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Flowers and Dirt headline tonight’s Local Live at South on Main

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llsom f and dTonight at 7:30, this week’s installment of the Local Live concert series features Flowers and Dirt!

Presented by the Oxford American magazine, Local Live showcases the best of local and regional music talent and is always free and open to the public. Call ahead to South on Main to make your reservations and ensure a table: (501) 244-9660. Local Live is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Ben and Jane Hunt Meade.

The rural ingredients of Amy Garland’s songs create less of the musical gumbo typical of the southern half of her native Louisiana than a slow-cooked stew. Raised in rural Webster Parish, she blends folk, R&B, bluegrass, pop, and country into what one would expect from an artist raised on a cattle farm in the woods of north Louisiana.

Mark Currey is a Little Rock singer-songwriter whose roots run through North Texas and Southeast Arkansas. Inspired by roots rock, classic country, folk and americana music as well as southern gothic literature, Mark is a storyteller searching for a honest expression of his own southern voice. Currey has shared the stage with artists such as Billy Joe Shaver, Todd Snider, Wanda Jackson, Amanda Shires, David Olney, and Lilly Hiatt.

Trey Johnson mixes a blend of blues, folk, and country music into a cornbread salad that is all his own.

Trey Johnson and Dave Almond are featured at South on Main for Local Live tonight

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trey_johnson_cropped.jpg.190x140_q60_cropJoin the Oxford American magazine and Landers FIAT of Benton for this week’s Local Live free concert at South on Main! Guitarists Trey Johnson and Dave Almond are the featured act this week, performing a duo of original and classic blues material. Call ahead at 501-244-9660 to guarantee your seat for this popular series!

Dave Almond (Hope, AR) and Trey Johnson (Prescott, AR) bring country blues and Southern Soul to South on Main! Stomp and Holler music at its finest.

HAPPY VALLEY documentary opens 2014 Little Rock Film Festival

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lrff_logo-backgroundHappy Valley by Amir Bar-Lev (My Kid Could Paint That, The Fighter, The Tillman Story) will be the opening film for the 2014 Little Rock Film Festival.

The screening takes place tonight at 7:30 pm at the CALS Ron Robinson Theater.  Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev will be in attendance.

The town of State College, home to Penn State University, lies at the heart of an area known as Happy Valley. Its iconic figure for more than 40 years Joe Paterno, the head coach of the school’s football team, took on mythic national stature as ‘Saint Joe.’ But in November 2011, everything came crashing down when former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with child sex abuse. Filmed over the course of the year after Sandusky’s arrest, Amir Bar-Lev creates a parable of guilt, responsibility, and identity for a small town caught in the glare of the national spotlight.
Free to Gold Pass Holders. All other pass holders (Silver and Bronze) need a seperate ticket to this event. A limited number of individual tickets available.

Following the film, in and around the CALS Ron Robinson Theater, the Little Rock Film Festival 2014 Kickoff Party will take place. Gold, Sponsor and Filmmaker Passes will be admitted. Food by The Fold and music by Trey Johnson.

The Little Rock Film Festival runs through Sunday, May 18 in downtown Little Rock. For more information and tickets, visit their website.