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'Tis the Season

Holidays get even brighter at Silver Dollar City

BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com There are two tales of Christmas at Silver Dollar City — the ever-bigger, ever-brighter story told by 7 million lights and a new 80-foot state-of-the-art computerized tree and the

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Art OverView

Exhibits light up North Forest, area galleries for holidays   Now Sunshine School Art — Through Nov. 12, the Bentonville Branch of the First National Bank of NWA. A new

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Fantastic Forms

Crystal Bridges explores namesake in unique new exhibition JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com One might be surprised to learn it’s taken eight years for a museum named Crystal Bridges to present an

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Process Puts Strength In Songs

Staples builds backyard studio to expand creativity JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com When you’ve released a few records as a musician, it can be easy to fall back on tried and true

'Tis the Season

It’s Spooktacular!

Tricks, treats and scares abound for Halloween DEB HARVELL dharvell@nwadg.com Dia de los Muertos Bentonville Dia De Los Muertos Festival WHEN — 6-8 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Bentonville Public

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Five Minutes, Five Questions: Artists Pat Hennon and Robert P Gordon

JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com The new exhibition at Fenix Fayetteville explores gender, ambiguity and the relationship between feminine and masculine expression in the gallery’s first two-person show. “Unbalancing / Jerkbait: Paired

'Tis the Season

It’s Fall, Y’all!

Silver Dollar City celebrates Pumpkin Nights BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com When Silver Dollar City started planning its new fall event, there were several things the designers knew it would NOT be.

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Art For Art’s Sake

Art galleries reflect, affect region MARY JORDAN mjordan@nwadg.com Opinions differ on whether Northwest Arkansas has enough galleries and buyers to support a hoped-for growing arts scene. No one’s measuring —

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Pieces Of The Past

‘Boonsboro’ rural pottery on display in Cane Hill LYNN KUTTER lkutter@nwadg.com For Lawrence McElroy, director of arts and culture for Historic Cane Hill, a new public exhibit on rural potters

'Tis the Season

It’s A Small World For Music

Arkansas favorites among bands on AACLive! season BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood might as well have been singing “It’s a Small World After All” at Michael Hearne’s