By Dwain Hebda “Unfortunately, I could not sing.” So begins Kathryn Tucker’s tale of life in the arts. The veteran director and producer of film and television, who’s worked at the elbow of some of the giants of the business, found early the trailhead of her career at her hometown Arkansas Arts Center…
In times like these, what we crave most are things that time cannot change. The moments we can steal from under Father Time’s nose and, freezing all technology, we hold it in our hands, soak up and smell and taste. That unmistakable scent of a newborn; the racing pulse of first love; freedom and joy…
Arkansas’ health care landscape, like that of the industry across the country and around the world, has been fundamentally changed by COVID-19. From small-town hospitals and rural clinics to the state’s largest and most comprehensive health systems, the people, technology and systems that keep us healthy have been tested to the core by the events…
As a species, the shopping mall is in trouble. Battered by years of changing consumer behavior and strafed by the public’s fears over COVID-19, the once-gleaming beacon of social interaction and commercial enterprise is free-falling, flirting with extinction. Coresight Research predicted last summer that the U.S. would see as many as 25,000 stores…
The frigid February weather dumping inches of snow amid dangerously cold temperatures have presented stiff challenges to Little Rock’s homeless services providers. But thanks to the vision of Little Rock homeless advocacy group The Van and the facilities of the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, many destitute residents found themselves warm and safe. And city officials are…
After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions, Endure the Dirt 5K obstacle race will once again challenge adventure runners while supporting a good cause. This year’s event is slated for March 13, starting at 8 a.m. outside Mack’s Prairie Wings in Stuttgart. “Because of COVID, we are doing different groups, and everybody will have…
For a walking, talking piece of El Dorado history, Mayor Veronica Smith-Creer sure sounds like a normal person. Caught between appointments, she apologizes for conducting an interview from the drive-through lane at the local Burger King. Her Honor hasn’t yet had lunch, and the day is growing late. In between her upbeat answers…
by Dwain Hebda Lance Carpenter didn’t catch the “go” sign from the bartender following a Nashville set once, and the oversight put him right in the path of a barfly who’d been laying for him all night. What followed next still cracks up the Ozark-born singer-songwriter. “I was playing The Commodore (bar), and I…
by Dwain Hebda At the distal end of Little Rock’s Rivermarket — two doors down from the highway bridge where the neighborhood yawns into green space surrounding the Clinton Presidential Library — a warm breeze plays about the star-studded night. A mere half-block east from the enveloping neon and noise of the tourist district, the…
America in a Bowl: The Saga of America’s Favorite Comfort Food Being a nation of immigrants, there are very few things culinary that America has not borrowed and thrown into the great melting pot that is our culture. This comes with the territory of being a relative whippersnapper among world powers and other countries around the globe.…
