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In response to Guy Lancaster’s review of the Fred Rogers biopic “Won’t you be my neighbor?” I was a couple of years past Mr. Rogers, and I saw only a few of them. But, no one can deny his impact on a generation of kids who saw it that they can define themselves by love and respect that they give and receive. And how he explained “assassination” June 7, 1968, and the separate episode on death only lightly touched on. Disheartening were the clips from Fox News about him that telling each kid “they were spe-

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In response to Autumn Tolbert’s July 26 column “Loving libraries”: Thanks for supporting one of the most important resources a community can have. People who want to get rid of libraries have no realization of how a library works, the services it provides, and the overall value you get for the money spent. Librarians find the work rewarding even though they are often paid less than most others who hold specialty degrees. Librarians have often fought social and political battles to ensure that everyone can have access to the information that they need. As a library user from an early age, a former librarian, and someone who supports lifelong learning, the views expressed in that Forbes article were horrifying. NeverVoteRepublican I have occasion to speak to parents of young children. Fundraising schoolbook fairs have replaced the library in the mind of many parents. If only schools had competition to get more kids to the library like they do for fairs. I use the analogy, “Have you ever gone to the fridge when there is food there, but you went to the store, and didn’t know what you wanted till you got there and saw it? Stores for the stomach, libraries for the brain.” Diogenes In response to Ernest Dumas’ July 26 column about Trump’s control of the news: Ernest Dumas: Why don’t you learn to write a long sentence? “While all the intelligence agencies of Trump’s government, members of his Cabinet, nearly every member of Congress, including Arkansas’s six Trump-fawning delegates, and every person who read the indictments of Russian agents declare with

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Petitioners get extra time The backers of an initiated act to increase the state’s minimum wage fell short of the required signatures to qualify for the ballot, but gathered enough for a 30-day extension of signature gathering. The Arkansas secretary of state’s office notified David Couch, attorney for the effort, that the petitioners had gathered no more than 52,124 valid signatures, with 67,887 needed. But because the petitioners had turned in 68,861 signatures initially, they qualified for a 30-day “cure” period. Couch said the campaign is close to wrapping up collecting the additional signatures. The proposal would raise the minimum wage from $8.50 to $11 by 2021. The petition drive got a late start, about 30 days before the July 6 deadline, because Attorney General Leslie Rutledge had been refusing to certify all ballot petitions until the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered her to approve one. The group, financed by labor-backed progressive groups, has used paid canvassers and continued to gather signatures after the July 6 deadline in expectation the first round might fall short. Meanwhile, organizers for a constitutional amendment to expand casino gambling also fell short of the required number of petitions. It turned in about 70,000 valid signatures, with 84,859 needed. It also has a 30-day cure period to collect the needed signatures. Driving Arkansas Forward, the 6

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Weed scoring to be contracted A divided state Medical Marijuana Commission voted 3-2 last week to contract with an outside consultant to score applications for dispensaries, the retail businesses that will eventually provide access to cannabis for certain Arkansas patients. The commission first began discussing the possibility of hiring a

third party to score the 203 dispen- Theatre), the Hope Ball (a 20th Censary applications earlier in July, after tury Club fundraiser, “including all the months of litigation over the panel’s calls leading up to this event”) and a scoring of cultivation hopefuls. The “Day at the Races at Oaklawn” event five commissioners themselves graded (saying she “worked the entire room the cultivation applications, but alle- AND I brought in an EXTRA $4,500 gations of conflicts of interest and that very day!”). other irregularities have dogged the Emanuel, in a brief phone call, said process. she had no beef with the doctors or Rather than issuing an RFP, the nurses or most of the staff and that commission will use “cooperative con- the Cancer Institute is the best place tracting,” allowing it to expedite the for treatment for cancer. But, she said, procurement process. David Withrow, she’d worked “40 hours a week” at the an attorney with the Office of State institute and was tired “of not getting Procurement, and Alcohol Beverage compensation.” She said she’d applied Control Director Mary Robin Casteel to UAMS for a job — she has a degree told the commission that an invitation in marketing — but could not be hired for bid would be issued within a few because of nepotism rules. days; the lowest bid will be automatiEmanuel pointed to a trip she cally awarded the contract made to Chicago, which is included . on the invoice. There, she said, she took care of a problem with a donor in 10 minutes, when it would have Carla Emanuel, wife of Dr. Peter taken administrative staff at the instiEmanuel, who is leaving his job as tute three months. director of the Winthrop P. RockeLeslie Taylor, UAMS vice chancelfeller Cancer Institute at the Univer- lor for communications and marketsity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ing, said UAMS would not pay the on July 31, has sent a bill to the insti- bill, and that it was the first such bill tute seeking $4,000 in reimbursement received from a UAMS employee’s for services provided the institute. Her spouse for work done on behalf of invoice lists such things as attending the university. the Saints and Sinners Ball (a funDr. Emanuel has joined the staff draiser for the Arkansas Repertory of CHI St. Vincent.

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asketball star LeBron James, in and snack every day. partnership with the Akron public The program school district, opened an I Promise includes a focus on MAX BRANTLEY maxbrantley@arktimes.com school for third and fourth graders this factors outside the week to serve at-risk kids such as he once classroom. was. There will be counseling services to help This is on top of some $40 million he’s stressed-out kids and parents in struggling pledged to college scholarships. families. There will be extra activities to I Promise is NOT a charter school. It is keep kids out of trouble in idle time. NOT a private school. There will be job placement assistance This school will NOT skim students and a food bank. James remembers the from families motivated to do more for freedom a bicycle gave him as a child to their children and thus likelier to succeed. escape dangerous neighborhoods. Every His students were chosen at random from a student will receive a bicycle. pool of students already a year to two years “I Promise” embodies James’ pledge not behind in math and reading. He hopes to to forget where he came from. expand the school to eight grades. The news came the same week that There will be longer school days, a Walton Family Foundation money opened seven-week summer session and inten- yet another charter school in a neighborsive tutoring tailored to individual needs. hood of Little Rock already oversupplied There will be a healthy breakfast, lunch with schools seats and impoverished chil-

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ore than 7,000 Arkansans are about to lose their medical insurance because they aren’t holding down steady jobs or else they are so aimless and disconnected from today’s digital-savvy world that they don’t know what is happening to them. The state assures us, though, that we need not waste any pity on them because they are either layabouts or else just too lazy to find a way to link up with the state’s computer and satisfy the Department of Human Services’ bureaucratic jargon. The 7,000-plus who stand to lose their coverage Jan. 1 are just the first wave of poor people who are to lose their coverage because they can’t satisfy the state’s new work or exemption requirements to stay eligible for Medicaid. July 1 was the deadline for people 30 to 49 years old. Next, people 19 to 29 will have to satisfy the computer’s commands. Actually, that will be the third wave. Nearly two years ago, the state began to prune the Medicaid rolls of people whose lives were so aimless that the state bureaucracy had trouble keeping track of them. That ended coverage for about 60,000 Arkansans. Governor Hutchinson assured us that the health bureaucracy was doing a great job trying to find and help all those peo-

ple navigate the bureaucracy. But, see, there is a silver lining if they all fail. It ERNEST means the state DUMAS won’t spend millions of federal and state funds — 93 federal dollars for every seven state dollars next year — on the medical care and insurance of tens of thousands of the beggars. That is what appealed to many in the legislature when it adopted the work requirement. They said the state could not continue to spend so much money on the phase of Obamacare that offered medical care to people with family incomes below 138 percent of the poverty line. The governor and Republican legislators are all trying to shrink the budget in anticipation of slashing the taxes of the well-to-do next January. You can’t cut taxes and also continue to pay for education, prisons, law enforcement and poor people’s medical care because, unlike Donald Trump, Hutchinson can’t by law run a deficit. The budget scare is something of a ruse. Obamacare, particularly the Medicaid option that Arkansas adopted in 2013, brings hundreds of millions of dollars annually into the Arkansas economy

dren. They poured more than $8 million ing to bring an end to the Little Rock School into an abandoned school building to be District, would try a LeBron James-style leased at a friendly rate to the private opera- partnership. What if the foundation put tors of a school operated with public money. its money into a holistic experiment with Between the spiffy building and par- the kids assigned by zone into one of the ents seeking change, the school will be schools the Walton cheerleaders love to well situated to attract children more likely call failures? to succeed. If past experience is a guide, Imagine if we had a LeBron James in the school will take a number of children Little Rock instead of a $237,000-a-year from the Little Rock School District who Walton-financed lobbyist who ceaselessly already were succeeding, as measured by badmouths the LRSD. He encourages famitest scores. lies to flee for a Walton-backed charter It’s unlikely we’ll ever know the full school (no matter how bad its scores) or story. Charters are disingenuous or non- to other public school districts, even those communicative about admission practices with lower scores than those in Little Rock. and the tricks of discouraging the wrong Imagine: Instead of shoehorning kids kinds of students from attending. The onto a college campus on which they don’t follow-up on improvement of test scores belong or encouraging lawyers to help abet and dropouts are other bits of information school segregation or pouring huge sums not always readily available from charter into charter schools that enjoy the benefits schools. of a preponderance of higher-income kids, After the new school takes out several what if we had a philanthropist willing to hundred more students, those remaining partner with LRSD on the toughest cases. in the LRSD will likely be an even poorer Is the Walton way better? Take Stephens population of struggling families with little elementary and the kids assigned there to show by way of past educational attain- and prove it. ment, bus fare or lunch money. Imagine. I cannot. Not with this Imagine if the Waltons, instead of work- outfit.

and into the state treasury in the form of income, sales and insurance premium taxes. Lopping 60,000 people off the Medicaid and state insurance exchange rolls means a drastic reduction in premium taxes for the state treasury — from $169 million at its peak in 2015 to $115 million in the fiscal year that ended the first of this month. More big reductions are coming. Unlike legislators, Governor Hutchinson can’t afford to make the budget argument for ending insurance for jobless people. Medicaid law has never, since its enactment in 1965, allowed such restrictions and neither does its amendment in the Affordable Care Act of 2010. The 2010 law allows states to obtain waivers from specific mandates in the law but only as long as they are in sync with the law’s basic purposes, which are to bring health insurance to more, not fewer, people or improve the delivery of health care. Arkansas and the governors of Kentucky, Indiana and New Hampshire asked for the work waiver on the grounds that they were forcing jobless people to get retraining or take other steps to get into the workforce so that they could afford medical care or to buy insurance. We are assisting them, not punishing them, the states argued. Perfect, the Trump administration said. But a federal court in the District of Columbia ruled in June that Kentucky’s argument and Washington’s acceptance

of it made no sense and halted its enforcement until the Trump administration could make a more convincing case for its legality. The court will get Arkansas’s case before long. The Trump administration will have a chance to make a better argument for Arkansas’s tough-love retributions against the poor than it did for Kentucky. No one who reads this is apt to be in peril of losing his coverage, or even a little sleep, however the legalities of the work requirement come out. But that could change if Republicans prevail in their case to quash the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has joined other Republican attorneys general in seeking to strike down the law as a violation of the commerce clause now that Congress has abolished the tax provisions and insurance mandates in Obamacare. That would end health insurance for perhaps 400,000 Arkansans, including tens of thousands with pre-existing conditions or with age or sex restrictions that drove up their premiums, all of whom regained coverage in the private market in 2013 when the law halted insurers from discriminating against them. For the disbelieving budget hawks in the state government, it would end a billiondollar revenue stream from Washington. But everyone could revel in the destruction of another Obama legacy.

