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Potlikker Film Festival coming to Bentonville
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:51 am
Posted on 7/28/14 at 9:51 am
Food! Beer! Bluegrass! Films, too!
The Southern Foodways Alliance, a non-profit based at Ole Miss' Center for the Study of Southern Culture that studies the culture of food in the South, is collaborating with chef Matt McClure (21c Museum Hotel) to host the Bentonville Potlikker Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9. The celebration of Southern cooking will include food-films by Joe York, "Fish Ribs in Little Rock," about the Lassis Inn, and "Ovens are for Pies," about McClard's Barbecue, will feed the mind and Arkansas chefs McClure, Matt Bell (South on Main) and Travis McConnell (Butcher and Public), using groceries from Arkansas growers Falling Sky Farm, Armstead Mountain Farm, Cedar Creek Farms and Rios Family Farm will feed the bellies.
York, you may remember, made the films about Dallas Bump ("Bump") and Violet Hensley ("74 Fiddles") for the Arkansas Made Film Living Treasure Series. Foodies know and love the chefs. Ozark Beer Co. and Mountain Valley Spring Water will make sure no one goes thirsty. Foley's Van bluegrass will make sure everyone is merry. For $75 (includes everything), you can't go wrong, especially since you can go to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art pre-festival (here's what's happening at CBMAA that day).
The Southern Foodways Alliance has held Potlikker film fests across the South since 2007; this is a first for Arkansas. The festival will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 21c Museum's restaurant and bar The Hive (200 NE A St., Bentonville).
If you're not familiar with the Southern Foodways Alliance, well ... you should be. Based in Oxford, Miss., the SFA is an association of more than 800 really cool people who are engaged in the mission to document, protect and celebrate the food heritage of the American South.
Academics, chefs and food aficionados work together to produce films, stage conferences and compile collections of food-based literature. The Atlantic Monthly called the SFA "this country's most intellectually engaged food society."
About the Southern Foodways Alliance: The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the changing American South. We set a common table where black and white, rich and poor — all who gather — may consider our history and our future in a spirit of reconciliation.
A member-supported non-profit, based at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, we stage symposia, produce documentary films, collect oral histories, sponsor scholarship, mentor students, and publish great writing. Donations from generous individuals, foundations, and companies fund our good work.
Tickets are priced at $75 and include food, film and drink.
Looking forward to making the trip up there for this. Interested in watching the films about Little Rock's famous Lassis Inn, McClards and drink a few beers. Not sure when the Potlikker will make it back to Arkansas, so I don't want to miss out on this one.
Eat local, eat fresh
The Southern Foodways Alliance, a non-profit based at Ole Miss' Center for the Study of Southern Culture that studies the culture of food in the South, is collaborating with chef Matt McClure (21c Museum Hotel) to host the Bentonville Potlikker Film Festival on Saturday, Aug. 9. The celebration of Southern cooking will include food-films by Joe York, "Fish Ribs in Little Rock," about the Lassis Inn, and "Ovens are for Pies," about McClard's Barbecue, will feed the mind and Arkansas chefs McClure, Matt Bell (South on Main) and Travis McConnell (Butcher and Public), using groceries from Arkansas growers Falling Sky Farm, Armstead Mountain Farm, Cedar Creek Farms and Rios Family Farm will feed the bellies.
York, you may remember, made the films about Dallas Bump ("Bump") and Violet Hensley ("74 Fiddles") for the Arkansas Made Film Living Treasure Series. Foodies know and love the chefs. Ozark Beer Co. and Mountain Valley Spring Water will make sure no one goes thirsty. Foley's Van bluegrass will make sure everyone is merry. For $75 (includes everything), you can't go wrong, especially since you can go to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art pre-festival (here's what's happening at CBMAA that day).
The Southern Foodways Alliance has held Potlikker film fests across the South since 2007; this is a first for Arkansas. The festival will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 21c Museum's restaurant and bar The Hive (200 NE A St., Bentonville).
If you're not familiar with the Southern Foodways Alliance, well ... you should be. Based in Oxford, Miss., the SFA is an association of more than 800 really cool people who are engaged in the mission to document, protect and celebrate the food heritage of the American South.
Academics, chefs and food aficionados work together to produce films, stage conferences and compile collections of food-based literature. The Atlantic Monthly called the SFA "this country's most intellectually engaged food society."
About the Southern Foodways Alliance: The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the changing American South. We set a common table where black and white, rich and poor — all who gather — may consider our history and our future in a spirit of reconciliation.
