The Walmart AMP great summer concert series continues in August with Country legend and Grammy®Award winner Alan Jackson. Grammy® winners Nelly, TLC, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, Rascal Flatts and The Smashing Pumpkins will also take the stage. The August lineup continues to entertain visitors with a wide variety of music artists and genres. August…
By: Dustin Jayroe Stargazing can be an incredibly humbling experience. Simply looking at the sky on any given night allows one to not only marvel at the vastness and splendor of our universe, but also to peer back at the history of it. Because it takes time for the light from an object to reach…
Norfork Brewing Company opened in June 2018, and it’s already in the midst of a huge expansion. The brewery is going from a one-barrel capacity to a 15-barrel system. “We are expanding in a lot of different ways all at once. It’s exciting. It feels like we are really mushrooming out,” says Jason Aamodt, owner…
Get ready, Northwest Arkansas. Big balloons are floating your way. New hot air balloon festival Soar NWA is slated for August 24 at Fayetteville’s Drake Field. The inaugural event will feature a number of hot air balloons and aeronautic activities and serve as a fundraiser for Open Avenues. Open Avenues is a regional organization dedicated…
A pair of downtown Fayetteville restaurants were named among the 2019 Wine Spectator magazine’s Award of Excellence recipients. Vetro 1925 on Center Street, off of the Fayetteville Square, and Bordino’s Restaurant and Wine Bar on Dickson Street and were named as establishments “whose wine lists offer interesting selections, are appropriate to their cuisine and appeal…
Arkansas will be holding its annual sales tax holiday on the first weekend in August for back-to-school shoppers. From Saturday, Aug. 3 through Sunday, Aug. 4, shoppers in Arkansas will be able to purchase certain school supplies, instructional materials and clothing free of state and local sales taxes. The sales tax holiday, established by Act…
AY About You Magazine has your complete guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This weekend, go see the Ben Miller Band, Lucero, Dan Baird and more. Around Little Rock Friday 7/26 Charlotte Taylor/ Walter’s Coffee & Speakeasy 5018 Kavanuagh Blvd./ 7:00/ free Central Arkansas lady of the blues Charlotte Taylor comes to Walter’s for a special solo set.…
Publisher Heather Baker of AY About You magazine just wowed the crowds at the 2019 Annual Inclusion 700 Youth Empowerment Summit. She gave the young people this advice which could apply to any of us at any age. This is her speech. “I think a lot about happiness and what it means, I also do…
The canvas that is downtown Fayetteville is lending itself to another work of art. Critically-acclaimed, Los-Angeles based artist Bumblebee began work this week on a three-story-tall mural on the southwest corner of the Fayetteville Town Center parking garage. The mural will be visible from both West Rock Street and South Block Avenue. Bumblebee began sketch…
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, July 25 What: Make Your Mark: 3D Archery Where: Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center When: 10:30 a.m. The Witt Stephens Jr Nature Center is offering…
