Last year’s NWA Fashion Week highlighted emerging designers and artists in the local area — a mission of local nonprofit group Artamiss. Take a look at these lines from established and emerging designers for a sneak peek at what will be in the 2013 NWAFW. Photography By Celi Birke Organized By Melissa Arens, co-owner at…
“Brewing in a lot of ways is like gardening. How cool is it that you can plant a tomato bush and the next thing you know you have full-grown tomatoes? In the same way, you can take raw material and turn it into the world’s greatest beverage.” — Jesse Core, owner and brewer at Core…
“What we do here: we don’t base how we run the government on consumer-based government as ‘what’s in it for me?’ We base it on a partnership government that says ‘we’re all partners in this city. How can we all work together?’” — Lioneld Jordan “So what I have to offer is an entrepreneurial…
By Terrah Baker After 1996, something changed in the radio industry. Filmmaker Kevin McKinney noticed the changes, as he watched one of his favorite local stations out of Lawrence, Kan., become a dying legacy of its previous self. “Within a year after them being voted a top 10 station by Rolling Stone … they were…
Get The Look: All clothing can be found at Plato’s Closet with a new location off of East Rolling Hills Drive. Stylist: Staci Deal with Plato’s Makeup and Hair: Melissa Arens at Mayapple Botique Photographer: Bob Cochran Britni Ayers, psychology professor at UofA Olive green blazer: $23 Skirt: $12 Ankle boots: $40 Frida Kahlo necklace:…
By Terrah Baker “The food being donated is coming from local sources, and getting into the hands of people who need it locally …. Then a conversation can be brought up about how that person cares about you. This could be your neighbor and this could be someone you see around town.” – Aron Shelton…
It’s not easy taking on the 22-mile trail system that runs throughout the city of Fayetteville and grows each year. The master plan, created by Fayetteville engineers, lays out 100 miles of trails at about two to three miles completed each year.
The Fayetteville Roots Festival, now in its fourth year, is much more than a celebration of music. Yes, there will be 53 bands, including headliner John Prine, playing six venues over the four-day event, but there also will be locally sourced food in a celebration of “a mountain town in its natural state,” which is the festival’s slogan.
On Friday, the seventh annual Jerry Garcia Birthday Bash is going to take place at George’s Majestic Lounge, featuring an all-star lineup of local talent.
Storyteller Kathy McGregor and local actor, producer and teaching artist Erika Wilhite are working on a project for — and in cooperation with — the incarcerated women of Washington County. Their aim is to give “a voice to the voiceless,” and using book discussions, creative writing workshops and all manner of storytelling modes, learn the…