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Features

23 The Sarah Effect

How Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders et al. managed to wreck things for Arkansans in under 100 days.

By Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar

31 ACADEMIC ALL-STARS

Meet 20 Arkansas high school seniors excelling in their studies and making the future look a little brighter.

9 The Front

From the Farm: Haunting history from an old homestead.

Q&A: With TikTok scholar Ashley Clayborn.

Big Pic: Meet Arkansas's roster of nepo babies.

17 THE TO-DO LIST

Author Monica Potts at Potluck and Poison Ivy, Bright Eyes at The Hall, world premieres from Ballet Arkansas, the Freshgrass Music Festival, "F for Fake" at the Arkansas Times Film Series and more.

55 Culture

A broad look at the grand reopening of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, including a Q&A with Executive Director Victoria Ramirez and Curator Theresa Bembnister.

By Daniel Grear

62 Culture

On Jude Brothers' searingly honest sophomore album.

By Daniel Grear

67 FOOD & DRINK

Why does chef Peter Brave feel so sanguine about leaving his prized kitchen to go cross-country cycling? The answer: Ben Lindley.

By Rhett Brinkley

72 History

The World War II Japanese Internment Museum remembers Rohwer.

By Correne Spero

76 Cannabiz

What Delta-8 is, and why the legislature decided to ban it.

By Griffin Coop

82 The Observer

Drink your V8 (unless you're The Observer).

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