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Theater To Go: Arts Live offers opportunities for kids to create, learn online

Self-quarantining is difficult, but self-quarantining with children in the house — and no end in sight — can be a special kind of challenge. Enter, stage left: Arts Live Theatre,

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Found At Sea

New Branson museum shares booty of three shipwrecks BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Young or not so young, if you ever dreamed of diving to a shipwreck, recovering a handful of gold

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School Is Weird

But ‘Sideways Stories’ can help kids flourish LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Louis Sachar’s classic “Sideways Stories From Wayside School” is the wacky tale of a school that was supposed to

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Arts Live Actors Put Their Hearts In To ‘Holes’

When Louis Sachar’s classic young adult novel “Holes” was published in 1998, it was a success with both teen audiences and critics alike. Sachar’s complex but imminently readable book was

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Historic dances bring culture of the Ozarks to life

In the rural Ozark communities of the 1800s, gathering for a community dance meant more than just fun. “The dances helped the early settlers keep ties to the countries of

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Power Of Doodle Good For Noodle

Melissa AJ Dysart wants to help kids and adults alike hone their critical thinking through doodling. Dysart is an architectural project coordinator at Level 5 Design Group in Springdale. She’s

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Trike’s ‘Frog and Toad’ a gentle lesson in joy

If you’re of the opinion that we could all use a little more kindness in the world — and, really, who among us doesn’t feel that way these days —

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Best Friends Forever: Trike’s ‘Frog and Toad’ a gentle lesson in joy

LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com If you’re of the opinion that we could all use a little more kindness in the world — and, really, who among us doesn’t feel that

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Jack of all theatrical trades finds joy in creative energy

BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Julie Gabel is a theatrical jack of all trades: She teaches, she directs, she acts, she designs — and she’s master of them all. Q. Can you

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Cat lady shares her collection at Shiloh Museum

BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Lona Mullins’ cat collection may be filled with cute, happy faces and figurines that just cry out to be cuddled. But the Cave Springs collector — who