It is time to get to know the heart and soul behind every restaurant experience, the server. Here’s our Q&A with Cara Clem of Maddie’s Place. How long have you been at Maddie’s Place? I was surprised to find out that it’s been 10 years. I have been saying 10 years for at least…
AY About You is proud to present the list of 2021 Intriguing Women, which features some of Arkansas’ brightest minds, boldest visionaries and most passionate leaders from all four corners of the Natural State. Every year, our Intriguing Women section serves as a celebration of all things women. As a woman-led organization, we understand and…
Face Behind the Place: Jacob Chi of Chi Restaurant Group If you have lived in Central Arkansas for any amount of time, then you know the Chi name is synonymous with restaurant royalty in these parts. Now run by managing members Dr. Jasen Chi and his brother, Jacob Chi, the Chi Restaurant Group has…
It is time to get to know the heart and soul behind every restaurant experience, the server. Here’s our Q&A with Shaniya Abrams of Raduno Brick Oven & Barroom. How long have you been at Raduno? I have been at Raduno for four years now. What is it about the restaurant that makes…
Susan Adamson-Ray has made a life and livelihood out of breathing life into the inanimate. As an artist, she combines brush, pigment and canvas to create commissioned portraits people pass by in the hallway every day with a smile. As a creator, she takes a handful of metal and assorted bits and shapes them into…
For this week’s Hometown Heroes, AY About You sits down with Jajuan Archer, founder and president of the nonprofit Women’s Own Worth. Archer grew up in Little Rock, and says that her passion growing up had been cosmetology. At first, she didn’t think that she would like it but found that she was…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with Presley Turner, attorney and co-partner of Turner & Rasch, Attorneys. In addition to being an attorney, Turner is also a licensed social worker with a master’s in public administration. “I currently work as a parent counsel attorney, attorney ad litem, and…
For this week’s Woman Wednesday, AY About You sits down with attorney Sydney Rasch. Rasch, a Little Rock native, has always been an academic. “I competed in quiz bowl, the spelling bee, and the National Geography Bee as a kid (and even went on to represent the state of Arkansas in 2003 and…
For as little apparent as there is to link Stoystown, Pennsylvania, and Halley, Arkansas, they share a lot in common. Both communities were founded by fighting frontiersmen (Daniel Stoy, veteran of the Revolutionary War, and John J. Bowie, eldest brother of fallen Alamo hero Jim Bowie, respectively), and both boast the markings of their blue-collar,…
The spring of 2020 will forever have a mark on history as the beginning of this ongoing era of COVID-19. Here in Arkansas, the first case of the disease was announced on March 11 of that year. From that moment to now, an unprecedented pandemic has lingered — with ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys…
