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Profile: Kelly Kemp-McLintock

Writing the Next Chapter

For Kelly Kemp-McLintock, every meaningful project begins with a story. Long before she became a leader in nonprofit development across Northwest Arkansas, she was a young girl in Fort Smith mesmerized by the evening news. With only a handful of television stations available at the time, Kelly would sit glued to the screen watching familiar local broadcasters deliver the stories of her community.

“I’m a storyteller,” she said. “I love interviewing people. I’m very curious by nature and inquisitive.”

Arts & Culture: Get a Deal and Pick the Shows You Want

Another great Walton Arts Center season is on the horizon. From star-studded solo evenings to mesmerizing cultural experiences and the biggest shows straight from Broadway, this diverse and engaging season has something for everyone. The always popular Create Your Own package allows guests to pick multiple shows and get great deals for the season.

Choose shows from any series except Starrlight Jazz Club, West Street Live and the new Songbook Salon Series to make your three-, five- or seven-show package.

Arts & Culture: Symphony of Northwest Arkansas Names Akiko Fujimoto as New Music Director

Following a nationwide search and a season unlike any other in the organization’s history, the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas announced the selection and appointment of acclaimed conductor Akiko Fujimoto as the orchestra’s new music director.

Arts & Culture: Crystal Bridges Opens Highly Anticipated Expansion

Crystal Bridges marked a major milestone last month, unveiling its highly anticipated 114,000-square-foot expansion designed by Safdie Architects.

The expansion transformed the museum experience, expanding access to five centuries of American art and enhancing the ways visitors interact with every part of the building. It introduces two new dedicated art galleries, including a large space for temporary exhibitions featuring a bespoke skylight system.

Destination: Family and Traditions Run Deep in Tontitown

Today, the third generation of Ranallis to live in Tontitown grow tomatoes, peppers, squash and grapes on the family farm that Italian immigrant Nazzareno Ranalli purchased in 1923. While most of the early Tontitown families grew grapes, today the Ranallis are the only commercial growers remaining in a community once covered with acres of vineyards.

Nonprofit: The Difference Care Close to Home Can Make

At 24 weeks pregnant, Candy Lambert went in for what was supposed to be a routine anatomy scan. Instead, she and her husband, Rob, found themselves stepping into a world they never expected — one filled with specialists, uncertainty and difficult questions no first-time parents feel prepared to answer.

Nonprofit: Inclusion on the Baseline: Center Court Tennis and the Power of Adaptive Play

Inspired by a friend who started an adaptive tennis program in Alabama, tennis enthusiast Allyn Elleman launched local nonprofit Center Court Tennis in 2021 to transform the lives of athletes with intellectual or physical disabilities through adaptive play. Today, as founder and executive director, she continues to prove that absolutely anyone can learn, play and love this sport.

Living Spaces: A Family Home Built for Boys, Dogs and Long Summer Days

Tucked down a long, quiet driveway on more than 20 acres of countryside, this house was designed for family, with kids and dogs at the heart of the floor plan and grandparents just 150 yards away.

Anytime they want, the homeowners’ two young sons can hop on their little electric off-road utility vehicle and take the driveway over to their grandparents’ house. “We say, ‘Go see Grandma and Grandpa,’ and they hop in there and cruise over,” the homeowner said.

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There is a beautiful, cyclical poetry to the universe, especially when it comes to the logistics of love and gelato.

Consider Daniel and Ariel Husband. Forty-one years ago, their love story officially commenced over a couple of scoops at a Texas Braum’s.