Family Friendly
Jesse Cook’s talent has traveled the globe
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Jesse Cook is a talented performer whose “masterful, intricate, fluid and melodic finger-picking guitar technique and musicianship” have won him international acclaim and a JUNO Award, the
Terra Studios promises life after difficult decision
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com The first thing Terra Studios executive director Val Gonzalez wants you to know is this: Even though the manufacturing of the famous Terra Studios’ ‘Bluebirds of
Polar Express whisks families away to North Pole
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com It was wrapped in an apron of steam. Snowflakes fell lightly around it. A conductor stood at the open door of one of the cars. He took
‘Best Pageant Ever’ returns to ACO
LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” may be nearly 50 years old now — the novel was written by Barbara Robinson in 1971 — but it remains
ACO Chorale presents annual holiday concert
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Everyone has a voice and the capacity to sing,” says Denice Parkhurst, director of the Arts Center of the Ozarks Chorale. “I love working with like-minded people
‘Christmas’ play gives back to VBHS actors
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Ask Jessica Fisher to brag on her kids, and she’s ready. “These students are extremely dedicated and have a great passion for their art,” says Fisher, the
Pilot Arts kids bring ‘The Mighty’ to stage
BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “I was (am) like every kid who thinks superpowers are cool,” says Missy Gipson, founder of Pilot Arts, a Fayetteville-based theater company. When it came to creating
‘Little Women,’ Big Musical
Story is still the heart of beloved novel on stage LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com For 150 years, Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” has been perpetually beloved. The sentimental story
Lights! Music! Action!
Film scores get symphonic treatment in Fort Smith BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com What do the movies “Back to the Future,” “Star Wars,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” and
Building Bridges
Trike makes fun a learning experience LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com When Trike Theatre performs “Three Billy Goats Gruff” this month, it will be the second time the professional theater for
