Rich and Green: St. Francis County’s Musical Sons Few states or regions can lay claim to producing as much musical talent as Arkansas, especially that easternmost corridor where the soil is as rich as the souls of the men and women who walk and work it. Legends known ‘round the globe — like Johnny…
by Caleb Talley Exploring the lesser-known gems of east Arkansas. There’s much more than meets the eye Part 2 – The Lower Delta When American settlers arrived at the lower Arkansas Delta around 1800, they were confronted by a place marked by forbidding forests amongst threatening swamps, which they cleared and drained. They seized the opportunity…
By Caleb Talley Exploring the lesser-known gems of east Arkansas – there’s much more than meets the eye Part 1 of 2 – The Upper Delta It’s been said inside the halls of the state capitol and the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies: If we could just lose the Delta, Arkansas would be among the fastest-growing, most…
Baptist Health Senior Care Behavioral Health-Fort Smith, in collaboration with Musicians On Call, has added a “Music Pharmacy” to its group therapy sessions. Musicians On Call is a national nonprofit that gives patients access to the healing power of music. Mandy Kuykendall, a certified therapeutic recreation specialist, secured three Amazon Fire tablets with access to…
Torchy’s Tacos will soon open their first Arkansas restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Fayetteville. The Texas-based taco shop’s website cites the new location will be at 1561 W MLK Blvd., beside Andy’s Frozen Custard. The company recently received state health department approval for the restaurant. The restaurant has yet to announce an…
By Caleb Talley Few Arkansas cities enjoy the sort of history that abounds in nearly every direction in Eureka Springs. “Eccentric” may be a fitting description for this folk Victorian community, and it’s an adjective that the locals might even welcome. To understand, one needs only to step downtown … and back in time. Because to…
One of central Arkansas’ favorite restaurants has planted its flag in the heart of Fayetteville. Cheers at the Old Post Office, an iteration of Cheers in the Heights, officially opened on Friday, April 5, after months of anticipation. The restaurant, as the name suggests, is located in the former Fayetteville Post Office at 1 E.…
Little Rock native Dusty Hannahs, who played at the University of Arkansas from 2015 to 2017, signed a 10-day contract with the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies over the weekend. The contract guarantees Hannahs $47,371. Hannahs, 25, was called up from the G League Memphis Hustle, and played in Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers.…
They’re called by many names – crawdads, mudbugs, crayfish, crawfish. But on April 6, it won’t matter what you call them. This Saturday, the Ales & Tails crawfish and craft beer festival will be held in Fayetteville. “We think it will be a real fun time,” says event organizer Maudie Schmitt, owner of Cafe Rue Orleans in Fayetteville.…
By Caleb Talley Famed columnist George Will probably said it best when he said: “Baseball is a habit. The slowly rising crescendo of each game, the rhythm of the long season – these are the essentials, and they are remarkably unchanged over nearly a century and a half. Of how many American institutions can that…
