There’s big news today for country music fans in Arkansas. The final nominees for the Arkansas Country Music Awards are out, and you can find out which awards your favorite musicians have been nominated. Meanwhile, your favorite magazine – AY Magazine – is also up for an ACM Award for the second year in a row.…
Do you know a kid who is passionate about theater? Who loves walking the boards and learning as much about the stage as they can? Then there’s a program designed specifically for them that’s right here in Arkansas. The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff is offering a special youth theatre…
Valentine’s Day may be past, but we want to keep that loving feeling going. Thanks to the Central Arkansas Library System, you can keep your romantic mood alive for the rest of the month with the library’s Date Night Tuesdays. Every Tuesday in February, the Ron Robinson Theater will screen a different romantic movie that…
For those of you who are fans of Cheers in the Heights and Cheers in Maumelle, you’ll be happy to hear there’s a third Cheers coming soon. The highly popular Little Rock restaurant is finding a new home in Northwest Arkansas. Opening in March, the latest Cheers is taking over an iconic location on East Center…
I love communicating. Whether it’s the written word or the spoken, I love to chat it up. So imagine how thrilled I was when my two worlds collided yesterday. I am a contributor here at AY Magazine, and I’m doing live shots for KARK-TV, Channel 4 until March 1 at 4 p.m. every day. Most days…
(KARK) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – We may be in the digital age, but there’s still a need for printing presses. At Democrat Printing & Lithographing Co. (DP&L) in Little Rock, a number of publications come to life. One of them is the locally-produced AY Magazine. On today’s Live with Lisa Fischer, AY Magazine Publisher Heather…
While book lovers and other literary types tend to be solitary types, there’s one kind of event that can bring them together to enjoy one another’s company. And that’s a literary festival. At the end of April, the Central Arkansas Library System will present the annual Arkansas Literary Festival, the crowning jewel of the state’s…
Bone’s ChopHouse is opening a new location in Little Rock. This will mark the restaurant’s second location, originally opened December 2017 in a former Ruby Tuesday building on Central Avenue in Hot Springs. Bone’s ChopHouse in Hot Springs “I love Little Rock. It has a wider base of people,” says restaurateur Lee Beasley, of Bone’s…
This is gonna sound like I’m using an unladylike term, but I want you to cook a spatchcock chicken. Yep. Spatchcock chicken. This is an old-timey word for butterflying a chicken (or turkey). The definition from www.foodrepublic.com says, “This wacky term comes from Ireland, and may be an abbreviation of ‘Dispatch the cock,’ a phrase which…
by Juliana Goodwin Mardi Gras in Eureka Springs started as a small affair, but it has transformed into big fun. In 2006, Dan Ellis, a New Orleans native who moved to Eureka Springs after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, longed for Mardi Gras celebrations back home. He founded the “Krewe of Krazo,” which is Ozark spelled…
