The Idle Class

17/12/2025

Corbin Pitts- Filmmaker/Actor will host the premiere of his debut feature GOOD TIME CHARLEY tonight at CALS Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock. We spoke with Pitts about how pulled off such a monumental task at such a young age. Read it here:

Arkansas filmmaker Corbin Pitts has never waited for permission. From launching his own production company at age eleven to spending his senior year of high school knocking on doors to fund his first feature, Pitts has made Good Time Charley the hard way and entirely on his own terms. Now, with the....

04/12/2025

Make your gift a work of art this Christmas with our Studio Paper Gift Wrap! Each purchase supports Arkansas artists. There's still time to order: https://shorturl.at/FmVl6

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29/11/2025

Shop local + wrap local this Christmas! We've launched a new gift wrap collab with artist Olivia Trimble. https://theidleclass.printify.me/

19/11/2024

Legendary actresses Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen spoke to a packed house at Crystal Bridges recently. If you missed it, has the scoop on our website. https://tinyurl.com/yc4jtkj9

Photos courtesy Tom McFetridge for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

13/11/2024

THIS WEEKEND: Eureka Springs School of the Arts is hosting their Veterans Appreciation Day workshops on Saturday. Classes include Clockmaking, Metal Sculpture & More. This event is free for those who served thanks to the Jim McCoy Veterans Fund. Get more info on our website: https://tinyurl.com/ESSAVets

01/11/2024

Today marks the start of Día de los Mu***os. Our recent Holidays Issue features Arkansans discussing the ways they honor the dead. Read it online here: https://tinyurl.com/2e27cdem

31/10/2024

It’s the last night to experience the mind-blowing immersive Halloween experience that is Nightmare on Block Street at Pinpoint. We chatted with proprietor Bo Counts about all the work that goes into this month-long extravaganza in our Holidays Issue. You can read that online here: https://tinyurl.com/2e27cdem

25/10/2024

Lovers of fiber arts should head down to Winslow this Saturday and Sunday for Fiber Fest at Ozark Folkways. Get all the details on our website.

http://idleclassmag.com/celebrate-fiber-arts-small-town-charm-ozark-folkways-fiber-fest/

21/10/2024

Blues prodigy Taj Farrant stopped by The Meteor Guitar Gallery in Bentonville recently. See what our reviewer had to say on our website.

http://idleclassmag.com/new-album-tour-teen-blues-star-taj-farrant/

16/10/2024

Last night, crime writer S.A. Cosby joined novelist Eli Cranor in conversation to a packed house at Wordsworth Books in Little Rock. Cosby is the author of “Blacktop Wasteland,” “Razorblade Tears” and “All the Sinners Bleed.”

Cosby will be speak tonight at 6 p.m. in room 300 of Pendergraft Library at Arkansas Tech. Admission is free.