Throwback Thursday
When the 1950s-inspired trailer resort Flamingo Springs officially opens this June, denizens of Prairie Grove might find their small town inching ever closer t…
Stories by Lara Hightower
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Stacie Bloomfield
To talk to Stacie Bloomfield for more than 10 minutes is to be charmed by her: The animated artist and founder and owner of the stationery and home goods compa…
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Summer Fun On The Horizon
A wide variety of summer opportunities exist for youngsters in Benton County. Here are some of them. See more extensive lists for both Benton and Washington co…
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Catching The Community Bus
When Artist's Laboratory Theatre's artistic director Erika Wilhite is excited about something, she talks fast. Really fast. Mile-a-minute, rat-a-tat-tat machin…
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Seven Sneak Peeks
On May 19, Washington Elementary School's Tour of Homes will continue the tradition -- now 15 years old -- of offering residents the chance to get inside some …
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Chaos With Chickens
The chickens have certainly come home to roost in Trike Theatre's "Chicken Story Time", a charming adaptation of Sandra Asher's book of the same name.
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Summer Fun Ready To Flower
As a kid, having three months of lazy summer days stretching out in front of you is a dream. For parents, though, summer can be something of a nightmare as the…
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ON THE COVER: The art of beauty
Makeup artist and Northwest Arkansas Fashion Week board member Jodie Arrington Franklin can size you up in five seconds and tell you what color palette would l…
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'An Old Woman Speaks' About Changing Roles
ArkansasStaged will present "An Old Woman Speaks" -- a play that uses the words written over the span of nearly 60 years by Fayetteville activist Sue Coppernol…
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Ready For Its Closeup
Bentonville Film Festival fans lucky enough to land a ticket to the competition film "F.R.E.D.I." will get an eyeful of familiar scenery: The sci-fi adventure …
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Willi Carlisle
Willi Carlisle is a man of contradictions.
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Five Minutes, Five Questions Author Colson Whitehead
Author Colson Whitehead burst on the scene in 1999 with his novel "The Intuitionist," a New York Times Notable Book that Kirkus Review called "a dizzyingly-hig…
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When Steel Is King
Visitors to Fort Smith's Garrison Avenue might hear the distant sound of rumbling engines as May 4 draws closer, heralding the approach of tens of thousands of…
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'He is an activist'
Fayetteville activist D'Andre Jones has a habit of seeing a need and stepping in to see if he can solve it.
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ON THE COVER: Downtown Is Uptown
The University of Arkansas Department of Theatre is on the move -- both literally and figuratively. Next week, department chairman Michael Riha will unveil the…
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PROFILE: Life experiences lead to empathy
There is a particular energy that is sourced working side-by-side with teenagers, says Teen Action Support Center's executive director Madi Hutson. Take TASC's…
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PROFILE: Welcome home, world traveler
Monika Fischer-Massie, executive director of Welcome Health, Northwest Arkansas' first free health clinic, was born in a town named Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Goo…
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Dreams do come true
You got stood up. Your corsage gave you hay fever. The wrong guy (or girl) asked you to go. Your limo had a flat tire on the way to the event. Your mom insiste…
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Training Wheels
Lilly shows up at school one day with her prized possession -- the keenest purple plastic purse you've ever seen -- and is so distracted by the marvelousness o…
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Staged Surprises
ArkansasStaged prides itself on making extraordinary theater in interesting spaces.
