by - May 23, 2012 10:21 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Cary Arsaga, founder of a half-dozen Arsaga’s coffee shops and once a mayoral candidate in this town, has mortgaged his house and businesses in pursuit of a cafe…
by - May 23, 2012 3:19 pm
T. Baridi Nkokheli, director of sanitation for the City of Fort Smith, has depicted U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves on behalf of the city since 2007. As the unveiling of…
by - May 22, 2012 4:00 pm
VAN BUREN — The Walton Arts Center’s statewide Digging Up Arkansas tour began in April and reached an estimated 14,500 third- through fifth-grade students by the time the last note…
by - May 22, 2012 8:25 am
FAYETTEVILLE — In case you haven’t heard, Gabriel Iglesias, the manic Comedy Central sensation nicknamed “Fluffy,” is very fat. Iglesias built his fame with jokes set at Krispy Kreme drive-thru windows…
by - May 21, 2012 5:03 pm
EUREKA SPRINGS — The chorus of sounds at the recent Books in Bloom Literary Festival weaved together the dripping of beautiful fountains, the laughter of children, cries and coos of…
by - May 20, 2012 10:43 pm
FORT SMITH — Garrison Avenue is only 13 blocks long, but within a five block span of it you can traverse a range of music that would otherwise take you many,…
by - May 20, 2012 1:25 pm
ROGERS — Hawaiian shirts, bright colors and bright smiles were the order of the day at the 15th annual Open Avenues Spring Fling Luau Saturday (May 19) at the Embassy…
by - May 19, 2012 11:39 am
EUREKA SPRINGS — Hundreds of people made their way up and down historic White Street Friday (May 18), ducking into artists’ homes and galleries for a peek of works offered at…
by - May 18, 2012 11:57 pm
The White Party held Friday evening (May 18) at the large Fort Smith home of Diane and Kenny King to benefit the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum was more of…
by - May 18, 2012 7:51 am
FORT SMITH — A preview party of works by Harold T. Holden, the Western artist who created the Bass Reeves Legacy monument, was held Thursday (May 17) in the rotunda…
by - May 17, 2012 3:26 pm
Bernie is a dark-comedy par excellence. It's quirky humor with a razor sharp edge that rips the cover off of east Texas, somehow existing both as a searing riposte to…
by - May 17, 2012 2:25 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The Tanglewood Branch Beer Co., is new to Fayetteville but few places feel so of Fayetteville. I walked in on a recent Wednesday into a wave of bluegrass….
by - May 17, 2012 9:16 am
FAYETTEVILLE — May is Arkansas Heritage Month, an annual celebration of all things great about our state. Established in 1982 by the Department of Arkansas Heritage, each year the celebration has…
by - May 17, 2012 7:04 am
A little boy walks through the bazaar in Istanbul, past the ginger, lavender, curry and mangos, heading straight to the street vendor with the fish sandwiches made of fish that…
by - May 16, 2012 7:04 pm
FORT SMITH — “Chess is a game you play with your mind — not with your hands,” Ernest Cialone reminded the 56 chess players Wednesday morning (May 16) before the start…
by - May 16, 2012 2:46 pm
SPRINGDALE — The Arts Center of the Ozarks is in the final weeks of a capital fundraising campaign, and it needs every $1 — or $1,000 — it can get by June 30…
by - May 15, 2012 1:11 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The nation’s longest-running Earth Day festival resisted the urge to put on the longest awards ceremony at the first-ever Eco-Awards Celebration Monday (May 13) at Greenhouse Grille. Presenters Steve…
by - May 15, 2012 7:23 am
FORT SMITH — On one end of Garrison Avenue, a stone plinth was quietly awaiting the arrival of the Bass Reeves Legacy Monument; on the other end, a raucous crowd was…
by - May 14, 2012 5:53 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotions Commission is not ready to pull the plug on the Fayetteville Art Alliance, a group that grew from the defunct Fayetteville Underground. The commission…
by - May 14, 2012 8:31 am
ROGERS — Picture a classroom full of students on the first day of high school. They’re cutting up and laughing when the teacher/tyrant walks in, wearing a bowtie and looking to…
