by Do South | Aug 1, 2023 | Arts + Entertainment, Featured
On a Monday morning, when the biggest news in this small town is the recent heat wave, something immensely cool is going on inside the Shannon and Ted Skokos Performing Arts Center in downtown Alma, Arkansas. Executive Director Chuck King is sitting in his office on...
by Do South | Aug 1, 2023 | Featured, People
From the time she was in middle school, Hot Springs teen, Naomi Smith’s track event of choice was the hurdles. She said the trick to the race is putting the fear of crashing out of your mind, no matter how many times you wipe out. “Oh, I have crashed a couple of...
by Do South | Aug 1, 2023 | Issues
by Do South | Jul 1, 2023 | Featured, Food, Food + Drink
INGREDIENTS (makes 3, 8” layers) for the red velvet cake ½ cup hot coffee ¼ cup cocoa powder, unsweet 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon fine sea salt 2 cups granulated sugar ½ cup vegetable oil 1 stick...
by Do South | Jul 1, 2023 | Featured, Food, Food + Drink
PEACH LATTICE PIE Excerpt from The Great Arkansas Pie Book by Kat Robinson Jan Simrell has been making pies for decades and is one of the most proficient piemakers I have ever met. She and her husband Ronald moved to Arkansas from Frankfort, Illinois (about 20 miles...
