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Fans bid fond farewell during last season of Silver Dollar City’s Fire in the Hole

“Fire in the hole” is an expression indicating that an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent. It originated with miners who needed to warn their colleagues that a

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Katie Dwyer turns success as nanny into career in kids’ music, plays Firefly Fling July 15

Participants in this year’s Firefly Fling Festival better be ready to dance. “We roll our arms. We jump up and down. We spin around. We pretend to be an airplane.

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‘Addams Family’ director brings his own magic to Trike Theatre July 7-9

Trike Theater was thinking about “The Addams Family” before Jenna Ortega went viral for her Wednesday dance. “It just ended up being kind of serendipitous that it lined up with

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‘The Worstest Play Ever’ June 29-July 1 gives Arts Live kids best lessons about life

A play within a play may seem complicated for young actors, but “The Worstest Play Ever” at Arts Live Theatre is sure to be a comedic delight. Since the show

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Parades! Drag Shows! Rainbows! Art! Must be time for Fayetteville’s Pride Weekend

Northwest Arkansas celebrates Pride this weekend. Here’s the schedule: June 23 Trans March and Rally — “For visibility; to empower and support trans, nonbinary, gender variant, and gender-nonconforming people; to

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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony headlines Freedom Fest June 17 in Springdale

As Freedom Festival grows larger, so does Music Moves. In addition to an even bigger Freedom Festival in downtown Springdale this year, the nonprofit is pursuing its mission to “to

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FSRAM offers summer Saturday fun, along with camps for kids

The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum is almost as busy as your community swimming pool this summer. The FSRAM Invitational: “Odyssey” is on show through July 30 with submissions from

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FSRAM offers summer Saturday fun, along with camps for kids

The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum is almost as busy as your community swimming pool this summer. The FSRAM Invitational: “Odyssey” is on show through July 30 with submissions from

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Costumes and kids’ songs: Candy Lee celebrates “Backyard Bugs” release in Fayetteville

“That’s kind of my whole mission — to make kids’ music that doesn’t drive adults crazy,” says local singer and songwriter Candy Lee, who will celebrate the release of her

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Quartz, the official state mineral, is plentiful in and around Mount Ida

JACK SCHNEDLER Special to The Free Weekly In and around Mount Ida, the identity of the official Arkansas State Mineral can be guessed just by looking around. In fact (pun