Daniel Grear

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Culture Editor at Arkansas Times

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Gun safety advocates to host Wear Orange event in Little Rock on Saturday

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Organizers from the Arkansas chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action are hosting an event Saturday in Little Rock in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Held from 2-4 p.m. at the Awareness Center (900 S. Pine St.), the event will include speeches from gun safety advocates like Whit Hall, Isabelle Elkins, LaKiesha Braggs and Wendell Griffen. Representatives from the Be SMART program will also be present to share information about the secure storage of firearms.
The Rep’s ‘Me and the Devil’ marries myth, misfortune and mirth

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Is “Me and the Devil,” the Arkansas Repertory Theatre’s latest production, a comedy or a drama? Good luck deciding. Like the best art, the play is uncategorizable, starting in the land of laughs and then drifting naturally into engrossing depth while never losing sight of its uproarious edge. Written and directed by Little Rock native Steve H.
Best bites of May

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Griffin Coop |Milo Strain |Daniel Grear

As May comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of the best restaurant dishes the Eat Arkansas team came across over the last month. Send us your favorite bites and food selfies from the last four weeks as we plan our June dining schedules. Honey chipotle sauce at Slader’s Alaskan Dumpling Co.After a last-minute invite to join a coworker for a night of trivia, I headed to Stone’s Throw Brewing and hoped they’d at least have a food truck outside where I could grab a bite.
Mutants of the Monster music festival starts Thursday

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

MUTANTS OF THE MONSTERTHURSDAY 6/5-SATURDAY 6/7. Downtown Little Rock. $80 weekend passes; $25-$30 per day.
9 new Arkansas properties added to National Register of Historic Places

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Nine properties in Arkansas — three homes, a club building, a university building, a downtown storefront, a bridge, a cemetery and a spring — have been newly added to the National Register of Historic Places, a program administered by the National Park Service that works to “identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archaeological resources.”Two of the properties — Gibson & Company’s Blue Star / Horizon Home (7012 Shamrock Drive) and the Robert H. and Martha Johnson House (5026 E.
SoMa Pride returns June 7

2 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

SOMA PRIDESATURDAY 6/7. SoMa. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Pride is important all of the time, but it feels especially vital in the aftermath of the biennial legislative session in Arkansas, which always seems to find a new way to victimize queer people. Thanks to SoMa Pride, which comes four months before the longer-running Central Arkansas Pride, you won’t have to wait as long to bridge the chasm between legislative hell and a public celebration of all things gay.
'Building on a foundation of excellence': Artistic director Steve H. Broadnax III gushes about The Rep's 2025 season

3 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

In February, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre named Steve H. Broadnax III as its permanent artistic director. Now, it’s officially time for the public to see the man in action. Like Ken-Matt Martin, who held Broadnax’s position in an interim capacity and is now The Rep’s producing director, Broadnax is both a native of Little Rock and a graduate of Parkview Arts and ScienceMagnet High School.
Ron Robinson Theater screens ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, ‘Casino,’ ‘Final Destination’ and more in June

3 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Combine the extra time contained in each extended version of the three “Lord of the Rings” films and you get a whopping 125 minutes, amounting to pretty much a fourth movie’s worth of additional material. If that registers to you as more exciting than excessive, the Peter Jackson-directed trilogy is screening in its unsullied entirety at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Ron Robinson Center in June, spread over three successive weekends.
Cinema I/O to screen 'The Evil Dead' (1981) with a twist on Saturday

3 weeks ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Join Cinema I/O, Little Rock’s “nomadic, non-profit microcinema,” for a special showing of Sam Raimi’s cult classic and directorial debut “The Evil Dead” (1981) in partnership with Madame Mae’s Horror Frights, a traveling group based in Wichita, Kansas, that programs all sorts of eccentric activities alongside beloved horror films.
Celebrate a year of sobriety with Punk Rock Ian at White Water Tavern on Friday

1 month ago | arktimes.com | Daniel Grear

Curious about what became of the long-unhoused Little Rock icon known as Punk Rock Ian? When we last spoke with Ian in August, he was preparing for a show benefitting his recovery journey at White Water Tavern with his band, Lords of Rock Bottom. “It’ll be the first time I’ve played sober in … ever,” he told the Arkansas Times, an accomplishment that came after struggling with addiction and living on the streets of Little Rock for “eight or nine years.” He hadn’t performed live in nearly a decade.