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suppose that if Ireland had played in immigrant politithe recent World Cup, I’d have cheered cians, the ambasthem on. As a child, I was taught to be sador sent Noah a Irish before American, although nobody testy letter. saw those as conflicting identities. My “As many players family’s was a relatively benign version of have already stated GENE Hibernian nationalism, probably because themselves,” he LYONS World War II had made the British seem wrote, “their parmore allies than enemies. ents may have come from another coun“You’re no better than anybody else,” try but the great majority of them (all but my father would insist, “and nobody’s bet- two out of 23) were born in France; they ter than you!” Accept no slight, never for- were educated in France; they are French get and never back down. That was the citizens. They are proud of their country, essence of Irish-Americanism to me. None France.” of my close relatives had ever been back to “Unlike the United States of America,” Ireland, although all eight great-grandpar- he continued, “France does not refer to ents were born there. I was actually disap- its citizens based on their race, religion or pointed when my Ancestry.com DNA test origin. … By calling them an African team, came back relentlessly Celtic. it seems you are denying their Frenchness. I once asked a friendly bookseller in This, even in jest, legitimizes the ideology County Cork why the native Irish seemed which claims whiteness as the only definiso warm and gentle compared to the tion of being French.” clenched jaws and knotted fists of their Did the ambassador protest too much? American cousins. Maybe so, although the players themselves “Well, we had our revolution, didn’t went out of their way to emphasize their we?” she said. “ ’Twas a hundred years ago, love of country. Most agreed with French wasn’t it? And so we’ve quite forgotten.” NBA player Nicholas Batum, who advised I do feel very much at home there. people saying, “Congrats Africa in the Anyway, instead of Ireland, I supported World Cup,” to stick a sock in it. France. My wife’s people are Louisiana “Yes my dad and my last name are from French, and she loves it there: The most Cameroon,” Batum wrote, “but I was born, beautiful country on earth, she thinks, and I raise[d], educated, taught basketball in don’t dispute it. People in Paris sometimes France. Proud to be FRENCH. I’m playstop Diane to ask directions, forcing her to ing for the youth in France who wants to explain in pidgin French that she’s lost, too. be like us and make the country proud. Our dear friend Alain, a visiting professor And I’m proud of that and our 2018 world I met on a tennis court in Texas years ago, champ.” is a passionate supporter of “Les Bleus.” See, in a French context, the notion that Although I know very little about fut- race transcends citizenship is a Nazi idea, bol, it was also my opinion after watching therefore deeply offensive. Noah, howparts of several matches that France’s team ever, played the controversy like a Monty had the best athletes. Readers may not be Python skit, reading the ambassador’s letter astonished to learn that I do enjoy watch- in a mock French accent and wisecracking my opinions validated. ing that, rather than the “diversity” Araud So anyway, I was fascinated by the con- celebrated, “I think it’s more a reflection troversy that began when “Daily Show” of France’s colonialism.” comic Trevor Noah got all ethnic — or was Noah’s audience took that as a real it racial? — about France’s victory. “Africa zinger. Apropos of the athletes, the comic won the World Cup! Africa won the World then asked, “How did you guys become Cup!” Noah, a mixed-race South African by French? How did your family start speakbirth, chanted. “I mean, look, I get it: They ing French? Oh, O.K.” have to say it’s the French team. But look at Basically the same way my Celtic those guys. You don’t get that tan by hang- ancestors came to speak English. Also ing out in the south of France!” to Trevor Noah’s ancestors. We’d have Noah played it for laughs. Indeed, six of a much harder time making a living in France’s starting 11 shared African or North Gaelic or Zulu. African roots. However, one viewer who Another irony is that whether in the U.S. was not amused was Gerard Araud, the or France, ethnic ambiguities are much French ambassador to the United States. easier to negotiate if you’re white. Maybe A representative of Emmanuel it’s an illusion to imagine that even brilliant Macron’s government, which celebrated athletes like France’s World Cup champithe World Cup win as a triumph of French ons can transcend history through sport, cosmopolitanism and a repudiation of anti- but it’s a brilliant illusion all the same.

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re the most rigid legislative term limits in the country about to destabilize the Arkansas General Assembly and disrupt the balance of power across all of state government? Based on the 135,590 petition signatures advocates turned in to the secretary of state’s office for review in early July, in addition to previous votes of the Arkansas electorate and public sentiment about the performance of the legislature in recent years, the apparent answer is yes. To be clear, funny things sometimes happen to even publicly popular initiatives on their path to the ballot in Arkansas, but observers of state government are quickly becoming aware that a major earthquake is likely to come to the legislative branch. By placing a lifetime limit of 10 years on individuals serving in the General Assembly (with additional limits of three terms in the House or two terms in the Senate), the Arkansas Term Limits Amendment would be the most severe term limits in the country, taking that title from Oklahoma and California, which limit their legislators to 12 years of total service. (Nebraska limits its legislators to eight years, but those lawmakers can return after taking a hiatus.) This “term limits on steroids” would go well beyond the original Arkansas term limits, also designed by U.S. Term Limits, the group that is the key advocate and funder of this proposed initiative. Why the apparent energy for doubling down on term limits in Arkansas in 2018? Arkansans’ historic populist sentiment against governmental power is one element, of course. But, there is additional public backlash against the legislature, caused by greed-based, self-inflicted wounds of two types. First is the pecuniary greediness seen on the front page of state papers for months as legislator after legislator has been caught up in a web of public corruption scandals. Second are a series of power grabs by the legislature as it has defied separation of powers principles in moving into the lanes of the executive and (as proposed in Issue 1 on the state ballot this year) the judicial branches of state government. Added to these power grabs is the loosening of term limits buried in a 2014 “ethics” amendment that now allows legislators to serve a total of 16 years in either chamber or a combination of the two. Even some who oppose term limits on principle will be hard-pressed not to give the legislature a proverbial middle

finger by casting a vote for this term limits amendment JAY if given the opporBARTH tunity to do so. Assuming it does pass, the new term limits will result in a quick overhaul of House and Senate personnel. Talk Business & Politics’ Steve Brawner analyzed data provided by former Speaker Bill Stovall, now a lobbyist for the state’s community’s colleges, that are stunning. Because the amendment is retroactive (unlike the 1992 amendment), the constitutional amendment’s passage in 2018 would mean that healthy majorities of legislators in both houses would suddenly be in their last term in that body and by 2023 almost all legislative experience would disappear. The impact of such an immediate turnover in membership would be monstrous for the knowledge of public policy and on institutional memory in state government. From the state budget to education policy to public employee retirement programs, knowledge of the policymaking process and of the key questions that must be asked for good legislating would disappear in a flash. Proficiency in legislative rules would also disappear from the elected ranks. Yes, a few more women (some of them spouses of term-limited members, based on past experience) will gain access to political power in the short run, but — based on a bevy of political science literature on the impact of term limits — other changes in the composition of legislative bodies are unlikely to occur. The winners under this likely scenario: • The executive branch, particularly if a veteran governor remains in place during the transition period, who would maintain institutional memory; • the small permanent staff in the General Assembly whom newbies would rely upon for day-to-day survival; • the best (often meaning well-heeled) lobbyists who can provide knowledge on arcane subjects; • the handful of individual legislators savvy and lucky enough to rise to leadership roles in each chamber and gain nearly absolute power to shape the agenda; and • political consultants who’d be depended upon by the bevy of new legislative candidates and by legislators with ambition for higher office. Arkansas voters may be about to make huge decisions about the shape of state government for a generation.

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hockingly, Pearls has done this 294 total yards per “season preview” thing for just shy game), and that spells of a full decade now, starting with an early showcase for BEAU its debut before the 2011 season. That John Chavis’ rebuilt WILCOX team went 11-2 and finished in the Top unit. McTelvin Agim 5, and I guess some would say I’m kind posts a career-high three sacks, Cole of a journalistic hex on the Arkansas Kelley and Ty Storey each throw touchfootball program, because no team has downs, and the Hogs roll. Arkansas 48, since come within shouting range of that Eastern Illinois 10. high-water mark. At Colorado State, Sept. 8: The Chad Morris’ first Razorback team Hogs get a rare opportunity to see Fort doesn’t figure to shatter the earth, either, Collins at a lovely time of year and take but there are a few variables that may advantage, though not without a fight. alter conventional perception of a coach Former Georgia quarterback and offentaking the reins of his inaugural SEC sive coordinator Mike Bobo’s fourth team, too. For beginners, Bret Bielema Rams team will have put two games and his exiled staff did not leave a bare under their belt (hosting Hawaii on Aug. cupboard behind, and this fall’s schedule 25 and clashing with Colorado in Denhas some unusually favorable week-in, ver the next weekend). Bobo’s teams week-out matchups based on the projec- have been maddeningly consistent, posttions at hand. And even as always I coning an identical 7-5, 5-3 in each of his tort myself into a ritualistic late-summer three regular seasons, following that belief that this might be an unexpect- with three mid-level bowl losses. This, edly accomplished squad, I’m doing so accordingly, will exact some pressure on with a bit more confidence than I had Bobo to prove his long-term value to a when John L. Smith was put in charge program that has always played second in the spring of 2012 or when Bielema fiddle in the Rockies. Arkansas gets the got the joysticks in his hands the fol- Rams’ best shot, particularly from new lowing season. starting signal-caller K.J. Carta-SamuAs we’ve done in the past in this space, els, a transfer from Washington. Chavis’ we’ll break down the schedule game defense is tested early as the Hogs fall by game, and maybe my Svengali-like behind 17-7, but Joe Craddock’s offense ways will have you seeing the potential gets rolling behind the running game in for 2018 to be a surprisingly fun one, the second half and Chase Hayden and starting with what should be a string T.J. Hammonds break out for big scorof possible confidence-boosting games ing runs late to seal a win. Arkansas 41, in September. Colorado State 31. Eastern Illinois, Sept. 1: Maybe the North Texas, Sept. 15: The Mean biggest unknown for this opener will be Green spent years getting thumped merthe state of the north end zone expan- cilessly when the brass there experision at Reynolds Razorback Stadium, but mented with Todd Dodge and Dan this should be a far more enthused crowd McCarney as head coaches from 2007 than the one that showed up for the Hogs’ to 2015. Seth Littrell was brought in to 2017 opener against Florida A&M in Lit- breathe life into the program, and the tle Rock. A proper home opener, with response was favorable in 2017, as UNT a 3 p.m. kickoff against the Panthers won nine games, took the Conferenceof the Ohio Valley Conference, might USA title outright, and made the New appear an odd choice of opposition, but Orleans Bowl. Littrell has a solid pedithe Panthers’ head coach, Kim Dameron, gree and exuberance, but that won’t get is a Rogers native who played for the him far against the Hogs. Two weeks Hogs under Lou Holtz before launch- after facing Morris’ old charges at SMU ing into a long, respectable career. His in the opener for both, the Mean Green homecoming won’t be a pleasant one, will get a rough reminder from Arkanthough, because Arkansas is the first sas that they’re still not on par with SEC FBS power conference team that East- competition. This will be Devwah Whalern Illinois will be facing since North- ey’s breakout game, a 200-plus yard perwestern whitewashed the Panthers 41-0 formance with two scoring runs, and the in 2015. The Panthers managed a 6-5 defense is boosted by Dre Greenlaw’s record last fall despite offensive woes first-ever touchdown on a fumble recov(they averaged less than 18 points and ery. Arkansas 44, North Texas 17.

