Travel
Two big new exhibits have opened this month at the Museum of Discovery to highlight the Little Rock attraction's ongoing recovery from the destructive flooding…
by Jack Schnedler November 29, 2022The tragic Trail of Tears weaves a spider web of routes across Arkansas, as marked by the many commemorative signs along hundreds of miles of highways across t…
by Jack Schnedler November 22, 2022The photograph just outside the National Civil Rights Museum's gallery displaying "A Better Life for Their Children" personifies the multigenerational impact o…
by Jack Schnedler November 20, 2022Stacked in boxes on tables at Mosaic Templars Cultural Center are dozens and dozens of enlarged photographs. Part of a special exhibition, they depict ordinary…
by Jack Schnedler November 15, 2022Rarely if ever does The New York Times mention an Arkansas small town — much less mention it in the same breath as a metropolis like Chicago or Seattle. But Mo…
by Jack Schnedler November 8, 2022The new state of Arkansas' first governor, James Sevier Conway, ran a low-key election campaign in 1836. He felt uncomfortable making speeches or greeting vote…
by Jack Schnedler November 1, 2022The Spa City is still some distance from filling all its outdoor walls with public art. But the proliferation is proceeding apace as Hot Springs moves to the f…
by Jack Schnedler October 25, 2022Pumpkin farms turn into theme parks every October. This is when families across Arkansas head out to buy the raw material for their Halloween jack-o'-lanterns,…
by Jack Schnedler October 18, 2022Unless you're a seasoned business traveler or have an abnormally low resting heart rate, leaving for a trip can feel like escaping Armageddon. You're wrapping …
by Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post October 15, 2022To untutored ears, the piercing notes that will echo this weekend across the Lyon College campus may sound like the wailing of stray cats. For enthusiastic vis…
by Jack Schnedler October 13, 2022The deer appeared early in our hike down to the Indian Rockhouse Trail, not more than five minutes' walk from the trailhead.
by Frank Fellone October 10, 2022It can be a guessing game with nature to predict peak times for the vivid displays of autumn leaves as their annual reds, oranges and yellows spread from north…
by Jack Schnedler October 4, 2022A secret recipe handed down by an unknown chef forms the tantalizing base for a four-generation Arkansas family business that continues to prosper while making…
by Jack Schnedler September 27, 2022Parking meters do not immediately leap to mind as a captivating museum exhibit. They're unlikely to set a visitor's heart beating as swiftly as, say, the enigm…
by Jack Schnedler September 20, 2022In July, the federal Office of Aviation Consumer Protection issued a notice urging U.S. airlines to "do everything in their power" to keep children 13 and youn…
by ANGELICA PEREZ, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) September 19, 2022