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‘A Maker Not A Writer’
Alison Saar’s art reflects on ‘shared humanity’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Born in 1956, artist Alison Saar was a child who looked up to three things — her parents and a
Love’s Labors Revealed
‘Shakespeare in Love’ sweet, romantic, funny, intimate BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It is a policy of this publication that we don’t review anything but professional theater — because I refuse to
Roots Returns
Music, food fest celebrates 10 years JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com It was 10 years ago that a humble new festival rolled into Fayetteville with the moniker of “intimate urban music and
In Love With Theater
T2 celebrates new home with lavish production LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com As this is written, it is nearly two weeks before the very first show to be performed in TheatreSquared’s
Rock, Chalk: Street Art
Ephemeral art gets moment in sun at new festival BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Chalk is familiar and accessible; most people have drawn on the sidewalk with chalk,” says Holly York, a
Sit A Spell
Thrones make viewers part of the art JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com At this point, much of Northwest Arkansas has seen — or been seen in — one of Kat Wilson’s #SelfieThrones. They’ve popped up all
Red Carpet Premiere
SkipStone Pictures celebrates ‘Max Winslow’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Max Winslow and the House of Secrets” was filmed in Bentonville and around Northwest Arkansas and will be released this summer by
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’
First work of fiction a bestseller for Delia Owens BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com The New York Times Book Review describes Delia Owens’ debut as a writer of fiction this way: “A painfully beautiful
Date Outside The Box
Unique offerings upstage dinner-and-a-movie tradition LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Let’s face it, the basic dinner-and-a-movie date routine can get old for those that have been dating — or married or
There She Is…
Miss Arkansas glad she never gave up BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Darynne Dahlem is as down to earth as anyone wearing a crown could possibly be. And as soon as the