Arkansas Chinese Lantern Festival | Fayetteville | December 8 – January 14 Each night from 5:30 to 10 p.m. from December 8 to January 14, the Arkansas State Fairgrounds will be alight with more than 30 sets of larger-than-life light sculptures. And the event doesn’t just feature lanterns — in addition to the giant lit-from-within pandas, dragons…
It’s a new year, and for many of us, that means a new year’s resolution. Whatever you set out to do in 2018, the pages of AY’s January edition provides plenty of examples to follow. In a debut series, “Bankers Behind the Bank,” we get to meet some of the most enterprising individuals in Arkansas’…
By Mel White Mike Mills and his wife, Rhonda, live on the crest of a hilltop near the Newton County community of Ponca, where the view from their picture window surely must rank among the best in Arkansas. Their personal panorama takes in the Buffalo River’s legendary 500-foot-high Big Bluff and stretches eastward to mountains…
Everyone has to get away sometime, especially during the holiday season. AY Publisher Heather Baker recently visited Branson, Missouri for a quick vacation. Read on for her picks on where to stay, what to do and how to have a great time in Branson. If you visit the Silver Dollar City theme park for rides…
An Arkansas preacher and writer will be honored as the 2018 Woman of the Year at the Women & Children First Woman of the Year Gala in January. Rev. Betsy Singleton Snyder will join Phyllis Brandon, Cindy Murphy, Millie Ward, First Lady Ginger Beebe, Sharon Bale and more as a Woman of the Year. The…
Tickets for Disney’s Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King at Robinson Performance Hall went on sale this week. The Lion King will take the stage in Little Rock from April 18, 2018 until May 6, 2018, for a total of 24 performances. This will be the first time the show has come to Arkansas. The…
Laurie Jernigan appeared on Dr. Phil today to tell the talk show host about her teenage daughter’s disappearance. The episode was filmed earlier this week. Laurie spoke with Dr. Phil about the events that led up to Ebby Jane Steppach’s disappearance, Ebby’s last conversation with her brother, the mistakes that Laurie says the Little Rock…
Tickets for Brad Paisley’s Verizon Arena appearance go on sale at noon today. The Grammy Award-winning country star will stop in North Little Rock on his Weekend Warrior World Tour. The show starts at 7 p.m. on April 12, 2018. Paisley will be joined by country music artists Dustin Lynch, Chase Bryant and Lindsay Ell. Paisley…
South Arkansas Arts Center is thrilled to bring to the stage for the spring season Andrew Lloyd Weber’s musical production of the Hollywood classic, Sunset Boulevard. The play will open on March 2 and run through March 4, and also with showings on March 8, 9, and 11. Sunset Boulevard is sponsored by Teague Autogroup…
A Fayetteville family will compete in season five of ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight. The season premiere will air Monday at 8 p.m. Since 2003, the Stewart family has been putting up their Christmas lights to celebrate the season. They started with 3,000 lights and two inflatables and they now have more than 775,000…
