Little weeds have big place in history, literature, myth
Dandelions were known to the ancient Chinese, to the Vikings, and to the superstitious populace of medieval Europe. And for all that time, curious beliefs have…
Stories by Ron Wolfe
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Herbalists love it but scientists discount it
Dr. Dandelion will see you now.
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Lawn bane dandelions just dandy in recipes
One way to get rid of dandelions is to eat 'em all gone.
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The get-well garden: Arkansas Children’s Hospital promotes healthy diet, curbs hunger by growing vegetables
Arkansas Children's Hospital is raising lettuce, carrots, spinach and high expectations on a 4,000-square-foot plot on a far corner of the hospital campus in L…
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20-year volunteer keeps doctors at bay for play
Fant Jarrett's blue shirt identifies him as a volunteer at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. Every Wednesday morning finds him on the job in the pla…
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The Fourth of July: A Banner Day
The Fourth of July has more angles than a three-cornered hat.
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July 4th will be a blast as the state celebrates
Arkansas fires up the Fourth of July with dozens of community and state park celebrations, and naturally so.
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Patriotic Peeps, flying anvils and other oddities of the day
The Fourth of July comes loaded with the famous history of Paul Revere's ride, the Minutemen and the rockets' red glare. But some of the day's lesser-known det…
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JULY CALENDAR: Star-spangled barbecue
July is set to explode with Independence Day celebrations, fireworks, fireflies, bang-up days and flashy nights. These are the dog days of summer, often the ye…
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Super smackdowns
Not even Batman and Superman are able to hug it out these cranky days. Why can't we get along with our friends?
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LR Expo bulks up with film series ally
The River City Comic Expo has grown in five years like Bruce Banner muscles up to become the Hulk -- from 250 attendees in 2011 to 6,500 in 2015.
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Fans: Test your knowledge
River City Comic Expo's guest list numbers dozens of names familiar to fans of science fiction and horror movies and TV shows, comic books, costuming, games an…
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Part spring, part summer, all good
June is busy as a bride-to-be on a buckin' bronc, starting with Riverfest and winding up with rodeo cowboys, butterflies and purplehull peas. Father, dear Fath…
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He quarried a garden
Allen Klak's garden makes people wonder. How did he and his wife, Iwona, find such a green nirvana in the middle of Little Rock? -- the backyard sloping down a…
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Personal Space
Justin Nickels Where I live: Hillcrest neighborhood of Little Rock with my wife, Mallory
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Culture on the fly: Arkansas Arts Center’s mobile gallery takes creative pieces to the people
WARD -- Outside of Ward Central Elementary School is a prize-winning visitor that stretches the length of seven diagonal parking spaces.
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Roll-out of roving art, book rigs
The Arkansas Art Center's Artmobile is a dinosaur-size example of an idea that goes back to horse-drawn medicine shows and circus trains.
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King named new editor of High Profile section
Cyd King has been named editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Sunday High Profile section, replacing Bobby Ampezzan.
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Cyd King named to head up High Profile
Cyd King has been named editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Sunday High Profile section, replacing Bobby Ampezzan.
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MAY CALENDAR: Merry, merry month
May is the month of mayhaws, magnolias, mothers, Mustangs and Memorial Day -- when tubas go ommmmm-pah, and a steak on the grill smells mmm-mmmm.
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Peter Rabbit delivers a hopping good time
The Adventures of Peter Rabbit hopped to it Friday night at the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre in Little Rock, with Katie Campbell in bounding motion …
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Walking the walk for 'orphans'
For Carol Spenst, the fourth annual Walk for the Waiting, April 30 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, will be another chance to walk a mile for a smile.
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Book records legacies of women tied to state
Step aside, Daisy Mae Yokum. Sorry, Ma Barker. The Dogpatch gal and the bank-robbing gang leader have colorful histories with ties to Arkansas, but they don't …
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Floating photographers featured in new exhibit
Historic Arkansas Museum's new "Hugo & Gayne Preller's House of Light" exhibit shows river life in early-day Arkansas through pictures taken by the adventu…
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APRIL CALENDAR: Food fests, films, UFOs? They’re all gems
April is the month of many happy returns, but only for those expecting a tax refund. The difference between sports brackets and tax brackets is when the other …
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Let the festivities begin!
