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      • Asian Food Bucket List
        • Chi’s Asian Cafe
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Three Fold
      • Appetizer Bucket List
        • Faded Rose
        • Kemuri
        • Lost Forty
        • Yaya’s Euro Bistro
      • Beer and Bar Food Bucket List
        • Flyway Brewing
        • Lost Forty – PUNCHY Arkansas Hard Seltzer
        • Table 28
      • Breakfast and Brunch Bucket List
        • Petit & Keet
        • Root Cafe
      • BBQ
        • BBQ Bucket List
        • Whole Hog Cafe NLR
        • Smokin’ Buns
        • Hawgz Blues Café
        • Count Porkula
      • Burger Bucket List
        • DeLuca’s
        • Ohio Club
      • Burritos and Enchiladas Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • El Porton
        • Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
      • Cajun/Creole Bucket List
        • Copper Mule
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Faded Rose
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Catering Bucket List
        • DownHome Restaurant & Catering
      • Catfish Bucket List
        • Catfish Bucket List
        • Cathead’s Diner
        • BJ’s Market Cafe
      • Chicken Wings
        • Great American Wings
        • Sauce(d)
      • Coffee and Pastries Bucket List
        • Leiva’s Coffee
        • Nexus Coffee & Creative
        • THINK Coffee
      • Dive Bucket List
      • Farm Fresh
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Local Lime
        • Root Cafe
      • Festivals Bucket List
      • Food Trucks
        • Delta Biscuit Company
        • The Lab Food Truck
        • Tacos Godoy
      • Fried Chicken Bucket List
        • Cache Restaurant
        • Homer’s West
        • South on Main
        • Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
      • Hibachi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Ice Cream, Cakes and Shakes Bucket List
        • Big Orange
        • Blue Cake/Honey Pies
        • Loblolly Creamery
        • Smallcakes
      • Legendary Arkansas Eateries Bucket List
        • Ciao Baci
        • Cotham’s
        • Deluca’s
        • Doe’s
      • New in Town Bucket List
      • Pancakes and French Toast Bucket List
        • Eden Restaurant inside the Hotel Hale
        • Kemuri
        • Littlefield’s Cafe
        • The Pancake Shop
      • Pasta
        • Bruno’s Little Italy
        • Graffiti’s Italian Restaurant
        • Ristorante Capeo
      • Pies
        • Blue Cake Co. / Honey Pies
        • Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets
        • Community Bakery
        • Rosalia’s Family Bakery
      • Pizza Bucket List
        • Deluca’s Pizza
        • Old Mill Pizza
        • Pizza Cafe
        • U.S. Pizza
      • Prime Cuts Bucket List
        • Allsopp & Chapple
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part One
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part Two
      • Romantic Dinner Bucket List
        • Capers
        • Mike’s Place
        • Pasta Grill
      • Salad Bucket List
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
        • Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
        • ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood Oven Pizza Co.
      • Sandwich Bucket List
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
        • Gadwall’s Grill
      • Seafood
        • Boudreaux’s Grill and Bar
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Lakewood Fish & Seafood House
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
      • Soup/Chili Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
      • Southern Plates Bucket List
        • Charlotte’s Eats and Sweets
        • Cotham’s in the City
        • Cypress Social
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Steak
        • Steak Bucket List
        • Bone’s Chophouse LR
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Sonny Williams’ Steak Room
        • Cache Restaurant
      • Sushi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Sushi Cafe West
      • Taco
        • Taco Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • Mexico Chiquito
        • Tacos 4 Life
    • Recipes
    • Taco Tuesday
    • Thirsty Thursday
  • Home/Garden
  • Arts/Culture/People
    • Men of Distinction 2021
    • Heather’s Favorite Things
      • Bentonville
      • Apple AirPods
      • Aromatique’s Winter Collection
      • Branson Part 1
      • Branson Part 2
      • BraveHoods
      • Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream
      • Christmas List Part 1
      • Christmas List Part 2
      • CoolSculpting with Dr. Yee
      • Dragon Eggs at Kemuri
