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No One Knows: Covid-19 complications lead to 26-year-old’s death
MARY HENNIGAN Special to The Free Weekly After fighting for four months, 26-year-old Alejandra Arevalo ultimately lost her life to covid-19 on Oct. 23. While diagnosed with the virus, she
Morose-Colored Glasses
I’m a woman in my 20s. Some stuff in my life was going really wrong, and I got depressed. I didn’t tell people, but it had to be obvious. I
Mendelssohn To Chaplin: Fort Smith Symphony plays weekend of music
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Music lovers fast enough to grab up the limited seats at the ArcBest Performing Arts Center will enjoy a smorgasbord this weekend presented by the Fort Smith
Small investments for your dress shoes in winter weather pay dividends
Q. There is a lot more snow this winter than I have experienced for a while. I’m not comfortable putting on galoshes. Is there any kind of shoe that’s appropriate
Week of Festivals — Purim, Full Moon & Lantern Festival
Our upcoming week is filled with celebrations, which lightens our somber Lenten season. Friday is Purim, the Jewish Festival of Queen Esther who saves her people by telling the truth.
Pioneer Adventures: Winter storm wasn’t easy off the grid
AMANDA BANCROFT Making Ripples Whether we get our electricity, heat and other utilities from a grid system maintained by a city or off the grid maintained by ourselves, winter storms
Out And About: New series beckons patrons back to WAC
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com As the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville continues to navigate the stymied performing arts world, programming staff members continue to search for ways to bring arts experiences
Come For The Cocktails: Stay to help keep arts venues alive and well
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Dixie Longate will tell you freely she wouldn’t have made it through 2020 without alcohol. “I was stuck at home with the kids, which is so gross!
Spectre Of War: Rockhill Studios film breaks barriers and hearts
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com World War II is over, and Charlie Evans, a paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on D-Day, is coming home to Arkansas. It’s a sweet moment full of