Art + Nature: Stone fishes his river of songs for Artosphere visit
"Music and songs are always flowing through my world in some kind of organic way," Jayme Stone begins. Including, it feels, the way he speaks over the phone. I…
Stories by Jocelyn Murphy
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Laying The Groundwork: Program aims to foster hip hop in NWA
How do hip hop artists in Northwest Arkansas begin to make a name for themselves? Who is already working the scene here? Is there even a place in the culture f…
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Listen Here!: Cross-Cultural Artist Dissects Self-Doubt In New EP
News and reviews of new albums, both local and national.
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Crumbs Close Out Walton Arts Center's 'In The Atrium' Series
Tonight is the final In The Atrium concert of the season. It's a series the Walton Arts Center began as a way to ease patrons back into live performance -- int…
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Ozark Folkways ready to spring back
After a year-long slumber, Ozark Folkways in Winslow welcomes the community back with its grand reopening celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Art + Nature = Joy: Hope flutters in on Artosphere wings
A pillar of the Artosphere Art+Nature Festival in Fayetteville has always been its free programming. The Walton Arts Center's annual festival continues through…
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Listen Here! Blues Newcomer Pieces Together Fresh Perspective
"Nowhere Sounds Lovely"
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A Decade With Dover: In-demand quartet returns to Artosphere roots
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt candidly admits that the Dover Quartet's canceled Artosphere appearance last year was perhaps the most heartbreaking of all the canc…
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AMP makes another Friday announcement: NEEDTOBREATHE added to lineup
The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion has added the rock band NEEDTOBREATHE to its 2021 lineup, the venue announced Friday.
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Dierks Bentley added to AMP season
The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion continues to bulk up its 2021 season with another addition to the lineup, announced Friday.
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Listen Here! Blues Newcomer Pieces Together Fresh Perspective
"Nowhere Sounds Lovely"
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How About A Listen? 'Trash Blood Horrorcast' with Zac Slusher, B.J. Presley
Did you know we have a plethora of funny, educational, captivating and insightful podcasts produced and hosted by the deep well of talent cultivated in our own…
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Melissa Etheridge plans Walton Arts Center performance
FAYETTEVILLE -- The Walton Arts Center announced Monday rocker Melissa Etheridge joins the venue's Land O'Lakes Concert Series with a performance Oct. 10.
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Alexy Supports Meals For Musicians With Jamming Send-Off
Alexy's Last Gig
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April Showers Bring May Festivals: Artosphere returns to its roots at Walton Arts Center
Past years of the Artosphere Arts+Nature Festival have had a theme. Water, space, even biking, laid a thematic foundation around which the Walton Arts Center's…
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Pilfered Paintings Performance: Festival hopes to catch a thief with walking theater
In the spring of 1990, half a billion dollars worth of art was stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in what remains the world's biggest art hei…
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Alexy Supports Meals For Musicians With Jamming Send-Off
Friend of the Northwest Arkansas music and philanthropic communities, and the original music director for Bikes, Blues and BBQ, Mike Alexy has organized a fund…
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Scottish Producer Finds Own Voice In Music
"Carnival of Peculiarities"
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Machine Gun Kelly coming to Walmart AMP
Houston pop/punk singer and rapper Machine Gun Kelly has been added to the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion's 2021 season.
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Luke Bryan added to AMP season
ROGERS -- The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion announced another addition to the 2021 summer schedule late on Friday.
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Roots Fest announces lineup
The Fayetteville Roots Festival announced Thursday the music lineup for the annual event in August.
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From Ella To Beyonce: Jazz Fest returns, connects past to future
Year one: Found a new festival. Year two: Take everything completely virtual, expand teaching and performing musicians to international voices. Year three: Swi…
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AMP'd Up: Rogers venue prepares to welcome back live music
Do you hear that? The sounds of guitars, drums, your favorite song and 10,000 screaming fans echoing out over the Ozark hills once again?
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LISTEN: Fayetteville singer nabs Top 12 spot with judges' save on American Idol
Fayetteville's own superstar, the effervescent Madison Watkins, continues her journey on the ABC singing competition show American Idol this weekend after an e…
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AMP adds Thomas Rhett, Brothers Osborne to 2021 season
The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion announced its first new shows in more than a year.
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Del Downtown: Bluegrass legend opens Roots outdoor series
"It's a beautiful part of the country," Del McCoury begins, thinking back to his most recent visit to the Ozarks. The bluegrass legend with a storied career wa…
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Sights of Summer: Momentary announces three-part exhibition schedule
As promised, the just-announced summer exhibition schedule at Bentonville arts space the Momentary carries on a programming philosophy aimed at expanding the c…
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The Room Where It Happens
Even as theater offerings cautiously creep off computer screens and back onto real-life, in-person stages, much remains uncertain — especially when it comes to…
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Bigger And Better: Crystal Bridges Museum announces expansion
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art revealed plans April 7 for a major expansion to be completed by 2024.
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Curtis Grimes At George's
Despite the pandemic's effects on the music industry, Texas country singer Curtis Grimes built some serious momentum in 2020.
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Walton Arts Center welcomes back Broadway
The Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville held its annual Broadway sneak peak on Wednesday evening and six-show Broadway subscription packages are on sale now for…
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Crystal Bridges plans expansion by 2024
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art revealed Wednesday plans for a major expansion to be completed by 2024.
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Crystal Bridges announces expansion
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art revealed Wednesday plans for a major expansion to be completed by 2024.
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Park And Party: Concert series builds community identity
As live music returns to downtown Springdale, a new partnership between the Downtown Springdale Alliance and Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange (CACHE)…
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Sharing The Showtunes: Broadway comes to Baum Walker at WAC
When Broadway's Christine and Raoul from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" find themselves together again on the Walton Arts Center stage in Fay…
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Sights Of Summer: Momentary announces three-part exhibition schedule
As promised, the just-announced summer exhibition schedule at Bentonville arts space the Momentary carries on a programming philosophy aimed at expanding the c…
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REVIEW: A Thousand Ways
Can you see me? Am I coming in to focus?
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Fayetteville native advances on American Idol
Fayetteville native and American Idol hopeful Madison Watkins had a good start to her week.
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LISTEN: Fayetteville's Madison Watkins on American Idol
Fayetteville native Madison Watkins continues her journey Monday, March 29 on ABC's singing competition show "American Idol."
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Invitation For Reflection: Artists mine struggle, memory in exhibition
For more than seven decades, since its inception, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum has hosted a national competitive exhibition to recognize and encourage pr…
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Invitation For Reflection: Artists mine struggle, memory in exhibition
For more than seven decades, since its inception, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum has hosted a national competitive exhibition to recognize and encourage pr…
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Listen Here! Congolese Sensation Releases Debut Album
"BIG DARK BRIGHT FUTURES"
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Finally Festive: Spring naturally brings Artosphere return
Though many of its events take place outside, the Walton Arts Center's signature arts and nature festival was one of the coronavirus casualties last year. Arto…
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Listen Here! Congolese Sensation Releases Debut Album
"Tembo Kia Ngoma"
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'In The Atrium' Continues, Expands Into Spring
The Walton Arts Center's new In The Atrium series has been immensely popular with audiences itching to get back to live performance.
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Fanning The Flames Of Freedom: New sculpture illuminates reflection on race, access
Lady Liberty's torch lands on the Momentary campus on March 25. Well, artist Abigail DeVille's 2020 reimagining of it, anyway.
