpark from Arkansas Travelers game of the season, 6:10 p.m. until the third inning. SS

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a path out of Arkansas,” he told it through music in his 2016 memoir “Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl.” He recalls his parents’ breakup, their subsequent move to Hot Springs and how he could identify his neighbors “by the music they played.” He recalls disappearing into his father’s old 45s and hearing Chaka Khan, thinking she sounded like “a woman who tamed lions in her backyard and kept a full moon somewhere in her purse.” Ollison reads from his work as part of the UCA’s Artists in Residence program, and a Q&A session and book-signing follows. SS

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MELISSA ALDANA TRIO

8 p.m. South on Main. $30-$42.

When New York-based saxophonist Melissa Aldana titled her fourth album “Back Home,” it was easy for listeners to imagine she meant “back home” as in her native Santiago, Chile. There’s little doubt Aldana keeps those roots close; she still plays her grandfather Enrique Aldana’s Selmer Mark VI tenor, and her bass player, Pablo Menares, is a fellow Santiago native. But the title actually refers to a sonic sense of “home,” not a geographical one. It was a recording from Sonny Rollins that first inspired Aldana to move from the alto saxophone to the tenor sax, and it’s Rollins Aldana wants to evoke on the newest record. “He was one of the first reasons I started playing trio,” Aldana’s website bio reads, “because the freedom that you have within the music, the interaction, the opportunity you have to express yourself and communicate with the other musicians.” She should know: She shifted to a trio formation after recording two records with a quartet, and recorded it with all the instruments in the same room, rather than partitioning out each part on a separate track. The trio — Aldana’s saxophone, Menares’ bass and Jochen Rueckert on drums — boasts a richness that usually only happens when there’s a chordal instrument involved to lend harmony, like a piano or a guitar. There’s a wealth of great music to choose from this Thursday night, but do consider this concert from Aldana, the first woman and the first South American musician to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. SS

David Feherty was a pretty good professional golfer from Northern Ireland blessed with a championship-level sense of humor. His dry wit and friendly way with his fellow pros on the European and PGA tours made it easy for him to transition from wielding a golf club to holding a microphone in the fairway and commenting for CBS’ golf coverage starting in 1997. It’s that job of offering perfectly timed wisecracks and other thoughtfully humorous observations that made Feherty a cult figure among golf aficionados and the casual fans, and it led to the creation of the Golf Channel prime-time show “Feherty” — a weekly hour-long, laid-back, one-on-one interview typically with bigname golfers, rich golf course owners (Donald Trump, before he became president) and retired politicians (Bill Clinton, Barack Obama). The Feherty style would include, for instance, serving as foil for Arkansas’s own John Daly, lying on the ground and holding a tee between his teeth while trusting Daly to successful wallop a drive, and not Feherty’s head, deep into the Yell County woods. Crazy? Maybe. Feherty, who along with doing his weekly show is an on-course analyst with the Golf Channel’s owner, NBC, has taken his comedic (and not just golf ) observations and stories on the road. Little Rock is one of his stops, as he’ll appear Thursday night at the Robinson Performance Hall. Tickets start at $48 (some good orchestra-section seats remain at $57) and are available through Ticketmaster. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the show “two hours of zaniness and madcap storytelling. People were coming out of their seats with laughter.” JH

SATURDAY 4/7

FROGGY FRESH

8 p.m. Rev Room. $15-$50.

Tyler Stephen Cassidy, aka Froggy Fresh, aka Jelly Bean Jack, aka Krispy Kreme-but-not-in-a-copyrightinfringing-sorta-way, is returning to Central Arkansas. This means that for a few uncomfortable moments — or however long his set lasts — parody will bump and grind awkwardly against sincerity, and a bunch of people will finally find out what it feels like to be in the room with other people who know why James is cryin.’ (FYI: It’s ’cause he just got dunked on.) Back in 2012, before the Corporate Donut Overlords put the kibosh on his moniker, Daniel Tosh asked Krispy Kreme in an interview who he’d have open for him, and his answer was “probably Jay-Z, and probably Eminem, and then probably Denzel Washington,” but I assume that’s only because he hadn’t heard Booyah! Dad’s “All My Bros Work at Lowe’s” and “Poppin’ and Lockin’ (At the Country Show)” yet. SS

Dr. Norman Boehm performs works by Chopin, Delius, Schumann and Scriabin on a rare 9-foot Kawai Shigeru concert grand piano, 7:30 p.m., Pulaski Technical College’s Center for Humanities and Arts, free. #BlackLivesMatter founder Patrisse Cullors hosts “Malcolm Revisited,” an interactive performance dedicated to Malcolm X, at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, 7 p.m., free. Comedian and author Gabriel Rutledge performs at The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat., $8-$12. Cara Brookins, a UA Little Rock alumna, domestic abuse survivor and author of “Rise, How a House Built a Family,” gives a talk for Sexual Assault Awareness Month at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, UA Little Rock, 6 p.m., free. Galleries along Central Avenue are open 5-9 p.m. for the monthly Hot Springs Gallery Walk. Also in Hot Springs: Song, comedy, drag and striptease are on the stage at Maxine’s for The Lewd Awakening Revue, 9:30 p.m., $10-$12. Or, if you’re in Little Rock, catch Foul Play Cabaret at The Joint, 8 p.m., $10. Memphis Yahoos hold down the happy hour tunes at Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 p.m., free, and check in later for a set from Canvas, 9 p.m., $5.

FRIDAY 4/6 Jamie Lou and the Hullabaloo play for the benefit of Lucie’s Place, 8:30 p.m., Kings Live Music, Conway, $5. Youth Home’s annual “Eggshibition” fundraiser kicks off at 7 p.m., Jack Stephens Center, $60-$100, see youthhome.org for tickets. Buh Jones entertains for happy hour at Cajun’s, 5:30 p.m., free; catch the Memphis Yahoos, 9 p.m., $5. Louisiana bluesman Tab Benoit charms at the Rev Room, 8 p.m., $25. Aaron Owens entertains at Oaklawn Racing & Gaming’s Pops Lounge, 5 p.m. Fri.-Sat., and later, catch The Pink Piano Show at Silks Bar & Grill, 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Grave Digger, Midnight Rider, Scooby Doo and others get down in the mud for Monster Jam 18 at Verizon Arena, 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., $13-$46.

SATURDAY 4/7 Squelch, Dog Prison, Bete Noire, Shoe and No Remorse share a bill to benefit the Central Arkansas Free Naloxone project, 9 p.m., White Water Tavern, $7-$10 suggested donation. Ben Byers performs at Cajun’s for happy hour, 5:30 p.m., free, and come after dinner for a set of reggae-tinged music from Butterfly & Irie Soul with special guests Tim Anthony, Johnny Burnette and Marquis Hunt, 9 p.m., $5. Lake Ouachita State Park hosts a six-hour Guided Kayak Day Adventure, $25, call 767-9366 to register.

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SATURDAY 4/7

BERMUDA TRIANGLE

8 p.m. Hendrix College, Worsham Performance Hall. $15.

