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Laugh it up: Big Diamond Comedy Fest brings 68 comedians to Bentonville for performances

They say everyone is a comedian. Many professional ones will be passing through Bentonville Oct. 2-5, when the Big Diamond Comedy Festival opens in Bentonville. Organizer Raj Suresh said that

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PROFILE | Pat Ryan Key: After surgery could have easily taken his musical abilities from him, Key is now cancer free and still making music against all odds

When Pat Ryan Key took the stage at OZ Smokehouse during Bikes Blues and BBQ this week, he was feeling incredibly grateful. And not only because his new single “Truth”

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With love and faith, seemingly insurmountable challenges can be met

As a child, it’s easy to accept the people, surroundings and circumstances around us as just a given. But the older that Dinah Jordan got, the more she realized that

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Magic And Transformation: ArtsLive presents Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’ Sept. 12-15

Sweet kids transform into grotesque, evil creatures when Arts Live presents Roald Dahl’s dark comedic tale, “The Witches,” Sept. 12-15 at the theater on Sang Avenue in Fayetteville. “One of

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Na’Tosha De’Von: While amid the process of grieving, the actor, poet, activist writes to “get the grime out” and to start a search for healing and joy

To hear Na’Tosha De’Von tell it, theatre and poetry were God’s plans for her life, but that doesn’t mean she agreed with him at first or that she followed suit

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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