When Bash makes dinner, it's served for a good cause
The list of guests was limited to just a dozen for an April 8 dinner hosted by Paul Bash at his home high on a hill in Hillcrest. The dinner was bought by Gina…
Stories by Cyd King
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HIGH PROFILE: Chef Matt McClure
BENTONVILLE — Matt McClure is casually dressed in jeans and a plaid shirt as he sits at a corner table at The Hive, the restaurant in this city’s swanky 21C Mu…
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Youth Home fundraiser a successful Eggshibition
By stringing a lot of lights overhead and creating "walls" with white-cloth draping on the sides, the basketball court at the University of Arkansas at Little …
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Easter Seals wins
Stephen Jones, considered to be the top Dallas Cowboys executive under his father and Cowboys' owner, Jerry Jones, was honored as Arkansan of the Year 2017 by …
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Symphony plays for patrons, who watch donations roll in
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra's Philip Mann Society, which includes major donors to the ASO's annual fund, gathered backstage at Robinson Center Performance …
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Opera fans raise funds, get a preview of Seville
Fans and benefactors of Opera in the Rock -- believed to be the state's only professional opera company -- gathered at the Junior League of Little Rock Ballroo…
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Rep's opening night elicits plenty of laughter and tears
The opening night of Jar the Floor at Arkansas Repertory Theatre was poignant and funny -- until the last act, when the cast of five laid it all out on the sta…
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Personal Space
Jeremy Bragg
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Hidden Figures author inspires lunchtime crowd
Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly spoke and answered questions from curious spring-breakers during a lunchtime event March 23 in the Great Hall at the…
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Local pair get cracking for annual Eggshibition
Chris and Ashley Haynes are a smashing couple -- him the silver fox with youthful features and her a dark-haired beauty with a knack for remembering people she…
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Children's Hospital helpers' 50 years of service celebrated
Much has been made about the 50th anniversary of the Arkansas Children's Hospital Auxiliary, all culminating in the 50 Years of Championing Children Luncheon, …
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Barbecue, fish, tamales land prestigious honor
The inaugural Arkansas Food Hall of Fame induction ceremony, held Feb. 28 at Ron Robinson Theater, had all the drama and anticipation of the 2017 Academy Award…
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Gala kicks off Fashion Week, Northwest Arkansas style
In between the fittings and accessorizing and before the final layers of mascara hit the models' eyelashes, organizers of Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week took …
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New president, CEO Pharr has long United Way history
Heart of Arkansas United Way member agencies, board members and others gathered at Trapnall Hall the evening of Feb. 28 for a chance to get to know the organiz…
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Light up the sky
Guests attending the 19th annual Starry Starry Night fundraiser for Access schools dined beneath towering arrangements of greenery including boxwood and rosema…
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Record $450K raised for 20th Century Club
The 20th Century Club has a special place in the hearts of those who support it, and those attending the club's only annual fundraiser, the black-tie Hope Ball…
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Disorder on the court
It was a disgrace to the sport of basketball.
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Bar Association's meetings adjourn for levity, libations
After sitting and listening intently in seminars and continuing education classes all day, lawyers attending the Arkansas Bar Association's midyear meeting sha…
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Volunteers roll out Red Carpet
Wolfe Street Foundation volunteers Charlotte Linch and Karen Holderfield are struggling to get a giant wood cutout of an Oscar statuette out of the back of a f…
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'17 Eggshibition cracks open some new twists at pre-party
Still riding high from a successful 2016 Eggshibition fundraiser and fueled by some new aspects added for the 2017 affair, officials and friends of Youth Home …
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Personal Space
Dent Gitchel Jr.
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Not new to the zoo
Susan Altrui was surrounded by her besties during a Jan. 30 reception to celebrate her new post as director of the Little Rock Zoo. In December, she was named …
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Woman of the Year
Melanie Jackson knew in advance she'd been named Woman of the Year by Women and Children First, but when it came time for her to stand up and be recognized, sh…
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Heck of a haul
Everything that glittered was gold at Saints and Sinners 2017, the largest annual fundraiser for the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Tables and chairs draped in go…
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Slurps and robust burps signal another win-win
It was controlled chaos at the Statehouse Convention Center the afternoon and evening of Jan. 29 as seasoned patrons of the annual Soup Sunday fundraiser lappe…
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Melanie Bynum Jackson
When Keith and Melanie Jackson were invited to lunch by friends and philanthropists Chip and Cindy Murphy, the Jacksons readily accepted. Sitting around a rest…
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PHOTOS: Arkansas fans attend parties, concert on Belk Bowl trip
Razorback fans attending the 2016 Belk Bowl found their way to The Queen City from points far and near, proving the team's support stretches well beyond the A…
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Woe pigs, really?
