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Alden Napier, executive director of the nonprofit organization Credit Counseling of Arkansas, has wasted no time in making an impression on his peers. Online p…
Alden Napier, executive director of the nonprofit organization Credit Counseling of Arkansas, has wasted no time in making an impression on his peers. Online p…
Resilience. It's a word that comes up frequently in conversation with K.C. Dupps Tucker as she talks about the dark days of 2014, when she and her husband, Jo…
Bob the dog has a problem. His best friend, Phoenix, is about to go off to kindergarten, leaving Bob home alone. What will he do with all of his extra time? In…
The second you pull up to the Heather Ridge Railroad in Greenland, something uncontrollable happens to your face: It breaks into a wide, delighted smile before…
If the sight of school supplies on the shelves is making you nostalgic for your own school days, never fear -- whether your interests tend toward the artistic,…
Linda Rogers, owner of Possum Valley Vintage, has had a love affair with all things dusty, rusty and junky for as long as she can remember. Initially, she boug…
Those that knew Bonnie Bridges in high school don't sound surprised that the hard-working student ended up pursuing a career as a lawyer. As a testament to the…
When the workshop production of "10,000 Balconies" -- a play conceived, created and directed by Kholoud Sawaf -- debuts in TheatreSquared's new black box space…
When musicians Bryan and Bernice Hembree, along with their friend, chef Jerrmy Gawthrop, produced the first Fayetteville Roots Fest in 2010, it was a small aff…
Local meteorologists say temperatures are going to be hot Saturday. But a big bowl of Hiland Dairy ice cream and a stroll through Fayetteville's historic Headq…
The Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, which celebrated its fourth anniversary on July 15, now finds itself right in the middle of several of the area's bike…
Volunteerism is often the engine that keeps nonprofit organizations chugging along as they help support our community's most vulnerable neighbors. Parents of k…
Marie Haley and her two daughters started Art and Soul NWA Studios with one central thought in mind: anyone and everyone has an artist inside of them. Haley sa…
Since Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in 2011, the interest in visual arts has done nothing but expand in Northwest Arkansas. From the newly endo…
Let's face it, the basic dinner-and-a-movie date routine can get old for those that have been dating -- or married or whatever -- for a while. And for first or…
Julie Gabel's first foray into the Arts Center of the Ozarks summer musical was the 1980 production of "Oklahoma!". The young singer braved the Arkansas heat -…
Arts Live's newest show, "The Hundred Dresses," has an important message about bullying and inclusion -- subjects that are particularly pertinent to the theate…
When the Artosphere Festival Orchestra presents a program June 29 celebrating the moon, it will be with the backdrop of French movie director Georges Melies' 1…
There's no experience quite like the Fayetteville Square Dance, held the last Friday of most months. (The event takes off August for the Roots Fest and Novembe…
Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point has been filling the hills of Eureka Springs with song since 1950, when it opened as a summer music camp. Over the las…
On a recent overcast Thursday morning in Fayetteville, Bartus Taylor has his broom in hand and is tidying the sidewalk in front of his stylish office, Buzz Eve…
Eric Pianalto, president of Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, celebrates 25 years with the hospital system this month. When he accepted a position in 1994 at …
Around mid-morning at Amy Daniels' and Julie Speed's first flea market event -- it was late September back in 2013 -- the duo realized they had a hit on their …
Cressida Cowell's popular children's book "Emily Brown and the Thing" tells a story both kids and parents will find familiar -- the myriad ways a child can att…
Sandy Royce Martin, chairwoman of the Eureka Springs Arts Council, says that adding the Chalk Art Festival -- running May 15-18 this year -- to the venerated M…
Galen Harp is passionate about juggling. Though he didn't officially discover juggling until he was an adult, the co-founder of the Institute of Jugglology pla…
There is little doubt that Northwest Arkansas is experiencing an art boom: With Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the region has a nationally known art i…
Reviews of pianist Ilya Yakushev's concerts consistently mention his passion, his fervor and his intensity. The powerful Russian performer received his first a…
If murals are something that catch your eye when you're out and about in Northwest Arkansas, then you have no doubt noticed the colorful and imaginative work o…
Since rebooting Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week in 2017, executive director Robin Wallis Atkinson has approached each subsequent run with fresh ideas to gain f…
Casting director Dayna Dantzler must have one of the most adorable jobs in the world: As the person who casts two local 4- to 5-year-old girls for the national…
On a recent March morning, the beautifully landscaped campus of the Beaver Water District headquarters is overrun with school-age kids, all darting to and fro …
If you look out of the wide, west-facing plate glass window on the third floor of TheatreSquared's new, state-of-the-art, 50,000-square-foot facility, you're g…
With her girl-next-door appearance, bubbly-but-erudite conversation and commitment to Springdale, Amber Perrodin is the very model of a hometown girl.
The University of Arkansas, Crystal Bridges and TheatreSquared are collaborating on a host of theater, art and history events surrounding a reading of Mary Kat…
The House of Songs Bentonville -- the music collective started in Austin that seeks to link songwriters from all over the world -- hosted seven songwriters fro…
Pilot Arts Theatre founder and executive director Missy Gipson is no stranger to kids' musicals: Gipson also serves as executive director for Fort Smith's olde…
River Valley and Northwest Arkansas audiences will have a chance to see theater performed by an internationally known company when the Alma Performing Arts Cen…
In his 95 years on Earth, E. Philip Trapp, University of Arkansas professor emeritus of clinical psychology, has seen a few things.
Evan Crawford, director of the upcoming production of "A Murder Is Announced" at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, is very familiar with author Agatha Christie an…
When writer and photojournalist Tom Clynes speaks to an audience Feb. 7 at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, he'll bring with him 20-plus years of e…
Ashtyn Barbaree's wide smile, facility with a ukulele and beautiful singing voice are familiar to anyone who regularly visits the Fayetteville Farmers' Market …
There are few people that appreciate the lush landscapes, quirky history and eccentric characters of the Ozarks more than Kelly and Donna Mulhollan. The music …
Mike Rusch has a clear memory of when he realized what it meant to do volunteer work for others instead of volunteering to just make himself feel good.
The temptation to escape the crowds, stay warm in chilly weather and remain in your jammies can be seductive. But if you shop by the light of your computer, yo…
Mark Kinion is the very definition of a hometown boy. Kinion grew up in Prairie Grove, and a conversation about his history in the Washington County area will …
Amy Daniels and Julie Speed had a good thing going. With five years of experience under their belts, the co-creators of The Junk Ranch -- Northwest Arkansas' l…
When Jessica McClard launched the concept of the Little Free Pantry, she did more than help feed her community -- she inspired a global movement.
Arkansas-born journalist Alice Driver has been traveling, off and on, with the asylum-seekers that have been trekking from Central America toward the United St…
From pictures with Santa Claus to dazzling light displays, Northwest Arkansas has more to offer during the holiday season than you can shake a reindeer tail at!