Arkansas Times

Smart Talk, Nov. 26

North Little Rock has been named a Bike Friendly Community by the League Of American Bicyclists.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Try substitution

Mike Ferguson in his letter Nov. 12 applauded Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s leaning toward opposition to a bill making it unlawful for private employers to discriminate against the hiring of homosexual or transgender applicants.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Arkansas-made stocking stuffers

It never fails. Come the holidays, there’s a scramble for what to do, what to cook -- and most importantly, what to give.

• by Kat Robinson
• Tags: Cover Stories, Feature Story

Trifles over truffles

Just by walking in to Park Hill Pantry, you can tell the owner, Robert Eaton, is in the Christmas spirit.

Bridge work

President Clinton announced in Little Rock last week that renovation of the Rock Island bridge in front of his library as a pedestrian link would begin in 2010.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

The Observer, Nov. 26

One of the biggest applause lines during former President Bill Clinton’s speech at a lunch celebrating the fifth anniversary of his presidential library began this way: “If they repealed the 22nd amendment and I could run for a third term as president ... .”

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Petit Jean Meats

Petit Jean ham, bacon, bologna, hot dogs ... these are a staple found in grocery stores, fridges and on menus across Arkansas in all seasons, not just the holidays.

• by Kat Robinson
• Tags: Cover Stories, Feature Story

Bear Kingdom Vineyard

On a rainy October afternoon, Dennis Kolb was working on a fresh batch of muscadine jelly, pouring in just the right amounts of juice from muscadines from the vineyards on his property and adding in sugar and such.

• by Kat Robinson
• Tags: Cover Stories, Feature Story

Touring the Delta

Shopping for specialty products from Arkansas’s Delta — what better place to find rice? — can be done from the comfort of your home computer, by going to www.arkansasdeltamade.com.

• by Kat Robinson
• Tags: Cover Stories, Feature Story

Nov. 18-24, 2009

It was a GOOD week for … HEALTH CARE. More than 1,000 volunteers turned out to staff a free medical clinic in Little Rock that served more than 1,000 people who couldn’t otherwise afford attention.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Words, Nov. 26

“BENTON — The former Shannon Hills police chief who has been fighting a sexual-assault conviction for five years has admitted to molesting a girl in exchange for a shorter prison sentence.”

• by Doug Smith

Senatorial politics

I have liked U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln ever since she barnstormed the First Congressional District in 1992 in a sound truck blaring “Pretty Woman.”

• by Max Brantley

A reformed health executive speaks

Wendell Potter became visibly emotional once in our nearly 90-minute visit. It happened when he talked about Nataline Sarkysian.

• by John Brummett

On top of their game

Honesty, courage and good sense are things you like to see in your elected officials, and don’t always.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Money talks to Blanche

That $3.3 million that the insurance companies and Republican groups spent on advertising the past few weeks trying to terrify Arkansas voters into making her stop health-insurance reform, Sen. Blanche Lincoln explained Saturday, was all wasted because she does not bend to political pressure, being guided solely by what is right for Arkansas.

• by Ernest Dumas

Grace, 2009

Thanks for the water tasting like fish so much of the time now. What’s up with that?

• by Bob Lancaster

A different star every week

The most amazing thing about our football team right now is that I can make it through this entire column without mentioning our most famous player by name.

Insane Clown Posse

For the uninitiated, the Insane Clown Posse is a contemporary, impossibly dumbed-down rap version of Alice Cooper.

• by Robert Bell

Young love

“An Education,” with its rare indefinite article-plus-unmodified noun title, softly portends a lesson learned.

• by Sam Eifling

In Brief, Nov. 26

Pickin’s are slim for all those anxious to escape the grip of family togetherness. Local R&B diva Nikki Parish headlines at Revolution, 9 p.m.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

The Televisionist, Nov. 26

When it comes to movies, you can’t do a lot better than the Godfather Trilogy.

• by David Koon

A&E News, Nov. 26

The schedule of the annual Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase has been finalized.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Ear Fear is here

So far this year, 607’s landed a song on MadDecent.com, one of the most influential DJ blogs in the indie world; appeared on a panel with industry bigwigs at Harvard Law School’s Black Law Student Association’s spring conference, and guest-starred in a Russian rap video.

To-Do List, Nov. 26

Hayes Carll, Brian Posehn, Thanks For The Laugh Comedy Tour, Big Silver / Love Ghost, Real Estate, Malcolm Holcombe and R. Kelly are this week's top picks.

• by Lindsey Millar

Not so standard fare

We noticed Santo Coyote going into the old Firefall Grill location a few weeks ago and the “Mexican Food and Tequila Bar” sign piqued our interest.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

What's Cookin', Nov. 26

SuAnn Scales Haupt is working towards opening Simply Seafood, a seafood import business on Ninth and Izard streets, in unused space at Capital Automotive, which her husband owns.

• by Arkansas Times Staff

Editorial Cartoon, Nov. 26

• by Mike Gauldin

Orval, Nov. 26

• by Tommy Durham

This Modern World, Nov. 26

• by Tom Tomorrow