Some 4,000 Hog fans sprinkled the stands at Bank of America stadium for the Dec. 29 Belk Bowl, but a glance at opposing Virginia Tech fans wearing the school's…
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Pridecorps a safety net for young LGBT people
Bobby Cushman was a truck driver and then a Realtor. Then he was a truck driver and was a Realtor again.
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Guests at festive mansion celebrate in historic style
The low roar of conversation at Jay Barth and Chuck Cliett's annual holiday get-together was likely heard at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, just three doors …
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Yum-o gumbo, hot crackers and pie are a public service
Bob Gee, a volunteer at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, does a lot for the school year-round, but he goes above and the beyond the…
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Rural revelry
At the end of a winding gravel road off Arkansas 7 outside the town proper of Dardanelle, Dr. Chris and Elizabeth Stinnett's antebellum mansion was a visual fe…
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Hospital volunteers saluted with lunch, entertainment
The CHI St. Vincent Auxiliary honored its hardest-working volunteers with a luncheon Dec. 9 at the Country Club of Little Rock. In between awards and accolades…
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Don't box her in: Julia Reed lecture highlights versatility
Julia Reed is a hoot. The author, humorist and magazine/newspaper contributor says just about anything that comes to mind, whether in print or in public. It's …
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Make-a-Wish benefit nabs $118,000 for 15 wishes
The atmosphere was so jolly at the seventh annual Evening of Wishes that speakers struggled to be overheard, but when country singer Justin Moore pulled out hi…
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State Medical Board salutes members who are leaving
Members of the Arkansas State Medical Board gathered at the Country Club of Little Rock the night of Dec. 1 to share some merriment and honor a few of their ow…
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Group wraps Christmas for needy senior citizens
Simon Lee had to step over Christmas gifts when he interviewed for a job as community service representative at Home Instead Senior Care last December. The com…
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Highway commissioner gets dinner, salutes at his sendoff
Bank executive Frank Scott Jr. was just 29 when he was appointed to the Arkansas Highway Commission in October 2013. In the three-plus years since, he has put …
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Couple help Philander Smith celebrate past, look to future
Kaki Hockersmith and Max Mehlburger know how to throw a party, and officials at Philander Smith College were on the receiving end of the couple's hospitality t…
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Raising a festive salute
The 2016 National Philanthropy Day Luncheon, held Nov. 17 at the Embassy Suites Little Rock, was a literal "Who's Who" in fundraising in Arkansas, specifically…
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Saying farewell to Manees House
If it was indeed the last social function by the Junior League of North Little Rock at the E.O. Manees House, the group's home of 54 years, there were no signs…
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LR leaders applaud retiree on 33 years of chamber work
Judy Love is like a surrogate mother -- or a school principal -- ushering some 1,500 business leaders through Leadership Greater Little Rock, a program of the …
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Baldwin & Shell bash marks construction firm milestone
Little Rock-based Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. celebrated its 70th year in the business with a reception for about 500 of its top brass, vendors and di…
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Alma mater given fiscal hug by noted filmmaker graduate
Little Rock native and writer/director Jeff Nichols was in town Monday to share his latest film, Loving, a love story with strife. Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga…
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In renovated Robinson, epic Opus raises $640,000 for ASO
Just days before, you could have heard a nail drop.
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HIGH PROFILE: Junior League of North Little Rock President Kelly Phillips
It’s all got to go. The silver punch bowls, crystal vases, antique furniture and a massive closet filled with Christmas decorations — everything will be reclai…
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Hot, helpful helpings
They're the top chefs of central Arkansas, and they feed more strangers than they do their kin, sometimes for the benefit of area nonprofits.
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Adults have a blast at benefit for Museum of Discovery
The biggest-yet Spark! fundraiser for the Arkansas Museum of Discovery drew raves about the activities, demonstrations and the food, a feast for the eyes and t…
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Barristers party in interest of community service effort
Some 200 lawyers and their friends or better halves gathered at the Governor's Mansion the evening of Nov. 3 for a fundraising dinner for the Arkansas Judges &…
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Arkansas talk show host celebrates 50th with costumed friends
Bill Vickery, the radio talk show host and political strategist, celebrated his 50th birthday Jim Morrison-style the night of Oct. 28 with a costume bash at Sa…
