Few phrases from modern popular-culture resonate as well as this line from 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises: “A hero can be anyone, even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat on a young boy’s shoulders to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.” In the film, it was climactic…
The 2016 drama Hidden Figures really opened a lot of American eyes to a side of history that for a long time remained untold, that women — specifically, Black women — were behind some of the historic technological achievements of the previous century. This particular film (based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly) tells…
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…
The name and face of Donna Terrell has become one of the most recognizable in all of Arkansas media, her stature stretching far beyond the FOX16 viewing range to all four corners of the state. But, despite the ease and grace with which she carries herself, her arrival to this mountaintop did not come easily.…
Dillard’s Inc. is launching a new dress collection, designed by New York-based team Alex and Michael Toccin, the minds behind Toccin NY. Entitled LDT, this exclusive line will be featured at 100 Dillard’s stores and on its online store. Dresses will be available in sizes 0 through 14 with the possibility of extended sizing…
Five minutes before the flames, I was driving our 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan home from work on Interstate 630 in Little Rock. Five hours earlier, I had been one of about a dozen vehicles inching through the drive-thru at McDonald’s. One day earlier, that minivan pulled a U-Haul to Fayetteville, jam-packed with all…
On Jan. 25, the Division of Arkansas Heritage announced the finalists for this year’s class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Now in its fifth year, the program was created in 2016 to recognize and dignify the legends of the state’s food scene with this highest honor. The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame…
Hollywood stars are walking among us. John Malkovich and Shane West have been spotted filming in Little Rock. The pair are reportedly filming parts for a new film entitled, “The Chariot.” KATV reports that there was filming happening at the Little Rock Regional Chamber over the weekend. In addition, sources tell us that…
Looking for that next great read? AY has you covered. Joe David Rice, our resident Arkansas expert and travel editor, has written his first novel, An Undercurrent of Murder: A Randy Lassiter & Leslie Carlisle Mystery. Set in the Ozark Mountains, the novel centers on Randy Lassiter and his brother-in-law Dr. Gib Yarberry, who…
Haag Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development has set its sights on redeveloping the formerly known Indian Mall in Jonesboro through a collaboration titled the “Uptown Project.” This project is aimed to bring new activity to the city of Jonesboro while replacing high-demand stores. “The two huge gaps that stuck out for the entire…
