Entertainment
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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