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Puppets (Not) In The Park
Festival presents playful performances online JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Arkansas’ only puppetry festival moves online on Oct. 18 for its 13th year. Puppets in the Park will use a blend of
Ain’t That Right?
Gridiron takes its shot at pandemic, politics JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com “We decided that we would decide whether we wanted to do a video thing,” Katherine Shurlds begins of this year’s
Dusty, Rusty Relics
Loving hands turn history into heirlooms LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com In the fall of 2013, Prairie Grove residents Amy Daniels and Julie Speed had a dream: to build an open-air
‘Blood In Their Eyes’
Retelling of Elaine Massacre brings new revelations BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “The Elaine Massacre was clearly the deadliest incident of the ‘Red Summer’ of 1919, a series of white supremacist riots
A Gift From Beyond
UA Press releases new Donald Harington novel BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com If there’s anybody who knows — and loves — the Ozark village of Stay More as much as Donald Harington
Master of the cakes
Local baker competes on ‘Halloween Wars’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Sam Lucero says they “don’t do Christmas” at her house. For the Rogers baker and her boys, who are 5 and
On The Avenue
Live music returns to Roots HQ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It has, without a doubt, been the strangest year ever for Bernice and Bryan Hembree. Playing together as Smokey & The
Back In The Swim Of Things
Stream-A-Thon celebrates spirit of Roots Festival BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com When the coronavirus changed everything in March, Bryan and Bernice Hembree and their Roots Fest co-founder, chef Jerrmy Gawthrop, knew they’d
Arrowheads To Animation
Sky’s the limit for MONAH online BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Stop typing and close your eyes,” David Bogle instructs a reporter during a phone interview. “Picture an American Indian in your
Cereal Dreams Come True
FHS grad unveils unique food truck Saturday BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Right now, Blue Brasher should be settling in at Pepperdine University in Southern California. She’d earned a full scholarship there,
