Fall is finally here and with that comes cooler temperatures and a desire to see nature. Arkansas is blessed with an abundance of nature as that Natural State nickname is earned, not given. Here, 56 percent of the state, or 19 million acres, is forest, according to a 2015 survey issued by the Arkansas Farm…
AY About You Magazine has your complete guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This weekend, go see the Zak Brown Band the Spa City Rocktober Music Festival and more. Around Little Rock Friday 10/25 Funkanites 70’s Soul Cover-UP/ White Water Tavern 2500 W 7th St. / 9:00/ $10 Arkansas’ favorite eight-piece Afrobeat, soul, and funk ensemble, the…
by Joe David Rice // Photo courtesy of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Arkansas has a mixed record when it comes to native birds. The enormous flocks of passenger pigeons and Carolina parakeets which literally darkened Arkansas skies were extirpated years ago, and the fate of the ivory-billed woodpecker remains unknown. Yet the populations…
by Janie Jones On the night Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch and Michael Moore went missing, a search party looked for them in a forested area of West Memphis known as Robin Hood Hills. Among the searchers were Christopher’s teenage half-brother, Ryan Clark, and three of Clark’s friends. As they approached a water-filled ditch that…
by Angela Forsyth Two local agencies are bringing much-needed support to Alzheimer’s patients and their families. In light of November being Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, there have been events, benefits and walks across the nation, but these two organizations make fighting this terrible disease their mission all year long. One is the Arkansas Chapter of…
by Evin Demirel On a Friday morning, a group of men and women sit on chairs in a physical therapy room at the VA Medical Center in Fayetteville. Each veteran faces forward, resting their socked feet on rectangular purple and blue mats. At the front of a class, a 72-year-old man with shaggy white…
by Adena J. White | Photos courtesy of the Conway Chamber of Commerce Taking place each year in downtown Conway, Chick-fil-A Illuminate is a high-energy kickoff to the holiday season. More than 2,000 people gather to light the state’s tallest Christmas tree, tour downtown Conway via horse-drawn carriages, visit Santa, or ride a four-story…
by Dustin Jayroe One of Conway’s favorite events is here, once again, formally stamping the shift of the season. The crops of holiday merchandise might find its way into department stores earlier and earlier every year, but it’s not officially Christmas for Conway until Dazzle Daze arrives. Dazzle Daze is an annual shopping extravaganza…
by Dustin Jayroe One could argue that cities are made, and broken, by their downtown atmospheres. And amidst the pulls for expansion here, something new there, many city leaders tug to hold dear a certain essence, a core of what was amongst what is — a historic downtown. In Conway, that broadening yet binding…
by Dustin Jayroe On the bend of I-40’s elbow sits the city of Conway. To its east flows the Arkansas River. To the north winds the Highway 65 trail to Branson. To the south sits its namesake lake. At its heart, baseball? It is no small feat, establishing oneself as a haven for…
