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Afternoon Delight
Hot Springs big band takes dancers back in time HELAINE R. WILLIAMS Arkansas Democrat-Gazette It’s early in the nearly three-hour performance in the second-floor ballroom at the historic Arlington Resort
Element Of Surprise
APO wants to ‘trick’ patrons into loving classical music BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Jason Miller, the executive director of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, has an interesting theory about this year’s season
Back In Blue
Blue Man Group leaves Fayetteville ‘Speechless’ JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Three inquisitive, hilarious, rocking men with bald heads and blue skin have been thrilling audiences across the world for more than
A Prodigy At The Piano
Nothing ever ‘grabbed’ Petersen like music BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com Music director John Jeter has been with the Fort Smith Symphony for 23 years. The guest pianist for this season’s opening
The Flavors Of Jazz
Artists keep music entertainment, not education JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com Peter Martin says it was the “improvisation, freedom, communication, groove and joy” he first heard in jazz that drew him to
Art OverView
Hands-on opportunities add to gallery experiences Now “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment” — Featuring 100 artworks from 70 eminent US collections, through Sept. 9, Crystal Bridges Museum of American
Art OverView
Hands-on opportunities add to gallery experiences Now “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment” — Featuring 100 artworks from 70 eminent US collections, through Sept. 9, Crystal Bridges Museum of American
Arkansas Pickers
Collector turns passion into profit LARA JO HIGHTOWER lhightower@nwadg.com Linda Rogers, owner of Possum Valley Vintage, has had a love affair with all things dusty, rusty and junky for as
Art In Context
Historical meets contemporary at Crystal Bridges, Momentary JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com When curators at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville look at building a new temporary exhibition lineup, they
A Safe Place
Friends hope to preserve legacy of ‘Pink House’ KIMBERLY DISHONGH Special to The Free Weekly In Conway, 1605 Robinson Ave. is known as “The Pink House.” “I loved this house
