Follow Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Features & Entertainment, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/nwaonline12 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 18:53:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICpjdze8aq6HKsb1naedg1wr For Kevin and Cheri Goggans, it was business as usual at their Mountain View bed-and-breakfast the morning of April 8.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICpjdze8aq6HKsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICpjdze8aq6HKnn9ye8UNv30 NORTH]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICpjdze8aq6HKnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr6xx1JIBF6USejEQ2Mq9rY Happy birthday. Life continually astonishes you. The energy keeps your heart light and is so attractive, too. More highlights: You'll write what you want; ink and paper make things come into being. You'll dedicate yourself to initiatives that promote the welfare of others. Family events bring together people who haven't seen one another in years.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr6xx1JIBF6USejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr6xx1JIBF6UZVjH6qdYdAk DEAR HELOISE: It won't be long before many of us start sending and receiving packages for the holidays. The problem is that too many packages are taken by "porch pirates" who are just low-life thieves stealing from others.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:47:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr6xx1JIBF6UZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICqhFFqLBufR9Js0ohxaO6Yr It's almost time to dust off your backpack and prepare to hit the hiking trails. But first, we need to battle Mother Nature's perpetual efforts to reclaim them.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 23:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICqhFFqLBufR9Js0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICrCfKihnDvoYKCY3L745TL_ Concertgoers at this year's FORMAT Festival were directed to evacuate The Momentary around 9 p.m. Saturday when a storm front began approaching Northwest Arkansas. In a night that will no doubt enter the festival's local lore, shows were reshuffled to earlier time slots. The festival changes were posted on X at 2:03 p.m. Saturday just as the festival gates opened.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICrCfKihnDvoYKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICrb7NT96wvbhl1cWWor9YPv Linda VanBlaricom visited Arkansas in 1975 for a prospective job. The work was a good fit, and moving to Arkansas made for smooth sailing.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICrb7NT96wvbhl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr1IE4dVsQuYuzdsCmHakzH In her formative years, Ashley McBride thought she would go into medicine or science. But all that changed when she was shaken from her sleep in 2010.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr1IE4dVsQuYuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr1IE4dVsQuYnn9ye8UNv30 Good things come in threes -- and twos. Two friends, Hank Kelley and Dennis Ferra, are co-chairmen of the Oct. 2 Third Annual Arkansas State Police Foundation Lexus Champions for Charity Golf Outing for the third time.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:12:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICr1IE4dVsQuYnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICoGqoJtvt9oYsb1naedg1wr Methodist Family Health supporters jumped on their high (stick) horses for an evening of fundraising at Southern Silks Stakes on Sept. 16, at Embassy Suites in Little Rock.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICoGqoJtvt9oYsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICoGqoJtvt9oYuT5HJgy6HUf Brenda Riddle was freewheeling when she caught the attention of Allen Hill, who caught her attention with his two-wheeler.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICoGqoJtvt9oYuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICoGqoJtvt9oYiejEQ2Mq9rY Q I attended an evening party recently and a couple of men were wearing white pants. What's going on? I thought white was no longer in fashion in the fall.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:05:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICoGqoJtvt9oYiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICo9jDdBu-KHHV1cWWor9YPv DEAR ABBY: I have seriously thought about giving my husband an ultimatum and moving out for a while. Living with him is no longer tolerable. His children support me 100%. He's an alcoholic and can be a bully when he's drinking. His bad behavior comes and goes. I never know who he'll be when he puts the can down. We have been married 30 years. He's better now, but I don't know how long it will last.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICo9jDdBu-KHHV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICo9jDdBu-KHHXn9ye8UNv30 A cool evening, pumpkins, flowers and fresh produce on tables, gardens, farm fields and the historic St. Joseph Center of Arkansas building as backdrop set the scene for Lettuce Grow -- A Night on the Farmstead on Sept. 15.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:02:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICo9jDdBu-KHHXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICo9jDdBu-KHHSejEQ2Mq9rY Tenderly Soria Mondragón and Andrew Robinson Schoessel were united in marriage at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the groom's family estate in Scott. Officiating were David Stone and Ben Jacobson of Los Angeles.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICo9jDdBu-KHHSejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP5s0ohxaO6Yr DALLAS -- The long-awaited Gucci store opened Aug. 25 at NorthPark Center in its new 12,000-square-foot space and becomes the largest of six locations in Texas and one of Gucci's 10 largest in the United States.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:56:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP11cWWor9YPv I'm writing from my office, real late on Monday night.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:55:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP8b1naedg1wr This week is all about books, writers and readers as 50 authors take part in the 20th edition of Central Arkansas Library System's Six Bridges Book Festival, which begins Monday and ends Oct. 1.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:53:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNPylmFkX7M1Jw "New York woman walks down the street with a 'looking-for-a-husband' sign -- sparking plenty of conversation."]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:52:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNPylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP-T5HJgy6HUf Arguing over pop music is a young person's game. It's like Paul Simon said: "Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts" and who we cherish is as likely an accident of birth and circumstance as it is deep listening.]]> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/ddOVwdWUICov4BS2CbRNP-T5HJgy6HUf