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he Observer exited our Wednesday The Drum Corps is an enrichment night Zumba class at the People’s activity of the highest order. The youths Gym (the Jim Dailey Fitness & travel together for 60 days during their Aquatic Center) into an event the likes competitive tour, traversing the country of which we’d never seen before: A bevy in buses, sharing every meal, sleeping in of marching bands had descended upon high schools and churches (lock-in style), War Memorial Park for some sort of high- and practicing constantly. The technical stakes competition. skill of these kids is spectacular. The parking lot was filled with school Mike, who drives The Sacramento buses, 18-wheeler trucks and congrega- Mandarins from town to town, was celtions of practicing youth, all decked out ebrating his 59th birthday that night. The in elaborate costumes and all very, very Mandarins had serenaded him with their sweaty. We wandered the lot in sheer awe band’s song earlier that morning, “Year of of this cultural phenomenon, stopping the Dragon.” He showed us a video of him occasionally to gawk at a crew of post- crying in a parking lot, encircled by young pubescent men, decked out in fuchsia people in gym shorts and T-shirts, playbibs, playing their xylophones. ing their horns and percussion instruOn what strange planet of skilled ments. “I got me like 12,000 views,” he extracurricular activity had The said. Observer landed? Only after hitting it The Mandarins were once an all-Chioff with a group of tour bus drivers did nese drum and bugle corps, Mike told me, we fully understand what we beheld. starting in 1963 when school bands were Drum Corps International: Marching highly segregated. Today the band is one Music’s Major League. The Observer had of the most diverse groups in the country. stumbled upon a competition of the most Each band has exactly 16 minutes to elite student musicians in the world, ages perform. They unfold architectural sets 16-21. Drum Corps is a nonprofit that’s onto the field, assemble stages, wheel been around since 1972 and has almost out huge metal barriers and props, all as many members as the Boy Scouts. Its in record time. The Observer watched vision statement is inspiring: “A world seamless costume changes and flag spinin which the positive life-transforming ning. We saw bands made up entirely personal and societal benefits of march- of young men playing trumpets, flutes, ing music performing arts are widely rec- tubas and dancing in expressive, vulognized and enjoyed.” We were prepared nerable and slightly homoerotic ways. It to recognize, enjoy and be transformed. was beautiful. The Observer made fast friends with When the Mandarins went on the field, the bus drivers of the Sacramento Man- we heard Mike whisper under his breath, darins and scored a great (and free!) seat “Let’s do this damn thing.” Their set was in War Memorial Stadium. The night was strange and dark and mythological and cooler than usual, the waxing gibbous flawless. moon illuminated the field, and I realized The Observer shared popcorn with that beer was being sold at this whole- the bus drivers and we exchanged Facesome event. The Observer was greatly book deets. They’d be heading to Birpleased with this twist of fate. mingham the next night to do it all over Eight marching bands would go on to again. Mike has been with The Mandaperform that night in an exhibition that rins for over four years. He says his heart lasted nearly three hours: The Jersey is big and he loves doing what he does. Surf from Camden County, N.J.; The PioAfter the last band went on, the drivers neer from Milwaukee, Wis.; The Madison had to move their buses and trucks. We Scouts from Madison, Wis.; The Troop- left the stadium before the winners were ers from Casper, Wyo.; Spirit of Atlanta even announced. Walking the perimeter from Atlanta, Ga.; The Mandarins from of the stadium, we passed neat rows of Sacramento, Calif.; The Cavaliers from trombones and gym bags, all huddled Rosemont, Ill.; and The Bluecoats from together. The Observer had seen someCanton, Ohio. thing that felt real, rare and special.

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Richard Mays fights pigs, pollution and plans for bigger highways. BY LESLIE NEWELL PEACOCK

or reasons that will perplex and surely distress the people who come after us, the folks who fight to keep our air and water clean and limit the degradation to our natural world are usually on the losing side of that fight. Developers, the side with the money, usually win, thanks to prevailing philosophies that money is almighty and people have dominion over the earth. Still people fight for a healthy environment, and when they do, they hire Richard Mays, considered by those who work with him to be unparalleled when it comes to understanding the National Environmental Policy Act and how business interests try to get around it. “He’s one of the top [attorneys] by far, in the state if not the region,” said Judge David Carruth of Clarendon, who worked with Mays to halt the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project until it could be designed in a way that would not harm the White River. “He’s probably one of the most knowledgeable guys on water issues,” said Glen Hooks, the director of the Arkansas chapter of the Sierra Club, who worked with Mays to ameliorate the detrimental effects of the Turk coal-fired plant in Southwest Arkansas. In North Arkansas, it’s the monitoring of the pig farm on a creek that feeds the Buffalo National River that keeps Mays busy. In Russellville, he’s known as the man who’s helped delay for nearly 20 years a slack-water harbor and transportation hub the city hopes to build on the Arkansas River, in a floodplain south of town. In Little Rock, it is highway widening that has people knocking on Mays’ door. Two weeks ago, Mays filed a request in federal court for a temporary injunction against the Arkansas Department of Transportation’s project to widen two-and-a-half miles of Interstate 630 from six lanes to eight. The project will cost $87.3 million and require the demolition and reconstruction of three bridges between University Avenue and Baptist Health. The highway department persuaded the Federal Highway Administration that no environmental study was needed on the project. Mays, attorney for plaintiffs David Pekar, George Wise, Matthew Pekar, Uta Meyer, David Martindale and Robert Walker, argued that the project didn’t qualify for such an exclusion. Federal Judge Jay Moody denied the request for an injunction, and the widening project has begun. You win some; you lose some. In 2004, federal Judge G. Thomas Eisele ruled against Mays and Carruth in their attempt, on behalf of the Arkansas Wildlife Association, the National Wildlife Association and others, to enjoin the Grand Prairie project to pump water from the White River to irrigate 250,000 acres of thirsty rice fields. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals later denied their appeal of Eisele’s ruling. But in 2006, federal Judge William R. Wilson ruled with Mays and Carruth, ordering the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to halt construction on a pumping station that was part of the $319 million project until it could better study the impact of pumping on the ivory-billed woodpecker newly discovered on the Bayou DeView. “You just have to keep fighting, keep pushing back,” Mays said in an interview last week. “You don’t want to stop developarktimes.com AUGUST 2, 2018

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ment, at least I don’t. People have to eat … father would rather be hunting or fishing [but] that doesn’t mean you have to trash than anything on earth,” Mays said. His the environment.” father owned a grocery store, but on the Carruth said he told Mays at the time weekends, “he would be out on the river that he wished the courts had ruled on the or in the woods, and I was usually with merits of their argument — that pumping him.” And from his mother, he inherited water from the White would lower water an appreciation for literature and writlevels and endanger wetlands, fish and ing, “so that turned out to be a pretty good other wildlife downstream “and that it background for being an environmental cost too much money.” Mays responded, lawyer,” Mays said. “Instead, you gave them the bird.” Mays works in Little Rock (at least) *** two days a week, at the Williams and Gordon Watkins, president of the Buf- Anderson law firm. He commutes from falo River Watershed Alliance, which his home at Eden Isle on Greers Ferry hired Mays to represent it before the Lake. The case he won there, he says, is Arkansas Department of Environmental the one he’s most proud of, since it con- body who looked like George Patton with Quality in cases involving the controver- cerned his backyard — literally. jodhpurs, and there this guy walks in and sial C&H hog farm near a creek that feeds Mays moved back to Arkansas in 1998 looks like Ichabod Crane,” Mays said of into the Buffalo, said it’s more than Mays’ after 20 years in D.C., buying a home on Garner, who died in 2014. They became expertise that’s important to his group. Eden Isle. He chose the area because of good friends and with other residents “Lawyers can do whatever their clients ask, Greers Ferry Lake and the Little Red River. formed Save Greers Ferry Lake, which but to find a lawyer who actually believes Right after he took up residence there, the hired Mays to file a preliminary injuncin your cause is important to us, [someone Corps of Engineers proposed a shoreline tion against the Corps’ plan. He won, and who believes] we were right and would management plan that would open up the plaintiffs and the Corps eventually represent us with that in mind. His mind the undeveloped main lake to boat docks. settled. Greers Ferry Lake remains mostly was in the right place; his heart was in the The lake is zoned, with boat docks in the undeveloped. right place.” coves only and the main body of water It may seem like such a victory — for Mays, 80, who has been an environ- reserved for public recreation. “It’s unbro- aesthetics — isn’t as important as, say, mental lawyer for 40 years and worked ken shoreline,” Mays said, “with not a keeping the highway department from for the Environmental Protection Agency whole lot of boat docks and clear water, doubling the size of I-30 through downfor eight years in Washington, D.C., said clean water.” town Little Rock or a coal plant from he takes on such cases “because of the Mays was thinking it was a bad idea, spewing mercury into the air. There were desire and the need to protect and help and so was Carl Garner, the retired resi- arguments to be made about increased the world, if you like.” He said his eight dent engineer who had worked at the lake water pollution on the lake. But protecting years at the EPA were some of the best since its construction began in 1959, a man the lake was “a personal thing,” Mays said. years of his life. “I felt like I was really so connected to Greers Ferry Lake that It was important to his family and others, doing something I was philosophically his name appears on the visitor center “a place where you go to feel refreshed.” interested in and wanted to do.” there. Garner called Mays on the advice “People can get very caught up, and Mays attributes his desire to protect of a mutual friend and Mays invited him justly so, in a place where they can feel like the natural world to his childhood in El over. “I expected to see somebody walk in, they are in communication with nature, Dorado. “When I was growing up, my a whip-cracking authoritarian type, some- with God, if that’s what you’re into. That’s

