Daniel Grear

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Kevin Brockmeier, a literary fixture in Arkansas whose latest book is 2021’s “The Ghost Variations,” will give a reading on Thursday, April 17 at Hibernia Irish Tavern (9700 N. Rodney Parham Road) in Little Rock, where he’ll be sharing new work alongside local writer and attorney Natalie Doris. The event is part of the Zeitgeist Reading Series, which began in September 2024.

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Pairing the artwork of high school students and their instructors, “The Creative Collective III,” the Thea Foundation’s latest exhibition, opens tonight at the Thea Gallery in North Little Rock (401 Main St.) with a reception that runs from 5-7:30 p.m. The annual exhibition is the product of the Thea Foundation’s Arts Reconstruction program, which offers graduate level programming and professional development to high school arts teachers, equipping them with the skills, materials and...

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Of course Willi Carlisle is a convincing bluegrass player.  That was my first thought upon listening to “Work is Work,” the lead single from the Arkansas-forged folksinger’s just-announced fourth studio album, “Winged Victory,” which is set to be released on June 27 via Signature Sounds. Peppy on the surface but no less concerned with the weight of existence under late capitalism than any of his other material, “Work is Work” was written “in a motel room along the Mississippi River.

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

After a five-month winter hiatus, the community cycling group known as Pedal Party is back in action and ready to reclaim their self-appointed title as “Little Rock’s raddest, chillest, most epic, least hyperbolic Monday SOCIAL ride w/ beer/food stops.”Pedal Party’s fourth season of slow-paced, family-friendly, urban-oriented riding begins tonight at Fassler Hall (311 E.

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

It doesn’t really matter how many musicians you’ve got on your team. In the age of easily accessible multi-tracking, a single person can sound as expansive and orchestrated as they’d like — hence the goofy discourse around Tame Impala being “just one guy” — and that’s cool.  But sometimes, a band has the guts to present as exactly the sum of its parts.