‘Creative Roots’: Arts & The Park Returns to Hot Springs Hot Springs has long been applauded for its efforts in the arts community. Combining arts and the outdoors, Arts & The Park is back for another year, with the theme of “Creative Roots” and plentiful opportunities to experience all genres of art. According…
Howlin’ for the Zoo: New Looks, New Faces and Wild Wines Bigger, better and best are what’s in store this year for Arkansas’ beloved family attraction, the Little Rock Zoo. After a record-setting year in 2021, the zoo has set its sights on making 2022 the best year yet. “2021 was a fantastic…
Amber Straughn’s Flight From Bee Branch to One of the Biggest Space Missions in History Growing up on a farm led Dr. Amber Straughn to NASA. That’s not hyperbole or romanticism; she proudly says it herself. Her roots on the family pig and cattle farm in rural Arkansas — a place far from the…
Arkansas child actress Hendrix Yancey has been cast in a main role for Peacock’s new true-crime series, A Friend of the Family. The news was first reported by Variety. The show is based on the true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter, Jan, was kidnapped multiples times over a period of years by…
This Side of Seven: The Test In school, tests are scheduled. You know what to study, you strive to understand the material, you know when you’ll be tested, and then you get the chance to show off (hopefully) how much you have learned. In life, tests are often pop quizzes. For example,…
Catherine Townsend, a writer and licensed private investigator, has announced the fourth season of Hell and Gone — an iHeartRadio and School of Humans podcast. Townsend hosts the podcast, delving into mysterious deaths and cold cases. In the past three seasons, Townsend has walked listeners through her investigations of the cases of Rebekah Gould…
There are always great things to do in the Natural State, and AY About You has compiled some of the most exciting events in Arkansas this weekend. Click here to listen to Heather Baker’s Weekend Plans as heard Friday mornings on 103.7 the Buzz. Thursday, March 24 What: Bigfoot Does It Where: Crowley’s Ridge…
Time for the toppers! The Arkansas Derby, hosted by Hot Springs’ Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, takes place the weekend of March 31. Dress up, dress down — but know that the word derby is synonymous with hats. No worries, the Hot Springs Hat Company, the state’s largest hat store, has hats that rival the thoroughbreds…
Publisher’s Letter: Is That You, Spring? We had a few false alarms, but I think spring might have actually (finally) arrived. Maybe this is the part where I knock on wood to avoid another USO (unexplained snow occurrence). I guess no matter how it feels outside by the time you read this, it…
The Arkansas Cinema Society has announced Filmland 2022 will return for the fifth annual celebration of Arkansas cinema this fall, from Nov. 3-6 at CALS Ron Robinson Theater in downtown Little Rock. Submissions are now open for Filmland: Arkansas, the screening series of shorts and features from Arkansas filmmakers and films. Memberships are available with…
