Women and Children First held its Vegas on the Rocks fundraiser earlier this month. In honor of that fundraiser, we’re sharing this story from the December 2010 issue of AY Magazine. By Angela E. Thomas // Photography by Chach Bursey, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Media Relations and the Williams family 18. That’s the number…
Little Rock favorite Local Lime celebrated its fifth birthday earlier this week. In honor of that milestone, we wanted to share our story on Yellow Rocket Concepts founder Scott McGehee from when he was featured as one of our Intriguing Men earlier this year. Read on to learn more about McGehee, Local Lime and other…
Managers looking forward to changes and challenges The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is pleased to announce the appointment of a new management team for War Memorial Stadium (WMS). The appointments signal a new chapter at WMS as Ron Salley, former superintendent of Pinnacle Mountain State Park, takes over as stadium manager and John…
Katherine Stewart, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism A new temporary exhibit at ESSE Purse Museum in Little Rock’s SoMa neighborhood highlights an unexpected mid-century trend in handbag design: plastic. “The Power of Plastics: Reshaping Mid-century Fashion” focuses primarily on the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, when plastics were experiencing a design heyday after…
Thursday through Saturday Dazzle Daze is a three-day Christmas shopping extravaganza at the Conway Expo Center and Fairgrounds at 2505 East Oak Street in Conway. It’s also one of the largest holiday shopping events in Arkansas. Stop by for a Girls Nite Out from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, general shopping during the day Friday and…
Laura Bass, owner of Laura’s Draperies & Blinds, opened her first retail location in The Heights last month. The shop is located at 5910 R Street in Little Rock. Laura, one of AY’s Faces of Arkansas, started her business out of her home in 2005. She says she decided to open a storefront so that…
Kimberly J. Williams, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Thanksgiving may be all about the turkey… but the day AFTER Thanksgiving, in the Arkansas Delta, it’s all about the duck! Stuttgart welcomes thousands to the annual World’s Championship Duck Calling Contest and Wings Over the Prairie Festival, which celebrates 82 years in 2017.…
Local Lime is celebrating five years of deliciousness with an all-day party today. Stop by for free cheese dip and guacamole all day, $5 margaritas and tasty butternut squash and carnitas enchiladas. Even though it’s the restaurant’s birthday, they’re giving you presents – you can enter to win a tequila school experience and gift cards.…
Get a head start on your holiday shopping at the 16th annual Dazzle Daze in Conway. Held at the Conway Expo Center and Fairgrounds at 2505 East Oak Street from Nov. 16-18, the event is one of the largest holiday shopping events in Arkansas. Dazzle Daze will include a raffle for a new Ford Mustang convertible and other…
Submitted by Big River Crossing MEMPHIS, TN—Big River Crossing, the country’s longest active bike-pedestrian rail bridge, celebrated its one-year anniversary on Sunday, October 22, 2017. Since last year’s grand opening, the bridge has welcomed 250,000 visitors from across the world and received regional, national and international acclaim for its architecture and state-of-the-art lighting display by…
