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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
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
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
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
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
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
Chaffee Crossing opens Farmers Market season May 13
“It began as a way to allow entrepreneurs who started home-based businesses during the pandemic an outlet and opportunity to grow,” says Lorie Robertson, director of marketing for Chaffee Crossing.
Arts Live embraces their inner ogre with ‘Shrek Jr.’ May 4-7
Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Lord Farquaad and all the other hilarious fairy tale characters from the movie-turned-Broadway musical will be on the stage for Arts Live Theatre’s production of “Shrek Jr.:
AMMPLIFY festival just the beginning of hot summer music
A conversation between friends has coalesced into a unique mentorship program that keeps talent local by giving 30 participants hands-on experience in careers focused on arts and music. The program
Fort Smith Symphony performs, records music of Indigenous composer
Louis Wayne Ballard — or “Honga-no-zhe,” meaning “Grand Eagle” in Quapaw — was born on July 8, 1931, in Devil’s Promenade, Okla., near Miami. His mother was Quapaw; his father