SUPERGROUP: Bermuda Triangle lands at Hendrix College for a show sponsored by the campus radio station, KHDX-FM 93.1.

And just like that, one of our and Becca Mancari wouldn’t have generation’s great soul vocalists is difficulty imagining how, after a few landing unceremoniously at a liberal backyard sessions trading off songs, arts college in Conway, courtesy of the three friends decided to make the Class D, student-operated campus it official and play a couple of shows radio station, whose tagline is “Thanks together. Check out the sweet threefor listening, Mom.” Brittany Howard, part harmonies on “Rosey” for a whose voice lends Alabama Shakes primer, or the chill bossa nova beat on its grit and gravitas, is probably the “Suzanne,” both of which definitely best known of Bermuda Triangle’s call into question the necessity of members, but anyone who’s heard the having a drummer who is a real live work of her bandmates Jesse Lafser human. SS

SATURDAY 4/7

SPRINGFEST

10 a.m.-6 p.m. First Security Amphitheater and River Market pavilions. Free.

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Riverfest started as a small, family-friendly music festival, grew into a massive music festival, increasingly added all sorts of family attractions and then, in 2015, spun off the family activities into a new event, Springfest. Then Riverfest shut down, only to be revived by a Memphis event

promoter that plans to revive the music festival May 25-27. Meanwhile, the Museum of Discovery, the River Market district’s prime destination for keeping children occupied for an hour or two, took on the planning and responsibility of Springfest, which drew as many as 20,000 people when

Riverfest operated it. This year’s attractions include the Super Retriever Series, with dog handlers putting pooches through all sorts of tricks; bouncy obstacle courses and slides; a construction zone, where kids can sit on construction equipment; a hero zone, where members of the Little

Rock Police and Fire departments, MEMS, Arkansas State Police and the Pulaski County Sheriff’s office will be on hand to talk to kids; Museum of Discovery “Awesome Science” shows; local dance and cheer teams; and local food and arts-and-crafts vendors. LM

IN CONVERSATION WITH KUSHNER: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner pays a visit to Hendrix College Tuesday evening as a guest of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language.

TUESDAY 4/10

TONY KUSHNER

7:30 p.m. Staples Auditorium, Hendrix College. Free.

Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America: A example, that “the epistle the Angel delivGay Fantasia on National Themes” came on ers is the Anti-Migratory Epistle.” Kushner commission from San Francisco’s Eureka noted, too, that the late Trump mentor Roy Theatre in the early 1990s, and by the time it Cohn was impossible to hear as a charachit Broadway, the AIDS epidemic at the center in “Angels” without thinking “about the ter of its plot was already turning. Research Babylonian mud devil in the White House, was being codified. Federal funds were al- who has no loyalty to anyone, not even to located for HIV prevention and treatment. Roy.” Kushner, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Philadelphia” opened in theaters. On a po- “Angels” and went on to write screenplays for litical scale, Bill Clinton had been elected Spielberg’s “Munich” and “Lincoln,” as well president a few months earlier, in a move as “Homebody/Kabul” and “The Intelligent that unseated George H.W. Bush and gave Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Soopponents of Reaganomics cause for hope. cialism with a Key to the Scriptures,” speaks “Angels” was fiercely relevant then, and like at Hendrix College as a guest of the Hendrixmost great works of theater, it remains vi- Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature tal 25 years later, arguably even more so. In and Language, and will be interviewed on an interview for The New York Times last stage by Hendrix College Politics Professor month, Kushner said that a National The- Jay Barth. A reception and book signing folater revival last year had reminded him, for lows the talk. SS

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SUNDAY 4/8

KACHELLA 2018

6 p.m. White Water Tavern. $7-$10.

“Rock ’n’ Soul” girl gang Dazz & Brie’s first album was called “Can’t Afford California,” so consider this “mini-fest” in honor of Brie Boyce’s birthday the “can’t afford Coachella” live event. (Unless, of course, your pockets are deep enough to afford airfare to LAX, $504 passes for each weekend, plus $113 for a camping spot. Or $8,500 for a glamping yurt. In that case, say hi to SZA for us.) Kachella pretty much has everything you need, anyway, and you won’t even need new sandals or a second mortgage to enjoy them: wine bottle painting; tarot readings; hair braiding; goodies from Crying Weasel Vintage, Candy Butta, Brizo de Agua, Southern Salt Food Co. and Kona D’s catering; and performances from Joshua Asante, Brian Nahlen, Sean Fresh, Kami Shaw, Clew, DJ Ike and, of course, Dazz & Brie. Tickets are $10 at the door or $7 if you send your first and last name with a payment to one of the following: @Dazzandbrie on Venmo, $Dazzandbrie on Cash App or to girlgangent@gmail.com via Paypal. SS

WEDNESDAY 4/11

WILDFLOWER REVUE COVERS TOM PETTY 8 p.m. South on Main. $10.

There’s no more substantial grounds for an evening of Tom Petty covers from The Wildflower Revue — Amy Garland Angel, Mandy McBryde and Cindy Woolf — than their interpretations of Johnny Cash’s “Bad News,” Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” and Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” from the trio’s self-titled 2017 debut. This show is part of South on Main’s “Sessions” series, in which a single person curates a month of musical Wednesdays at the restaurant — in this month’s case, owner Amy Bell in celebration of her April birthday. SS

Rebel Kettle Brewing Co. celebrates its second anniversary with beer yoga, $5 brews and sets from Sad Daddy, The Nightliners and Drivin’ n’ Cryin’, 11 a.m., free. Rock Town Roller Derby kicks off its season at the Arkansas Skatium with games at noon and 2 p.m., $10. The Deer perform at Four Quarter Bar, 10 p.m., $7. Actor Larenz Tate and FOX16 news anchor Donna Terrell host Designer’s Choice Fashion Preview, Clear Channel Metroplex, 7:30 p.m., $40-$75, see dcfp11. eventbrite.com for tickets. “Bluesboy Jag” Jagitsch and the Juke Joint Zombies perform at Grateful Head Pizza in Hot Springs, 8 p.m., free. The Blaggards take the stage at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 8 p.m., $10. New Orleans funk outfit Tyler Kinchen & The Right Pieces return to South on Main, 9 p.m., $10. Tulsa-based country star Jon Wolfe takes “Airport Kiss” and others to Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 8:30 p.m., $12-$15.

SUNDAY 4/8 Musician Andrew Jansen (Loud Sun) leads “Experiencing the Inner Ear as Kinetic Sculpture,” a workshop in in-depth listening at Low Key Arts, 1 p.m., donations. The fifth annual Pilgrimage for Peace starts at 2 p.m. at Heifer International, visit pilgrimageforpeace.com for details. Drop into Vino’s Brewpub for CanvasCommunity’s Beer and Hymns, 7 p.m., free. The Loony Bin hosts a special Sunday show from Johnny Bratsveen, 7:30 p.m., $10.

MONDAY 4/9 Comedian Antonio Aguilar lands at Stone’s Throw Brewing, 7:30 p.m., $14. Author Mickey Ibarra speaks on his book “Latino Leaders Speak: Personal Stories of Struggle and Triumph,” 6 p.m., Clinton School of Public Service, free.