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what makes environmental law practice so interesting to me. I feel like it’s preserving things we need to have.” That kind of emotion and love for place is what saved the Buffalo River from being dammed and what keeps its advocates fighting to keep the beautiful national treasure clean. *** Mays said he figures he gets a good outcome in his cases about half the time. Environmental cases are “very difficult” to win, he said, because “courts give considerable deference to agency decisions. If you’re trying to overturn ADEQ or EPA or the federal highway administration, you’re fighting an uphill battle.” Settlements are hard to get as well, Mays said. But that’s what he got when he fought the Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s coal-fired Turk Plant in Fulton. The Sierra Club and the Audubon Society, both national and the state chapter, challenged the plant’s water permit from the Corps of Engineers in 2010 and won an injunction. But that was just a portion of the plant; construction continued. Still, with the conservationist’s good outcome on the injunction, SWEPCO agreed to a settlement that would allow it to complete the plant. In return, the company fitted the plant with more equipment to reduce emissions and agreed to shutter another coal-fired plant

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in Texas sooner than planned. denied a second permit for C&H. The hog Mays’ 50-50 record held true in a hear- farm appealed that decision and can coning last week before the Arkansas Pollu- tinue to operate while an administrative tion Control and Ecology Commission for law judge considers the appeal. ADEQ, when Mays (on behalf of the BufSo while an outright win may be hard falo Watershed Alliance) and Sam Led- to get, fighting wide roads and coal plants better (representing the Ozark Society) and hog waste on various fronts, including suggested that newly appointed Commis- noncompliance with the National Envisioner Mike Freeze recuse from decisions ronmental Policy Act, also helps delay on C&H. They cited Freeze’s emailed the degradation, and “you may be able comments on C&H’s permit application to wear them [the opponents] out,” Mays in 2017 in support of the hog farm — in said, or national policies may change that which he wrote “enough is enough” in may hinder the project. That was the case the permitting process — as evidence the in the Grand Prairie Irrigation Project: commissioner could not be impartial. The When Judge Wilson issued the order commission, however, voted to support requiring study to protect the bird, the Freeze’s refusal to recuse. federal government had already pulled But after Mays and Ledbetter argued funding for the project. (The project conlater in the same meeting that the admin- tinues, but with a greater dollar burden istrative law judge for the Commission on the state and the encouragement of was correct in his finding that the hog farm’s extended permit wasn’t perpetual, the Commission agreed, voting to support ROLLING ALONG: Interested people the administrative judge. It was a win for examine ARDOT’s map of the 30 Crossing conservationists and a win for Mays. Mays project unveiled at a public meeting. told the Commission that the lawyer for the hog farm had tried to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear. The ADEQ previously

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RICHARD MAYS: Says litigation is sometimes the best way to bring about change.

conservation strategies by farmers.) More often, however, the development side of the equation in litigation has more money and more lasting power. *** Many people who haven’t previously been wrapped up in environmental cases are now, thanks to the potential impacts of the 30 Crossing project, the highway department’s plan to replace the Interstate 30 bridge and widen I-30 for a little over 7 miles at a cost of $630 million. ARDOT wants to double the width of the interstate through downtown Little Rock by building two connector-distributer lanes on either side of the highway to provide exit from and entrance to I-30. 16

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Milwaukee; Boston; San Francisco; New ation). That suggests there will be two Haven, Conn.; Seattle and Dallas are tear- decades of smooth sailing through Little ing down interstates and replacing them Rock, no rush hour traffic at all. with people- and business-friendly bou“It’s ridiculous to think that you can levards and parks, Little Rock and North predict that far,” Mays said. “It’s a total Little Rock are about to get more concrete. mistake to do [the widening] at this time. Opponents of highway widening — It was the thing to do in the ’50s and ’60s, including neighborhood associations, but not now,” given the technology — like downtown residents, a retired Texas self-driving cars and new safety-features transportation executive and a retired being built into vehicles — that will be economist and natural resource planner — available in not too many years from now. have hired Mays to represent them should What we don’t need, he said, is to the Federal Highway Administration issue spend nearly a billion dollars on highFinding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) way projects in Central Arkansas in the in its evaluation of the Environmental anticipation of a transportation future Assessment on 30 Crossing to green-light we can’t predict. the highway project. That finding could The highway department, using funds come as early as mid-August, according from a $1.8 billion bond issue funded to the highway department. with a tax increase approved by voters, On July 27, at the end of a 45-day pub- is spending nearly $90 million on the lic comment period on ARDOT’s draft widening of I-630 (three times its estiEnvironmental Assessment, Mays filed mated cost), which has already started; a 16-page comment challenging, among an estimated $80 million on widening other things, the department’s traffic mod- Highway 10 (previously estimated at $58 eling and its ignoring the indirect impact million); $23 million on new ramps at of induced travel on communities outside Highway 10 to I-430 northbound; and a the project area. It notes the lack of con- figure estimated a couple of years ago at sideration of HOV (high-occupancy lanes) $630.7 million on 30 Crossing. lanes or other routes to handle the rush (Dale Pekar, who is one of Mays’ clihour traffic that ARDOT gives as its rea- ents, raised the issue of cost in his public son for widening and its failure to “fully comment on ARDOT’s draft environaddress” health effects from air pollution mental assessment. ARDOT says if concaused by increased traffic. struction — which is being combined The comment also suggests that Arkan- with design — costs more than the funds sas — which has the 12th largest highway available to the project, contracts will be system in the country, with more high- let “at a future date” to complete the projways to maintain than Illinois, Califor- ect. Pekar said that provision “makes the nia, New York and Florida — struggles to entire analysis unreliable,” and if ARDOT maintain the roads it has now. It points to comes up short, it should take it from a column written by state Highway Com- low-priority projects — which is what it missioner Alec Farmer in Arkansas Talk threatened Metroplan it would do if the Business in which Farmer says ARDOT planning agency didn’t agree to add lanes needs $400 million in new highway funds to the corridor.) When I-30 was built in the 1950s, simply to maintain what is built now, and “I’m not opposed to spending money in neighborhoods east of the interstate fell that revenues from the gas tax will decline this area,” Mays said, “but I don’t know how into decline. That area, buoyed by the as more electric cars are built. the people in the rest of the state feel about Clinton Presidential Center and Heifer Mays said that the 30 Crossing proj- it. It seems to me we ought to be thinking International, is now experiencing a ect presents “an opportunity to force the about how we can get more value [from renaissance, with a new school, new res- agencies involved — state and federal — to the $1.8 billion total] for a longer period taurants, new housing and new businesses. take a hard look at updating the thinking of time, rather than more lanes that may Its progress follows the revitalization of toward highway traffic, how to handle or may not be used in 20 years.” the west side of the interstate, with the highway traffic by means other than simIt’s no surprise the highway department old downtown resuscitated by the River ply putting more lanes on the highway. wants to build highways rather than think Market district and new development I believe we’re on the cusp of a break- about transportation holistically. (ARDOT attracted to Main Street north and south through on technology that will affect our used to be the Department of Highway of Interstate 630. highway travel dramatically.” and Transportation, but recently dumped The logic behind 30 Crossing, says its The 30 Crossing widening is designed Transportation from its name, perhaps to foes — and there are many in Little Rock to address traffic in “design year” 2041, fend off suggestions it thinks differently.) — is outdated. The transportation design when ARDOT says 153,000 vehicles per “It’s a matter of mindset. This is what they ignores alternatives to using downtown day will use I-30. The highway depart- get paid to do.” Figuring into that is what Little Rock and North Little Rock as the ment’s preferred model, six lanes of Mays called “bureaucratic inertia.” main thoroughfare to highways north and through traffic and four collector-dis“Sometimes you have to force their attensouth. It does not contemplate alternatives tributer lanes, would allow cars travel- tion by filing lawsuits. I’ve found that, someto cars, such as public transit or bicycle ing south on I-30 during afternoon rush times, litigation is the best way to bring and pedestrian transportation. While cit- hour to travel at 30 to 50 miles per hour about change … or at least, to get their ies such as Portland, Ore.; Rochester, N.Y.; (considered a “somewhat congested” situ- attention.”

he endless debate about whether the Democratic Party will shift left or tack center overlooks a much more important dynamic: a shift in who occupies the center of the party. As I’ve written in previous columns for the Arkansas Times, the nation’s ideological center is far more progressive than its establishment center. That’s why issues like universal health care, gun control and a jobs guarantee poll so well, despite their absence from the party’s platform before 2016. Americans are more progressive than our political parties give them credit for. Ideological shifts shouldn’t be our focus in 2018 and beyond. As Vox noted, Third Way — a leading centrist think tank — isn’t offering any real alternative to the ideas put forward by more progressive groups. They are, in a sense, offering a watered down version of progressive ideas — more timid, to be sure, but without any real distinction from what critics often derisively term “the left.” Democrats are increasingly coalescing behind proposals like Medicare for All and free public college. Abolishing ICE and the rest of the surveillance state may not be far behind. Conversely, notions of a grand bargain that include dramatic cuts to welfare, Social Security and Medicaid have mostly been purged from the party. At the heart of those shifts in policy has been a shift in power within the Democratic Party, driven by the rise of working-class candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democratic congressional candidate in New York), along with Arkansans Chintan Desai (Democrat running against 1st District U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford) and Josh Mahony (Democrat running against 3rd District U.S. Rep. Steve Womack). All have been endorsed by Indivisible this month. Though Republicans often fancy themselves champions of the working class, it’s Democrats who have long won their support, securing more than 50 percent of votes from those making $50,000 a year or less since at least 2008. It is the working class’ ascendance — replacing the corporatists and donor class who once enjoyed control of both parties — that’s pushing the party toward a more progressive, populist center. That shift should be celebrated, as the party is being remade in the image of the coalition of voters who support it, what I’ve previously called the true center of American politics. This phenomenon isn’t limited to the national party or reliably blue districts in coastal cities. It’s remaking the Dem-

