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Keen blasts off with lunar, looney Christmas show
LAURINDA JOENKS joenks@nwadg.com Robert Earl Keen grew up in Houston. In the 1960s. His high school mascot was the Apollos. It seems fitting that Keen, at the 50th anniversary of
Next Level Giving
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Many of us look for ways to give back during the holidays as a chance to demonstrate gratitude for what we have by helping others who
APT finds the heart in hilarity
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com A critic once called “A Tuna Christmas” a kind of southern “Prairie Home Companion.” It is just as funny as its prequel by Jaston Williams and Joe
‘A Christmas Story’
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, around which the entire kid year revolved.” — Ralphie Parker, “A Christmas Story” And some adults’ year, too.
Photographers find community in small-town libraries
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “A Tuna Christmas” is set in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, and that’s most often where you’ll find Don House and Sabine Schmidt —
‘Best Pageant Ever’ returns to ACO
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” may be nearly 50 years old now — the novel was written by Barbara Robinson in 1971 — but it remains
8 Days A Week
Dec. 13 (Friday) Preschool Story Time — Christmas stories, 10 a.m., Bella Vista Public Library. Free. 855-1753. Featured Artisan Sale — Just For Pearls, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 13-15, Crystal
‘Tis The Season
Ongoing “A Christmas Carol” — A TheatreSquared original by Amy Herzberg & Bob Ford, through Dec. 27, TheatreSquared in Fayetteville. $18-$29. 777-7477. Art for the Holidays — Including works by
UA Museum takes its story to Fayetteville Public Library
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Museums provide an outlet to encourage curiosity about the world around us and how we interact within it,” muses Laurel Lamb, curator of the University of Arkansas
Natural food coloring an experiment in progress
AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Sometimes we seek a return to the simpler ways of the past using the values of the present, in hope for a healthier future. But sometimes,