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TUESDAY 4/10 REO Speedwagon and Styx land at Verizon Arena with Don Felder, 7 p.m., $50-$140. Riverdale 10 Cinema screens the 1939 classic “Gone With the Wind,” 7 p.m., $9. KDJE-FM, 100.3 “The Edge,” brings Las Vegasbased rock band Adelita’s Way to the Rev Room, with Sons of Texas, Stone Broken and Taking Dawn, 7:30 p.m., $15-$17. Dog Prison and Absolutely Not share a bill at the White Water Tavern, 9 p.m. The Holy Knives, Spirit Cuntz and Beachcat share a bill at The Sonic Temple in North Little Rock, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 4/11 Guitarist Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews Band) and TR3 make a stop at the Rev Room, 8 p.m., $20-$25. Follow Rock Candy on Twitter: @RockCandies

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“BEER & LOATHING in Little Rock,” the second anniversary celebration of Rebel Kettle Brewing Co., 822 E. Sixth St., would be just the thing for Hunter S. Thompson, if he weren’t dead. The gonzo journalist liked a party; he even had his ashes shot from a cannon along with fireworks. There won’t be sparklers at Rebel Kettle, but there will be a sun salute of sorts, as Cheers and Namaste Yoga will lead a beer and yoga class starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 7, in the beer garden ($10, includes a beer). If that doesn’t leave you in savasana (aka the corpse pose), there will be more activities, including family-friendly games supplied by Heifer International, with proceeds going to the American Childhood Cancer Organization of Arkansas; food trucks; $5 craft beer; and music by The Nightliners, Sad Daddy and Drivin’ N Cryin’. HERITAGE CATERING, WHICH opened recently at 315 N. Bowman Ave., is serving a family-style Chef’s Night dinner at 6:30 p.m. April 14 at its storefront. Shane and Kim Henderson are owners; Shane Henderson is executive chef at Ben E. Keith Foods and Kim Henderson was formerly with Simply the Best Catering. The Chef’s Night Dinner will be the first of many, Kim Henderson said; tickets, $50, are still available to the April dinner, which will be a five-course meal featuring a charcuterie board; mixed greens with tri-color carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes; gnocchi with roasted chicken, green peas and a mushroom broth; sweet-tea-brined bone-in pork chop with bourbon pan gravy, rice, smoked cauliflower and cornbread; and a dessert of oatmeal cream pie with sea salt caramel gelato. The special dinners will accommodate 30 diners. Heritage does not have a liquor license, so it’s BYOB. “We eventually want to evolve into retail with grab-and-go,” Kim Henderson said. Heritage delivers to offices, meetings and social events; it has been catering the Potluck & Poison Ivy events at The Joint in Argenta. THE 2ND FRIDAY ART NIGHT event is for downtown gallery-goers, but folks who love cheese dip, and that would include the entire population of Arkansas, will want to check out the “Cheese Dip Extravanganza” April 13 at the Old State House. The queso will come from Blue Coast Burrito, Local Lime, Heights Taco and Tamale Co. and Cotija’s Mexican Grill. Cheese dip cries out for beer; Stone’s Throw Brewing will answer the call with its craft beer. The Salty Dogs will provide music to dip and sip by. The event runs 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 30

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LIGHTS ON THE MOUNTAIN: Coming from the multitiered decks at Dead-Head themed Grateful Head Pizza Oven & Beer Garden.

Deck digs Grateful Head is all about the al fresco.

aybe it’s because there are a full three days out of the week when a rarified slice from Anthony Valinoti at DeLuca’s Pizza is off limits, or maybe it’s because it makes sense to pair pizza with the influx of craft beers in town, but Hot Springs is in the throes of a pizza bounty. Mainstays like the casinoadjacent Rocky’s Corner, the lakeside Sam’s Pizza Pub & Restaurant, Rod’s Pizza Cellar, Maxine’s and Hawg’s Pizza Pub have been joined by Brick City Slice House in the Park Avenue District, the picturesque Grateful Head Pizza on Exchange Street and SQZBX, the state’s only accordion-themed pizza joint and brewery, which makes its home on Ouachita Avenue in the same building as KUHS, Hot Springs’ solar-powered community radio station. Still, a pizza-saturated Bathhouse Row is a pretty cush problem to have, and eating a slice in the middle of a lush, mountainous National Park isn’t likely

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to get old anytime soon. First, props to Grateful Head Pizza Oven & Beer Garden for being open until 11 p.m. When 9:15 p.m. on a Thursday evening had arrived and there was no dinner behind us, Grateful Head saved the evening. The hillside spot, tucked just a block west of Central Avenue, reminded us of the labyrinthian streets of Eureka Springs, but inside, all is decidedly Spa City. The lower level was outfitted with postcard prints of Hot Springs Mountain and elaborate murals of nude women sprawled on a bed of ferns — the nooks and crannies could have been secret boudoirs at a bygone brothel. The door to this basement lair read “Gin Joint,” and a tiny stage at the northern end was announced with a faux street sign reading “DEAD HEAD WAY.” Despite that and other Jerry Garcia memorabilia, Grateful Head’s aesthetic is more speakeasy than psychedelia — carvings made in natural wood, framed prints of

art deco nudes, mosaic-tiled walls, sets of mounted horns and antlers, stained glass light fixtures, lusty red walls and low ceilings. When, during our meal, a couple evidently fresh from a hike wandered through and explained to a server that they were “just there to look” after a friend had told them about the place, we understood completely; this place is worth looking at even if you’re not stopping. Or maybe you peeked and decided to have a beer. There was plenty on the tap rotation, including a Raven’s Blood porter from The Water Buffalo and Buffalo Brewing Co., a seasonal Kolsch called Beez Kneez from the nearby Superior Bathhouse Brewery, Nebraska Brewing Co.’s saison “Blanc Is the New White,” Yuengling’s Black & Tan, a Belgianstyle abbey ale from California’s North Coast Brewing Co. and the Arkie Amber from Bubba Brews Brewing Co. Grateful Head pays as much attention to its wine as it does its beer; a two-page wine list with several fruity zins and rosés dwarfed the food menu. There was also a variety of nonalcoholic craft delights, including Stubborn Soda’s Black Cherry with Tarragon, Orange Hibiscus, Lemon Berry Acai and Agave

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didn’t creep any further up the Scoville scale. These wings were doused liberally in Grateful Head’s signature wing sauce and were genuinely spicy. As for the pie, the Dire Wolf was the Joe Pesci of pizzas — compact, brawny, menacing. The crust had a nice pretzel-ish firmness, and was twisted up like a pastry at the edges, leaving us to wonder momentarily if a ring of stringy cheese lay under those twists, stuffed crust-style. The sausage was standard pizza chain blend, as were the rest of the toppings. If you’re going for locally sourced sausage or artisan Napolitano crust, Grateful Head should not be at the top of your list, but it’s a great late-night bar meal, and you can’t beat the digs. A couple next to us sipped a glass of wine as their two young girls played in the courtyard below the complex of wooden decks: not a bad way to spend a Thursday night. We enjoyed it — as did a surprising number of other late weeknight diners — perched on the carefully sculpted decks with a cast iron fire pit crackling away nearby, relishing the views of the historic building that once housed the Army-Navy Hospital across Bathhouse Row.

