Becca Martin-Brown

The idea dates clear back to 1987, and it started as a partnership with a tiny town in Madison County.

Wanda Eash, who makes both traditional and modern quilts plus quilted garments, tote bags and sneakers, is chairwoman of “Tomorrow's Heirlooms XIX,” the QUILT Guild of Northwest Arkansas'show April 4-5 at the Benton County Fairgrounds. (Courtesy Photo/Wanda Eash)

Critics have said KAWS’ graphic style “holds about as much nutritional value as a Happy Meal.” But his work has sold for as much as $14.7 million. Fans like the

"I think that if you aren't a little scared, you are doing it wrong."

Were one to choose two diametrically different Broadway shows to see on two consecutive nights, "Hadestown" and "Back to the Future" are certainly dynamic choices. If there's a theater term for culture shock, that would say it well.

“I think that if you aren’t a little scared, you are doing it wrong.” Sean Patrick Ryan, an MFA acting student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, is talking

Immigration to and through Northwest Arkansas is a long story, sometimes easier and sometimes more difficult to hear. The Cherokee came through Northwest Arkansas on the Trail of Tears in 1838-39. The Italians migrated in 1898 from a bad beginning in southeastern Arkansas to success in Tontitown. In the modern era, the Marshallese and Latino communities have bustled and boomed in the region.

Everything about Nicholas Galanin is low key. He enters the room quietly, even though he knows he’s the star of the moment. He’s dressed unassumingly. He speaks softly, in measured tones. Anyone who met him in the galleries of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art would imagine he’s just a visitor. He is, in fact, an internationally known artist whose work won him the 2024 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art.

Eric Yarberry is 31 years old. He's married. He takes public transit to his job in Little Rock, where he is chief executive officer for World Services for the Blind. He was named to this year's Arkansas Business 40 Under 40 list, which "recognizes intriguing business and political leaders under 40 years old."

The second act of John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt: A Parable" "happens in the car on the way home as everyone debates what they have seen," says Terry Vaughan.