Former Razorback head football coach Bobby Petrino headlines the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s 2019 speaker calendar, released Tuesday. Petrino’s scheduled appearance on Monday, Sept. 9, will mark his first public appearance in the state since his April 2012 firing after it was revealed he had hired his mistress to a position on the football support…
This month, Razorbacks fans will become one as they “call the hogs” in unison. During the second annual ONE Hog Call, Razorback fans will join together at free public events in Fayetteville and Little Rock to spread school spirit and ring in the 2019 football season. The ONE Hog Call event will be held Friday,…
The Tontitown Grape Festival kicks off today, marking the 121st year of the time-honored celebration of the community’s Italian heritage. The popular, five-day-long event features spaghetti dinners, carnival rides, live music and the crowning of Queen Concordia. The community of Tontitown was founded in 1898 by a group of Italian Catholic immigrants led by priest…
A Northwest Arkansas favorite is getting a second location. The Buttered Biscuit, a staple in the Bentonville restaurant scene, is opening a Springdale location by the end of 2019. The restaurant, which serves breakfast dishes with Southern flair, will be open seven days a week. According to owner Anna Russell, the Buttered Biscuit provides a…
by Juliana Goodwin Goodbye, white linens. Hello, modern and chic. Ella’s Table, a restaurant housed in the Inn at Carnall Hall at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville campus, has shaken off its classic elegance and debuted a new menu and more modern vibe. The restaurant was renovated over the winter and reopened at the end…
I’m about to put my husband in TV time-out. He only watches sports on TV, and I’m guessing that is where advertising agencies persuade unsuspecting lovers of athletics to eat tacos at fast food burger places. There is some dollar taco at a place that rhymes with Murger Ming which got my husband (and then…
A simple toothache led surgeons in India to discover more than 500 teeth inside a young boy’s jaw. The seven-year-old boy had complained of occasional toothaches, and when surgeons at a hospital in Chennai, India x-rayed the child’s mouth, they saw a sac along his lower jaw. They drilled into the top of his…
Due to an overwhelming response, a lecture set to be delivered by Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been moved to Verizon Arena in North Little Rock. The Kumpuris Lecture was scheduled to be delivered at Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock. However, the Clinton School of Public Service’s event was quickly booked to…
Chasse Conque is stepping down from his position as vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to take a similar role in Texas. Conque announced today that he is resigning from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to assume the role of vice president and director of…
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, August 1 What: “I Love the 90s” Party for a Cause Where: Copper Grill When: 5:30 pm Get into the 90s groove with a dance party with…