      • Dr. Bruce Sanderson, Lasercare Skin Clinic
      • Just Peachy
      • Kakki Jones, hair and makeup artist
      • Kim Hamric, stylist Dillard’s
      • OOH La La Salon
    • Made in Arkansas
      • Aromatique
      • Fischer’s Honey Company
      • James Hayes Art Glass Company
      • Natural Way Food Group
      • Organized Chaos Collection
      • Ouachita Chocolate
      • Pink House Alchemy
      • Wicked Mix and Wicked Minis
    • Women Wednesday
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      • About You Magazine Named Platinum Media Sponsor for 68th Annual Home Show
        • 68th Annual Home Show 2020
          • All About Home
            • Arkansas Flower and Garden Show
            • Beyond Brick
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            • Game Time Wraps
            • Gary Houston Electric
            • Green Living
            • Hartness Construction
            • KellCo Custom Homes Inc.
            • Outdoor Living
            • Precision Door Service of Central Arkansas
            • Richard Harp Homes
            • Staci Medlock
          • Behind The Hottest Neighborhoods
            • Bosley Construction: The Preserve at the Woodlands
            • Schrader Homes
            • KellCo Custom Homes: Stonehill (Sherwood)
            • Light Innovations: A Better Way To Light
            • Brandy Harp: Principal Broker of Jon Underhill Real Estate
            • Richard Harp Homes: Master Certified Green Professional
            • West Lake Village
            • Waterview
      • 2019 Best Healthcare Professionals
        • Northwest Arkansas
        • Northeast Arkansas
        • South Arkansas
        • Central Arkansas
      • Intriguing Women 2020
      • Intriguing Women 2018
      • Intriguing Women 2019
      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Men of Distinction 2020
      • Runway: A Look Back
  • Food/Drink
    • Bucket Lists
      • Original Arkansas Bucket List
      • Asian Food Bucket List
        • Chi’s Asian Cafe
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Three Fold
      • Appetizer Bucket List
        • Faded Rose
        • Kemuri
        • Lost Forty
        • Yaya’s Euro Bistro
      • Beer and Bar Food Bucket List
        • Flyway Brewing
        • Lost Forty – PUNCHY Arkansas Hard Seltzer
        • Table 28
      • Breakfast and Brunch Bucket List
        • Petit & Keet
        • Root Cafe
      • BBQ
        • BBQ Bucket List
        • Whole Hog Cafe NLR
        • Smokin’ Buns
        • Hawgz Blues Café
        • Count Porkula
      • Burger Bucket List
        • DeLuca’s
        • Ohio Club
      • Burritos and Enchiladas Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • El Porton
        • Heights Taco & Tamale Co.
      • Cajun/Creole Bucket List
        • Copper Mule
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Faded Rose
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Catering Bucket List
        • DownHome Restaurant & Catering
      • Catfish Bucket List
        • Catfish Bucket List
        • Cathead’s Diner
        • BJ’s Market Cafe
      • Chicken Wings
        • Great American Wings
        • Sauce(d)
      • Coffee and Pastries Bucket List
        • Leiva’s Coffee
        • Nexus Coffee & Creative
        • THINK Coffee
      • Dive Bucket List
      • Farm Fresh
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Local Lime
        • Root Cafe
      • Festivals Bucket List
      • Food Trucks
        • Delta Biscuit Company
        • The Lab Food Truck
        • Tacos Godoy
      • Fried Chicken Bucket List
        • Cache Restaurant
        • Homer’s West
        • South on Main
        • Stickyz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack
      • Hibachi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
      • Holiday Food Bucket List
        • Burge’s Hickory Smoked Turkeys and Hams
        • Lindsey’s Hospitality House
        • Taylors’ Made Cafe
        • YGFBFKitchen
      • Ice Cream, Cakes and Shakes Bucket List
        • Big Orange
        • Blue Cake/Honey Pies
        • Loblolly Creamery
        • Smallcakes
      • Legendary Arkansas Eateries Bucket List
        • Ciao Baci
        • Cotham’s
        • Deluca’s
        • Doe’s
      • New in Town Bucket List
      • Pancakes and French Toast Bucket List
        • Eden Restaurant inside the Hotel Hale
        • Kemuri
        • Littlefield’s Cafe
        • The Pancake Shop
      • Pasta
        • Bruno’s Little Italy
        • Graffiti’s Italian Restaurant
        • Ristorante Capeo
      • Pies
        • Blue Cake Co. / Honey Pies
        • Charlotte’s Eats & Sweets
        • Community Bakery
