Shake, Rattle And Roll
Bikes, Blues & BBQ rally director Joe Giles drove up to Arvest Ballpark last year to help set up a stage for music. The minor league baseball stadium was to se…
Stories by Kevin Kinder
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The Last Waltz
I climbed a crane once. It went up 13 stories, if I remember right. This particular one towered above Dickson Street as crews slung metal together on what woul…
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Small Space, Big Ideas
Not every artist can fit on the Artist Audience Community Live stage. It's a small stage in a small room.
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Raising Their Voices
Two weeks after John Matthews moved to Northwest Arkansas from Shreveport, La., he saw a "help wanted" ad in the paper. The Bella Vista Men's Chorus was in nee…
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Jazzed Up
It can't be called the 30th anniversary celebration, because there were several years without a Eureka Springs Jazz Festival, or, as it's called now, Jazz Eure…
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Jerrmy Corde Gawthrop
The trout surprised them.
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A tall, proud endeavor
Exactly 50 years ago Aug. 30, Bob Dylan released one of his masterpieces, "Highway 61 Revisited." It chronicles an important juncture in Dylan's career. Just m…
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Pickin' Party
The way the world often imagines banjo music isn't exactly what happens at the Banjo Rally, which celebrates its 40th year in Eureka Springs this weekend.
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More Flavor
National publications have taken note of Bentonville's growing dining scene. And so too has Faith in Action, a local charity that supports itself via an annual…
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Double Duty
Sarah Watkins worried it might take a moment to make the physical and mental switch between her two primary bands. She left a gig with the Watkins Family Hour,…
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Film festival to return in 2016
The second Bentonville Film Festival will be May 3-8 next year, officials announced Thursday.
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Serious Potty Humor
A serious band that seriously calls itself Diarrhea Planet?
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A Sunday Fun Day
The stage will be built. The fans will be there, too. It left Bryan Hembree and his team of organizers with the Fayetteville Roots Festival wondering why they …
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A New Groove
The weekend warrior approach works for a lot of bands. It goes something like this -- work a 9-to-5 job, practice when you can and play every Friday and Saturd…
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Ready To Strike
Here Whitesnake goes again, down the only road they've ever known. Right?
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Stringing Fans Along
Three bluegrass festival strike their opening notes in the area in short order. Each festival features a variation on the idea of bluegrass music, and each als…
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An Apple A Day
That apple juice-like taste of commercial ciders, the ones with fancy packaging but little to differentiate themselves as beverages? It's not to be found at th…
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Making Their 'Peace'
Jeff Gosey has an idea what Fort Smith area music fans want. They want a little bit of everything -- jam bands, gospel, rock and more.
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A Study in ‘Contrasts’
If the upcoming season from the Fort Smith Symphony were a meal, it would not be meat and potatoes. It would be something more gourmet, with a mix of influence…
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Changing Of The Seasons
Walls and construction equipment currently surround the Walton Arts Center campus in Fayetteville. But when it opens again in November, the venue will be as bu…
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Rough road to ride
The summer sun knows nothing of John McCormack's ride. It does not care that he must wear a 15-pound jacket of armor to protect him against falls. It simply fo…
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No Big Mystery
Kevin O'Brien is a huge fan of superheroes. Also, he loves murders.
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Raising The 'Flag'
After Jasper Johns made his first "Flag," he destroyed all of his previous work. He knew the subject and his approach to that piece had changed him as an artis…
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In A Panic
Welcome to the dog days of summer. Or perhaps the "Street Dogs" days of summer.
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LIVE! in NWA
Today: CongaKeyz -- 6-8:30 p.m., Bella Amore, Bella Vista.
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Unnaturally Natural
Andy Warhol was called many things during his lifetime. Naturalist was likely not one of them. Maybe it was the Campbell's soup cans in gaudy proportions that …
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LIVE! IN NWA
Today CongaKeyz — 6-9 p.m., Azul Tequila, Bentonville.
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Double Time
Jonathan Jackson's two lives were easier to keep separate just a few months ago. He performs music, and he acts. But a new record contract, and a newly announc…
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Taste of tradition
Taquerias sell much more than tacos. Many make tortas, a sandwich on crusty white bread. Others sling a slate of burritos, sopes and other south-of-the-border …
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A Wild Time Had By All
For as big as it was, I was most surprised by how quietly the bear approached. The size of it struck me too, but not as much as the stealthiness.
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Fielding A Party
With more than 100 sets to choose from at Wakarusa, it's really tough to pick the bands you want to see. Complicating things are the multiple stages, which mea…
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Even More Crude
The second year for The Crude Mechanicals will be twice as nice.
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First-Time Funnies
The script writing trio of Jones, Hope and Wooten has more than once placed a phone call to the Lyric Theater in Harrison. They keep up with the schedule of th…
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Flocking To Waka
For seven straight years, Brett Mosiman, director of the Wakarusa festival, asked rap/rock band The Roots to make the trip to Mulberry Mountain. For six straig…
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Tale Of The Trails
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Greenway debuted May 2 to much fanfare. Some 2,000 came to the grand opening events, and about 300 bikers rode all 36 miles of …
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Phase Three
The music festival that debuted in 2006 on Mulberry Mountain near Ozark is entering a new phase in its history. But event director Brett Mosiman says the lates…
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Splash Down!
A study conducted six years ago indicated one of the most pressing entertainment needs for the Fort Smith area was an aquatic park.
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A Flurry Of Activity
If artist Alice Aycock has her way, one look at her work "Maelstrom" is not enough.
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Birds Of A Feather
The festivities keep getting bigger. But Block Avenue stays the same size, which means organizers of the annual Block Street Block Party must get creative.
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Film festival earns rave reviews
The award winners for the first edition of the Bentonville Film Festival were announced late Friday night. The host city fared well, too, said Trevor Drinkwate…
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Film winners announced
The award winners for the first edition of the Bentonville Film Festival were announced late Friday night. The host city fared well, too, said Trevor Drinkwate…
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Filmmaking Australians find Bentonville
BENTONVILLE --Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope had to look up Bentonville on a map. The city at the heart of the new Bentonville Film Festival isn't exactly the fir…
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Filmmaking Australians find Bentonville
BENTONVILLE --Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope had to look up Bentonville on a map. The city at the heart of the new Bentonville Film Festival isn't exactly the fir…
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LIVE! in NWA
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Beer Buzz
The list of reasons to visit Northwest Arkansas is long. And it's growing, too. One of the most recent reasons tourist attractions is the region's reputation a…
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'A League of Their Own' stars get a game of their own at Springdale's Arvest Ballpark
Country singer Sara Evans nailed the national anthem at Arvest Ballpark in Springdale on Thursday night.
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Catching the (mud)bug
For a creature that not so long ago wallowed in brackish swamp waters, the crawfish looked good. Clean and bright red, surrounded by friends and on a pristine …
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Bentonville festival offers connections with Hollywood
Not long after Joey Lauren Adams confirmed her involvement with the Bentonville Film Festival, people from her home state started asking the Little Rock native…
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Davis still waiting on industry changer
BENTONVILLE — Several times, someone told Geena Davis a film would change Hollywood for good.
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Still Colouring The World
Forty years ago, the musicians of the band Chicago learned they needed to give fans the hits they craved. Of course, by 1975, they had already released dozens …
