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Puppets, Poets And A Meteor Shower: Arkansas Public Theatre sets Season 36
What do mouthy puppets with relationship issues have in common with brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, who are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow
Gone (Back) To The Grave
Author Abby Burnett studies Buffalo River cemeteries For more than 15 years, Abby Burnett was a household name around Northwest Arkansas as a columnist for The Springdale News, one of
Past, present, future: Pictorial history book chronicles Bella Vista’s unusual story
When Xyta Lucas and Dale Phillips were asked to recount the history of Bella Vista in one slim volume — the kind of pictorial publication pursued around the country by
No Longer ‘ALONE’: Short thriller debuts at Ozark Talent Bank
It might feel as though the film industry in Northwest Arkansas dozed through 2020, but Kim Pease and Jason Pitts would beg to disagree. In 2020, Pease founded The Ozark
Disney Magic: NWA native cast in ‘Secrets of Sulphur Springs’
Northwest Arkansas native Adam Henslee’s 2020 started out with a bang, when he found out he had landed a reoccurring role in a Disney-produced series called “Secrets of Sulphur Springs.”
No One Knows: Covid-19 complications lead to 26-year-old’s death
MARY HENNIGAN Special to The Free Weekly After fighting for four months, 26-year-old Alejandra Arevalo ultimately lost her life to covid-19 on Oct. 23. While diagnosed with the virus, she
Conversation On Craft: Exhibition weaves new threads into American story
Entering the gallery space for the new temporary exhibition at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, the alluring gleam of two silver figures is the first sight to
Time Is Precious For Small Businesses
Closing early may have done irreparable harm MARY HENNIGAN Special to NWA Democrat-Gazette (EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was written by University of Arkansas student Mary Hennigan while the bars in
By The Book(s)
Newton County Library connects with kids BECCA MARTIN-BROWN bmartin@nwadg.com “Newton County is 70th in Arkansas out of 75 counties in terms of population, and its terrain is mountainous, rural and
A Foothold In Film: New Fort Smith fest seeks to build inclusive narrative
JOCELYN MURPHY jmurphy@nwadg.com On Jan. 14, members of the River Valley Film Society announced to the public Fort Smith’s first film festival, to be held this summer. The inaugural Fort
