Fall is loaded with great food events, one of those is the Thea Blue Plate Special (previously the Governor’s Culinary Challenge) next Monday, October 17th at the Capital Hotel. The event features 10 chefs, 2 mixologist, and a handful of people from the media including myself to help serve up food. This year the Thea …
We hope you’re ready to do some serious eating. Thanks to these four words – The Arkansas Cornbread Festival – you’ll be enjoying a ton of the Southern staple later this month. This year the SOMA festival will be bigger and better than ever. On Saturday Oct. 29 the sixth installation of this outdoor event …
Arkansas Cornbread Festival Brings Bread And New Writing Competition Read More »
This time of year is a whirlwind of activity – from fall festivals and specialty dinners, to charity events and parties – it’s easy to miss something notable if you’re not careful. That’s why it’s good practice to plan and choose when this time of year rolls around – and we’ve got one event that …
Thea's Blue Plate Special Brings Chefs Together to Support Arts for Local Youth Read More »
When kBird owner and Thai food apostle Richard Glasgow announced a series of three ticketed dinner events featuring food from Northern Thailand, it didn’t take long for Little Rock’s food community to respond. The tickets went on sale at 2 p.m. one Friday, and before 4 p.m. were exhausted. That’s because food lovers in town …
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It was not so long ago that you had a choice to make. You could eat a good meal, or you could head out and listen to good music, usually over a crummy meal if anything. The past few years have brought a revival in the local music scene with more quality restaurants getting in …
SŌ Restaurant Brings Good Local Music To Their Cellar Read More »
Saline County is not typically the first place that comes to mind when looking for a growing local artisan scene. The Little Rock suburbs quickly fell behind the resurgence of local art and food that has taken place over the past decade, instead being a hub for chain restaurants and mass manufactured art. One city …
Food competition shows have been a popular draw for the last decade or so. There is of course the inherent drama of competitors going mano a mano, and when you add to that the fact that everybody likes eating, it’s easy to see why these competitions resonate with so many people. Even Little Rock’s own …
Second Annual Cocktail Competition Coming This Friday Read More »
It is no secret, we love food trucks. Over the past three years we have put together our annual, and now monthly, food truck events in Bryant. So now we decided to take the truck experience a step further this month at our July 20th food truck event. The cooking abilities of many of the …
Have a One of a Kind Food Truck Experience with Rock City Eats Read More »
Every year hundreds of kids ages 9 and up descend on Little Rock’s restaurant scene. No, they are not child labor, they are part of the amazing culinary camp put on each year by the Clinton Presidential Center. The camp takes kids through a four-year journey to teach cooking skills and introduce them to the …
Kids Shine at The Clinton Presidential Center's Culinary Camp Read More »
Welcome to local canvas, our monthly roundup of who is playing, painting, and other events happening in the local art and music scene. On view right now until August 27, is the Schools Out Exhibition at the Butler Center. The exhibition features work in various media from K-12 student artists from across the state. The …