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    2012 Notable people

    Little Rock’s king of crawfishScotty Adams plans and executes the spring’s biggest charity-party. Scotty Adams knows way too much about crawfish. He’s been to the Louisiana crawfish farms in Lafayette Parish and seen the whole process of growing, washing and selling the tasty, bug-eyed little creatures. He’s even g...  

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    A Bull in Grizzly territory

    MEMPHIS — Everything is rushed for this interview. The reporters jam into the visitors’ locker room and mass around one Chicago Bull, then another, seeking soundbites. The players look bone tired, but dutifully dispense post-game Pez into the recorders in front of them. This is NBA life circa 2012, on the heels of a lockout that has forced 66 games to be played in four m...  

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    Digging into the underground

    About 25 minutes into our conversation at Vino’s, Rwake’s vocalist begins talking about crawfishing. Not large-scale, commercial crawfishing, but in a backyard, creek or pond — catching the mudbugs one at a time as a child. “I’d lift the rock and wait for the dirt to dissolve,” says Chris Terry, aka C.T., who has been the vocalist for the North Little Rock heavy music act since t...  

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    Slow Southern Steel captivates with true stories

    Great questions equal great documentaries: Why are coal miners in Harlan County on strike? Watch Harlan County, USA. What happens when GM closes its Flint, Mich., plants? Roger & Me has the answers. Little Rock filmmakers David Lipke and Chris Terry’s excellent Slow Southern Steel likewise begins with a simple question: What is the DNA of this South...  

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Jan 29
CANstruction 2012 - Little Rock

CANstruction is a design/build competition that puts a visual spotlight on hunger while showcasing the design community of central Arkansas. Local architecture firms compete with each other to build giant sized structures made entirely out of canned food. The Mayor’s Youth Council of both Little Rock and North Little Rock will also participate in the event. The creations will be on view to the public as giant art exhibits until February 15th. At the close of the exhibit, all cans used to create the structures will be donated to the Arkansas Foodbank.

9:00am–5:00pm
Jan 29
Afternoon bike ride
Arkansas Bicycle Club North Little Rock, AR
1:00pm
Jan 29
River Trail ride
Little Rock River Trail
1:00pm–4:00pm
Jan 29
Luck of the Draw
Zack's Place Little Rock, AR
8:00pm
Jan 29
Live Team Trivia
Gusano's Pizzeria Little Rock, AR
8:00pm
Jan 29
Open Mic Night w/ Third Degree
Fox and Hound North Little Rock, AR
10:00pm
Jan 30
The Story of Your Life Writing Workshop
William F. Laman Public Library North Little Rock, AR
6:00pm–7:00pm
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Blogs
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    Sunday’s Music

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    Sexy Sax Man Prank

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  • Inner-synctum

    Cleaning off the desk

    And found this note to my second old boss (Crystal) from my first old boss (Griffin Smith) about something I’d published back in the very early days of Sync. (I’m ...

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    katherine

    Good light.

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