Workers at Arkansas Children’s were treated to a surprise last week when 222 boxes of pizza from Damgoode Pies and U.S. Pizza Co. showed up on the hospital’s doorstep. And while plenty of local businesses have been responsible for donating meals to medical workers during this pandemic, the name on the card for this special…
As we enter another month plagued with the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing and numerous closures, we are in increasing need of good news and events that can safely jostle our spirits. For us at AY About You, there are few better than lifting a longing gaze up at the heavens. Fortunately, the stars rarely…
As much has been made of the financial impacts that the spread of COVID-19 has caused, another important aspect of this historic moment in time should not be forgotten: The connection between the novel coronavirus and mental health. This is not to say that the symptoms of the virus itself have any effect on…
Over the past few weeks, COVID-19 has been spreading rapidly across the country and here at home in Arkansas. To combat the virus through isolation, local and federal leadership have enacted significant social distancing measures in an effort to flatten the curve of the pandemic’s outbreak and save lives. But these precautionary measures have…
By Dustin Jayroe // Photos By Jamison Mosley A trip over to Congregation B’nai Israel in Little Rock, a Jewish temple of Reform classification, outside of worship hours is met with strict gatekeeping. The doors, locked, and a press on the doorbell prompts a distant voice to intercom an inquiry of your business here.…
By Dustin Jayroe // Photos By Jamison Mosley The clock strikes the top of the hour. Lights dim and a curtain of silence envelops the hundreds of seated attendance, each with eyes locked on a stage filled now with only silhouettes. After a few longing moments of lull pass, a single guitar riff pierces…
By Dustin Jayroe / Photos Courtesy of Keep Arkansas Beautiful The slogan, “the Natural State,” has long been the descriptor for the state of Arkansas. It’s simple and concise, but also bigger than itself. Our many lakes and rivers, mountains and valleys, all flow through those three words, each contributing to the life cycle…
The readers of AY About You have made their voices heard in a record-setting way this month, casting more than 145,000 votes on the annual AY’s Best Of competition. Now, the voting “booths” have closed, and the only thing left is tallying the results. Thousands of preliminary votes were tallied up in February which…
A Little Rock monument of more than 30 years is set to expire. The Little Rock Club will close permanently on March 31. The announcement of the decision to close came on Friday in a message to the club’s membership, sent from president Ray Dillon. “It is with deep regret that I announce…
As the cases of the novel coronavirus continue to rise in Arkansas and around the country, the roots to our slippers and couches plunge deeper. We’re stocked up on food and toiletries. We’re taking the necessary precautions with social distancing, looking out for ourselves and our neighbors. But, selfishly, we’re also a little bored. …
