Daniel Breen

In her career of 60-plus years in what she calls "the show rackets," Elizabeth Ashley has learned a thing or two. 

Speaking with Ashley, perched cross-legged on a leather couch in the Arkansas Rep green room, one becomes aware of her importance to the craft of acting. 

As the nation turned its attention to New Hampshire’s primary, voters in Arkansas were perfectly split between the two candidates in a Democratic runoff election for a vacant seat in the state House of Representatives.

Unofficial results show Joy Springer and Ryan Davis each received 372 votes in Tuesday’s runoff for House District 34, which encompasses parts of east, central and west Little Rock. The seat has been vacant since the death of longtime Democratic State Rep. John Walker in October 2019.

Pulaski County Election Commissioner Joshua Price said, as far as anyone can recall, this hasn’t happened before.

The Thea Foundation has been uplifting young artists in the Natural State for nearly 20 years. 

Now, the foundation is giving the (slightly) older generations a chance to show off what they've got. 

The Arkansas Arts Center is in the midst of a transformation, more than 80 years since it first opened. 

The museum in Little Rock's MacArthur Park has undergone eight additions in its lifetime, but its original core still stands. 

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. asked residents for their continued support and cooperation in his second State of the City address Thursday night, particularly in the form of approving a one-cent sales tax increase.

Scott, who made history in 2018 as Little Rock’s first popularly-elected black mayor, told the audience at the downtown headquarters of Heifer International the tax hike would fund infrastructure and early childhood education.

Elizabeth Eckford, who was one of nine black students to desegregate Little Rock's Central High School in 1957, recounted her experiences to a crowd Wednesday. She spoke in a lecture sponsored by the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators at Little Rock’s Statehouse Convention Center.

Brought on stage in a wheelchair by a ranger with the National Park Service, the 78-year-old Eckford was greeted by silent visual applause; a stark contrast to the chaos she endured as a member of the Little Rock Nine.

For nearly a decade, a gem of American art has been hidden in the landscape of the Ozarks.

Bentonville’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art cuts an unassuming figure at first. A squat façade sitting behind a glistening silver tree greets you as you round a circular drive, following a quick jaunt through the woods.

Sally Nixon is an expert at capturing the beauty of the mundane, and at times, the underappreciated. 

For being so unique and idiosyncratic, Nixon's works have a deeply personal, familiar feel to them.  You might recognize that overly-tanned grandpa from your trip to Miami Beach, or maybe you were once the little girl reading in a 1990s-era inflatable chair. 

We’re in the midst of awards season, and movies are naturally on the mind of many. But for Kathryn Tucker, film is always at the forefront.

Tucker founded the Arkansas Cinema Society in 2017 along with Little Rock-born film director Jeff Nichols. Since then, the ACS has been uplifting filmmakers in the Natural State through grants, public programs and screenings.

If you find yourself in Little Rock for the Holidays, you don't have to be the richest man in the world to revisit a Christmas classic. 

The story of George Bailey, his guardian angel Clarence, and all the inhabitants of Bedford Falls has become something of a holiday tradition for many. 

State regulators have voted not to increase restrictions surrounding the use of a controversial herbicide that has been blamed for widespread damage to crops and other plants.

Members of the Arkansas State Plant Board met Wednesday to discuss new proposed regulations on dicamba for the 2020 growing season. All but one member voted to not require farmers who use the chemical on genetically modified cotton and soybean fields to report spraying records and real-time GPS coordinates to an online database.

The state of the arts in Arkansas is good, and that’s been largely due to the efforts of the Arkansas Arts Council.

For more than 50 years, the council has been dedicated to supporting artists in the Natural State through grants, education and special events.

The 2019 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival has come and gone, and if you didn't make the trip to Spa City last month, we've got just the thing. 

UA Little Rock Public Radio's resident movie buff Sarah Kellogg is our guest this week, and breaks down some of the festival's 100 plus screenings. 

The worlds Matthew Castellano creates are full of color, activity, and intrigue. 

The south Florida native taught himself to draw, and hasn't stopped since. He's since moved into making prints, but continues to draw at a prolific pace. 

The return of the Little Rock School District to local control has been a controversial topic since the state took over the district almost five years ago. State officials say the outcome of an Oct. 10 meeting of the State Board of Education signals a return to local control of the district, but others disagree. 

What we know, after the marathon eight-hour meeting and roughly 350 pages of transcribed minutes, is that it's complicated.

Celeste Headlee has many titles: classically trained soprano, veteran public media journalist, and acclaimed author, to name a few. 

But to who she calls her favorite person in the world, she was just a granddaughter. 

The opera world has its fair share of stars, and one hails from right here in Little Rock. 

Kristin Lewis has graced the stage around the world, including at her Metropolitan Opera debut earlier in the year. She's world-renowned for her well-focused, majestic sound, particularly in her signature role leading Giuseppe Verdi's Aida.

This week on Arts Scene, a glimpse into the musical life of an unlikely opera singer. 

Listeners may know Florence Foster Jenkins from the 2016 movie of the same name, starring Meryl Streep. Jenkins graced the stage in early 20th Century New York, singing some of the greatest pieces of the vocal repertoire. 

On this week's Arts Scene, a spooky look at Ballet Arkansas's world-premiere season opener. 

The city's professional dance company is kicking off its 41st season with "Sleepy Hollow," an adaptation of Washington Irving's haunting tale of the Headless Horseman. 

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's 2019-2020 season is well underway, and it's the first under the leadership of ASO Associate Conductor and Interim Artistic Director Geoffrey Robson. 

He's had numerous roles since joining the symphony, directing the Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra and hosting his concert preview show At The Symphony on KLRE Classical 90.5. Now, we'll hear a full season of concerts programmed by Robson, along with input from various stakeholders.