ocratic Party of Arkansas, too. The party’s chairman, state Rep. Michael John Gray of Blytheville, is a farmer BILLY — one who could FLEMING Guest Columnist have easily bowed to the pressure of Arkansas’s donor class, but instead chose to fight and organize his caucus in support of public education and Medicaid expansion in the last legislative session. Wins by candidates like Gayatri Agnew (Democrat running for House District 93), who recently convinced the Arkansas Ethics Commission to approve the use of campaign contributions for child care while she’s campaigning, and Megan Godfrey (Democrat running for House District 89), an ESL teacher in Springdale and one of the first candidates to offer English and Spanish language campaign materials, would likely accelerate the rise of working-class power in the state party. This stands in stark contrast to the Republican Party of Arkansas. Though I’ve been critical of the DPA’s filing fees, they’re nothing compared to the cost of running for office as a Republican in Arkansas. In nearly every office on the ballot this November, GOP candidates paid almost twice as much to run for office — including $7,500 to run for the state senate. No working class person could afford to run as a Republican in Arkansas. This is set against the backdrop of a seemingly endless parade of corruption within the state’s GOP. As the indictments, plea deals and convictions rolled in over the spring and summer, Republican leaders consistently showed themselves to be out of touch — Governor Hutchison, RPA Chairman Doyle Webb and prominent members of their caucus like State Rep. Charlie Collins (R-Fayetteville) seemed to be the last people in the state to denounce their colleagues for blatantly criminal behavior. Perhaps the greatest insight from Ocasio-Cortez’s post-election media blitz was the argument that low turnout elections represent an opportunity for Democrats and that the needle can be moved in our favor by growing the electorate and catching incumbents off guard. Arkansas has one of the lowest election turnout rates in the nation; only West Virginia and Hawaii perform worse. If the blue wave comes to Arkansas, it will be because workingclass voters hear and see themselves in the Democratic candidates on the ballot in November.

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Play at home while recovering from a toxic algae-related illness. 1) According to investigators, a 69-year-old Jefferson County woman recently shot and killed her husband over an issue that doesn’t generally result in homicide. What, according to police, was the issue? A) He was a flat-earther, while she believes it’s more of a trapezoid. B) He told her he was resigning his membership in the NRA. C) He told her he’d voted for Trump. D) He’d twice ordered porn movies through the couple’s satellite TV system.

2) Representatives of the Satanic Temple will hold a “Rally for the First Amendment” from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 16 at the state Capitol to protest the installation of the Ten Commandments monument on the grounds, and they’re bringing a special guest. Who’s the guest? A) Jesus Christ, who, a press release says, will be on hand to tell Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Conway) to “cut the bullshit.” B) Satan himself, who will reportedly stand in solidarity with Jesus in telling Rapert to cut the bullshit. C) Gozer the Gozarian from “Ghostbusters.” D) A 7-and-a-half-foot-tall bronze statue of the goat-headed god Baphomet, which the Satanic Temple hopes to install on the Capitol grounds if its federal lawsuit challenging the Ten Commandments monument is successful.

3) A press release recently sent out by the National Park Service included a warning to visitors to the Buffalo National River. What was the warning? A) Portions of the river are choked by a toxic blue-green algae that produces cyanotoxins, which can make people and pets ill. B) It’s burrowing season for the rare Ozark Aquatic Peehole snake. C) There’s a higher-than-average concentration of liquid pig shit from the hog farm. D) The White River Monster is vacationing on the Buffalo for the next three weeks.

4) Three people were recently arrested near Van Buren in connection with the deaths of a Kansas couple whose bodies were found in a shallow grave in the Ozark National Forest. What, according to investigators, did the three people who were arrested do for a living? A) They were clowns. B) They were carnies. C) They were Republican U.S. senators. D) They were Ivanka, Eric and Donald Trump Jr.

5) Former Arkansas Razorback and current New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Mitchell Loewen recently helped save the life of a man in New Orleans. What had happened to the man that required Loewen’s assistance? A) A Trump-supporting Republican, the man was struck mute after being asked to defend Trump’s actions without using the words “Hillary” or “Obama.” B) While walking down Bourbon Street, he stepped in a puddle and instantly contracted multi-drug-resistant SuperherpesAIDShepatitissmallpox. C) He drove his Mercedes-Benz SUV off the fourth floor of a parking deck, crashing to the street below. D) Near-death by chocolate.

Answers: D, D, A, B, C

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he stunning results of the 2016 presidential election served as a turning point for visual artist Kevin Arnold, who watched it all unfold at a bar in Seattle. Having grown up in the deep Red environs of the Arkansas River Valley, but with concerns more closely aligned with Blue State progressivism, political dichotomies became catalysts for Arnold. “It gave me a chance to pour all of these past influences that had happened into my work to that point,” Arnold said. “I’m talking childhood influences, animation, cartoons, all of it — together.” Up to that point, Arnold said, his work had been representational. “The work ceased to be about nothing,” he explained, “and started dealing with the things that were concerning me. This made me question my role as an artist: What am I doing? What is this work about? Why am I making this work? Is it just for us? Is it just for our colleagues, the academics?” Born in Van Buren to parents who didn’t care much for art, Arnold found himself back in the sleepy community of Rudy after completing an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. After moving to Crawford County, one of Arnold’s favorite things to do was eating breakfast at the local truck stop diners. “You can really learn a lot in those atmospheres and I do that a lot wherever we’ve been,” he says. “Find a little diner, and just go and hang out. Have breakfast, kind of get a feel for the locals. Listen to what they’re saying.” Arnold’s now made his home in coastal Northern California, but he returns to Arkansas with a solo show, “Wishful Misgivings,” at Fenix Gallery in downtown Fayetteville (16 W. Center St.) Aug. 2-Sept. 30. We spoke with him ahead of that show about the work and what he sees as a rising “sense of national and cultural anxiety.”

WISHFUL MISGIVINGS A Q&A with Kevin Arnold. BY KATY HENRIKSEN

DISNEY DISSONANCE: Kevin Arnold’s “Thoughts and Prayers” mashes up influences from his childhood with elements of “national and cultural anxiety.”

talk about. You read the story of how that all happened, what went about, based on this event of the ship sinking and the people in the raft. I felt it was so representative of the United States right now. Speaking of politicians you didn’t We’re this sinking raft being left to our think would get elected, one of the own devices and we’ve been led astray paintings in “Wishful Misgivings” by these political people who are just features Tom Cotton in clown going about their way. They are going makeup. I’d love to dive deep into to be fine, but it’s the rest of us who are creating that piece. going to have to suffer. It became one of those ideas that was I’m very concerned with global warmeating at me. … [Theodore Gericault’s] ing, climate change, rising sea levels, “The Raft of the Medusa,” if you take any what we’re doing to the oceans. You have art history course or art survey courses, these people, the last ditch effort of peoit’s one of the paintings you’re going to ple holding on, grasping on this kiddie 18

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of thing — the makeup’s being smeared and rubbed off almost as if he was leaving a little campaign-financing fundraising thing. As far as the style, it’s combining a lot of things. I’m experimenting with Disney animation — very influential from when I was a kid — and appropriating. Why I call this “Wishful Misgivings” is that there’s this bittersweet taking of these cherished happy images and throwing them into a context of a very harsh reality. Growing up in Arkansas so far away from any art museums, how did you find references and dig your heels into learning about visual art? My parents weren’t really into art, but they were Disney fanatics. I mean, obsessed. So we would take the family trip, load up the little camper van. Very Clark Griswold style; I identify with “Family Vacation” so much because that was my dad. We’d head off to Disney World every year. … When I was 4 or 5 years old, I had a huge crush on Snow White. So, meeting Snow White for the first time and she kissed me on the cheek, like, oh, my God. That blew my mind away. As corny as it is, PBS on Sundays would show those “Bob Ross” shows. We laugh about Bob Ross, but I’d never watched anyone paint. He had these little recipes of doing it. My God, he makes that little splotch look like a rock, and he makes this painting in less than 30 minutes. Just to see someone do something like that! That was probably my introduction into painting, but it wasn’t until high school that I started thinking about it. I was highly influenced by skateboarding: just the graphics and the skateboarding magazines. All of that stuff. That got me really focused on my draftsmanship. [The idea of becoming an artist] wasn’t until I decided when I was 19 or so, that I was going to go to Westark [Community College, now University of Arkansas-Fort Smith] and start majoring in art. It was the only thing I really loved, the only thing I really wanted to know more about.

pool. … In the original image, everyone is piled up, and there’s one individual reaching out trying to flag this ship that’s so far off in the distance. I wanted that in reverse, where everyone’s completely oblivious. They’re all on their phones and not paying attention. The Confederate flag is the sail of the ship. No one’s interacting with each other in the space. I came across one image of Tom Cotton that had been photoshopped to where he’s in total clown makeup. My work is built on appropriating imagery, so I You have mentioned that the 2016 took this image and the original image election and the resulting works in and intertwined the two where it looks “Wishful Misgiving” have allowed you like his face — almost like a Joker kind to embrace hybridity in a way you

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A&E NEWS hadn’t before. I’ve never wanted to be direct and obvious. … I don’t want anyone to expect anything so literal that it’s going to be, “This painting is exactly about this.” They’re subtle references. The most recent painting that’s going to be in the show is called “Tomorrowland,” and it’s a black and white image of Susan Sarandon. You can’t really tell in the painting, with this sort of plant still life in front of her, but over her shoulder is a very iconic image of the Challenger exploding. That image of the Challenger was the first image I remember from mass media. Coming home from second grade and seeing this play over and over and over and not realizing the impact of that, [and] wanting to be an astronaut at the time, but realizing that was sort of the end of the innocence of space travel. … Really, all the paintings revolve around this idea, past, present, coming together — a stark reminder about the bleakness of our age. I learned about my identity of being an Arkansan after I left. I’m wondering if you had experiences like that. Do you miss Arkansas? There’s so much I miss. I have a love-hate relationship with it, but I tell everyone what it’s like living in Arkansas. I see the huge potential. If you could people working together, if you could get the rednecks off this shunning of anyone who starts talking about organic farming or their concerns about the environment — it’s gotten to the point where if you use those words you’re immediately labeled as a liberal, but these rednecks love their land as much as we do. We could be coming together over common goals and values that have just been politicized to the point where we can’t even have a conversation or come to the table to even talk about it. Coming to the table is an admission of weakness, right? That’s what they’re spinning these days. We’re homesick. I miss my home in Arkansas. I miss the peace and the quiet, and honestly, as bad as it is, I miss the diversity of opinion.

