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Visionaries 2023

Visionaries 2023

January 1, 2023

Vol 45 • No 61

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Visionary Arkansans 2023

Not content to sit back and wring their hands, these Arkansans are conjuring a smarter, safer and saucier future. Our fresh-faced Arkansas Times Visionaries for 2023 are leapfrogging right past the old boys’ club to deliver good health, a strong economy, political might and even some artistic flair.

How to get help: A quick start guide to resources in Pulaski County

If you or someone you know could use some help, here are a few resources to tap in Central Arkansas. We can’t promise it will be easy, or that this list is exhaustive, but it’s a start.

The Observer's New Year's resolutions

A collection of New Year's resolutions from deputy Observers.

Listen Up: 10 noteworthy tracks by Arkansas musicians from 2022

Arkansans made some incredible music in 2022. Our favorite tracks came from Willi Carlisle, Banzai Florist, Modeling, Kyle Mays, Melissa Carper, Kin & Company, Joshua Asante, Como Sasaki, PETT and Zilla.

They're from Arkansas?!

When just binge watching movies and television was no longer enough, pandemic listlessness led some of us on staff into the weeds of IMDb, scouring for trivia that might help stave off boredom. After the accidental discovery of one Arkansas hometown in the bio of a random actor, we became fascinated with which performers, big or small, come from The Natural State.

Beyond the Real: A Q&A with fiction writer Carl Napolitano

Carl Napolitano, a queer fiction writer from Little Rock, has only a handful of stories out in the world so far, but his premises are shockingly memorable. They treat the mystical and strange with the utmost frankness and acceptance. Magic materializes and characters just carry on and make do. In this Q&A, Napolitano reflects on the subjectivity of interpretation, his novel-in-progress and why a fantastical approach to storytelling is so appealing. 

Meet Emma Wasson, defier of odds

For the Wasson family, caring for a child with special needs is about more than hardship.

The top 10 Arkansas meals of 2022: One man’s best bites

Little Rock writer Guy Choate documents and photographs every restaurant meal he takes in each year and keeps record of them on his I Cleaned This Plate Tumblr page. Here are his top 10 Arkansas meals of 2022 and his food goals for 2023. 

Turkey manure, bacterial wilt and hydroponics

The ups and downs of tomato farming.

Marijuana for more: State could add more qualifying conditions but insiders say it's unlikely

After a bid to pass recreational marijuana failed at the polls in November, attention could turn to adding new qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, but insiders say the process is difficult and success is unlikely.

Little Rock zoomer Aliah Rowe leads a new generation as College Dems of America VP

Molded by the horrors of the 2016 presidential election, a new generation of Democrats mobilizes.

Mr. Gazette: The story of Sharpe Dunaway

Sharpe Dunaway may be the most famous traveling salesman in Arkansas history, a distinction only partly due to his sidelines: politics, writing and state promotion.
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