Marisha Boedigheimer DiCarlo
Here's Junior League President Marisha DiCarlo walking the halls of the headquarters, the halls of the Arkansas Department of Health, the finish line of the Do…
Stories by Bobby Ampezzan
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72-year-old is relentless in Little Rock neighborhood cleanup
At the end of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, where it becomes 36th Street, there's a sharp turn and a ravine to the right. It's difficult to see, but over the g…
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A humble legend
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes held its annual spring fundraiser April 28, this time at The Church at Rock Creek in west Little Rock, and on the heels of…
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Adams is toasted for years of service to Junior League
A lean chicken thigh, orzo salad and fruit on a bed of kale, and behind this plate lunch, sugar cookies in the shape and paint of a rainbow and a cloud because…
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Horse race watch parties set the pace for benefits
I just love a good horse race. The majesty, the money, the muddying and whinnying. Er, that should be the mudslinging and whining.
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With a side of funk
Arkansas Baptist College served up a white-clothed supper and a funky soul set by the Bar-Kays ("Holy Ghost") and Lakeside ("The Fantastic Voyage") at this yea…
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400 rock the River Market to help pick piece for park
The preview party for the ninth Sculpture at the River Market took place April 22 under the River Market pavilions, and about 400 showed up to eat and aesthete.
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REVIEW: Pumpkins show less than smashing
Billy Corgan's vocals reverberated around North Little Rock's Verizon Arena at the Smashing Pumpkins show Saturday, the frontman doing his tenor best to fill t…
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'Bows and mudbugs
There was a rainbow in the southern sky over War Memorial Stadium about 7 p.m. April 14. This was at the 12th Ragin' Cajun crawfish boil for CARTI. Folks cooed…
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Gals raise roof at fundraiser to combat human trafficking
The initial party for the upstart Party With a Heart got hearts racing inside the Argenta Community Theater. The brainchild of local nonprofit board member Tif…
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It's all about the children: Helping the abused, needy
Over lunch at Brave New Restaurant -- I, the pecan-encrusted rainbow trout filet; she, the chef's salad -- Shayla Copas tells me the second Woman of Inspiratio…
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15th annual JDRF fete pumps in a hardy sum
The big Fund a Cure drive (100 percent research, 100 percent tax deductible) at the first Imagine for JDRF (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund) raised $1…
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Biographer of presidents pens autographs at UALR lecture
You might say Jon Meacham met each 'em when he came through April 4 and 5. The author of biographies of Presidents Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson and, most r…
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Rabbit at rest: Family works to promote Arkansas farmer’s one film
So many stories begin with an email and end with a keystroke. If in between a reporter finds himself on U.S. 61 headed north to Blytheville, that's unusual.
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Fools Rush In, leave behind about $9,000 in donations
Opera in the Rock, the nonprofit determined to give the capital city a bit of professional opera on a semi-regular basis, made about $9,000 at its Fools Rush I…
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Potluck party hosts hope folks stay away in droves
Ever wonder how your iPhone works? I mean How. It. Works. The real-time voice in my ear, the live ballgame on my screen, the itty-bitty edge trimmer that makes…
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Hear them roar
It was 100 years ago when the city's first Lions Club formed in Little Rock, and almost immediately it set out to raise money for rat eradication. True story, …
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Minding memories
Alzheimer's Arkansas celebrated three of its most pivotal caretakers -- "advocates" -- at an Easter week celebration late last month at the Clinton Presidentia…
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Regional chamber's comity encompasses many causes
Remember the plot of Ghostbusters II? (Oh, what? You remember it. You've seen it a bunch.) The spirit of a Carpathian warlord and a river of hot pink ectoplasm…
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Senate whips up on House to raise $31,500 for children
The House had its ringer (Cory Cooperwood), and the Senate did, too (Brandon Friedel), and together they helped stuff a sweet fundraising pot for two kids' cha…
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Stay at Vista Magnifica a popular auction item
There's this repeating charity auction item that Helaine Williams, Cary Jenkins and I have been talking about. It's a one-week stay at a villa in Costa Rica --…
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Big kids move and groove to old TV rhyming lessons
The kiddos get Schoolhouse Rocks Live! through Friday at the Arkansas Arts Center Children's Theatre, but the center wisely pulled back the curtain on a school…
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11 standouts in class
Paula Juels Jones fought back tears during her acceptance speech, and pitcher A.J. Burnett fought back a dart for fellow 2009 World Series starting pitcher Cli…
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Red Cross salutes heroes with luncheon celebration
The American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas recognized more than a dozen Arkansans "for their lifesaving work" at a luncheon awards program presented by law fir…
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Just like firm, its structures, architect built of strong stuff
Gordon Wittenberg is 94. He's a bit, a bit, younger than the historic Little Rock architecture firm that bears his name.
