A New Season: The City of Pine Bluff Gets a Lift with a Brand-New, Innovative Public Library That is Aesthetically Pleasing, Advanced in Technology and a Refreshing Resource Located in downtown Pine Bluff at the corner of 6th Avenue and Main Street sits a two-and-a-half-story, 34,000-square-foot getaway. It’s the new public library, and its…
Christina McLarty and David Arquette Helping to Make Arkansas a Main Attraction For Arkansans, a few names spring readily to mind when thinking of the state’s film connections. Billy Bob Thornton. Mary Steenburgen. Joey Lauren Adams. Jeff Nichols. Most folks probably wouldn’t think of David Arquette, though, nor his wife Christina McLarty-Arquette. From here…
As 2021 winds to a close and a new year approaches, we wanted to share with our readers the AY About You stories they liked the most this year. And who knows — maybe there’s an entry or two you might have missed that you can now enjoy. Here are AY‘s 15 Most Popular Articles…
The Grove: Small-Town Venue, Big-Time Talent It’s a Saturday night in the often-overlooked Northwest Arkansas town of Lowell, but things are anything but sleepy inside the packed confines of The Grove Comedy Club. A crowd of 160 fans has turned out for one of five sold-out shows headlined by John Crist, the top Christian-circuit…
The Best of Both Worlds: The Render Sisters Juggle Music Career with High School For most high school students, days consist of studying for anatomy tests and preparing for the future after graduation, but adolescent life looks a little different for sisters Mary-Keaton and Stella Render. Between homework and weekend plans, the duo from…
Making Mama Proud: Mae Estes is Hitting All the Right Notes In 1999, a 7-year-old named Mae, determined to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” better than the LeeAnn Rimes’ taped version, took the cordless microphone that her mom handed her, walked into the center of an Arkansas rodeo arena and belted out the notes of…
Conversations, Cocktails + Connections: Get to Know the Ladies Behind the Popular, Cocktail-Centric Podcast Based In Little Rock Amy Hester and Emily Reeves Dean are best of friends. The two have known each other for more than 20 years, and as I found out over a recent interview at Ciao Baci, they nearly complete…
Publisher’s Letter: Finding a Resolution Are New Year’s Resolutions still a thing? The way the past two years have gone, it seems the calendars just blend in with one another, rather than a hard restart on Jan. 1. It’s easy to feel like the last time “Happy New Year” actually meant something significant was…
Country music singer/songwriter Justin Moore will soon be joining Little Rock radio station 103.7 The Buzz morning show. The announcement comes just days after news that long-time radio personality Tommy Smith would be retiring from the show just before the new year. “It’s been 17 great years at The Buzz. Signal Media has gone above and…
South Duncan Avenue in Fayetteville was a dimly lit street, but the moon was full on the night of April 12, 1971. Mike Adair could see Pauline Storment walking from the University of Arkansas toward her apartment as he was driving home. He also saw a man following Storment. Mere seconds later, Adair and everyone…