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Maker's Space: Artist Kat Wilson explodes with ideas
You must drink your morning coffee to have a conversation with Kat Wilson. The celebrated visual artist is perpetually firing on all pistons, and her ideas -- …
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COVER STORY: 'A Little Bit Of Everything'
The mood was high on March 11 at Fresco Restaurant, right off the square, as Fayetteville's TheatreSquared celebrated the announcement of its 2018-19 season wi…
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Laughter Through Tears
When you go to the theater, do you prefer a comedy? Or would you rather watch a tear-jerking drama? Director Eric Wells says Fort Smith Little Theatre has all …
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Artists, Arise
On March 27, a new round of artists will begin their studies in Arts Center of the Ozarks' Artist INC -- an eight-week program designed to help artists think o…
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Walking The Walk
The Northwest Arkansas corridor is a prime area to develop a strong fashion industry, says Robin Wallis Atkinson, the guiding force behind Northwest Arkansas F…
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All Jazzed Up
Musician Ashli Christoval -- who will become Jazzy Ash when she performs with her band, The Leaping Lizards, on the Walton Arts Center stage on March 27 -- dis…
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Guinzio's Poetry Is For The Birds -- Literally
Poet Carolyn Guinzio was so taken with a family of crows that live near her home in Fayetteville, she dedicated her fifth book of poetry, "Ozark Crows," to the…
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Heart, Mind, Faith
The Rev. Steve Sheely, pastor of Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Fayetteville, has a distinct memory of the moment he committed his life to Christ. The college…
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Spring break
Northwest Arkansas public schools will celebrate spring break the week of March 19-23. While the halcyon call of "No school!" can be a thrill for the kids, fin…
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'Puppet Slam' First of Its Kind in NWA
The Art Experience in Fayetteville, a nonprofit art therapy organization, hopes they will be starting a new tradition when they host a "Puppet Slam" at 7 p.m. …
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NWA Fab Lab Lets Creativity Run Wild
Thanks to the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce, makers across Northwest Arkansas have a space -- with commercial-grade equipment -- to encourage their tinkerin…
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DiaCon of the Ozarks Perfect Fest for Potter Fans
Rest easy, Harry Potter fans: The team that's behind the first "DiaCON Alley of the Ozarks" -- a Harry Potter festival that includes 37 vendors, costumed chara…
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Find it on Facebook
It’s almost spring — don’t be surprised if you’re suddenly struck with wanderlust or just an urge to get out of the house you feel you’ve been cooped up in all…
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On The Highway Of Life
Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy," running through March 18 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, made quite a stir upon its debut: The Pulitzer Prize winner open…
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A Fond Farewell: Fayettevillians rally to remember, raise funds
In an age where nearly every grocery store is owned by a corporate entity -- and they all look alike -- a true neighborhood grocery store like the CV's on the …
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Not The Usual Heroes
When playwright and Arkansas native Qui Nguyen's semi-autobiographical play "Vietgone" opens March 14 at TheatreSquared, actor Rebecca Hirota says audience mem…
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Spring break
Northwest Arkansas public schools will celebrate spring break the week of March 19-23. While the halcyon call of "No school!" can be a thrill for the kids, fin…
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Debbie Jones
Her childhood sounds like a plot from a movie -- the kind of movie where an American flag flies outside every front porch door and friendly dogs and adventurou…
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In Their Own Words
When poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell met at a New York City dinner party in 1947, their connection was immediate and long-lasting. Their intimate frie…
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A Rare Respite
Given that Fort Smith will spend this year celebrating its 200th birthday, the Fort Smith Museum of History has found the perfect image in celebration: Artist …
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Affordable aisle
Every year, the popular wedding website The Knot releases an annual poll detailing the national and state-by-state averages of costs of weddings. If you haven'…
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Bernice & Bryan Hembree
It almost seems like fate that Bernice and Bryan Hembree met. The voices behind the popular and critically lauded musical duo Smokey and the Mirror blend beaut…
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As Many Giggles As Scares
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is coming to Arts Live -- but director Jason Suel says the story of the eerie headless horseman might lack just a little of the s…
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Louder And Prouder
Arts Center of the Ozarks will be featuring the exhibit "Vox Femina II" through March 28. This will be the second time Autumn Brown and Eve Smith, ACO's direct…
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The Virus Of Fear
"In the Middle of Nowhere," a play written by former University of Arkansas professor and theater department chairman Kent Brown, "really struck a chord" with …
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Fate Versus Free Will
University of Arkansas Theatre's Jeremiah Albers is directing the department's production of the 17th century Spanish classic "Life Is a Dream," written by Ped…
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Four Minutes, Four Questions Stephen Karam
When Stephen Karam's "The Humans" debuted on stage in the fall of 2015, it created quite a sensation: The New York Times called it a "haunting, beautifully rea…
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Beyond barriers
Efforts by individuals and organizations in Northwest Arkansas are under way to make sure that Black History month -- a celebration whose roots stretch back to…
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Suzanne Clark
Fayetteville attorney and Arkansas Bar president-elect Suzanne Clark has a history of making careful decisions with an eye to the future. It's a habit that str…
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Classic Albums Live peforms 'Rumors'
The 1977 album "Rumors" -- a brutally honest, tumultuous musical history of the romantic entanglements of the members of Fleetwood Mac -- remains one of the be…