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Robert Wesley Steele
As Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s chief strategist, Dr. Rob Steele is the one responsible for the hospital’s plans to build its first second hospital in Spring…
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Great Scot!
Ahh, the Scottish, infectiously bold in their tartans and whisky, ritualistic yet irreverent as all get-out. This helps explain why several staff members of Ly…
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Members-only get-together permits first peek at exhibits
A gathering of armchair art historians joined drawings curator Ann Prentice Wagner for an erudite introduction to watercolorist Charles Burchfield's Black Iron…
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Arkansas Gives goes big, aims for a $4 million take
The main event in fundraising last year wasn't an event at all. At least, not any event like those that fill these pages.
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Harding University lecture hails Black History Month
Harding University celebrated Black History Month with, among other things, an American Studies Distinguished Lecture Series panel discussion on race.
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Feet don't falter as troupe drums up financial support
Untapped, the city's professional tap dance company, held its second eponymous fundraiser Feb. 19 at Ron Robinson Theater. More than 100 people turned out to s…
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Style show honcho puts little, big players into mix
Maddye Plascensia arrived at the photo shoot Manhattan-sensible -- a Liz Lemon-inspired shirt-sweater combo and calf-high black leather boots. In a place like …
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Four to the fore
A quartet of Arkansas "businessmen" -- including a woman and a transformative Arkansas governor -- were honored with induction into the state's Business Hall o…
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Sisterhood author Wells set for solo show at Rep
Millions of people know Rebecca Wells. The Alexandria, La., native's second book, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, sold millions and was turned into a m…
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Can smartphone apps accurately track sleep, or is that just a pipe dream?
"Young Paul [Bunyan] grew so big that his parents did not know what to do with him. Once, Paul rolled over so much in his sleep that he caused an earthquake. T…
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Sleep study involves measuring gadgets
When medical professionals want to evaluate your sleep, they turn to polysomnography, a big ol' Hellenic compound that means "sleep study."
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Sleep tracker apps from Ahh! to zzzzz
Among the inexpensive or free sleep apps used for this story -- Sleep Cycle, Sleep Better, SleepBot, Sleep Talk and Go! to Sleep -- the most entertaining and r…
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Spouses take a bow
It was a guy's night out for sure. Cocktails in the VIP lounge. Lots of back slapping. Steaks for dinner. Jokes a-plenty. Of course, it was all for the women, …
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Dance troupe envisions tapping in to a fun genre
Car dealers think a lot about saturation. Open a Ferrari dealership in Little Rock and people pump their fists. "We're finally Dallas!" Open two more and your …
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Class action was discovered at reception for legal eagles
The Arkansas Bar Association hosted an evening reception the first night of its midyear meeting, which takes place in January.
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Soup fundraiser pours up $137,000 for families
The 35th bonanza of bouillabaisse!
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Doing donors right
It was a cold night, and CHI St. Vincent hospital staff had trucked in golf carts to whisk dinner guests inside the Clinton Presidential Center, lest they get …
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2 with ALS inspire others to keep moving for a cure
The state's ALS Association held its fundraiser kickoff luncheon Jan. 21 at the Capital Hotel. Jim Bailey, representing the presenting sponsor, Arkansas Blue C…
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Personal Space
Whitney Patterson Where I live: the Central High School Neighborhood Historic District
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Stately desserts shine on Mansion's crystal
Ooo, that lamestream media is up to its tricks! All the health stories this year are hatin' on sugar, the stuff of soda fountain romances and ice cream socials…
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Meeting of the minds turns to revitalizing urban areas
More than a hundred people turned out Tuesday to hear a nonarchitect present at the monthly lecture series sponsored by Architecture and Design Network.
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Elizabeth Elango Bintliff
Elizabeth Elango Bintliff is charismatic. She’s sharp and happy and traveled, so after a bit, when she makes a bombastic prediction, it’s all nods around the t…
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Pryor pays tribute to legacy of Bumpers at monthly talk
It was perhaps a bit more somber, this Legacies and Lunch with David Pryor, coming as it did just days after the death of his contemporary in the U.S. Senate a…
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Bash before the Bowl
MEMPHIS -- The night before the University of Arkansas Razorbacks sullied Kansas State University's perfect .500 season, administrators, board members and VIPs…
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Memphis with emphasis
MEMPHIS -- Is it premature to say our Hogs own the Liberty Bowl? Um, yes. We've come through twice since 2010 and won both times, but there were those two stin…