The Easter rabbit hops into the picture today, bringing with him warm months and festivals old and new around Arkansas.
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ASO, Rep prepare for seasons of change
The Arkansas Repertory Theatre and Arkansas Symphony Orchestra have announced what is programmed for their new seasons, with changes to come for both organizat…
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Rep's founding leader to fill in during search
Arkansas Repertory Theatre founding artistic director Cliff Baker will return as interim director during the 2016-2017 MainStage season that will include the m…
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It's a hare-raiser
March is when the leprechaun delivers shamrocks, the Easter Bunny brings eggs and spring unloads a field of daffodils. And watch out -- here comes the Amazon d…
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EmpowErged
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" might do for a piddle-paddle. But it's hardly the tempo that rowing coach Ted Riedeburg has in mind when he says to think of a song.
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Film scenes run gamut, from Keaton to Valjean
Galley slave is the image of rowing that RowAmerica coach Ted Riedeburg has to overcome in order to recruit new members. And movies don't help.
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Crab, erg, wash all paddle jargon
Arr, matey. Rowers don't talk like pirates, but they do have a vocabulary of special words, including these:
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Taking a shine to
Hold a piece of Depression-era glass to the light, and even the dullest old cup or saucer is a way to see through time.
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From uranium to carnival, Depression-era glass glows
Depression glass can be distressing, if not depressingly confusing.
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More shows
The Depression Era and Vintage Glass Show and Sale shares the setting with three other shows that draw statewide attendance the same weekend in Little Rock and…
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Personal Space
Where I live: Lakewood in North Little Rock
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Cinemas across Arkansas showing classic movies way they were meant to be seen
Old movies fill some of today's screens as big as ever, returning yesterday's movie idols to the size that made them stars in the first place.
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Some paths to 'classic' are just nutty
How does a movie get to be a classic, and not just an old movie?
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Classic lines, classic films
One way to tell a classic movie is that it contains at least one classic line:
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13 Clocks ticks off a good time
The Thirteen Clocks kept fun time Friday night at the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre in Little Rock.
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Carnival of hearts, history, football
February is the year's shortest month, but leap year makes this February a day longer than usual -- 29 days in which to celebrate all things numbered 29: Roman…
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State symbol sampler
Many things can be said about Arkansas, but some things are more than said -- in fact, they are legislated.
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Fried pickles, trout not listed
A state can have all the symbols it wants. But how many is too many? Should all this symbolizing have stopped short of, say, Arizona's state reptile, the ridge…
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Identifiers often curious and officially sanctioned
Arkansas's 24 state symbols might seem a curious lot of choices, but not compared to other states' collections.
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App highlights Little Rock’s civil rights history
LITTLE ROCK — From the Civil War era to Philander Smith College and the Arkansas Studies Institute, a new app tells more than a century of Little Rock’s civil …
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LR civil rights is topic of new app
From the Civil War era to Philander Smith College and the Arkansas Studies Institute, a new app tells more than a century of Little Rock's civil rights history.
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Dog lover, pet bring joy to the aged and disabled
Debbie Strobel recalls the training it took for her spaniel mix, Lexi, to be registered as a therapy dog, and that the most important lesson, Lexi already knew.
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Resolutionary ideas
January is resolved to do better. Exercise, lose weight, save, organize, volunteer, move up -- and if not that: Throw fruitcake, soak in bubble bath, and hug a…
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School has a who's who in signed book collection
The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock holds a library of signed books by authors from Kennedy biographer Ted Sorensen to T…
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Mix of sales, fuel taxes pays for road improvements
The state is taking from three pots of money to cover the expected $410 million it needs for improvements to Interstate 49 and its interchanges in Northwest Ar…