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organization, you need to find somewhere they are able to get involved and see the impact they are making.” The partnership began a few years ago with an annual food drive for the Arkansas Rice Depot which has since merged with the Foodbank. The food drive has grown each year, this year collecting enough for 6,397 meals. Property Group employees frequently volunteer at the Foodbank warehouse and the company makes a donation for each home they sell. “We are so grateful for dedicated volunteer partners like The Property Group,” says Chief Development Officer Sarah Riffle. “Their whole-hearted commitment to our mission and the community is inspiring.” One of the most meaningful ways to join the fight against hunger is to spend some time as a volunteer at the Arkansas Foodbank. There’s no way we can feed the hundreds of thousands of Arkansans without the help of our volunteers. Visit arkansasfoodbang. org/how-can-i-help-2/volunteer to learn more about the many available volunteer opportunities! Thank You for Riding to the Rescue to Children and Families in Arkansas!

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ll our thanks and gratitude to Matt and Casey Finch, co-chairs of our Southern Silks signature fundraiser for Methodist Family Health. Your dedication and that of all the volunteers on the committee and behind the scenes is tremendously appreciated. On behalf of the Arkansas children and families in our care, we thank you all! Methodist Family Health will saddle up its stable of stick ponies to raise funds to rebuild the lives of Arkansas children and families at 6 p.m. at Metroplex Event Center at 10800 Col. Glenn Rd. in Little Rock on Saturday, May 5. Help celebrate the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby with this post-race, Derby Day-soiree including faux horse races where guests are the jockeys. Prizes awarded for each race, and guests enjoy a Kentucky Derby-inspired dinner and libations, live and silent auctions, a hat contest, and much more. Tickets available at eventbrite.com, or by contacting Jamie Griffith at 501-906-4209 or jgriffith@methodistfamily.org.

HOW YOU CAN SERVE Get Involved at These Events! APRIL 21: First Annual Brews and Bites Event, Benefitting the Arkansas Foodbank and Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance: Get more info and sign up to volunteer at signup.com/Group/ 885943260042

MAY 5: Southern Silks in Little Rock: For more information, contact Cathey Henry at chenry@methodistfamily.org or call 501-906-4209

JUNE 1-2: Camp Healing Hearts at Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock: For more information or to fill out a volunteer application, visit methodistfamily.org/ camphealinghearts AUGUST 3: Bright Night at Big Rock Fun Park in Little Rock: For more information, contact Denise Luft at dluft@methodistfamily.org or call 501-906-4201

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MOVIE REVIEW

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL: The latest in the “God’s Not Dead” series, set in a fictional “Hope Springs, Arkansas,” is a more fully-fledged film, albeit one that clings to a picture of Christianity under fire.

Faith and fire

It’s a kinder, gentler God who’s not dead this third time. BY GUY LANCASTER

s Leonard Cohen once sang, “There is a war located on the campus of Hadleigh University in “Hope between the ones who say there is a war and Springs, Arkansas.” The church has become a site of the ones who say that there isn’t.” Like its pre- conflict between determined secularists who want it decessors, “God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness,” the gone and good-hearted, doe-eyed Christians who just third movie in the “God’s Not Dead” series, depicts want to worship in peace. One night, a student chucks the supposed “war against Christianity” at the cen- a brick through the basement window, breaking a gas ter of white evangelical identity. You may have been line and producing a conflagration that kills Reverend unaware of this ongoing conflict, but apparently latte- Jude (Benjamin A. Onyango) and destroys the church. drinking secularists, like the mythical Elders of Zion, Seeing its opportunity, the university board exerts hold fast to the motto: “We shall forbid Christ.” Even eminent domain to claim the land for its new student here in Arkansas, a state whose Capitol grounds will union. Pastor Dave Hill (David A.R. White, who also soon feature a new Ten Commandments monument produces), a minor character in the previous two movand whose political leaders regularly invoke the name ies, takes the lead in trying to save his church, enlisting the help of his estranged, non-believing brother of Jesus. Go figure. The battleground this time is St. James Church, Pearce (John Corbett), a lawyer specializing in social

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justice work. “A Light in Darkness” is the second in the series to be filmed in Central Arkansas, and locals will recognize landmarks such as Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Doe’s Eat Place, Philander Smith College, the Arkansas River Trail, Two Rivers Park and more. However, the film exhibits some sloppy inconsistencies between story and scenery. For one, the film is set in the fictional city of Hope Springs, which renders the Little Rock sign above the River Market pavilion, seen in one shot, an inconvenient presence. Too, the film employs the Robinson Center as a stand-in for a courthouse, but the establishing shot prominently features the name of the building engraved upon its face. Like Donald Trump, the Christianity at the heart of the “God’s Not Dead” movies is obsessed with its representation in the media, and the story is constantly interrupted with characters watching news coverage of the events depicted, imbuing every plot twist with world historical significance. More than the other two movies in the “God’s Not Dead” series, however, “A Light in Darkness” attempts to be an actual film. Unlike his predecessor, Harold Cronk, writer-director

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Michael Mason understands that film “Because the whole world knows what is a visual medium; occasionally, his the church is against, but it is harder characters actually stop talking, and and harder to know what it stands for.” the camera lingers gently upon them Does this seeming engagement with and their surroundings. Too, the story the world represent a departure for the offers something more than just your series? Well, producer White recently uncle’s Facebook rant about the perse- held a private screening of the film cution of Christians, lacking the unam- for Vice President Mike Pence at the biguous villains of previous installments Museum of the Bible in Washington and who proudly proclaimed, “I hate God.” NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch has a Corbett’s Pearce is an engaging and lik- prominent cameo, so the church apparable character, portrayed by someone ently stands for gay conversion therapy giving the first genuinely good per- and loose firearms regulation. Dismiss formance in the entire series. Indeed, that as a cheap shot, if you want. But Mason highlights how dualistic think- at the end of the film, our token atheing by Christians themselves can drive ist characters are both holding Bibles from the fold people who have sincere after witnessing the goodness of believquestions about faith. Near the end, a ers around them. The message is clear: young woman named Keaton (Saman- Christians may be willing to tolerate tha Boscarino) explains to Pastor Dave questions, but they won’t tolerate any the reason why people of her genera- answer different from the one in the tion are leaving Christianity behind: title. arktimes.com APRIL 05, 2018

