By Terrah Baker What began as a fleeting conversation between boutique owner Jade Terminella and former Celebrate magazine advertise sales person Danielle Davis Vaughan, has become the NWA fashion event of the year in what seems like overnight. After just one year of fashion frenzy and collaboration, their donation goals tripled — from $35,000 to…
To Register: Contact: Gabrielle Idlet, gidlet@gmail.com, 479-966-5935 Joy Caffrey, joy@joyfulhealingcenter.com, 479-409-4912 Date: Saturday, March 30 Time: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Location: Miller Hall, Mount Sequoyah Retreat Center Class size is limited. By Gabrielle Idlet I was born in 1970, which means I missed it. I grew up in the aftermath of the bohemian swirl I heard…
Staff Report KXL Pipeline TruthForce — an alliance of individuals & organizations from across six states and Canada — have come together to present an educational forum for the people of this region about the tar sands mining in the Boreal Forests of Alberta, Canada and transportation of this dangerous tar sands slurry across the…
Staff Report For five years a group of women from NWA have been attempting to bring balance back into the universe with rituals dating back to the dawn of human existence. For thousands of years, they said, human existence has been missing something divine that could end wars, cure social problems and bring peace back…
Utthita Triknonasana (oo-TEE-tah trik-cone-AHS-anna) Extended Triangle Pose Utthita Trikonasana — Extended Triangle Pose — is a personal favorite of mine. The triangle is one of the most rudimentary yet profound symbols, and there’s something mystical about aligning, both physically and mentally, with this simplest of spatial shapes. Enjoy linking in with your own sacred geometry….
By Jose Lopez People usually look at me funny when I profess I’m a huge Johnny Cash fan. Maybe because as a 5-foot-8, dark-skinned, first-generation Mexican immigrant born in the early 1980s, I don’t really fit the profile of most fans of Cash, a 6-foot-2, super-white Arkansan born in the early 1930s. But it’s true;…
Sponsors: Primary — Files and Wright Secondary — Bookout, D. Sanders, J. Woods, Ratliff, Wren, Branscum, Gilliam, Linck, Slinkard, Cozart, J. Dismang, Perry, Steel, D. Altes, J. Key, Rapert and Vines By Terrah Baker Lobbyists and proponents for a bill passed in the state Senate on Feb. 27 and the house March 5, claim it…
By Brandon Weston Third Installment Later that evening, after Reginald retired to the library in his smoking jacket and Lord Henry to his private chambers with a bottle of cognac, Amelia wandered those lonely halls, lit only by a few dusty oil lamps, thinking over the events that had transpired earlier in the conservatory. Ghosts…
By Terrah Baker The Arkansas Department of Labor has a different name for what activists at the Springdale-based Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center call “wage theft.” “We actually call it wage claims, and they often deal with a one-time occurrence of someone not receiving minimum wage or overtime pay,” said attorney with the ADL David…
By Emily Smith Dressing down a fancy, silk cocktail dress (even one with sequins) is easy when you throw some weathered fatigues into the mix! TIP: Look for anything that is authentic and distressed when on the hunt for army greens, steering clear of full-on camouflage if at all possible. Prepare to set your sites…