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June 01, 2009 @ 12:00pm CDT, by Angela E. Thomas • Photograph courtesy of Margaret Benson
 During the winter 2007, Charlotte and Craig Benson noticed their daughter Christiane seemed to have trouble seeing. There was a routine vision screening at Christiane’s school and [officials there] said she was having problems with her vision. “That’s what started the odyssey,” Craig Benson said. An optometrist determined lenses could not correct Christiane’s problem; he sent them to a neurologist. “That dialed up the intensity — immediately,” Benson said. “Initially, they didn’t find anything. She had an MRI, and nothing was irregular.” |
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June 01, 2009 @ 12:00pm CDT, by Angela E. Thomas • Photograph by Paul La Raia
 This month, one of rock 'n' roll's pillars Levon Helm comes back to the Natural State. The 12-piece Levon Helm Band will play at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Ark., June 18 and Wildwood Park for the Arts, June 20, in Little Rock, Arkansas. |
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June 01, 2009 @ 12:00pm CDT, by Angela E. Thomas
 Once again, we’re teaming up with the Big League of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas (BBBSCA) and Alice 107.7 to bring you a rockin’ good time and to raise money for the more than 800 boys and girls served by BBBSCA. |
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May 01, 2009 @ 02:27pm CDT, by Tracy Courage
 Johnson Baker’s angel looks out from above the mantle and across the golden-hued living room of the Little Rock home he shares with his wife Karen. The oil-on-canvas painting titled “Cascade Angel” is an impressionistic compilation of delicate brushstrokes of white against bold blues reminiscent of a waterfall. Of all the paintings she has kept, the angel is Karen’s favorite — partly because it reminds her of her husband’s zest for life and of the power of art to transform. Baker, who has lived with Alzheimer’s disease for the past 16 years, painted the angel in 1994, just a few months after his diagnosis at age 54. A successful urology surgeon, Baker retired from his 25-year medical career the next day.
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May 01, 2009 @ 01:18pm CDT, by Amy Bowers
 When making a film, there is so much that goes on behind the scenes — unbeknownst to the viewer. In Arkansas of late, there’s been quite a bit of behind-the-scenes activity to promote our own film industry. Film production can be a major boost for a state’s economy, and many are working hard to ensure The Natural State gets a piece of the pie.
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