There’s something about the feeling of seeing all of your hard, nose-to-the-grindstone work finally come together enough to glimpse the finished product. For local country singer and performer, Donnie Lee Strickland, that shiny thing over the horizon is just the beginning, and it started with years of hard work. Before finding himself in Arkansas, Strickland…
Craig O’Neill loves to talk about his time as a Tiger – a Central High School Tiger. Sure, you know him as the man who’s entertained hundreds of thousands of Arkansans with his radio wit and charm and his gift as a television communicator. But do you know his education origins? If you’ve followed…
Stay “in the know” about all the great events going on around Arkansas. AY’s Publisher, Heather Baker, will tell you what the hot spots are this weekend. Thursday, September 12 What: Finding Family Facts Where: CALS Fletcher Library When: 10 am Kick start your search for your family history with a helpful tutorial from CALS.…
This month, AY Magazine is looking for the best cakes in Arkansas. And we want you to help us! That’s right, if you know of a great cake, we want you to send it in. This week, AY Publisher Heather Baker and AY Editor at Large Lisa Fischer try out another fabulous cake as…
Two of the brightest figures in Arkansas’ restaurant scene will be chairing the highlight of the culinary season next year. Restaurateur Mary Beth Ringgold and wine columnist Lorri Hambuchen will be co-chairing the 13thannual Diamond Chef Arkansas competition in 2020. Every year, Diamond Chef Arkansas pits six Arkansas restauranteurs against each other in a…
It’s now the season to call the hogs! With the start of the college football season, there will be crowds of passionate Razorback fans at Donald W. Reynold Razorback Stadium performing the trademark whoop for their team. But this year, they will be cheering for a new member of the Razorback team. And this member…
Let’s be honest. The showing last week in Oxford was disappointing. The state had waited all year on bated breath for expected signs of progress, confident its Hogs had a real shot of ending the latest SEC losing streak against Ole Miss and ready to proclaim the Chad Morris era as officially launched, last…
When you talk steaks in Arkansas, there’s one name that will come up no matter what. It doesn’t matter where you are in the state, from Blytheville to Texarkana, one restaurant will get named as one of the top steakhouses in the Natural State. Can you guess which one? It’s simple – Athur’s Prime Steakhouse.…
It’s not often that I engage in social media and complain but this is an important issue. I like to read magazines. I pick up my local magazines at Kroger while I shop. Often times, while strolling down the aisles, I run into neighbors who are featured in the pages of the magazines and…
Celebrating their sixth year as a festival and their first year as a multi-week event, the 2019 ACANSA Arts Festival of the South events will take place from Sept. 13 to Sept. 28. A visual and performing arts festival, ACANSA is full of performances featuring world-class shows that are the product of collaborations between…
