How am I doing these days? I guess I’d have to say I’m “fair” to middling. Better than that, actually. You see, the Arkansas State Fair is officially back, and we’re all so excited we just had to slap a Ferris wheel on the cover to make sure no one forgets. See you there! …
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. Listen to Heather Baker discuss weekend events every Friday morning on 103.7 The Buzz. Thursday, September 30 What: Science After Dark Where: Museum of Discovery (Little Rock)…
The 10th Annual Main Street Food Truck Festival is set for Saturday, Oct. 2 (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.) in Little Rock. More than 60 food trucks and 50 other vendors and entertainers will be in attendance. There are no ticket or admission fees for what has become one of our state’s largest festivals. Cash…
Prime Pickings: Pumpkin Patches in Arkansas Arkansas is always such a tease. The state gives us a chill one day and swelters us the next. Arkansas makes us throw on a layered outfit to fight off the biting breeze just to walk outside a few hours later to 90 percent humidity. As much as…
The Arkansas State Fair is less than a month away, and to say that Arkansans are only a little bit excited is a big understatement. The fair is returning from Oct. 15 through Oct. 24 for its 81st year after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. On top of rides, fair food and livestock…
Punctual for National Punctuation Day May I have your attention, please? This is big. Huge, in fact. It’s National Punctuation Day, and copy editors and grammar nerds across our country are urging you to get it together by properly punctuating your text messages and emails so we can read them better. There are…
Grab your blankets and your popcorn and prepare for some socially distanced movie magic, because the Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland in the Park event is next weekend at MacArthur Park in Little Rock. From Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, movie lovers can enjoy a series of 2021’s most promising new films, as well as…
Tickets are on sale now to The Price Is Right Live TM show at the Robinson Center in Little Rock on Oct. 17. The Price Is Right LiveTM is an interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to “come on down” and play classic games from one of the longest-running, popular game shows…
Fourteen critically acclaimed music performers make up the full lineup for the virtual Johnny Cash Heritage Festival, according to a press release from officials of the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. The festival, scheduled to stream Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15-16, and then be available on-demand for ticketholders for a week, will…
For this week’s Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Jajuan Archer, founder and president of the nonprofit Women’s Own Worth. Archer grew up in Little Rock, and says that her passion growing up had been cosmetology. At first, she didn’t think that she would like it but found that she was…
