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A Dazzling ‘Dreamcoat’
APT brings new energy, new look to popular musical BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It’s July 16, a Monday, and the cast of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is almost two
Sticky Situation
Amazeum celebrates birthday with ‘Tape and Tunnels’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Dustin Griffith got wrapped up in a sticky job this summer at the Scott Family Amazeum. As lead exhibits developer,
Notes On History
Dom Flemons expands on musical narrative BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com If an Ancestry.com existed for American folk music, Dom Flemons would be its founder and most prolific contributor. When he started
‘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