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direct sources of cacao beans, Kyya Chocolate designs its own roasting, cracking and winnowing equipment and then uses melangers (chocolate machines) in a 72-hour process to manufacture award-winning chocolate. Kyya even creates its own chocolate molds, and hand-molds and packages each bar. Making only small batches of chocolate to maximize the flavor of their sourced cacao beans, Kyya Chocolate uses no artificial flavors or additives. It also offers classes to spread its passion for making chocolate. Pure Soy Candles: Using only slowburning natural wax in its candles and lotion bars, this company supports American farmers. Pure Soy’s product line includes Victorian quad-shaped or silver tin candles in scents like amaretto, creme brulee and Georgia peach, and lotion bars in such scents as peppermint and lemongrass. Pure Soy Candles’ newest product: bath bombs. Quilt Crazy: With a booth at Rust, Dust & Wanderlust Flea Market in Harrison, this purveyor of quilts and

quilted items like potholders, bowls and wreaths offers a variety of quilt kits as well to help you make the perfect quilt. Scripted Joy: For both stock pieces and custom orders, this calligraphy studio offers hand lettering and graphic design services for stationery and events. It also creates Arkansas-themed mugs, throw pillows and tea towels as well as custom home decor in the form of wood signs and framed prints. Townsend Spice & Supply: After retiring in 1978 from the butcher supply business in the world-famous barbecue capital of Memphis, Richard and Catherine Townsend began manufacturing sausage seasoning and meat cures in Oxford (Izard County). Forty years later, Townsend Spice & Supply continues the tradition with an expanded offering of BBQ sauce, herbs and spices, jerk seasoning and much more, and provides the poultry and BBQ rubs for the Sonny’s Barbecue chain. In need of summer salami or a gift box or 12? Townsend Spice and Supply can provide.

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“Assassins.” The Weekend Theater takes on Stephen Sondheim’s revuestyle history of presidential assassins. 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., through April 22. $16$20. 1001 W. 7th St. 501-374-3761. “Orange Is the New White.” The twoact political comedy show from The Main Thing. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., through June 16. $24. The Joint Theater & Coffeehouse. 301 Main St., NLR. 501372-0205.

“Little Shop of Horrors.” Murry’s Dinner Playhouse puts up the Alan Menken/Howard Ashman dark comedy. 7:30 p.m. Tue.-Sat., dinner at 6 p.m.; 12:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sun., dinner at 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., through April 21. $15-$37. 6323 Colonel Glenn Road. 501562-3131. “Mamma Mia.” The Rep takes on the ABBA jukebox musical. 7 p.m. Sun., 7 p.m. Thu., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sun. $30-$65. 601 Main St. 501378-0405. “Vietgone.” TheatreSquared performs Qui Nguyen’s “Arkansas love story … with ninjas.” 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat.-Sun., through April 8. $10-$44. Walton Arts Center’s Studio Theater, 495 W. Dickson St. 479-443-5600. “Dixie Swim Club.” Pocket Community Theatre stages the Southern comedy from Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones and Nicholas Hope. 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2:30 p.m. Sun., through April 15. $10-$15. 170 Ravine St., Hot Springs. 501-623-8585.

FINE ART, HISTORY EXHIBITS MAJOR VENUES ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, MacArthur Park: “Feed Your Mind Friday: Robert Bean,” gallery talk, noon April 6; “Luminous Lines: Forty Years of Metalpoint Drawings,” 35 works surveying the career of Susan Schwalb, through April 29; “Becoming John Marin: Modernist at Work,” drawings and watercolors from the permanent collection, through April 22; “Jann Greenland: What Might Be,” metal and bead work, through April 29. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 372-4000. ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Jonesboro: “Everything Is Going to be Alright,” five solo shows by Courtney Egan (video), Charley Friedman (video), Barbara F. Kendrick (digital collages), Anne Austin Pearce (paintings) and Andy Warhol (helium balloons), through April 12; “Doodle,” work by Curt Bradbury Jr., Nina Bovasso, David S. Rubin, Diana Lopez and Adam Ross, Vaughn Gallery, through April 12; “The Great War: Arkansas in World War I,” Dean Ellis Library, through April 11. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, extended hours to 7 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 870972-2074. ARTS & SCIENCE CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS, 701 S. Main St.: “The Women are Stronger: An Installation by Margo Duvall,” cyanotype

on fabric, through April 21; “UAPB & ASC: Five Decades of Collaboration,” work by Tarrence Corbin, Earnest Davidson, Fred Schmidt, Dr. William Detmers and others from UA Pine Bluff in the ASC permanent collection, through Nov. 3; “#GildTheDelta,” metallic pastels by Norwood Creech, through April 21. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. 870-536-3375. ARTS CENTER OF THE OZARKS, 214 S. Main St., Springdale: Annual senior high exhibition, April 2-21, open house April 14.10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat. 479-751-5441. BUTLER CENTER GALLERIES, Arkansas Studies Institute, 401 President Clinton Ave.: 48th annual “Mid-Southern Watercolorists Exhibition”; “Delta: Rediscovered,” photographs of early life (1880-1924) in Arkansas’s White River Delta by Dayton Bowers, through April 28; “Education in Exile: Student Experience at Rohwer,” through June 30; “Arkansas and WWI,” documents, photographs and artifacts, through May 26. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 320-5790. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSEUM VISITOR CENTER, Bates and Park: Exhibits on the 1957 desegregation of Central and the civil rights movement. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily. 374-1957. CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER, 1200 President Clinton Ave.: “Louder than Words: Rock, Power & Politics,” through Aug. 5; permanent exhibits on the Clinton administration. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun., $10 adults, $8 seniors, retired military and college students, $6 youth 6-17, free to active military and children under 6. 374-4242. COX CREATIVE CENTER, 120 River Market Ave.: “New Rules,” paintings by Kathy Strause. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, One Museum Way, Bentonville: “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” work by more than 60 artists created between the 1960s and ’80s, including Romare Bearden, Melvin Edwards, Betye Saar, Faith Ringgold, Charles White, Alvin Loving, Alma Thomas, Sam Gillian and others, through April 23; “Malcolm Revisited,” interactive performance dedicated to Malcolm X directed by Patrisse Khan Cullors, founder of #BlackLivesMatter, 7-9 p.m. April 5, free; talk by Cullors, 7-8 p.m. April 6; “All or Nothing,” works from the permanent collection in black and white, through May 28; American masterworks spanning four centuries in the permanent collection. 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. 479418-5700. ESSE PURSE MUSEUM & STORE, 1510 S. Main St.: “Exposed: Unmentionables 1900-1960s,” dress forms, corsets, slips, advertisements, accessories of women’s undergarments, through April 29; “What’s Inside: A Century of Women and Handbags,” permanent exhibit. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun.

