Alas, in the month of Valentine’s Day, a longtime candy tradition – the New England Confectionary Company’s conversation heart candies (“Be Mine”) – are no longer available to help us express amorous feelings or earn their legendary $1.8 billion (!) in sales. Luckily, family love is still in the air if we can not only imagine, but also actually…
Sarah Woolf of Follow the Woolf has your guide to Arkansas’ music scene. This week, go see Love in Harmony at South on Main, Bob Marley Birthday Bash and more. Around Little Rock Thursday 2/7 The Creek Rocks/ South on Main – 1304 Main St. / 8 / $10 advance, $12 door Kicking off South on Main’s Love…
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, Feb. 7 What: Shhhhh-ICAGO Speakeasy Where: Rock Town Distillery When: 5:30 p.m. Go back in time to Prohibition-era Chicago – the Roaring Twenties! Get into the spirit…
Photo by Kattie Hansen This February marks Heather Baker’s two year anniversary with Vowell Inc., home of AY Magazine and Arkansas Money & Politics. “Coming into such an established publication that Vicki Vowell had been working on for almost 30 years was such an inspiration,” says Baker. “It’s a well-known name, a well-known product…
Did you know that fly-fishing is the fastest-growing sport among females? Neither did we until this morning when we watched The Vine! AY Publisher Heather Baker dropped by The Vine to talk about the fun fishing trip she took last weekend. With a group of girlfriends and guides from Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, she…
Calling all theater fans! The Book of Mormon National Tour is heading to Little Rock next week, and it will definitely be a blockbuster show. This hilarious show is so wildly popular that the producers have started a lottery system to make sure theatergoers have a chance to see it at an affordable price. During the…
They gave her the nickname “Wheezy” because her mom says, “She was on oxygen a good portion of her infant and toddler life, and it made a wheezing sound.” But that never stopped Eloise Owen from living life to its fullest, until that day in January 2016 when her body couldn’t fight hypoplastic left heart…
Down a flight of stairs in the basement of the New Orleans Hotel in Eureka Springs is one of the most romantic restaurants in the Arkansas’ Ozarks: Le Stick Nouveau. If you want to get spicy this Valentine’s Day, this is the place to be. This fine dining establishment has a seven course tasting menu for…
Known for its selfless nonprofit work, the Wolfe Street Foundation has been working tirelessly since 1982 to bring to life its mission of providing facilities, outreach and education to those recovering from substance abuse. According to its Executive Director, Joy Reynolds, over 20 years ago, the foundation organized a fundraiser that took the form of…
Spring is just around the corner in Little Rock, and while winter has not quite left the city, the anticipation for warmer weather has been growing for most Arkansans. Who can blame them? Arkansas is called the Natural State for a reason and you can find most Arkansans taking advantage of everything the state has…
