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‘An American Salute’
SoNA returns to the AMP for Fourth of July festivities BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Choosing music for a Fourth of July concert is “deceptively difficult,” says Paul Haas, music director of
Four Minutes, Four Questions Bluesman Austin Calvillo
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com A year ago, Austin Calvillo was representing Fort Smith at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tenn. This summer, he’s opening the 28th annual Riverfront Blues Festival
‘I Do’ Eco-Friendly
Couple seeks to erase wedding’s carbon footprint ANDREA JOHNSON ajohnson@nwadg.com If provided the local resources, Fayetteville resident Stephanie Hackmann would have worn a dress fashioned out of recycled paper to
The Words Of God
APT comedy lets ‘the Big Man’ have His say BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Irreverent” is perhaps the single word that best describes “An Act of God.” That’s no surprise when you
Art OverView
Exhibitions go ‘Beyond’ the ordinary June 1 Craft Squared — Icing-thick painting and collage with “The Beyond” artist Caroline Larsen, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.
Best Bets
Summer Gets Serious Memorial Day, observed this year on May 28, the last Monday in May, honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Originally
Throwback Thursday
Flamingo Springs Trailer Resort is a blast from the kitschy past LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When the 1950s-inspired trailer resort Flamingo Springs officially opens this June, denizens of Prairie Grove
The Face Behind The Voice
Susan Ericksen is a classically trained actor with a master of fine arts in acting from the Meadows School for the Arts at Southern Methodist University. So when asked about
Home To Eureka
Almost no one is “from” Eureka Springs. But many people come home to Eureka for the May Festival of the Arts, part family reunion, part rite of spring, a time
‘Find Me’: BFF film rooted in genuine diversity
Tom Huang’s Bentonville Film Festival entry, titled “Find Me,” has nothing to do with his ethnicity — first-generation Chinese-American — or the fact that the cast is Asian, Latina and
