Sarah Woolf of Follow the Woolf has your guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This week, go see blues legend Taj Mahal at the Ozark Folk Center and the final Jazz in the Park with the Rodney Block Collective. Around Little Rock Wednesday 9/26 Jazz in the Park with the Rodney Block Collective / Little Rock River Market…
One of AY Magazine’s own will be making a splash in October. AY’s travel editor, Joe David Rice, will be speaking at the Clinton School of Public Service as part of the school’s October speaker series. Rice will be highlighting the complexity of The Natural State, from its earliest days to the present day. Few…
School is back in session, and that means that students are back in class, doing homework and getting ready for tests. Most importantly, it means the return of high school football! While it’s a cliché to say that high school football is its own special religion, it’s not inaccurate. Fans are passionate about their hometown…
One Little Rock interior designer is on the cusp of stardom with a new YouTube design show scheduled for release soon. The small northeast Arkansas town of Hickory Ridge in Cross County couldn’t contain the excitement of a future interior “stylist,” as he calls himself. Larry West Jr. broke away from his hometown only to…
The 2019 football schedules for all Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools, including the University of Arkansas, were released this week. In 2019, the Razorbacks will kick off the season against the Portland State Vikings on Aug. 31 at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. The Razorbacks will host five teams, including Colorado State, San Jose State, Auburn,…
Do you have an Arkansas ancestor who flew too close to the sun? That could mean that he or she fell from grace at the peak of power because of excessive risk taking, or was simply mischievous, wayward or wanton in other ways. Born in 1839, Arkansas-born John Selman was called a “wicked lawman and…
Check out the great activities going on in Arkansas this weekend! Here are some of AY Publisher Heather Baker’s weekend activity suggestions! Thursday, September 20th Don’t be fashionably late to Indigo’s 15thbirthday bash! The shop is celebrating 15 years of service with giveaways, drinks, good eats, DJs, dancing, a braid bar and more! Check out…
Sarah Woolf of Follow the Woolf has your guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This week, go see a Freddie Mercury tribute, the Toadies, the Rodney Block Collective and more. Around Little Rock Wednesday 9/19 Third Man Records Rolling Record Store/ Arkansas Record and CD Exchange – 4212 MacArthur Dr. NLR / 4-7 The Third Man Records Rolling…
Party animals need to report to the zoo tomorrow! Do you like craft beer? Are you an animal lover? Then you qualify as a party animal! The Little Rock Zoo is hosting Zoo Brew, an event featuring hundreds of craft crews on tap, including some from local companies. The event is Thursday, Sept. 20, from…
For a man who has spent the last six years running a diamond mine in Sierra Leone, Woodie Butler wears surprisingly few diamonds. Zero, to be exact. The only diamond of value to this Arkansas native is his daughter, three-year-old Diamond Butler, named not only after his profession, but after the symbolic way she brought a…
