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Community through music
Square dance just one of caller’s passions LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com There’s no experience quite like the Fayetteville Square Dance, held the last Friday of most months. (The event expands
Pride Fills The Streets
Participants find joy, hope in LGBTQ+ festival The crowd at the 15th annual Northwest Arkansas Pride Festival June 15 in Fayetteville — the largest LGBTQ celebration in Arkansas, according to
Hot Summer Tunes
National Park Radio about to hit the road BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Watching Stefan Szabo during a concert last Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library was like watching any other talented
Come To The Dark Side
Paranormal Cirque ‘sexy, scary and funny’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Sexy, scary and funny.” “A unique experience.” “It’s all amazing and eye opening.” “Definitely an adult show, but super-funny and entertaining.”
Through The Garden Gate
Visitors invited to step in to magical places BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Stew and Dixie Rynone call their garden, 22 years in the making, “a continuing transition of dreams and learnings.”
Beauty Amidst Decay
Artist hopes ‘to haunt the viewer just a little’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “With photography these days, in order to stand out you need to present your work in new and
Guitars Gone Wild
Benefit raises money for art therapy programs LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When Fenix Fayetteville hosts guitarist Joesf Glaude and his trio, Guitars Gone Wild, the musician will be in his element.
Some Pain, All Gain
Athletes overcome medical challenges to win CHIP SOUZA csouza@nwadg.com Sawyer Price could hear the loud pregame music pumping through Tiger Arena in Bentonville as he hurried to his car. With
Anything But A Drag
TheatreSquared comedy has serious things to say LARA JO HIGHTOWER NWA Democrat-Gazette Matthew Lopez’s “The Legend of Georgia McBride” can be deceptive. On its face, the play is a wacky
Music That Feeds The Soul
Rackensak is ‘medicine for your heart’ RACHEL FIELDS Special to The Free Weekly Anyone who has ever driven down I-49 has seen the many flashy screens and signs that lets