THE ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY announced this week that Kristen Schaal (“Bob’s Burgers,” “Flight of the Conchords”) and her husband, writer Rich Blomquist, will join Schaal’s “The Last Man on Earth” co-stars Mary Steenburgen and Will Forte at a Saturday, Aug. 25, panel during “Filmland,” the ACS’ annual film festival, which runs Aug. 23-25. Board Chairman Jeff Nichols (“Loving,” “Midnight Special”) will moderate the conversations with filmmakers from Arkansas. Other filmmakers, actors and writers in attendance at the festival include Richard Linklater, David and Christina Arquette, Ted Danson, John Solomon, Jorma Taccone and Matthew Cooke, as well as Arkansas filmmakers Jennifer Gerber, Amman Abbasi, Graham Gordy, Daniel Campbell, Josh and Miles Miller and more. For tickets and details, see arkansascinemasociety.org. FROM THE MURPHY ARTS DISTRICT comes news that Cardi B, who just gave birth to a daughter, has canceled her appearance at El Dorado’s 31st annual Musicfest, as well as her appearances this fall at Lollapalooza and on tour with Bruno Mars. “We are working at filling her late Friday night slot on Oct. 19 to complement our other terrific performers, including Toby Keith, Gucci Mane, Sammy Hagar, George Clinton, Justin Moore, Bret Michaels and more,” a MAD press release said. “Cardi B ticketholders may contact the MAD box office at 870-444-3007 to request a refund. Or they may apply that ticket to our replacement programming if they wish.” Musicfest takes place Oct. 1820. For festival details, see eldomad.com. THE FAYETTEVILLE ROOTS FESTIVAL, to take place Aug. 22-26, features sets from Gillian Welch, Mavis Staples, Turnpike Troubadours, Josh Ritter, John Fullbright, the Del McCoury Band, Booker T. Jones, Mary Gauthier, Gregory Alan Isakov, Flaco Jimenez, Kaia Kater, Birds of Chicago, Joe Purdy, Smokey & The Mirror, The War & Treaty, Charley Crockett, The Honey Dewdrops, Arkansauce, Still on the Hill, the Charlie Hunter Trio, The Shook Twins and more. The festival has also filled out its culinary component this year with dinners and master classes from chefs of renown. For details and festival passes, see therootsfest.org. THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, P.O.D., Ginuwine, Joe Nichols, Ratt, Stokley, Pop Evil, Mark Chesnutt and Ralph Tresvant are on the lineup for the Arkansas State Fair, to take place Oct. 11-21. General admission seating is included with fair admission, premium floor seating will cost $15-$20, and party deck seating is $25-$40. For tickets and details, see arkansasstatefair.com.

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THROUGH 8/4

‘GRIDIRON’ 7 p.m. Thu., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Arkansas Repertory Theatre. $35.

Dig far enough back in a lawyer’s resume, and you’re likely to find some credentials from forensics, debate club or the theater. Little Rock is no exception; a number of the city’s lawyers can sing and entertain, and a handful of them would probably be doing it for a living if they hadn’t fallen hard for the legal profession. Evidently, these talent overlaps have been the case since 1816, when a handful of Little Rock Bar Association members put together a political spoof performance for a lawyer’s luncheon — later called the “Gridiron.” Since 1990, the biennial production’s been held at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, making this another opportunity for The Rep’s champions to build sustained support for its reinvention/restructuring following the theater’s suspension of operations in April. Plus, the satire’s jokes are crafted directly from current political tomfoolery; presumably, the comedic cup runneth over. Get tickets at threp.org, or by calling 378-0405. SS ‘FOURTEENER’ AT JUSTUS FINE ART: The Hot Springs gallery celebrates its 14th anniversary with a new show featuring such works as “Delta Moon” by Matthew Hasty.

FRIDAY 8/3

HOT SPRINGS GALLERY WALK 5-9 p.m. (unless otherwise noted), downtown Hot Springs.

Watching paint dry is the expression we use to describe utter boredom. On the opposite end of that spectrum could be watching a demonstration of “weton-wet” painting that Hot Springs artist Hugh Dunnahoe will provide 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday at the Landmark Building (201 Market St.), the Hot Springs campus of Henderson State University. Dunnahoe’s demonstration is part of the reception for the “Teachers are Artists Too” exhibition at the Landmark, featuring work from members of the art faculties at Henderson, National Park College and the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts. Amy Hill Imler and Sandy Fleming Newberg will also be painting in public as part of Gallery Walk festivities at Gallery Central (800 Central Ave.), which will also feature work by James Hayes, Paige Morehead, Janice Higdon and Polly Cook. Justus Fine Art (827 Central Ave.) will celebrate the gallery’s 14th year in business with the show “Fourteener,” featuring work by Dustyn Bork, Taimur Cleary, Matthew Hasty, Robyn Horn, Dolores Justus, Jill Kyong, Charles Peer, Sandra Sell, Gene Sparling, Dan Thornhill. Artists Workshop Gallery (610 Central) will feature paintings by Michael Preble and Teresa Widdifield, and Kollective Koffee + Tea (110 Central Ave.) will host a reception from 5-7 p.m. for Katy Wrayford’s show, “A Seat at the Window.” Rayshaun McNary is now showing work at The Avenue in the Waters Hotel (240 Central Ave.), and other venues, including Dryden Pottery, Whittington Gallery, Crystal Springs Mining Co., American Art Gallery and Legacy Fine Art Gallery, will also be open for the monthly after-hours event. LNP

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‘THE MIND UNVEILED’: Carmen Alexandria Thompson’s “An Encyclopedia of Fragility” is on display at The Thea Foundation through Aug. 31.

FRIDAY 8/3

CARMEN ALEXANDRIA THOMPSON 6:30 p.m. Thea Foundation. $10.

In a piece by painter and printmaker Carmen Alexandria Thompson called “I’m As Human As You Are,” a profile of a woman with half-lidded eyes and a loose cinnamon roll bun is outlined in fuchsia, her head and shoulders seemingly dissected to reveal her brain and upper vertebrae. In another piece — an acryclic on canvas called “Illmerica” — a stubby brown bird perches in a cage above a bodiless round lump of a pink head with a patch of golden hair that flags him unmistakably as the president of these United States. The two works could have come from different artists — or at least from an artist at two different phases of her career. They’re both the work of Thompson, a 28-year old native Arkansan and Hendrix alumna whose show, “The Mind Unveiled,” is this quarter’s installment of the Thea Foundation’s The Art Department. “Mental illness is a pertinent issue these days,” Thompson said of the collection. “This series of work seeks to unveil, expose and open up a discussion for everyone about the beauty and tragic workings of the human mind.” As is the custom for The Art Department’s showcase exhibitions, the opening reception will feature a beer and wine bar, as well as heavy hors d’oeuvres from Ben E. Keith. SS

IN BRIEF

THURSDAY 8/2

FRIDAY 8/3

‘REFLECTIONS’ 7:30 p.m. Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. $15.

In an essay titled “A Player’s Guide to the Popper Etudes,” University of Denver professor Richard Slavich referred to the 40 cello studies as “a sure and tested path to a secure technique.” Composer/cellist Jeremy Crosmer, no doubt, became familiar with those etudes on his way to obtaining three degrees at the University of Michigan, and wrote “The Crosmer-Popper Duets,” a second cello part to those core solo exercises that rounds them out and, one imagines, makes them feel a lot less like drudgery. It’s that same enthusiasm toward musical discipline that the Faulkner Chamber Music Festival — now in its 12th season — is meant to instill in its day camp musicians, a new batch of whom gathers at UA Little Rock’s campus for masterclasses, coachings and workshops each summer. Crosmer joins FCMF and its parent organization Chamber Music Society of Little Rock for this faculty recital, titled “Reflections.” Crosmer – along with FCMF Director Geoff Robson, Katherine Williamson, Yaira Matyakubova, Philip Boulanger, Ryan Mooney, Jeremy Crosmer and Andrius Zlabys — interpret Debussy’s “Sonata for Cello and Piano,” the contemplative second movement of Aaron Jay Kernis’ “On Distant Shores,” and Brahms’ “String Sextet No. 2, Op. 36” — a welcome antidote for anyone who’s ever met Brahms with a yawn and a “meh.” Students of all ages, kids and Easter Seals clients and caregivers get in free. SS ‘REFLECTIONS’: Geoff Robson (left), Katherine Williamson (right), Yaira Matyakubova, Philip Boulanger, Ryan Mooney, Jeremy Crosmer and Andrius Zlabys perform works by Debussy, Kernis and Brahms as part of the Faulkner Chamber Music Festival’s faculty concert Friday night.

FRIDAY 8/3

SATURDAY 8/4

NATE POWELL 2 p.m. The Comic Book Store, 9307 Treasure Hill Road.

JUST PAST HALLELUJAH SPRINGS: National Book Award winner Nate Powell returns to Arkansas with his newest, “Come Again,” in hand.

Vocalist “Sweet Lu” Olutosin joins saxophonist Dave Williams II on sax, keyboardist Chris Parker on keys, bassist Oliver Thomas on bass and drummer Yvette Preyer at Khalil’s Pub & Grill as part of the “A Work of Art” series sponsored by Art Porter Music Education, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., $40. Comedian Todd Rexx takes the stage at The Loony Bin, 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat., $8-$12. William Shaw and LaChaz Holloway perform for ’90s R&B Night at Empire, 3315 Roosevelt Road, 9 p.m. Levels, Voices in Vain, The Lucid Archetype and Past Comfort share a bill at Vino’s, 8 p.m., $5. The Joint Theater & Coffeehouse screens the 1959 Bela Lugosi horror film “Plan 9 From Outer Space,” 8 p.m., free. Cosmocean starts the weekend early with a dance set at the White Water Tavern, 9:30 p.m. DJ Don D, Dusa Dusse, Travis Winnin Osa, Kevin Johnson, Ronel Williams and more perform for hip-hop showcase Indie Music Night, with Stephan James and host Big Swoll, 9 p.m., Rev Room, $10-$12. Lewd Awakening Revue takes its burlesque sideshow aesthetic to the stage at Maxine’s in Hot Springs, 9 p.m., $10. Buh Jones brings his melodic set to the happy hour crowd at Cajun’s Wharf, 5:30 p.m., free. The El Dorado Film Festival kicks off in the Murphy Arts District, with a Friday night performance from Kiefer Sutherland, see eldomad.com for tickets and a full schedule.

