In which we gave photographer Tim Hursley a Polaroid, eight frames of film and one take to get the shot.
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Big Dam Photo: Dancing in Time
The Always Exciting, Very Epic Life Of Jake Mosby
The book is titled The Jake Mosby Story: A Man For All Seasons, but somehow, that alone doesn’t seem to do it justice.
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A Conway Twitty Tribute Generations in The Making
Musicians Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn created a lasting legacy with their iconic duets. Now their grandchildren—Tre Twitty and Tayla Lynn—are carrying on the families’ tradition. Here, Tre explains how the collaboration came to be, and the importance of not trying to fill their grandparents’ shoes
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Talkin’ Bout A Revolution
A Social Medium
WHEN THEY were published by the Historic Arkansas Museum in the early ’90s, the first two volumes of Arkansas Made were something to behold—unprecedented not only for their “survey of decorative, mechanical and fine arts,” but for the glimpse their pages offered of a shared past, the potential to realize a previously unmade connection. Nowadays, though a third volume is nearing publication, the modern era has opened other channels for a new generation to connect with its history—namely on the social media accounts of the Arkansas Made team. Although the format might look a little different, the tone more informal, the images clumps of pixels, the aim behind each post is the same as it’s always been: They all connect us to our shared history.
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A Tribute To Karen Hayes
This version of Karen’s poem was written on a Coronamatic 2200 on Feb. 21, 2019, by the Arkansas Life staff.
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From The Editor: The March 2019 Issue
IT’S TOUGH writing something light, something airy, when everything seems to be pushing you toward some heady, lofty diatribe on the nature of reality. Particularly when this month’s feature grapples with subject matter that transcends the digital and physical realms, the shared history that exists somewhere between the two. Particularly when your publication faces its…
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Welcome Mat
Hear This No Tears Suite presented by the Oxford American magazine and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra A year and a half back, on a warm September evening, a stage was erected in front of the old Magnolia Mobil Service Station, and music came: soul-jarring, sometimes dissonant, sometimes big-bandish, a 60-minute sonic build inspired by Melba…
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An Enormous Watermelon And The Past And Future Of Arkansas Cinema
“HERE ARE two prized Arkansas products,” the caption declares. In the image, a man smiles at the camera. With one hand in his suit pocket and one polished wingtip crossed indolently over the other, he is the perfect picture of 1930s Hollywood glamour. Or he would be if it weren’t for the dark mass of…
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Ballet Arkansas And The Love Of Dance
For the dancers of Ballet Arkansas, acting out the world’s great love stories isn’t acting at all.
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