High Profile
Richard Allen Weiss
posted: 02/09/2014 2:50 a.m. Discuss
For someone who knows so much, Richard Weiss doesn’t say much.
Fundraiser goes festive at Evolve Rio Carnival
posted: 02/09/2014 2:49 a.m. Discuss
Carnival, the Rio de Janeiro version of Mardi Gras, doesn’t get underway until later in the month (Feb. 28-March 4), but you can get an early taste at 2014 Evolve Rio Carnival, the main fundraiser for the Centers for Youth and Families, a nonprofit organization whose mission is “creating healthy children, families and communities.”
HOMETOWN HEROES: Selfless Samaritans
posted: 02/09/2014 2:47 a.m.
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It’s easy to think of a firefighter as a hero, but a fifth-grader ? How about a school bus driver or truck driver?
RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE: Cute lifeguard left her speechless, not disdainful
posted: 02/09/2014 2:46 a.m. Discuss
In the beginning, George Peters did not think Ouida Ingram would deign to date him.
DEAR ABBY: Answer 7-year-old’s queries about absent dad in stages
posted: 02/09/2014 2:43 a.m. Discuss
DEAR ABBY: I have an extremely bright 7-year-old daughter, “Amy,” from a previous marriage. Her biological father, “Jake,” and I separated when she was an infant. He lives across the country, so while we shared custody, Amy usually saw him only once a year. For a while I called him “Dad” when talking about him to her, but when it became apparent that he wasn’t going to be involved in her life (and because I was going to be remarried ), we switched to using his first name.
MALE CALL: Checked, striped shirts demand ties in solid colors
posted: 02/09/2014 2:41 a.m. Discuss
Q. I love strong checkered shirts. I probably own 30 of them in various sizes and colors. My problem with them is matching to a tie. They always seem too busy. Is there a way/rule for direction of stripes and boxes based on their size, etc.?
SAINTS & SINNERS: Rep-rospective review
posted: 02/09/2014 2:40 a.m.
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Showgirls with exposed garters and midriffs and decolletage denuded, male gymnasts in wrestling singlets and face paint tumbling one atop the other — this is what you don’t get at other blacktie events on the calendar. But then, it’s not Saints and Quaints, is it?
Bridal policy
posted: 02/09/2014 2:38 a.m. Discuss
ENGAGEMENTS — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publishes engagement announcements without photographs. The announcement must be submitted at least eight weeks before the wedding and two weeks before you wish it to be in the paper.
Anniversaries
posted: 02/09/2014 2:37 a.m. Discuss
ARKADELPHIA — Joan and Deryl Wieser will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple were married Feb. 12, 1954. She is the former Joan Cummings and a retired schoolteacher.
Engagements
posted: 02/09/2014 2:37 a.m. Discuss
Emily Brooke Arnold, daughter of Dinah and Eddie Arnold of Arkadelphia, and Joshua Adam Tennyson, son of Carol and Charles Tennyson of Little Rock; April 5.
ALL-STAR EVENING: Hunter, 200 friends go to bat for UAPB baseball complex
posted: 02/09/2014 2:36 a.m.
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Detroit Tigers right-fielder Torii Hunter was the special guest at Homeruns and Heroes held at the Governor’s Mansion on Jan. 30.
REPAIRING THE WORLD: Red Carpet Affair sparkles for recipients, well-wishers
posted: 02/09/2014 2:35 a.m.
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A combination of awards and entertainment created the feeling of a Hollywood-style shindig, complete with search lights and a red carpet entrance, at the 11th annual Jane B. Mendel Tikkun Olam Awards.
Valentine’s Day flower basics
posted: 02/09/2014 2:33 a.m. Discuss
You wouldn’t take her to a place called Jalapenos Restaurant if she hates Mexican food, right? And you wouldn’t dream of buying her an Angora sweater if she breaks out in hives at even a glance at a rabbit, correct?
The wedding dress a mouse click away
posted: 02/09/2014 2:33 a.m. Discuss
RALEIGH, N.C. — When we were girls, my sister and I joked that we would marry our future husbands in the backyard, barefoot, and the reception would be a potluck.
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING: ‘Rock’ music to their ears
posted: 02/09/2014 2:31 a.m.
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Opera in the Rock playfully named its major fundraiser “Opera on the Rocks,” which belies the enthusiasm of this crowd, eager to bring an opera renaissance to the capital city’s arts calendar.