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The Power to Heal: Play Music on the Porch Day at Mildred Cooper Chapel
DUSTIN STAGGSdstaggs@nwaonline.com “What if for one day everything stopped? And we all just listened to the music.” That’s the motto for the yearly celebration Play Music on the Porch Day
Animator on “Toy Story 2,” “Monsters Inc.,” “Cars,” speaks at Fort Smith Film Festival
Matthew Luhn was 19 years old and a student at the California Institute of the Arts when he got what he laughingly calls a “bizarre” job offer. How would he
NWA Book Fest returns for second year: authors, panels, merch at Fayetteville Town Center
Book lovers, authors and booksellers will reunite Aug. 17 for the second NWA Book Fest, a day-long stretch of events from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. This year’s fest will
Contemporary portraiture exhibit Fragile Figures: Beings in Time highlights vulnerability and challenges notions of power
In ancient history, it was the wealthy and powerful who were enshrined in portraits. Those paintings were set in gilded frames, displayed in museums and hung in great halls, then
Sharpshooting Sparks twins from Fayetteville light up national rifle circuit
By Michael Main FAYETTEVILLE — Twins Jett and Jude Sparks of Fayetteville are lighting up the national rodeo circuit with their sharpshooting abilities. The pair of 14-year-olds competed in the
Rogers man runs across the state of Arkansas to raise money for Camp Corral
How far would you go for your favorite cause? For some, this can be measured in physical distance, like Shane Waldrop who made his way across Arkansas this summer by
Five Minutes with Erin Bagley, new director of theater at Community School of the Arts
“I want to challenge perspectives and make educational theater exciting and new,” says Erin Bagley. A graduate of Ouachita Baptist University with a BFA in musical theater, Bagley, from White
FSLT stages ‘HUGE’ production of classic musical, ‘Hello, Dolly!’
The marquee might say “Fort Smith Little Theatre,” but director Shannon Stoddard promises the summer musical is “HUGE.” “Hello, Dolly!,” opening July 18, has a cast of 26, in rehearsal
Miss Dogwood Peyton Bolling wins Miss Arkansas’ Teen title
Peyton Bolling is 17, a senior in high school and the new Miss Arkansas’ Teen, winning the title June 14. But don’t let the crown on her head fool you.
Cherokee Nation considers history of slavery in exhibit at U.S. Marshals Museum
Melissa Payne has always known she was “Indian” — her choice of descriptor — and that her ancestors came to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Where her lineage gets
