Posts From tbaker
Queen Hits Musical High Notes
By Terrah Baker When TFW was offered the opportunity to give away two tickets to One Night of Queen at the Walton Arts Center on March 15, I couldn’t do
Band Supports Their Fayetteville Home
There’s a spot in Fayetteville where Drew Walls of the band Damn Arkansan said local and traveling bands along with their fans can feel at home. “When we started playing a lot in Fayetteville, Smoke and Barrel was our launch pad, one of the first places we started doing shows and where we feel at home,” Walls said.
100 Wonders On One Acre
By Amanda Bancroft In the very first Making Ripples column in 2012, I asked: “How can we make every aspect of our life create something wonderful in the world?” Most
Tragedy, Sacrifice and Sorrow In Santa Cruz, Calif.
By Risa A tragedy occurred in a small seaside town of California this week. We offer prayers to the families of all those who died by the events (shootings). No
Gratitude Adjustment
By Amy Alkon My boyfriend of three months seems wonderful. He is attentive and tries hard to please me, even in small ways (like always making sure I get tea
Small House Designs
By Amanda Bancroft U.S. buildings consume 72 percent of the nation’s electricity and generate 47 percent of all U.S. CO2 emissions, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute. Our homes have
The Purple Emerald
By Brandon Weston Third Installment Later that evening, after Reginald retired to the library in his smoking jacket and Lord Henry to his private chambers with a bottle of cognac,
Employers Steal Wages In NWA
By Terrah Baker The Arkansas Department of Labor has a different name for what activists at the Springdale-based Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center call “wage theft.” “We actually call it
An Alternative Music Gem
The Fayetteville music scene has always had its hidden gems. What rises to the top in our small town music scene is usually a dressed up imitation of something nostalgic or already geared towards mass consumption. With instant access and information overload, most musicians have become sterile waiting rooms of irony — you listen but you tune out because the words have nothing to do with your life. As music critics have pointed out, regional music scenes are on the way out.
How-To-Self-Publish Seminar
Dear Editor: In November 2011, I published a children’s book called “The Journey to Stone Village.” I wrote the book several years earlier and had tried to find an illustrator