Nearly nine years ago now, Junk Ranch co-founders Amy Daniels and Julie Speed took a risk and hosted a small flea market on the grounds of the Viney Grove Community Center in Prairie Grove. By mid-morning, the parking lot was overflowing, and the duo knew they had a hit on their hands.
From the moment the shovels broke ground on TheatreSquared's new building in 2017, one goal was crystal clear: In addition to being a fulcrum for cutting edge theater, the building would also be a community hub a gathering place for everyone, not just for those seeing a show. The Commons Bar/Cafe offers a cozy place to have breakfast, lunch or dinner or to just grab a cocktail in the main area or on its outside balcony or patio. The sides of the building are flanked by wide, inviting concrete steps, urging passers-by to rest or enjoy a coffee. And the floor-to-ceiling windows allow a bird's eye view of the interior, leading Architecture Magazine to dub T2 "a theater that lures the public inside."
We all have something or somewhere that fires up the serotonin just by holding it or seeing it: the woods where you grew up playing hide and seek, a cabinet full of your mother's old copper cookie cutters, the room in your house that makes you feel the most peaceful. In the feature "My Favorite Things," we invite Northwest Arkansans to share those special things or places that bring them joy.
We all have something or somewhere that fires up the serotonin just by holding it or seeing it: the woods where you grew up playing hide and seek, a cabinet full of your mother's old copper cookie cutters, the room in your house that makes you feel the most peaceful. In the feature "My Favorite Things," we invite Northwest Arkansans to share those special things or places that bring them joy.