        • Rosalia’s Family Bakery
      • Pizza Bucket List
        • Deluca’s Pizza
        • Old Mill Pizza
        • Pizza Cafe
        • U.S. Pizza
      • Prime Cuts Bucket List
        • Allsopp & Chapple
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part One
        • Red Oak Steakhouse Part Two
      • Romantic Dinner Bucket List
        • Capers
        • Mike’s Place
        • Pasta Grill
      • Salad Bucket List
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
        • Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
        • ZAZA Fine Salad and Wood Oven Pizza Co.
      • Sandwich Bucket List
        • Boulevard Bread Company
        • Cross Creek Sandwich Shop
        • Gadwall’s Grill
      • Seafood
        • Boudreaux’s Grill and Bar
        • Eat My Catfish
        • Lakewood Fish & Seafood House
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
      • Soup/Chili Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cheers in the Heights
        • Scallions
      • Southern Plates Bucket List
        • Charlotte’s Eats and Sweets
        • Cotham’s in the City
        • Cypress Social
        • Maddie’s Place
      • Steak
        • Steak Bucket List
        • Bone’s Chophouse LR
        • Arthur’s Prime Steakhouse
        • Sonny Williams’ Steak Room
        • Cache Restaurant
      • Sushi Bucket List
        • Kemuri
        • Oceans at Arthur’s
        • Rock N Roll Sushi
        • Sushi Cafe West
      • Taco
        • Taco Bucket List
        • Baja Grill
        • Cantina Laredo
        • Mexico Chiquito
        • Tacos 4 Life
    • Recipes
    • Taco Tuesday
    • Thirsty Thursday
  • Home/Garden
  • Arts/Culture/People
    • Men of Distinction 2021
    • Heather’s Favorite Things
      • Bentonville
      • Apple AirPods
      • Aromatique’s Winter Collection
      • Branson Part 1
      • Branson Part 2
      • BraveHoods
      • Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream
      • Christmas List Part 1
      • Christmas List Part 2
      • CoolSculpting with Dr. Yee
      • Dragon Eggs at Kemuri
      • Dr. Bruce Sanderson, Lasercare Skin Clinic
      • Just Peachy
      • Kakki Jones, hair and makeup artist
      • Kim Hamric, stylist Dillard’s
      • OOH La La Salon
    • Made in Arkansas
      • Aromatique
      • Fischer’s Honey Company
      • James Hayes Art Glass Company
      • Natural Way Food Group
      • Organized Chaos Collection
      • Ouachita Chocolate
      • Pink House Alchemy
      • Wicked Mix and Wicked Minis
    • Women Wednesday
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Press Releases / Contests
    • Submit Your Event For Our Online Calendar
    • Submit an upcoming event
  • More
    • Subscribe
      • Subscribe to AY Print Magazine
      • Subscribe to AY’s newsletter
    • Nominations
      • Nominate Your Dog Photo
      • Nominate AY’s 2022 Innovative Home Awards
      • Nominate AY’s Best Realtors 2022
      • Nominate AY’s 2022 Intriguing Women
    • Contests
    • Custom Publications
    • About Us
    • Mental Health Guide
    • Digital Issues
    • Archive
      • AY’s Best of 2022
      • Faces of Arkansas 2018
      • Faces of Arkansas 2019
      • Faces of Arkansas 2020
      • Best Realtors 2019
      • About You Magazine Named Platinum Media Sponsor for 68th Annual Home Show
        • 68th Annual Home Show 2020
          • All About Home
            • Arkansas Flower and Garden Show
            • Beyond Brick
            • Bosley Construction
            • Brandy Harp
            • Financial And Professional Services
            • Game Time Wraps
            • Gary Houston Electric
            • Green Living
            • Hartness Construction
            • KellCo Custom Homes Inc.
            • Outdoor Living
            • Precision Door Service of Central Arkansas
            • Richard Harp Homes
            • Staci Medlock
          • Behind The Hottest Neighborhoods
            • Bosley Construction: The Preserve at the Woodlands
            • Schrader Homes
            • KellCo Custom Homes: Stonehill (Sherwood)
            • Light Innovations: A Better Way To Light
            • Brandy Harp: Principal Broker of Jon Underhill Real Estate
            • Richard Harp Homes: Master Certified Green Professional
            • West Lake Village
            • Waterview
      • 2019 Best Healthcare Professionals
        • Northwest Arkansas
        • Northeast Arkansas
        • South Arkansas
        • Central Arkansas
      • Intriguing Women 2020
      • Intriguing Women 2018
      • Intriguing Women 2019
      • AY’s Cutest Dogs 2019
      • Men of Distinction 2020
      • Runway: A Look Back

