For this week’s segment of Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Sherra Bennett, interim executive director of AR Kids Read. Bennett was born in Pine Bluff, and her family later moved to Michigan. Bennett attended the University of Michigan for her undergraduate and graduate degrees in social work and nonprofit management with…
Recipe: Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies Look who is vying for Employee of the Month again! Our own Jacob Carpenter. He’s the ad coordinator who can karaoke and cook. What more could you ask for from an employee? He has whipped up another delicious dish and this one is dessert, which we all have time for.…
The International Greek Food Festival is returning to Little Rock once again. The next iteration of the beloved event will take place on the first weekend of October this year. “The 2021 International Greek Food Festival looks forward to continuing its tradition of serving food, friends and the community,” festival chair Jerry Horani says…
The stream of talent in Arkansas never runs dry — as proven by the local craftsmen, woodworkers and artists in the state. Shon Hardin joins these ranks with his business, Spanky’s Custom Cues. As most of these stories begin, Hardin was not born with the one desire to create pool cues, but somewhere along the…
Ya ever eat at one of those out-of-the-way places and think, “Now I know why everyone comes here?” That was our experience at a restaurant off Highway 65 south of Dumas where Pickens Store is packed with hungry travelers and locals. Pickens is the name of the small unincorporated community with a population…
Recipe: M&M Ice Cream Sandwiches When our temps get anything over 90 degrees, I only want to eat ice cream. These sandwiches are the perfect answer to when you want a sweet, chewy and (bonus) portable cold dessert. Plus, you can make them ahead and have a dozen waiting in the freezer for whenever…
It is time to get to know the heart and soul behind every restaurant experience — the server. Here’s our Q&A with Bonnie Jo Munn at The Pantry. How long have you been at The Pantry? Like, since they opened; I worked at Shorty Smalls at that time. I would drive home late, and…
The Arkansas State Fair is a go for its 81st annual event in Little Rock this year. Organizers announced Thursday that the fair would return with a full, 10-day slate in the fall. The festivities in 2020 were dialed back considerably amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have been working feverishly preparing for a full…
To say the past year has been the ultimate test of mental and physical health would be the understatement of, well, the year. Like many Arkansans, my wife and I desperately needed some time away from the perils and plight of the world after enduring all that was 2020 and all that has become of…
For this week’s Thirsty Thursday, AY About You sits down with Gina Rambo, the publicist for Top of the Crest, a bar located in the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa in Eureka Springs. “Top of the Crest was actually a popular bar here at the hotel from the late 1960s to 1997. It has…
