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Designers bring new life to reclaimed materials
In the post-hurricane Caribbean, the inhabitants of “Once on This Island” find their home strewn with trash and other discarded debris that has washed in from the ocean. Tony Award
Bleidt finds creative passion in digital medium
The lines are simple, the colors vivid, and the topics seem to invite viewers to project themselves into Aaron Bleidt’s art. But there’s a lot more going on behind the
Artwork reveals prisoners’ humanity
“I would be the wind “Free to move about. “You could find me over the oceans “Rocking the waves. “Over the mountains, “Cutting through the crevices. “Racing through the forest
Heartwood Hearts Broken: Artists plan one ‘Last Hurrah’ to say goodbye to gallery
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Edward Hejtmanek says it’s time. His wife, Anita, knows he’s right. But they’re both sad — and so are dozens of artists and hundreds, if not thousands,
Fayetteville Film Fest, WAC team up
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Ahead of its eighth year in 2016, the Offshoot Film Festival changed its name to the Fayetteville Film Festival and along with it, the festival’s guiding mission.
Crystal Bridges biggest among delights of decade
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN JOCELYN MURPHY LARA JO HIGHTOWER bmartin@nwadg.com jmurphy@nwadg.com lhightower@nwadg.com Well, we couldn’t let the teens end and the ’20s roll in without looking back, could we? 2010 The Big
TheatreSquared, theater patrons celebrate new space
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 much more happens
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
Beer, Hymns And Fellowship
Simple concept heals hearts, creates community LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com The Bentonville-based group Beer and Hymns is definitely on to something. Led by Ken Weatherford, Bentonville’s First United Methodist Church’s
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