Category Archives: Arts & Culture

George Strait Riding to Simmons Bank Arena in 2022

Arts & Culture, Blog, Latest News from AYBy AY StaffSeptember 9, 2021

Baby, write this down: George Strait is performing at Simmons Bank Arena in 2022. The King of Country is coming “Strait” to the Natural State for what promises to be an unforgettable night of music.   Strait is among the most accomplished musical acts of all time, garnering 61 No. 1 songs on country charts…

Woman Wednesday: Presley Turner

Arts & Culture, Blog, Latest News from AY, People, UncategorizedBy Katie ZakrzewskiSeptember 8, 2021

For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Presley Turner, attorney and co-partner of Turner & Rasch, Attorneys.   In addition to being an attorney, Turner is also a licensed social worker with a master’s in public administration.      “I currently work as a parent counsel attorney, attorney ad litem, and…

Nelly Coming to Little Rock in November

Arts & Culture, Blog, Latest News from AYBy AY StaffSeptember 7, 2021

The Grammy-winning artist Nelly is heading to Little Rock this fall. Nelly (Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.) is among the first slate of performers to headline the stage at The Hall, a new concert venue in downtown Little Rock.   While Nelly is best known for his artistry as a rapper, with popular albums Country Grammar,…

Made in Arkansas: Peaceful Lilac

Arts & Culture, Blog, Home & Garden, Latest News from AYBy Emily BeirneSeptember 3, 2021

Made in Arkansas: Peaceful Lilac   In an ideal world, the stress and worries of the day would be left at the door so that only peaceful and positive thoughts remain. Unfortunately, this is rarely the case, but people sometimes underestimate the power of a calming scent, soothing skin hydration and the importance of self-care. …

Ice Cube Coming to Fayetteville in October

Arts & Culture, Blog, Latest News from AYBy AY StaffSeptember 1, 2021

The legendary hip-hop artist and actor Ice Cube is set to perform in Fayetteville in October at JJ’s Live.   The concert venue, which was formerly JBGB, recently announced a fall 2021 reopening, and Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Sr.), is part of what promises to be an exciting cast of performers to christen the reopening/rebranding.…

Woman Wednesday: Sydney Rasch

Arts & Culture, Blog, Latest News from AY, PeopleBy Katie ZakrzewskiSeptember 1, 2021

For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with attorney Sydney Rasch.   Rasch, a Little Rock native, has always been an academic.   “I competed in quiz bowl, the spelling bee, and the National Geography Bee as a kid (and even went on to represent the state of Arkansas in 2003 and…

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Real Talk With LatinX Theatre Project

Arts & Culture, Magazine, September 2021By Emily BeirneAugust 30, 2021

Art, specifically of the performance variety, doesn’t exactly have a history of inclusivity. In recent years, a wider range of faces and voices has begun to find time in the spotlight, representing the wide net that America has to offer. Among those at the forefront of that cause in Arkansas is the LatinX Theatre Project…

Made in Arkansas: Just Dogs Gourmet

Arts & Culture, Blog, Latest News from AYBy Emily BeirneAugust 27, 2021

Humans come and go, but as the age-old sentiment goes, dogs will always be man’s best friend. Once a dog enters a person’s life and makes a home, that creature is there until the end of its days. They give love, comfort and companionship, so it’s only fair that the human parent(s) in its life…

Walnut Ridge Fields Forever: Five Decades Later, The Beatles’ Brief Stop In Small-Town Arkansas Lives On

Arts & Culture, Magazine, September 2021, TravelBy Kenneth HeardAugust 27, 2021

Carrie Mae Snapp saved the lives of The Beatles when the English rock group’s airplane made a brief stop in Walnut Ridge in 1964.   But if not for a friend who had seen the Fab Four land at the Lawrence County airport the previous night, and for a pilot who admitted the group was…

What A Girl Wants: Fashion Talk With Michael Toccin

Arts & Culture, Magazine, September 2021By Dwain HebdaAugust 27, 2021

Michael Toccin makes it look easy.  Not only has the Floridian, with the help of Alex, his wife, business partner and co-creator, built a career in the fashion business, launching a lifestyle collection in September 2019 of “get-it-together” pieces, but they also unveiled a line exclusively for Arkansas-based retailer Dillard’s in January, called LDT.   …

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