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Do The Time Warp Again
Iconic meets innovative in APT’s ‘Rocky Horror’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette It was 16 years ago when Ed McClure directed a bare-bones version of “The Rocky Horror Show” for Ozark
No Biz Like Show Biz
Filmmaking finds secure foothold in NWA BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “We shot overnight for two weeks in December in a mud pit in Sonora during the coldest temperatures of the year,”
Miss Arkansas shares heart with children
‘Giving Is A Gift’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Every Miss Arkansas has a cheering section. But no Miss Arkansas before Maggie Benton has had the “spunkiest, craziest, wildest, happiest” cheerleader in
‘Lettuce’ Fill Your Senses
For seven years, organizers of the Fayetteville Roots Festival have adeptly demonstrated how a successful festival can come together with equal parts music, food and free community programming. Each pillar
Walk The Walk
Let us count the ways we love NWA It’s a list that’s 6 miles long, almost a century and a half old and includes about 180,000 names. As far as
Culinary Connections
Museum feeds senses with art, food JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Food is a cultural event, reasons Case Dighero. Dighero is the director of culinary programming and events at Crystal Bridges Museum
Helming A Memorial
Musician’s fans hope for statue, restored boyhood home in Marvell Bill Bowden bbowden@nwadg.com The cotton fields of Turkey Scratch are occasionally invaded by foreign tourists taking pictures. They’re fans of
Keeping It Conscious
Festival bigger, better, still sustainable JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Last year’s inaugural sustainable music festival Homegrown on the River recycled nearly 2,500 pounds of trash that otherwise would have gone
Jazz Women
Series brings together ‘powerhouse’ musicians Kansas City’s Lisa Henry and Fayetteville’s Claudia Burson have their own mutual admiration society. “Typically, I’m on a bandstand with all men; it’s just
All About Community
Music is glue that binds Highberry fans GRAV WELDON Special to The Free Weekly The neighborly music festival known as Highberry came home to The Farm this year. And while
