Roots Fest Day 2
Day 2 of Roots Fest 2017 happened on Thursday and saw the annual VIP official opening party. New this year was a special lunch benefiting festival sponsor Feed…
NWA On Stage
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Roots Fest Day 1
Roots Festival 2017 opened last night with a special culinary tasting event hosted by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. (With a conscious effort to enhan…
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Squirrels, Beware
I run over squirrel in Arkansas ...
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REVIEW: The Wedding Singer
"You need to write a review," Jocelyn Murphy, the associate editor of The Free Weekly, said. "You've had so many good things to say about this play."
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Eight Minutes, Eight Questions with Jo Dee Messina
Country music singer Jo Dee Messina comes to Cherokee Casino in West Siloam Springs, Okla., for a free concert at 9 p.m. today. Since her breakout in 1996 with…
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'Motown' Loud And Proud at Walton Arts Center
"Motown: The Musical" uses all the elements of theater at its disposal to tell the history of how the Motown Record Company and some of its biggest songs came …
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A Bridge Or A Wall?
"There are only one or two sacred places left in the world where there is no ringing."
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REVIEW: Mary J. Blige at Walmart AMP
ROGERS -- Mary J. Blige showed why she's referred to as the Queen of Hip Hop Soul. She shared not only her music, but glimpses of her strength and life in her …
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REVIEW: Train at the Walmart AMP
Pat Monahan told me early this month in our preview interview for What's Up! that his "Play That Song Tour" sounds like summer. After a beautiful, lightly bree…
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Pull Up a Chair
BITE NWA, Northwest Arkansas's two-day food festival, is going through a few changes for its third year.
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5x5 Five Minutes, Five Questions Aisha Tyler
I am convinced Aisha Tyler is slowly taking over television. You can hear her voice on Season 8 of FX's "Archer"; the Season 12 finale of CBS's "Criminal Minds…
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SOME THOUGHTS: "THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME"
(This write-up is more an exploration of my thoughts on the show and less an official review, so I have identified it as such.)
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5x5 Five Minutes, Five Questions Justin Kauflin
April is Jazz Appreciation Month and in celebration, the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville is hosting a month of spectacular musicians. The next show takes pl…
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5x5 Five Minutes, Five Questions SEEK Fayetteville
The Walton Arts Center does more programming than many people realize. One particular program that's been flying a bit under the radar is called SEEK -- and it…
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REVIEW: Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage
From the very first moment of the show -- which opens with the same syncopated beats you expect from the movie -- the full house at Wednesday night's opening p…