$10, $8 for students, seniors and military. 916-9022. FORT SMITH REGIONAL ART MUSEUM, 1601 Rogers Ave.: “Will Barnet: Forms and Figures,” through June 3; “Fort Smith Legend John Bell,” paintings and sculpture, through April 22. 18. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 479-784-2787. HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM, 200 E. 3rd St.: “Arkansas Foodways Dinner Series: Colonial Arkansas, French and Spanish Colonists,” 6:30 p.m. April 5, sold out; “#5WomenArtists,” in conjunction with National Museum of Women in the Arts’ national campaign, featuring work by Jamie Goza Fox (1887-1979); Essie Ann Treat Ward (1902-1981), Elsie May Ford (1901-1977), Natalie Smith Henry (1907-1992), and Neppie Lee Conner (1917-2006); “Found in Nature: Kate Nessler and Barbara Satterfield,” ceramics and botanical drawings, through May 6; “These Various Threads I Drew,” 19th century needlepoint samplers, through June; “Going Unnoticed: Dustyn Bork and Carly Dahl,” through April 8. Ticketed tours of renovated and replicated 19th century structures from original city, guided Monday and Tuesday on the hour, self-guided Wednesday through Sunday, $2.50 adults, $1 under 18, free to 65 and over. (Galleries free.) 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 324-9351. MacARTHUR MUSEUM OF ARKANSAS MILITARY HISTORY, 503 E. 9th St. (MacArthur Park): Closed April-August for renovation. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 1-4 p.m. Sun. 376-4602. MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER, 9th and Broadway: “Crafting the Pitch,” small-business workshop with Arkansas Economic Development Commission Division of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, 6-8 p.m. April 5 and 12, free; “Arkansas Divine 9: An Exhibit of Arkansas’s African-American Greek Letter Organizations”; permanent exhibits on African-American entrepreneurship and work by African-American artists. 9 a.m.5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. 683-3593. MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY, 500 President Clinton Ave.: Interactive science exhibits and activities for children and teenagers. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun., $10 ages 13 and older, $8 ages 1-12, free to members and children under 1. 396-7050. OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM, 300 W. Markham St.: “Cabinet of Curiosities: Treasures from the University of Arkansas Museum Collection”; “True Faith, True Light: The Devotional Art of Ed Stilley,” musical instruments, through 2017; “First Families: Mingling of Politics and Culture” permanent exhibit including first ladies’ gowns. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. 324-9685. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK: Architecture and Design Network panel discussion “The Windgate Center of Art and

Design,” with Tom Clifton, Mia Hall, Floyd Martin, Carey Roberson and John Greer, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. talk April 10, Windgate Center of Art + Design lecture hall; “Masculine Projections,” photographic self-portraits by Joshua Brinlee, through April 27, small gallery, WCAD, artist’s lecture 2 p.m. April 12, WCAD 101. 569-8977. UA PULASKI TECHNICAL COLLEGE, 3000 W. Scenic Drive: “Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement,” through April 14, Windgate Gallery, Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHARTS), 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Thu., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. 812-2760. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway: “Spring BA/BFA Senior Show,” receptions 4-7 p.m. April 5, 2-4 p.m. April 8, show through April 26, Baum Gallery, McCastlain Hall. WALTON ARTS CENTER, 495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville: “Adornment: Beauty in Excess,” work by April Dauscha, Carson Fox, Roberto Mannino, Matt Neft, Piper Shepard and Kayte Terry, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery, through May 25. 479-571-2766. SMALLER VENUES ARGENTA GALLERY, 413 Main St.: “The Brotherhood of Color,” mixed media paintings by Rex DeLoney. ARTISTS WORKSHOP GALLERY, 610A Central Ave., Hot Springs: Paintings by Jan Briggs and Bonnie Ricci. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. 6236401. BACKSPACE, 541 Meadow, Fayetteville: Music showcase by Candy Lee, Rhae Rhae, Allison Williams, 7-11 p.m. April 7, $5 suggested donation, part of Intersections art and performance events benefiting Moms Demand Action. BARRY THOMAS FINE ART & STUDIO, 711 Main St., NLR: Landscapes by Thomas. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. 3492383. BOSWELL MOUROT FINE ART, 5815 Kavanaugh Blvd.: New works by Cuban artist Guillermo Portieles, through April 14. 664-0030. BLUE ROCK STUDIO, 262 Hideaway Hills Drive, Hot Springs: “Material Messages,” fiberwork by Lisa Crews, Lana Taliaferro and Barbara Cade, April 7-May 6. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thu.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 28-29. 262-4065. CANTRELL GALLERY, 8208 Cantrell Road: “Looking Closely,” recent works by Laura Raborn, through May 5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 224-1335. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 509 Scott St.: “Polaroid, Pinholes, Photograms and Processes,” photographic art by Blue-Eyed Knocker Photo Club members Allan Ballard

ur nation’s most notorious assassins gather on stage to violently pursue a twisted American Dream. By developing the characters of historic assassins out of the slim biographical information found, “Assassins” prompts us to consider their motivation, confronts pain in order to cauterize the decay and heal the sicknesses which lurk at the core of our society.

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DIRECTED BY ANDY HALL AND JAMIE SCOTT BLAKEY MUSIC DIRECTION BY JEANNIE SCOTT CROSS $20 ADULTS • $16 STUDENTS & SENIORS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT CURTAIN TIME IS 7:30 PM. SUNDAY AFTERNOON CURTAIN TIME IS 2:30 PM. Please arrive promptly. There will be no late admission. The House opens 30 minutes prior to curtain. Box office opens one hour before curtain time. For more information contact us at 501.374.3761 or www.weekendtheater.org OUR 25TH SEASON IS SPONSORED BY PIANO KRAFT

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APRIL 6 ART & WINE WORKSHOP BY DEE GARRETT Back by popular demand! Join local artist Dee Garrett as she presents a beginner level acrylic painting workshop at Garvan Woodland Gardens! The subject for this class will be derived from seasonal garden inspiration, and participants can enjoy complimentary wine and cheese as they practice their techniques! 6-8:30 p.m. $44 for members and $60 for non-members. Register online at garvangardens.org or call 800-366-4664. APRIL 6 GALLERY WALK & BUBBA BREW’S BREWING CO. W/ CHRISTINE DEMEO Get your Gallery walk on in beautiful downtown Hot Springs and stop in to Bubba Brew’s Brewing Co. to hear Christine DeMeo live at the Taproom! 6-9 p.m.

APRIL 6 THE ARLINGTON LOBBY BAR Come relax at the Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa, with live entertainment and dancing every Friday and Saturday evening from 7-11 p.m.!

APRIL 6-30 APRIL EXHIBIT AT JUSTUS FINE ART GALLERY The April exhibit at Justus Fine Art Gallery will feature a selection of work by Matthew Hasty, Robyn Horn, Dolores Justus, Jill Kyong, Sandra Sell, Tony Saladino, Gene Sparling, Emily Wood and others. The exhibit will open with a reception from 5-9 p.m. on Friday in conjunction with the monthly Gallery Walk. For more information, call 501-321-2335 or visit justusfineart.com.

APRIL 6-15 POCKET COMMUNITY THEATRE PRESENTS“THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB” The story of five Southern women spans a period of 33 years and weathers many a storm as their friendship strengthens and deepens. Dodge the April showers and enjoy this encore production! 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with a 2:30 p.m. Sunday matinee. General admission is $15 for plays and $20 for musicals. Children through age 12 are $5 for all shows. Tickets at pockettheatre.com.

APRIL 12 MID-AMERICA SCIENCE SOCIETY PRESENTS “TALK NERDY TO ME” Mid-America Science Society is hosting“Talk Nerdy to Me,” a fun night of science that deals with communication. Food from Bleu Monkey Grill and drinks courtesy of TriLakes Liquor! 21 and older only. $5 admission.

