2020 has been a rough year, making an impact far and wide. Now, the coronavirus pandemic is even making a dent in the Christmas celebrations. One of Little Rock’s most iconic holiday events has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. The Big Jingle Jubilee Holiday Parade has been canceled for 2020. The Little…
Chris Stapleton has been making a name for himself in the music world in recent years, becoming one of the most celebrated country music stars of his generation. But now, the Nashville resident is trading in his “Tennessee Whiskey” for the Natural State. Stapleton isn’t moving to Arkansas (as far as we know), but…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Jessica Johnston-Myers, the director of sales development at Apptegy. Johnston-Myers was born in Fayetteville, grew up in Little Rock and graduated from Hendrix with a theater-focused liberal arts degree. She applies her theater skills to various sales and operations roles, often coaching high-performing…
Happy Friday! For this week’s Made in Arkansas, AY About You is featuring AR-T’s, a Little Rock-based screen printer that specializes in Arkansas-inspired t-shirts. Justin Sharp thought about opening a t-shirt business for years before starting AR-T’s in February 2016. “I played around with the idea in college with a friend,” says Sharp.…
Day-in and day-out, the Gaines House works to ensure that women are taken care off, providing adult homeless women who have disabilities with a living residence as they prepare for independent living. Since 1967, the nonprofit has been committed to supporting women and improving conditions for those with mental, physical and behavioral health disabilities. …
Love going out to catch a show? Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, these nights out have been sorely limited, but two local arts organizations are partnering up for a special performance. Ballet Arkansas and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will be performing in an open-air concert in downtown Little Rock in November. The…
A research project conducted at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Sequoyah National Research Center has yielded a new website that tracks the journey of Native Americans who traveled through Arkansas to Indian territory. The research project, entitled Journey of Survival: Indian Removal Through Arkansas, charts the path Native Americans took through Arkansas…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Justina Parker, founder of the blog We Belong. Parker is from Little Rock and currently resides in Maumelle. She holds a Bachelor’s of Professional Studies with a focus in Interdisciplinary Studies from Arkansas Tech University. “After landing a temp job at Heifer…
In 2021, the Momentary will be hosting several new, exciting exhibitions. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience site-responsive installations as well as artwork that highlights the Black experience in the United States. From Feb. 13 through May 30, the Momentary will be the home for Sarah Cain: In Nature, an exhibition that features…
For this week’s Hometown Heroes, AY About You features Literacy Action of Central Arkansas. In Pulaski County, the low literacy rate, which indicates the number of people who cannot read beyond a 6th grade level, is 21%. Low literacy affects nearly every aspect of someone’s life, from finding a job to navigating the health…
