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2023 In Review: Schola Cantorum, Fort Smith Symphony and SoNA made their musical marks

Every year, we at The Free Weekly challenge ourselves to look back and then look forward. So I looked back myself — and came up with more than a dozen

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WAC celebrates with mariachi music

¡Feliz Navidad! It’s Christmastime south of the border, too, and Latin Grammy-nominated Mariachi Herencia de México brings a blend of Mexican and American Christmas favorites to the Walton Arts Center

Theater

Wasson helms Film Society, Festival grows with Goldsmith

The Fort Smith International Film Festival, having just completed its third year, is growing again for 2024. Brandon Chase Goldsmith announced this week that the new name for the Aug.

8 Days a Week

8 Days A Week

Dec. 14 (Thursday) Motion Is Lotion — 10 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. Gallery Talk — “Annie Leibovitz at Work,” 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free woth exhibition ticket.

Music

Tucker-Doss holiday concert Dec. 15 benefits NWA Equality

For their Happy Holy Gays Winter concert, organizer Léo Tucker (formerly Stephen Coger) says that they haven’t even considered suggested attire for the evening and laughs at the idea of

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LIVE! Music: Sarah McLachlan brings ‘Fumbling Towards Ecstasy’ anniversary tour to AMP

Last week Sarah McLachlan announced her “Fumbling Towards Ecstasy” 30th anniversary tour with Feist will stop at the Walmart AMP on July 2. “I think it’s interesting as an artist

Theater

FSLT finds joy in ‘wacky tacky’ chaos of Christmas season

The best holidays, says FLST performer Anthony Yates, are always the ones that aren’t perfect — “the ones where something unexpected happened that broke everyone out of their seriousness and

8 Days a Week

8 Days a Week

Dec. 7 (Thursday) Motion Is Lotion — 10 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. Chapter Chicks — 10 a.m., Bella Vista Public Library. Free. bvpl.org. We’re Hooked — A crafting

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SoNA Singers bring harmony, heart to Christmas concert Dec. 9

Jeramy Upton says he’ll sing anywhere — in the car, of course, but also at his desk at work, waiting at the dinner table at a restaurant, any place he