A member-supported non-profit, based at the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, we stage symposia, produce documentary films, collect oral histories, sponsor scholarship, mentor students, and publish great writing. Donations from generous individuals, foundations, and companies fund our good work.
Tickets are priced at $75 and include food, film and drink.
Looking forward to making the trip up there for this. Interested in watching the films about Little Rock's famous Lassis Inn, McClards and drink a few beers. Not sure when the Potlikker will make it back to Arkansas, so I don't want to miss out on this one.
Eat local, eat fresh
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:14 am to Pigfeet
Over/Under on NWA yuppie/hipsters attending this festival wearing these: 47
I'll take the Over. Please snap cell phone pics of these douchebags while your there....... and post them for us to mock and ridicule. Thanks in advance.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:39 am to Pigfeet
How sad is it that Little Rock can't even host a festival that it is being featured in?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 11:13 am to I Ham That I Ham
How is LR being featured? Lassis Inn is just one of the restaurants in the films being shown.
Plus, Little Rock has a pretty busy schedule already for that day.
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Plus, Little Rock has a pretty busy schedule already for that day.
Dale Chihuly Glass Exhibit
The Clinton Center presents the artwork of renowned American artists Dale Chihuly. Born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1941
Susan Paulsen: Wilmot exhibition
Susan Paulsen’s evocative visual poetry comes to the Arkansas Arts Center in the form of 71 photographs and two wall-sized assemblies of photographic prints that she took in Wilmot, Arkansas, between 1995 and 2012
56th Annual Delta Exhibition
This exhibition has grown to encompass works in all media and is a showcase for the dynamic vision of the artists of the Mississippi Delta region.
Historic Arkansas Museum: “So What!” It’s The Least I Can Do
features Little Rock artist Ray Wittenberg’s large-scale paintings which explore a turn away from the conjuring marks of expression toward a search for pictorial simplicity.
Shakespeare at the Shelter
Join us for an evening of theater courtesy of Our House and, of course, some of the Bard’s most iconic works!
Yoga on the River
This is a wonderful class to learn the art of vinyasa yoga. It gives beginners and athletes the ability to increase cardio, strength and spirit.
The 40th Annual Little Rock Farmers' Market
Patronized by locals and tourists alike, the Farmers’ Market has served as a seasonal institution and local destination favorite for four decades.
Historic Neighborhoods Tour
Discover Little Rock’s rich, colorful history as we parade through quiet tree lined streets, city parks, and historic places on this 3 hour bicycle tour through the City.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 11:29 am to Pigfeet
A film featuring a LR restaurant is being shown. The festival organizers had the sense not to hold it there though. Good move, Potlikker
Posted on 7/28/14 at 1:36 pm to Pigfeet
Is it just me, or is this board kind of a bitchfest lately?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 2:11 pm to The Sultan of Swine
A little grit in the slits.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 3:16 pm to Pigfeet
I was about to post "Beer!" but then I saw you posted that.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 3:19 pm to The Sultan of Swine
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Is it just me, or is this board kind of a bitchfest lately?
I think everybody is just ready for football, we can all agree on that.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 3:19 pm to The Sultan of Swine
It's been a slow summer so the family starts picking on each other
Posted on 7/28/14 at 3:36 pm to FleaMarketBill
I have provided good content regarding the Capital City and NWA. Don't see any harm in that.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 5:47 am to Pigfeet
My son's playing football in Oxford that weekend or I'd enjoy that.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:34 am to SLC
We might make the trip up. I haven't actually gotten to see Crystal Bridges yet, so that would kill two birds with one stone.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:37 am to Miz Piggy
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I haven't actually gotten to see Crystal Bridges yet
same here, looking forward to both. Plus, getting to try the food at The Hive.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 9:39 am
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:40 am to Pigfeet
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Plus, getting to try the food at The Hive.
Yeah, I've eaten at SOM & P&B (well, his stall in the Bernice Garden Market) quite a few times. The Hive has been on my list.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:20 am to Miz Piggy
I'll be curious to hear your reactions. I've eaten at the Hive on three or four occasions and been pretty underwhelmed each time. I mean, it's okay, but it's not fantastic, imo.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:56 am to hogfly
Granted, it was only one experience, but that's how I felt when I went to James at the Mill. It was good, but after hearing about it for so many years, I was expecting to have my socks blown off. The decor was downright ugly, too.
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