Kim Christ
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Site tells how to hit rock bottom
posted: 01/18/2012 4:13 a.m. Discuss
At SouthernSavers.com a tutorial explains how to use coupons to save big.
State parks open year with First Day hikes
posted: 12/26/2011 3:11 a.m. Discuss
For Arkansans anxious to start off the new year on the right foot, employees at 14 Arkansas State Parks will lead a free First Day Hike on Sunday.
Home organization guru to hold seminars in NLR
posted: 11/12/2011 3:31 a.m. Discuss
If your home is not as organized as you’d like, Deniece Schofield wants to help you get your act together.
Director of brass band is a natural for Morris
posted: 07/17/2011 5:02 a.m. Discuss
All year the musicians of the Natural State Brass Band volunteer their time and talents, rehearsing weekly and performing free concerts and at charity events near and far. Each year they get one month off — July.
DANCE REVIEW: Alice in Wonderland dazzles and delights
posted: 05/21/2011 3:04 a.m. Discuss
From its initial dizzying, dancing drop down the rabbit hole, the Arkansas Festival Ballet’s rendition of Alice in Wonderland recreates Lewis Carroll’s mysterious and maddening world to wonderful effect — and all without the use of gimmicks or special effects.
Weeds and all
posted: 05/11/2011 5:20 a.m. Discuss
Planting Dandelions, the title of a memoir just released by Riverhead Books and written by Arkansas’ own Kyran Pittman, is an apt metaphor for what’s inside.
Sugarloaf Mountain hosts Heritage Day
posted: 05/04/2011 2:44 a.m. Discuss
Sugarloaf Heritage Day is 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 21 at Arkansas State University, Heber Springs campus, 101 Rivercrest Drive. It is organized by the Sugarloaf Heritage Council, a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to improving and preserving the mountain as a recreation area.
Foiled dancer corrals volunteers for ballet
posted: 04/24/2011 2:58 a.m. Discuss
Haven England’s small role in the Arkansas Festival Ballet’s forthcoming production of Alice in Wonderland doesn’t begin to reflect its importance to her — or her significance to the company.
Money matters; just ask this pair
posted: 04/20/2011 2:36 a.m. Discuss
Good morning, Dear Reader; we would like to introduce you to Jeanne Fleming and Leonard Schwarz, a lovely couple who join the Family section this week.
BOOKSHELF
posted: 03/30/2011 3:20 a.m. Discuss
The Odioius Ogre Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer Scholastic, $17.95, ages 4 and up What do you do when confronted by a bully? What if the bully is a huge hungry ogre? That’s the situation for the villagers in this fable, who live within chewing distance of an ogre widely believed to be extraordinarily large,