National Book Award-winning illustrator, punk rock performance artist and activist Nate Powell followed up his resistance chronicle — the “March” trilogy, a collaboration with Andrew Aydin and Congressman John Lewis — with a tale of Haven Station, a fictional commune in Powell’s home state of Arkansas. “Come Again,” as the folk tale’s called, opens this way: “Folks already think of the South like it’s another country. But even to Arkansans, the Ozarks are remote.” In that remoteness, outside “the square world,” secrets thrive, memories get buried and shit gets weird. It’s wildly whimsical and fittingly different in tone than Powell’s work on the story of Lewis’ fierce work during the civil rights era, but it’s told with the same visceral touches and pulsing pace that makes Powell’s cinematic style so memorable. Powell returns to Arkansas for this signing; here’s your chance to grab the new book and get your copies of “March” signed by the artist himself. While you’re at it, head to anchor. fm/arktimes-no-small-talk and check out our conversation with Powell on Episode 21 of “No Small Talk,” the arts and entertainment podcast for the Arkansas Times. SS

Colour Design releases its new record “They Don’t Exist” with a show at White Water, and will be joined by Adam Faucett & The Tall Grass, Headcold and Commander Keen, 9 p.m., $7. Chucky Waggs & Co. perform at Maxine’s, 9 p.m., $5. Ben Byers performs at Cajun’s, 5:30 p.m., free; catch vocalist Ramona Smith there at 9 p.m., $5. The Gable Bradley Band plays at Kings Live Music in Conway, 8:30 p.m., $5. “Porter Players Jam” pays homage to Art Porter Jr. and Art Porter Sr. at 109 & Co., 5 p.m., free. Trey Stevens Band entertains at Silks Bar & Grill at Oaklawn Racing and Gaming, 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat., free. Harrisong takes the stage at Markham Street Grill and Pub, 8:30 p.m., free. DeFrance rocks at Dardanelle’s Front Street Grill, 9 p.m. The 48 Hour Film Project caps off 2018 with a Wrap Party at Stickyz Rock ’n’ Roll Chicken Shack, 10 p.m. Secondhand Cannons releases a new album, “Four Year Fuse,” with a concert at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY 8/4 Smooth jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum gives the keynote concert for Art Porter Music Education’s “A Work of

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SATURDAY 8/4

‘PAPERCUTZ’

SATURDAY 8/4-SUNDAY 8/5

7 p.m. Vino’s. Free.

FREEKEND WEEKEND POP-UP

Like a lot of noncommercial, homemade art scenes, the history of Little Rock’s zine community has strong ties to performance, poetry and punk rock, and much of it revolved around the lo-fi early ’90s shows at Vino’s. Appropriately, the back room at Vino’s is home Saturday night to “Papercutz,” a “zine night” for local DIY magazine-makers. Local artist Matthew Castellano, who has been making zines since 2010 under the name “Two Arms,” told us: “I don’t really remember what year it started, but two of Little Rock’s best started the event and recently moved outta town, so I hosted Zine Night 2017 at Gallery 360.” The inspiration, Castellano said, comes from the history of Little Rock’s underground scene, “and to this day still is inspiring seeing how others create and communicate. We need a time and a place to come together and trade, sell and build relationships between artists using zines.” It’s a chance to buy some handmade art from your neighbors, but quiltmakers and sculptors need not vend; the “Papercutz” focus is defined and direct, as the Facebook page for the event warns: “Zine night is for ZINES so let it be known: If you ain’t selling a zine, comic book, pamphlet, novel or books, it’s not for you.” Plus: Little Rock graphic novelist Nate Powell and longtime punk rock/ DIY chronicler Matthew Thompson will be in attendance. AM

6 p.m.-10 p.m. Sat., 10 p.m.-4 p.m. Sun. Moxy Warehouse, 2316 W. 15th St.

There’s nothing more oxymoronic than a pop-up planned months in advance, right? So, here’s a throwdown the folks at Bang-Up Betty, Crying Weasel and Ar-T’s have pieced together in the last week. To celebrate the sales tax holiday that Arkansas’s Department of Finance and Administration holds every year, Moxy Warehouse and aforementioned makers present “Freekend Weekend,” a chance to sip on complimentary beer (or, on Sunday morning’s edition, mimosas) and buy stuff from your crafty neighbors at Dower, O’Faolain Leather, Krystal Bijoux Jewelry, Viva Vegan, Philly Fresh Ice and more. There are a few caviats and caps, so see the tax holiday link at this event’s Facebook page to make sure you’re in the clear, taxually speaking. SS

SUNDAY 8/5

AARON LEE TASJAN, ISAAC ALEXANDER 7 p.m. White Water Tavern. $10.

It’s sort of providential that Aaron Lee Tasjan’s initials themselves evoke contention and counterpoint; the gifted guitarist is as willing to poke fun at his own glam-rock propers with the New York Dolls and Semi Precious Weapons as he is the Americana genre he’s so often linked with (See: “E.N.S.A.A.T.” / “East Nashville Song About A Train,” for one.) Tasjan churned out a chunk of the tracks on 2016’s “Silver Tears” while microdosing on LSD, and any resulting consciousness expanding seems to have manifested itself in the form of empathy on his latest, “Karma For Cheap,” the forerunners of which — sonically, at least — make David Bowie’s departure from this realm a little easier to swallow. “I wanted to work really hard lyrically to create a record that wasn’t drawing lines in the sand from a humanitarian point of view,” Tasjan told Rolling Stone in July. “Trying to say something that’s more of a comfort, and to try and be a cheerleader to the people who are on the front lines of all this stuff. To my gay friends, to my transgender friends, to my friends who are women, to my friends of various ethnicities.” Tasjan shares this early Sunday bill with Little Rock’s own sound apothecary Isaac Alexander, whose “What Will You Make of It?” has been its own karmic salve on many a rainy day for this writer. SS PHOTO BY CURTIS WAYNE MILLARD

‘KARMA FOR CHEAP’: Aaron Lee Tasjan shares an early Sunday show with Isaac Alexander at the White Water Tavern. 22

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REVEREND HORTON HEAT 8 p.m. Four Quarter Bar. $25.

The good news is that Reverend Horton Heat and his howling beast of an upright bass player Jimbo Wallace are coming to town. The bad news is that they are doing it on a Monday. For the uninitiated, the lyrics to “Psychobilly Freakout” should serve as both band manifesto and proof positive that you should take your catnap and your Vitamin C after the closing bell rings Monday evening: “I’ll tell you what it is!/(‘What is it, God dang it!?’)/It’s some kinda Texas psychobilly freakout, that’s what it is!” Expect thinly disguised phallus euphemisms and filthy, rollicking surf rock riffs. The P-47s open the show. SS

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SATURDAY 8/4

VANAPALOOZA 6:30 p.m. Rev Room. $10.

You’ll find a 300-someodd-word mission statement on the website for The Van, and it’s worth reading. It boils down to a T-shirt slogan, though: “No Rules, No Apologies, Just Help.” Former Marine Aaron Reddin and a fiercely dedicated network of volunteers have, over the years, built a safety net for unsheltered people in Little Rock (and now, through spin-off efforts, in Russellville and Searcy), meeting people where they are and getting them what they need to survive when public support services fall short. What’s more, The One Inc. — the umbrella organization that includes The Van — has built a reputation for tenacious prudence when it comes to donor dollars, and that financial backing has not only sustained the mobile supply unit, it’s acquired a warehouse to store donated goods, a shower trailer and The Field — an urban farm in North Little Rock where produce and chickens, protected from hawks and the like by the watchful eye of a donkey named Willie, feed your homeless neighbors. In turn, this concert from The Brian Nahlen Band, Sean Fresh, Vintage Pistol, The Federalis, The Rios and Grayson Shelton feeds that mission, with 100 percent of funds raised at the door going to The One’s operations. SS

Art,” 8 p.m., Wildwood Park for the Arts, $50-$65. Club Sway celebrates its eighth birthday with “8 at 8,” a drag show and dance party featuring DJ Porterhouse, 8 p.m. Mountain Sprout gets rowdy at Kings in Conway with an opening set from Rayuken, 8:30 p.m., $5. Taylor Madison Monroe, Chloe Jacobs, Cassandra Rae Reality, Victoria Rios and Queen Anthony perform for Discovery Nightclub’s weekly drag show, 12:30 a.m., $10. Control record shop follows up its Stifft Station pop-up with a guest spot at Electric Ghost in SoMa, 10 a.m. Sat.-Sun. Rock Town Roller Derby plays a double header at the Arkansas Skatium, noon and 2 p.m., $12. Leta Joyner plays a set at Core Brewing in North Little Rock, 7 p.m. The Sweet Nothings and DeFrance share a bill at Texarkana’s Hopkins Icehouse, 8:30 p.m. David Miller & Rocktown Revival take their bluegrass-infused boogie to White Water, 9 p.m. Top of the Rock Chorus performs for the “Sing Like a Girl” concert, 7 p.m., UA Pulaski Tech’s Center for Humanities and Arts (CHARTS), $20. Lauren Alaina of “American Idol” fame performs at Magic Springs Theme & Water Park’s Timberwood Amphitheater, 8 p.m., see magicsprings.com for passes. Elsewhere in Hot Springs, Commander Keen plays Maxine’s, with The She and Landrest, 9 p.m., $5. The Big Dam Horns blow into Smoke & Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville, 10 p.m., $3. Irie Lions joins Dana Louise & Friends at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville as part of the Forest Concert Series, 7 p.m., $10. Electric Rag Band boogies at Midtown Billiards, midnight. Courtney Sheppard, Sarah Hastings, Gene Reid, A Rowdy Faith, Justin Patterson of Ten Penny Gypsy and John David Salons perform for Legends of Little Rock at Hibernia Irish Tavern, 8 p.m. Trey Johnson entertains for happy hour at Cajun’s, 5:30 p.m., free, and later, The Shame takes the stage, 9 p.m., $5.

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MONDAY 8/6 Attagirl, Perspective, A Lovely Hand to Hold, Laith and Pancho Casanova share an early bill at Vino’s, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY 8/7 The Arkansas Travelers take on the Frisco RoughRiders at DickeyStephens Park, 7:10 p.m. Tue.-Thu., $7-$13. The Arkansas Arts Center opens exhibitions “Delta Through the Decades Deux: Selections from the Collection” and student show “Through Our Eyes.”

WEDNESDAY 8/8 Deceased, Savage Master, Mortalus and Death of Kings share a heavy bill at Four Quarter Bar, 10 p.m., $10.

