Introducing our semi-annual arts guide highlighting the state’s cultural offerings—including visual arts, music festivals, and everything in between
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Discover the Ozarks
Nature photographer Tim Ernst shares memories and insights from a career spent exploring his favorite region of the state
Since he started photographing the Arkansas Ozarks in the early 1980s, Tim Ernst has published 20 coffee table books and more than 15 guidebooks detailing the region’s wilderness. Originally from Fayetteville, he followed his camera lens to Newton County, building a log cabin outside Jasper where his favorite subjects—the hiking trails, waterfalls, and scenery of the Ozarks—are just steps outside his front door.
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A Lively Bunch
Get guests in the mix with an experience-based approach to entertaining
When Jessie Gillham of Little Rock’s Festive Haus started dreaming about a spring gathering, she wanted it to be more than just a meet-and-eat party. “I think experience-based gatherings are becoming a huge trend—and a good one,” the event planner says. “There’s less pressure on you as a host and on guests to create conversation. Plus, it can be more fun and intimate.”
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Discover Fort Smith
Get to know this Arkansas destination through the eyes of a couple of local business owners who call the city home
Carey Thompson and Josh Palmer found the perfect blend of old and new when they opened a gift shop in a 110-year-old potato barn. The property became available as the two were hoping to start their own coffee-roasting business, The Black Bison Company. They purchased the piece of history with the intention of basing operations there; however, it quickly became clear that roasting coffee in a century-old wooden structure would not be advisable. Shifting gears, they moved production off-site while making the barn the face of the company. To fill the space, they opened a retail shop in the location, selling a range of gifts, jewelry, and home décor along with Black Bison coffee by the cup. “Carey had gotten started helping out in a business a few years ago that was coffee-oriented, but it was more of an online business,” Josh says. “With us both being from Fort Smith and having ties here, we wanted to do something a little more local.”
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Destination: Delta
With the addition of The Louis, Wilson solidifies its reputation as an essential part of the Arkansas food scene
As executive chef at the Ritz Carlton in Houston, Todd Rogers once fed the likes of Queen Elizabeth II and both Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush. He has helmed the culinary program at five-star resorts in Pennsylvania and Georgia and overseen more than a dozen restaurants at a time. With a resume like his, Wilson might sound like an odd place for Chef Todd to land, but he jumped at the chance to shape this tiny Arkansas town’s culinary future as its vice president of culinary, farming, and culture. “It’s not me taking over another resort or playbook,” Todd says. “We’re building the playbook here.”
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Discover Downtown Little Rock
In the heart of the Capital City, tight-knit communities and an emphasis on walkable living create a slower pace that welcomes all
Long gone are the days of downtowns sitting dormant and forgotten, and Little Rock’s is no exception. One of the earliest efforts to revitalize the district began more than 25 years ago with the opening of the River Market. Since then, initiatives to bring people back downtown have extended slowly south and eastward, jumping what before seemed like the impassable borders of Interstates 30 and 630. People are visiting—and moving to—neighborhoods such as South Main Street and the Quapaw Quarter, Pettaway Park, and East Village in droves thanks to new opportunities and thoughtful planning in the city’s most historic communities.
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Discover Benton
Pieces of Saline County history stand tall as reminders of this town’s pioneer beginnings
Even with its quaint gabled roofline, Victorian trim, and multicolored stone facade, Dr. Dewell Gann’s former office at 218 S. Market St. in Benton is an unassuming little structure. However, there’s something that makes it unique: It’s the only known building in existence constructed out of bauxite. And it holds a lot of history inside.
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A Walk Down Gingerbread Lane
Jennifer Maune honors her grandmother with a recipe for a Christmas classic
If you don’t recognize the name Jennifer Maune, chances are you will soon. In September, the lifestyle blogger from Little Rock became one of three finalists on Season 13 of MasterChef, Fox’s popular cooking competition hosted by Gordon Ramsay. Besides creating recipes and other inspiring content for her website, Jennifer is hard at work developing concepts for a future restaurant and forthcoming cookbook. But this busy creative is used to juggling plates, and she’s thrilled to share her passion with the world. “I love to gather people around the table,” Jennifer says. “It’s where milestones are celebrated, memories are made, and holidays are spent with loved ones. I count it as an honor to be a part of people’s celebrations when they’re making my recipes.”
Though Jennifer has pastry and culinary degrees from the School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Tech and an advanced pastry certification from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, Jennifer counts her grandmother as her most influential teacher. “We would cook and bake together, and I wanted to have a big family because of her,” she says, recalling Christmas celebrations with 40 or more relatives filling the house. That’s where Jennifer learned to embrace the beautiful chaos of hosting holiday get-togethers, such as cookie swaps and gingerbread-decorating parties. “Christmas is for sure my favorite holiday—the decorating, the food, the faith, and spending those precious moments with my family,” she says.
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Discover Bentonville & Rogers
In Northwest Arkansas, flourishing food and cycling scenes entice visitors and residents alike
Havana Tropical Grill is housed in a refurbished gas station in downtown Rogers.
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Into the Woods
Escape to your backyard for an easy-to-recreate autumn scene
Walk down the wooded pathway to Charlie Gropetti and Todd Smith’s backyard escape and you’ll likely feel as though you are miles into an Arkansas forest. “The idea was to feel far out but not actually be far from the house,” Charlie says. As the owners and creative minds behind national home décor brand Porch View Home, busy schedules often leave them with little time for lengthy vacations, making this at-home retreat even more alluring. The dense thicket consists of a circle of plantings on their property outside Vilonia. “It’s the gathering spot when we have parties,” Charlie says. “I think that’s because it has a very sheltering feel. You are enveloped in trees here and feel safe.”
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