While Fayetteville has attracted beer lovers for years, nano-breweries are now popping up in northern Arkansas. “We’ve got something of a craft beer center developing in our neck of woods,” says Jason Aamodt, owner and head brewer at Norfork Brewing Company. “On the border at Missouri, you have Wages Brewery, then in Pontiac, there’s Lake Bums Brewery.…
This Friday, Steve Martin and Martin Short are bringing their comedic and musical talent to Arkansas! Come see the legends as they bring their “An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life” tour to Verizon Arena. The performance will feature live music, stand-up comedy, film clips, and the two conversing about their…
By Joe David Rice I suspect we’ve all had at least one of those “Gosh, why didn’t I think of that” moments when a clever invention transforms ordinary people into multi-millionaires. That was my reaction when I first heard about Aromatique, the business birthed in the kitchen of Patti Upton’s lake house that has generated…
By Tracy Courage Estate planning helps protect our financial assets after we die, but it’s also a tool for protecting ourselves while we’re alive. A basic will can take care of getting your assets to the right beneficiaries after you die. But what if you become incapacitated? Someone is going to make decisions about your…
By Janie Jones The Shady Valley subdivision is a peaceful, well-to-do neighborhood in western Conway. It’s not the type of place one would expect to be visited by violence, and yet on a sweetly fragrant weekend in the spring of 2002, it became the site of a double homicide. Carter Elliott, 48, was a prominent…
By Tyler Hale The holiday season is upon us, with merry songs filling the air, the excitement of young children waiting for Christmas Day and the promise of the New Year just around the corner. While the Christmas holiday is often considered the happiest time of the year, with its connection to gifts, feasts and…
By Rebecca Ward, MSW, LCSW Life was moseying along without much ado in early October until I went into a store that had full Christmas regalia displayed throughout most of its space. That very day I had just hung my autumnal colored wreaths on my front door, pretty happy with myself for my promptness. Seeing…
Christmas joy is in the air, and soon, Christmas music will be too! The Festival of Senses art series is presenting a program of Christmas music in December that will have you in the holiday spirit in no time. ARmusica performers Julie Cheek (piano) and Andrew Irvin (violin) will lead a program of vocal and instrumental Christmas…
