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Celebrating Success
SoNA sets traditional but varied season BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas is announcing what some might consider a very traditional season — Verdi, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and
Around The World In Two Semesters
UAFS adds international flair to 38th Season of Entertainment BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com At first glance, the 2018-19 Season of Entertainment might appear to be more musical than in the past.
Backstage Hero
The work you don’t know needs to be done LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com At about 6:15 p.m. during a Thursday evening in May, the crew of TheatreSquared’s production of “The
Rock ’N’ Roll Presidency
‘Louder Than Words’ explores music’s role in democracy Jennifer Nixon Special to The Free Weekly Daa-daa, daa-daa, da-da-da, daa-daa, daa-daa, da-da-da. For many alive and sentient in 1992, those opening
Simplicity Endures
Museum exhibit celebrates architect Fay Jones BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “I never tried to be a little Frank Lloyd Wright,” architect Fay Jones said in a video accompanying the Old Statehouse
Shall We Gather?
Shiloh Meeting Hall ready to get busy BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Even its greatest admirers admit that the newly refurbished Shiloh Meeting Hall is “elegant in its simplicity.” In other words,
Pride And Perspective
MONAH considers contemporary Native America BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Charlotte Buchanan-Yale didn’t grow up reveling in her Native American heritage. She says she probably has none — but her “Aunt Isabelle
UA theater season expands in scope, space
‘More Relevant’ BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com It’s been a big year for University Theatre. In its 2017-18 season at the University of Arkansas, the student performance company opened a black box
‘The Social Hub On Campus’
Faulkner Center follows in footsteps of great entertainers BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com While University Theatre is considered the mainstage for the University of Arkansas campus, the Jim & Joyce Faulkner Performing
Step Back In Time
Dogpatch lives again in new documentary BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com The story has to start way back in 1934, when a cartoonist named Al Capp envisioned a place called Dogpatch. “It’s
