ACO Back ‘On Stage’ With Short Play At Turnbow Park
Without a physical home since the sale of the property at 214 S. Main St. in Springdale, the Arts Center of the Ozarks is on the move — and temporarily working in Turnbow Park.
“Downtown Springdale A...
October 23, 2020
FYI: Fall offers pumpkin patches, scary movies, Oktoberfest
Today
Happy Hour at the AMP -- Honeyjack, 4:30-10 p.m., Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers. Free, but limited capacity; table reservation, $25. 443-5600, waltonartscenter.org.
Chalk Walk -- E...
October 23, 2020
People & Places: Garfield youth heads for Orlando
Hali Smart
Hali Marie Smart, 12, of Garfield, was awarded third runner-up for photogenic at the National American Miss Arkansas Pageant Oct. 9-11 at the Southern Hills Marriott in Tulsa, Okla. She wi...
October 22, 2020
Gwen Rockwood: Halloween candy math helps keep the illusions alive
In the early 1700s, author Jonathan Swift wrote about how quickly falsehoods can fly and that "truth comes limping after it." Over the centuries, those words evolved to become this well-known saying: ...
October 22, 2020
Beyond The Pretty Birds: 'Mike the Birdman' sees nature through the numbers
John Burcham Erwin says he has "a ton of ideas all the time" for documentary films, but he tends to follow one rule when selecting his subjects.
"I want to make things that are less topic driven than...
October 18, 2020
Albert Eugene King: Veteran rather just be 'Coach'
Albert Eugene "Gene" King has a framed collection of medals from his service in the military -- among them a Purple Heart, awarded for being wounded at the hands of the enemy, and a Bronze Star, award...
October 18, 2020
Snoopy Has Landed! Peanuts mural encourages hope, humor
Out of all the potential landing spots -- not just in Arkansas, but worldwide -- the iconic Peanuts puppy Snoopy has decided to bring his doghouse down at Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. A ne...
October 18, 2020
FYI: Events continue to be mix of in-person and online
Oct. 18 (Sunday)
It's Fall Y'all Craft Fair -- 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Benton County Fairgrounds, 7640 S.W. Regional Airport Blvd., Bentonville. Free. 616-2997, liveloveeventsnwa.com.
NWA Gridiron Show -- Vi...
October 18, 2020
Four Minutes, Four Questions: Author Jeanette Fregulia
Jeanette Fregulia, an associate professor of history and chairwoman of the history department at Carroll College in Helena, Mont., holds a Ph.D. in Renaissance Italian history and a Master's Degree in...
October 18, 2020
FYI: Weekend events include music, art, theater
Friday
Arts, Crafts & More Fair -- 8 a.m.-5 p.m. today & Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Spanker Creek Farm, 8464 W. McNelly Road, Bentonville. Free. 685-5655, spankercreekfarm.com.
Ozark Re...
October 16, 2020
Sey Young: Life, death and second chances
What you are about to read is the only true and reliable account ever of the short life, brutal death, miraculous resurrection, and then concluding denouement of the prized pullet named Cosmo. Other e...
October 15, 2020
School news: Shiloh Christian celebrates homecoming
Ohio University
More than 1,900 students graduated with bachelor's, master's or doctorate degrees from Ohio University in the summer semester 2020. Among them were:
Joseph Bonner of Fayetteville, Ma...
October 15, 2020
Intermission Is Over! T2 returns with hybrid theater plan
As with every arts organization in every community, when TheatreSquared made its updated season announcement last week, it had good news and bad news.
The bad news — which, of course, isn't all bad —...
October 13, 2020
Six Minutes, Six Questions: Ozark Story Project's Amber Perrodin
The Ozark Story Project, explains Springdale artist Amber Perrodin, was created as an extension of Looking for America, an "initiative exploring immigration and American identity in dynamic communitie...
October 11, 2020
Onward, Online! SoNA strikes chords of intimacy, access
Riley Nicholson didn't start the fire, as the classic Billy Joel song says. The situation for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas had already been turned upside down by covid-19 before the new executiv...
October 11, 2020