Arkansas Times Rock Candy

03/17/2025

Killed at age 44 by a gunshot fired by his fiancee’s brother, Arkansas painter Dewitt Jordan left a complicated legacy. A documentarian of the lives of rural Black people, he was willing to paint the past even when it made some viewers uncomfortable.

Killed at age 44 by a gunshot fired by his fiancee’s brother, Arkansas painter Dewitt Jordan left a complicated legacy. A documentarian of the lives of rural Black people, he was willing to paint the past even when it made some Black viewers uncomfortable.

03/14/2025

Arkansas native singer-songwriter Chris Maxwell co-created the score for a New Yorker short film, "Happy to Help You," which stars Amy Sedaris.

03/14/2025

Get tickets for Valley of the Vapors, and check out these songs by the artists set to play.

03/13/2025

Taking seriously the friendship of two women living in New York and navigating young adulthood at a time when such a thing wasn’t necessarily considered worthy of depiction, it’s easy to see the influence of “Girlfriends” on future cinema.

03/12/2025

Valley of the Vapors, the raddest and most genre-fluid independent music festival in Arkansas, kicks off on Friday in Hot Springs.

After a few years of sometimes picturesque, sometimes frigid programming at Cedar Glades Park, Valley of the Vapors, arguably the state's raddest and most genre-fluid independent music festival, is returning indoors.

03/12/2025

One of the most iconic characters in children’s or any other literature, Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat,” will come to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts stage beginning Saturday.

One of the most iconic characters in children’s or any other literature, Dr. Seuss’s “The Cat in the Hat,” will come to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts stage beginning Saturday.

03/12/2025

The First Ever 22nd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade takes place Monday in downtown Hot Springs.

03/12/2025

“I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning,” Bright Eyes’ modern classic, turns 20 this year. Seems like as good a time as any to your angst on.

“I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning,” Bright Eyes' modern classic, turns 20 this year.

03/10/2025

Possessing not one but two equally gnarly lead vocalists and a pair of guitar players who aren’t afraid to solo in epic harmony, Little Rock’s Rwake has a sound that can “swallow universes,” in the words of Stereogum.

Possessing not one but two equally gnarly lead vocalists and a pair of guitar players who aren’t afraid to solo in epic harmony, Little Rock's Rwake has a sound that can “swallow universes,” in the words of Stereogum.

03/10/2025

Silas Carpenter may only be 18 years old, but his uncommonly frank songs — and the wisdom with which he describes them — make it easy to forget he’s just a teenager.

Silas Carpenter may only be 18 years old, but his uncommonly frank songs — and the wisdom with which he describes them — make it easy to forget he's just a teenager.

03/07/2025

Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter and composer Randy Brecker has lent his breath to a few of the most iconic artists of the past 50 years.

03/06/2025

Billed as one of the world’s top Irish dance shows, “A Taste of Ireland” brings its roster of international dance champions to Arkansas in March for two performances in Little Rock and Fayetteville.

Billed as one of the world's top Irish dance shows, "A Taste of Ireland" brings its roster of international dance champions to Arkansas in March for two performances in Little Rock and Fayetteville.