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3 days ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
The Arkansas Cinema Society and film distributor A24 will offer a sneak preview of "Sorry, Baby," 6:30 p.m. June 18 at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 501 E. Ninth St., Little Rock. It's part of the society's Sneak Series. A young woman who has undergone a traumatic experience realizes, after "a beloved friend visits on the brink of a major milestone, ... just how stuck she's been, and begins to work through how to move forward," according to a news release.
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4 days ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
MUSICFlag Day celebrationLittle Rock Winds celebrates Flag Day a little early with a concert at 7 p.m. Sunday on the parade grounds behind the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, 503 E. Ninth St., in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park. Israel Getzov conducts a program of patriotic marches and popular American favorites. Admission is free; supply your own lawn chairs or a blanket.
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4 days ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
Rex's Restaurant, 1501 Main St., Little Rock, has instituted weekend brunch, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; the initial menu last weekend included chicken & waffle; maple Spam fried rice; a double smash burger with fried egg, onion, hollandaise, bacon ends and Cooper Sharp cheese; One Quiche to Rule Them All; a breakfast sandwich with bulgogi sausage, steamed egg, white onion, sharp cheddar and Sriracha ketchup on an English muffin; a tuna melt; and a spicy reuben.
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4 days ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
Steve H. Broadnax III certainly gives the devil his due. Broadnax, who recently donned the mantle of artistic director at Little Rock's Arkansas Repertory Theatre, shows off his playwriting and directing chops with the highly entertaining world-premiere of "Me and the Devil," onstage there through Sunday. The "play with music" is the opening show in the Rep's 2025 SummerStage season. The music is the blues.
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1 week ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
THEATER‘Prom’ premiereFour eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage and when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue — and themselves — in “The Prom” (music by Matthew Skylar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, book by Bob Marin & Chad Beguelin).
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1 week ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
The three "folds" of Little Rock's Three Fold Noodles and Dumpling Co. will remain noodles, dumplings and buns in the wake of an almost complete menu revamp that takes effect Thursday at its west Little Rock location, in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road. But all of it will continue to be made by hand and with considerable attention to authenticity and quality control. The type and/or presentation of the noodles, dumplings and buns is changing.
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1 week ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
THEATER‘Driving Miss Daisy’“Driving Miss Daisy” by Alfred Uhry is onstage through June 21 at Murry’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock. Leigh Anne Ralston plays the title role of the cantankerous, retired Jewish former Atlanta schoolteacher, with Brett Ihler as her son Boolie and Chris Straw as Hoke, the man Boolie hires to drive her after an accident raises her insurance rates so high she can’t afford to drive herself.
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2 weeks ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
THEATERUCA seasonThe University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances' 2025-26 Broadway Series opens with "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," a jukebox show based on the life and music of the woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n' Roll, 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in UCA's Reynolds Performance Hall, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. The rest of the series (except as noted, all shows 7 p.m. at Reynolds Performance Hall):◼️ Dec. 10: "Dolly Parton's Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol"◼️ Feb.
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2 weeks ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
And thus we come to the end of our monthlong journey across Central Arkansas to provide a listing for Sunday brunch establishments (with an occasional nod toward places that serve brunch on Saturdays). This week we venture north of the Arkansas River. (Someday, given the time and resources that aren't currently available, we may consider listings like these from the booming restaurant scenes in Conway, Benton and -- while we're dreaming -- maybe Hot Springs.
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2 weeks ago | 
nwaonline.com | Eric Harrison
Eric E. Harrison covers classical music, theater and restaurants for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He joined the then-Arkansas Democrat on the copy desk in June 1977 and served for 17 years (including the entirety of the newspaper war) as the paper's entertainment editor before taking on his current role as features reporter. He is also host of the weekly classical music show "Major and Minor Masterpieces" on public radio station KLRE-FM, 90.5.