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APRIL 7 GUIDED KAYAK DAY ADVENTURE ON LAKE OUACHITA This six hour adventure is designed for everyone, regardless of kayaking experience! Explore the breathtaking scenery of the largest lake within Arkansas’s borders. Bring your own kayak or reserve one for no additional cost. Park interpreters will demonstrate skills and weave interpretive programming throughout the trip. $25 per person. Info and registration at 501-767-9366.

APRIL 8 EXPERIENCING THE INNER EAR AS KINETIC SCULPTURE Sponsored by Low Key Arts, Andrew Janson of Minneapolis Band Loud Sun leads this in-depth listening workshop. Event is open and free to the public, all ages welcome! For questions, call Sonny Kay at 323240-6034 or email kay@lowkeyarts. org. Visit lowkeyarts.org.

APRIL 21 HOT SPRINGS GUMBO & CRAWFISH FESTIVAL Sample gumbo from cooking teams competing for “Best Hot Springs Gumbo!” Crawfish available and live music! 2-6 p.m. More info at hsgumbofest.com.

APRIL 13 POET WOMEN OF COLOR SPEAK Daughters of the Diaspora art exhibit will be the backdrop for poetry reading on Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Landmark Building, 201 Market Street. “Poet Women of Color Speak” features Arkansas poets Kai Coggin, Jessica Key, and Crystal Mercer reading selections from their published works. There will also be a 35 minute open mic period. Both the art exhibit and “Poet Women of Color Speak” are sponsored by HSU – Hot Springs Academic Initiatives and Hearne Fine Art. Call 501-625-3837 for more information.

APRIL 14 BUBBA BREW’S BREWING CO. TAPROOM LIVE! DERBY DAY W/ SOME GUY NAMED ROBB Looking for plans after the Arkansas Derby is done? Head to Bubba Brew’s Brewing Co. Spa City Taproom to hear one of Central Arkansas’s finest minstrels, Robb McCormick, aka Some Guy Named Robb! No cover, just good beer, good food and good times.

APRIL 15 RVC ADULT OBSTACLE COURSE GRAND OPENING April 15 is the Grand Opening of the Adult Obstacle Course at Catherine’s Landing - an RVC Outdoor Destination. Catherine’s Landing sits on 400 pastoral acres and a mile of water frontage on Lake Catherine. Take your ideal natural environment and mix it with your favorite hotel experience, and you have Catherine’s Landing! Visit rvcoutdoors.com/ catherines-landing for more info!

APRIL 19-21 20TH ANNUAL HOT SPRINGS COREVETTE WEEKEND Celebrate a weekend for charity! Over 200 Corvettes will be

MAY 26-27 OAKLAWN FOUNDATION DINOTREK This new exhibition will consist of 18 life-like dinosaur replicas strategically placed at the front walkways of the Mid-America Science Museum grounds and along the nature trails located in the wooded acres behind the museum. The grand opening is planned for Memorial Day Weekend! Come see these realistic and accurate depictions of the ancient animals. Watch the museum’s website and Facebook page for upcoming announcements, progress reports and events surrounding the installation of the new exhibition. Visit midamericamuseum.org.

on display in the Convention Center on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public! More information at lovemyredvette@sbcglobal.net or 501-772-0469. Visit centralarkansascorvetteclub.com.

Artist. The series examines the concept of flight using ink and pen drawing and other multi-media forms of art. Launch party begins at 6 p.m. Tickets available at hotspringsarts.org.

APRIL 20 & 21 THE MURDER AND MACABRE

The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance is pleased to announce the return of Arts & the Park, a ten-day celebration of the arts in Downtown Hot Springs National Park! This event will showcase the thriving talent of local and statewide visual artists, musicians, dancers, poets, jewelers, potters, performers, authors, glassmakers, sculptors and more. 2018 promises to be the best year yet for Arts & the Park! See a listing of all events at hotspringsarts.org.

MYSTERY THEATER PRESENTS “ONCE UPON A MURDER” Mother Goose has gone amuck! Is fairy tale land falling apart? Did Cinderella lose both her shoes? Was Prince Charming really a prince? Was Pinocchio a real boy or a man? Come use your sleuthing skills and help figure out what’s really going on in the land where fairy tales and dreams are supposed to come true. Dress in your favorite character costume and get ready for a night of fun, murder, and tales. Dinner buffet, costume contest, dancing and fun! $40 per person. Call 501-627-8727 for more ticket information.

APRIL 27 ARTS & THE PARK LAUNCH PARTY RECEPTION Enjoy“Imagination Takes Wing,”an art exhibit created by Gary Simmons for Mid-America Science Museum as its Artist-in-Residence and sharing with the Cultural Alliance as an Arts & the Park Festival’s 2018 Featured

APRIL 27-MAY 6 ARTS & THE PARK 2018

CATHERINE’S LANDING RVC PROVIDES A PLACE FOR ALL SIZED GROUPS OR FAMILIES TO VACATION REGARDLESS OF CAMPING PREFERENCE We provide accommodations from Pup Tents to Prevost buses and everything in between. The Resort is built on 400 premium lake front acres, formally the Humphries Dairy Estate. With the opening of Phase II early this summer Catherine’s Landing will have: • 172 premium concrete RV spaces W/S/30/50amp • 19 Cottages with all conveniences • 8 Yurts and Group or Individual Tent Sites We are pleased to announce opening with Phase II High Adventure Obstacle Course by Adventureworks Children Children’ss Splash Pad

APRIL 28 ARBOR DAY SEEDLING GIVEAWAY AT MID-AMERICA SCIENCE MUSEUM On Saturday, April 28, the Mid-America Science Museum is giving away Northern Red Oak seedlings thanks to the Arkansas Forestry Commission! Seedlings are available on a first come first serve basis. One seedling per guest only! Learn about the science of why trees are important and enjoy the great outdoors at the museum! Visit midamericamuseum.org.

