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Twelve Holy Days, Following the Star
We are deep in the heart of Hanukkah, Christmas (solar eclipse – the old passes away) and the Festival of the New Group of World Servers (https://festivalweek.org) (preparing for 2025).
Silver Dollar City investing in the future
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Looking back at the year just past is a tradition — for everyone, not just the staff of What’s Up! We do it in print because so
Eureka Springs sees renewed artistic interest
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Set one foot in the fairy tale town of Eureka Springs, and you immediately know it’s something special. Gracious Victorian style houses are cut into the
Maker, performers set the tune for Northwest Arkansas
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “For many of us, Ed has come to represent the Ozarks of old,” Kelly Mulhollan muses. “A time before generic electronic media-driven culture swept over our regional
Museums take their missions in new directions
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com While the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art continues pushing the boundaries in its collections and the way it displays them; the Rogers Historical Museum continues to
Terra Studios promises life after difficult decision
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com The first thing Terra Studios executive director Val Gonzalez wants you to know is this: Even though the manufacturing of the famous Terra Studios’ ‘Bluebirds of
President’s portraits celebrate, honor veterans
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com For one month only, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville will host a collection of oil paintings by former President George W. Bush honoring servicemen
8 Days A Week
Dec. 27 (Friday) “21 Years: In Search of Ground” — Student works by Addison Graham, regular museum hours through Jan. 3, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787. “Norma Tomboulian:
Scooter program a success in Fayetteville, officials say
STACY RYBURN sryburn@nwadg.com Lots of people have been scooting around Fayetteville. About 250 scooters from the company Spin have been on the city’s streets since Nov. 9. The company reports
Light is returning, and so is power
AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples The winter solstice was Dec. 22, so we are now past the shortest day of the year, and the light is returning with incrementally increasing days.