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UNION PACIFIC conductor turned biscuit-maker Hayne Begley says his Delta Biscuit Co. food truck should get rolling in Little Rock by the end of October or first of November. Begley, 36, and two silent partners have shucked an idea for a brick-and-mortar place to start the business small and rise more “nimbly.” About the menu: “We’re in the South and you can put just about anything on a biscuit,” Begley said, so he plans to pair all sorts of goodies with his three-and-ahalf-inch biscuits. The Mimi (named after his grandmother), for example, will be a biscuit with fried chicken and an egg on top and homemade apple butter. His Hillbilly Benedict will slap Petit Jean ham, sausage gravy and fried eggs on a biscuit. He’ll serve roast beef on a biscuit, a biscuit burger and a fried chicken potpie. He’ll also serve up a Delta Poutine, a Southern take on the fries-and-gravy dish that he designed for brunch at Flyway Brewery. Begley, who’s served his biscuits pop-up style at Honey Pies on Bowman Curve and taught a cooking class at Eggshells Kitchen Co. in the Heights, says he’ll use fresh produce from local farmers. The Delta Biscuit truck will have a regular location at breakfast (6:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.) and then rotate lunch sites (10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.); he’ll announce the schedule on his website (deltabiscuits.com), Instagram and Facebook. IT’S NOT UNTIL OCTOBER, but you should start thinking now about enjoying eating and drinking with some of the town’s best chefs and mixologists and rubbing elbows with a stellar lineup of artists at the Thea Foundation’s popular Blue Plate Special at the Capital Hotel. The event, Oct. 15, supports the foundation’s arts scholarships for high school students and its other programs designed to help young people find confidence in all academic areas through the arts. Manning the stoves will the remarkable team of Amanda Ivy of Sauced Bar and Oven, Payne Harding of Cache, Gilbert Alaquinez of Forty-Two, Marc Guizol of the Capital Bar & Grill, Matcha Norwood of Cinnalightful, Kim Henderson of Heritage Catering, Capi Peck of Trio’s, Greg Wallis of Kemuri, Kelli Marks of Cathead’s Diner and a chef to be announced from Petit & Keet. Mixing the drinks will be Alex Smith of The Fold and Luiggi Uzcategui of Big Orange Midtown. The chefs and mixologists will be getting some “help” from artists representing Thea’s scholarship categories: Visual artists James Hayes, Matt McLeod, Kevin Kresse and Barry Thomas; musicians Genine Latrice Perez, Rodney Block and Amy Garland Angel; author Janice Kearney; spoken word poets Stacey and LeRon McAdoo; and filmmaker Gerry Bruno. The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation has offered a challenge grant of $25,000 to match $25,000 raised by the event. Tickets are $100 and available at theafoundation.org/blueplate-special or by calling 379-9512. 24

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SOUTHERN COMFORT: Our breakfast at BJ’s included a pecan-loaded pancake, sausage and biscuits, saltmeat and a vegetarian omelet.

It’s all good at BJ’s Market Cafe Farmers market, home-style cooking with no frills.

e got the tip to visit BJ’s Rock, particularly of the breakfast variety. Market Cafe about a month Of course, Waffle House is dearly beloved. ago from a gentleman who But it feels anonymous and sometimes cold; sells Sun Harvest Honey at you can’t escape the fact that it’s a franchise the Bernice Garden Farmers Market. He and (at least for us) recalls the sensation of swore it would have a quality peach selec- being hung-over. BJ’s, on the other hand, tion at its produce stand, and that the adja- scratches that home-cooked itch, and its cent restaurant was home to some of the location and layout feel seriously old school: best blue plates in town. An “Unfussy spot for home-style American For years we have decried the scarcity of eats” is what Google Maps has to say about cheap and simple diner-eats around Little it. Pretty accurate.

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The complex, nestled in an industrial park and damn near easy to miss, is flanked by the railroad tracks that cross-cut Prothro Junction in North Little Rock. Look for a Crazy Dave’s Carpet Outlet and a quaint plant nursery across the gravel parking lot. The first time we visited BJ’s, we went searching for Arkansas peaches. We were greeted there by a brilliant spinning machine that shucks the pods from purple hull peas. A “Roto-Fingers Pea-Bean Sheller” it’s called, and a sure joy to behold. Inside we found a humble but wellstocked produce stand, various jams and jellies, pickles and other canned goods, and a couple of friendly farmers. Next to the cash register sat a “yella-meat” watermelon fresh from Scott, split in two for customers to taste. It was the sweetest watermelon we’ve ever had. We talked to the owner of BJ’s, Jeanna Whitley, about her trials and tribulations running a fresh produce stand in Arkansas. She lamented the loss of a number of family farms due to land development and an unpredictable climate. She remembered orchards in Forrest City at Crowley’s Ridge, “a big peach capitol,” she called it.

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fee and hold court at the round tables. The vibe inside is wholesome and warm: There are gingham curtains, an assortment of patriotic, Razorback and country tchotchkes, and wipe-off boards listing the day’s vegetable sides and dessert Quick bite offerings. The next time we visit BJ’s, it will be for The menu is quintessentially Southdessert. According to a list hanging on the ern and affordable. We went all-in, orderwall, the sweet options are encyclopedic ing the Ham Saltmeat Special with a fried in the pie tradition: chocolate pie, coconut pie, egg custard pie, peanut egg and buttered toast ($6.99), a Vegbutter pie, lemon icebox pie, fresh peach gie Omelet ($6.99) with fresh tomatoes, pie, banana pudding, possum pie (an peppers and mushrooms, biscuits and Arkansas classic), pineapple delight and gravy ($1.99), a side of homemade saustrawberry pie. sage ($1.79) and a large pecan pancake ($2.25) to round out the meal. Hours Saltmeat was new to us, and it sure 5:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 6 a.m. gives its name justice. A sodium-rich to 2 p.m. Saturday. piece of fried ham with a salt rind that takes a little getting used to. Reminds us Other info of chitterlings, but with more bite. Overly No alcohol; credit cards accepted. salty at first, but hard to put down. Overall, the breakfast was classic and delicious. The pancake had an impresWe got off with a bag of purple hull peas, sive ratio of nuts to cake. We had to flip a pint of cherries, heirloom tomatoes and it clear over to see what the heck was a handful of peaches, all for around $10. going on under there. A dense layer of One of the farmers instructed us to come pecan bits settled at the bottom of the back for a meal at the cafe next time, and soft pancake is what we found. to bring all our boyfriends and husbands. Other notable items include a chicken The second time we visited BJ’s, we fried steak special and pork chop special went for the breakfast. When we asked (both $8.99), biscuits and chocolate gravy Whitley why she expanded from a farm ($1.99, only served on Saturdays). The stand to a full-service greasy spoon, she menu does not have many surprises, and said she was tired of hauling around we think that’s the point. 20-pound bags of potatoes and wanted to BJ’s is open through lunchtime Monprovide home-cooked meals that would day through Saturday and for dinner on inspire people to gather around a table Fridays. Catfish is served all day on Fritogether. BJ’s Market has been around days (the supper special is always fried since 1975, but the cafe side opened up catfish). The cook was proud to tell us just 12 years ago, in 2006. that the kitchen uses no canned veggies, At 7 a.m. on a Monday morning, the but sources most everything from the restaurant had already seen its blue-collar farm stand. The veggie omelet proved rush. We’re told there is a strong cohort of as much — the tomatoes were juicy and regulars who come for their morning cof- light, peppers crunchy and fresh.

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The Roots of American Music Friday • Aug. 10 • 7 p.m. • $10

Ron Robinson Theater An acoustic band of Danny Dozier, Tim Crouch, Irl Hess, Ken Loggains, and Gary Gazaway trace the roots and branches of American music. Tickets available at ArkansasSounds.org.

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“Dirt track oval son of a gun Take what you win, run what you brung With ever turn we’ll tempt our fate We got a dirt track date Round round round round round around …”

“Dirt Track Date,” Southern Culture On The Skids

sssst. Hey. Yeah, you, with the fancy moustache. Looking for a good time? How about an evening of dirt track racing at the fabled I-30 Speedway? I know, I know. Racing’s not your bag. You go to art shows and see indie bands. You play in an adult kickball league, maybe only semi-ironically. You phonebanked for Bernie. You were deeply into the World Cup. Racetrack people are not your people. Give it a rest, Bon Iver.

I’m telling you, going to the I-30 Speedway is a damn good time. It’s the real deal. Located just off Interstate 30 at exit 126, the Speedway is home to a quartermile, red dirt oval track and an assembly of bleacher seats. What started out as the Benton Speedbowl back in 1956 has survived location moves, bankruptcies and changing ownerships and was used as a shooting location for the classic 1973 Burt Reynolds film “White Lightning.” On a recent Saturday night, our crew of nine first-timers braved the heat and

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START YOUR ENGINES: A Saturday night at the I-30 Speedway is glorious, loud and sweaty.

officially began, spectators were treated to a series of “hot laps,” during which drivers can speed around the track and warm up their engines a bit. Cars ranging from the tiny to the muscle competed in different categories that night, zooming around the track at breakneck speeds even during warmups. Our crew got into it. We picked favorites, wishing we could place official bets. One of our nearby bleacher neighbors proudly proclaimed that his son was driving that night, and so we all vowed to pull for headed out to the track in search of him as a team. adventures and good clean family fun. The actual qualifying heats began Racing started at 7:30 p.m., but several soon after, and the excitement got of us showed up at 6 p.m. to scope the real thick, real quick. The green flag place out. The place was already half brought the crowd to life, along with full of racing fans. Those in the know thunderous noise, the smell of fuel (i.e., everyone but us) were toting seat and the sight of cars careening on backs and cushions. If you forget yours, two wheels around impossibly tight fret not — they are available for rental corners. Drive shafts fell out. Cars right there at the track. bumped and rubbed at high speeds. Other important tips: Admission It was exhilarating. fees can be paid by cash or card, but It was also clear that much of the all the concessions are cash-only. Plan crowd knew more about racing than accordingly, because you’re going to we do. Luckily, our neighbors were want beers and chow. All the beers are happy to educate us and fill us in on tallboys and reasonably priced ($2.75 for the drill, so it wasn’t very long before PBR, $4.50 for Budweiser). Oh, and stop we were fully high-fiving folks and the presses: The I-30 Speedway is one of taking every single opportunity to holthe very few places around here where ler a lusty “WHOOOOOOO.” you can get a genuine Frito Pie ($3.50). The races went late into the eveProvisions acquired, we settled ning, and it was a glorious, sweaty, fun into the shade shadow provided by night with unpretentious Arkansans. the announcer’s box and made quick, As a friend and fellow attendee put sweaty friendships with our new neigh- it: “It was like a family reunion, with bors. Summer at the track is not for State Fair fare.” those who fear the heat or eschew the Racing season runs from March chance to glisten and glow. Prepare to through October. We’ll definitely be sweat a lot. Bandanas are an exception- back on a cooler night. So get on down ally good idea, as are headphones. to the Speedway, hotshot. We’ll see ya Here come the cars! Before the races at the finish line.

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