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Hot Springs

Live Music Calendar APRIL 5 (THURSDAY)

APRIL 8 (SUNDAY)

April 16 (Monday)

David Ball @ The Big Chill

Battle of the Bands @ The Big Chill

Steve Malec @ the Ohio Club

Jeff Hartzell @ Rolando’s

Larry Womack @ the Ohio Club

Clyde Pound Trio @ the Ohio Club

APRIL 6 (FRIDAY) Nace Brothers @ The Big Chill

APRIL 9 (MONDAY) Steve Malec @ the Ohio Club

APRIL 17 (TUESDAY) Chasing Juliet @ the Ohio Club

APRIL 18 (WEDNESDAY)

APRIL 10 (TUESDAY)

Steve Malec @ The Big Chill

Chasing Juliet @ the Ohio Club

Hump Night Blues Band @ the Ohio Club

Rick Mckean @ Rolando’s

APRIL 11 (WEDNESDAY)

APRIL 19 (THURSDAY)

Ohio Club Players @ the Ohio Club

Hump Night Blues Band @ the Ohio Club

Hector Anchondo @ The Big Chill

APRIL 7 (SATURDAY)

APRIL 12 (THURSDAY)

Nace Brothers @ The Big Chill

Relentless @ The Big Chill

Moxie @ Infield, Oaklawn

Aaron Balentine @ Rolando’s

APRIL 20 (FRIDAY)

Aaron Owens @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn

Clyde Pound Trio @ the Ohio Club

R&R @ The Big Chill

The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

APRIL 13 (FRIDAY)

Aaron Balentine @ Rolando’s

Earl & Them @ The Big Chill

The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

Ohio Club Players @ the Ohio Club

Mayday By Midnight @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn

Aaron Balentine @ Rolando’s

The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

Grayson Goff Band @ the Ohio Club

Aaron Owens @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

Rick Mckean @ Rolando’s Clyde Pound Trio @ the Ohio Club

John Calvin Brewer Band @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn

Rick Mckean @ Rolando’s

APRIL 21 (SATURDAY)

Ohio Club Players @ the Ohio Club

R&R @ The Big Chill John Calvin Brewer Band @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn

APRIL 14 (SATURDAY) DERBY DAY

The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

Mayday By Midnight @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn

Jeff Hartzell @ Rolando’s

The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

Grayson Goff Band @ the Ohio Club

Christine DeMeo @ Rolando’s

APRIL 22 (SUNDAY)

Ohio Club Players @ the Ohio Club

Larry Womack @ the Ohio Club

Earl & Them @ The Big Chill

APRIL 15 (SUNDAY)

APRIL 23 (MONDAY) Steve Malec @ the Ohio Club

Larry Womack @ the Ohio Club

Aaron Balentine @ Rolando’s

Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn

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APRIL 24 (TUESDAY)

APRIL 28 (SATURDAY)

Chasing Juliet @ the Ohio Club

Mister Lucky @ The Big Chill

APRIL 25 (WEDNESDAY) Hump Night Blues Band @ the Ohio Club

APRIL 26 (THURSDAY)

HWY 124 @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn Christine DeMeo @ Rolando’s John Calvin Brewer Band @ the Ohio Club

Chuck n Glen @ The Big Chill Jeff Hartzell @ Rolando’s Clyde Pound Trio @ the Ohio Club

APRIL 27 (FRIDAY)

APRIL 29 (SUNDAY) Larry Womack @ the Ohio Club

Mister Lucky @ The Big Chill

APRIL 30 (MONDAY)

HWY 124 @ Silks Bar & Grill, Oaklawn

Steve Malec @ the Ohio Club

The Pink Piano Show with Susan Erwin Prowse @ Pop’s Lounge, Oaklawn Aaron Balentine @ Rolando’s John Calvin Brewer Band @ the Ohio Club

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ALSO IN THE ARTS, CONT. Bryan, Cindy Adams, Darrell Adams, Lynn Frost, Mary Chamberlain, Rachel Worthen, Rita Henry and Vince Griffin, April 5-June 28, reception 5:30-8 p.m. April 13. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Thu., 9 a.m.noon Fri., 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sun. 870-5387414.

by 16 national and local women artists, gallery walk led by Loni Rainey and Sondra Strong 5-8:30 p.m. April 6, Arts & The Park festival seminar with Arkansas artists and Evita Tezeno 6:30 p.m. May 3, gallery walk with Tezeno, Melverue Abraham and Louise Mandumbwa 5-8:30 p.m. May 4. Sponsored by Henderson State University-Hot Springs. 625-3837.

CORE BREWERY, 411 Main St., NLR: “Flock Together,” Latino Art Project show.

LEGACY FINE ART, 804 Central Ave., Hot Springs: Blown glass chandeliers by Ed Pennington, paintings by Carole Katchen. 8 a.m.-5

FENIX, 116 W. Center; STAGE EIGHTEEN, 18 E. Center: “Intersections,” art and performance supporting women, receptions 5-9 p.m. April 5, show through April, benefit for support Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense. facebook.com/NastyWomenNWA.

LOCAL COLOUR GALLERY, 5811 Kavanaugh Blvd.: Artists collective. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 265-0422.

GALLERY 221, 2nd and Center Sts.: Work by George Dombek and gallery artists Tyler Arnold, Melissa Deerman, EMILE, Kasten Searles and others in the gallery. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m.4 p.m. Sat. 801-0211.

M2 GALLERY, 11525 Cantrell Road: “11Year Anniversary Show,” work by gallery artists, through April 5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Mon. 225-6257. MCLEOD FINE ART GALLERY, 106 W. 6th St.: Arkansas artists. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. 725-8508.

GALLERY 26, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd.: Recent works by Kevin Kerby and Sulac, through May 12. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Sat. 644-8996.

MUGS CAFE, 506 Main St.: “Sock Monster Problems,” handmade monsters and their stories by Chris Massengill.

GALLERY CENTRAL, 800 Central Ave., Hot Springs: Work by artist Bob Snider and others. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 318-4278.

MYLO COFFEE CO., 3604 Kavanaugh Blvd.: “In Between the Lines,” artwork by Raque Ford and Jerry Phillips, reception 5-9 p.m. April 6, show through June 9. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. 747-1880.

GREG THOMPSON FINE ART, 429 Main St., NLR: “23rd Anniversary Exhibition,” work by regionally recognized artists. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. 664-2787.

STEPHANO’S FINE ART GALLERY, 1813 Grant St.: “Suggestions Solo Show,” paintings by Stephano suggested by Facebook friends, 1-5 p.m. April 8. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 563-4218.

HEARNE FINE ART, 1001 Wright Ave.: “Personal Vision: The Exhibition,” photographs by Adger Cowans taken over the past half century, through April 14; “Mixed Media,” Kevin Cole and Alvin Roy, Gallery II. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. 372-6822. JUSTUS FINE ART GALLERY, 827 A Central Ave.: Paintings, interactive sculpture and woodwork by Matthew Hasty, Robyn Horn, Dolores Justus, Jill Kyong, Sandra Sell, Tony Saladino, Gene Sparling and Emily Wood, reception 5-9 p.m. April 6, show through April 30. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. 3212335.

OTHER MUSEUMS

ON EXHIBIT: Mary Chamberlain’s “Polaroid Emulsion Lift” and other works are part of the Blue-Eyed Knocker Photo Club’s “Polaroids, Pinholes, Photograms and Processes” show opening Thursday, April 5, at Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St.

LAMAN LIBRARY ARGENTA BRANCH, 420 Main St., NLR: New works by Michael Shaeffer, through April 14. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat. 687-1061.

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LANDMARK BUILDING, 201 Market St., Hot Springs: “Daughters of Diaspora — Women of Color Speak,” mixed media

JACKSONVILLE MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY, 100 Veterans Circle, Jacksonville: Exhibits on D-Day; F-105, Vietnam era plane (“The Thud”); the Civil War Battle of Reed’sosage Bridge, Arkansas Ordnance Plant (AOP) and other military history. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun. $3 adults; $2 seniors, military; $1 students. 501-2411943.

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