by The City Wire staff - February 10, 2012 4:37 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Hog Town has a new "it" place: Vetro 1925, located in the original entertainment hub: the downtown square. The Italian-centric Vetro 1925 rivals the upscale Scandinavian dining experience…
by The City Wire staff - February 10, 2012 2:02 pm
Sometime Rogers Little Theater director Kaye Cotton is looking for fresh blood — but will also accept any veterans — in auditions Feb. 13 and Feb. 15 for RLT’s upcoming production…
by The City Wire staff - February 10, 2012 9:43 am
This week, we delve back into the world of Asian cuisine. This time our adventure is to a brand spankin’ new joint over in the Quarry Shopping Center. We also…
by The City Wire staff - February 9, 2012 12:18 pm
Ware Wednesday is canceled this week. Instead, it’ll be Ware Friday. Local singer-songwriter Tom Ware, one leg of the Tom Ware Trio, has forgone the ensemble’s regular midweek gig at…
by The City Wire staff - February 8, 2012 7:55 pm
Tickets go on sale Friday (Feb. 10) for Boulder, Colo.-based Big Gigantic, a lights-and-sound jam/dance band whose genre could be best described as simply “pulsating.” The April 21 show is…
by The City Wire staff - February 8, 2012 7:50 pm
Offerings at Trinity Junior High’s Casino Royale fundraiser run the gamut of interests. Who wouldn’t want new kitchen or bathroom countertops and sinks? Or a guided trout-fishing trip on the…
by The City Wire staff - February 8, 2012 7:48 pm
The nationally acclaimed Chocolate Lovers' Festival at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs is not just for chocoholics; it’s for professional and amateur sweets chefs who…
by The City Wire staff - February 8, 2012 12:57 pm
Once upon a time, movies were almost entirely focused on physical expression. Narrative mattered, but for actors the industry was geared around facial contours and body movement. It certainly wasn't…
by The City Wire staff - February 8, 2012 12:28 pm
There is country music, and then there’s Texas country music. Steeped in traditions, Texas country features a soundtrack blending traditional roots music, Delta blues, vintage country and gospel. The music…
by The City Wire staff - February 8, 2012 12:04 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — “Bring It On: The Musical” delivers a big dose of high school, both the ups and the downs. Told through the prism of competitive cheerleading, this story is about…
by The City Wire staff - February 7, 2012 2:40 pm
Rogers Little Theater’s production of the smash hit Hairspray, opening Friday (Feb. 10) at Victory Theater, features some behind-the-scenes talent from a local television news anchor and up-and-coming choreographer who…
by The City Wire staff - February 6, 2012 8:59 pm
EARQUAKE!, in it's tenth year, presented a seismic synthesis of music and media to almost 3,000 sixth-grade students from 44 schools in the Fort Smith area and Eastern Oklahoma areas…
by The City Wire staff - February 6, 2012 1:45 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Christopher Lacy needs a box. He’s sending a velvet and silk embroidered stole to send his favorite pen pal and opera star, Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci. He sent…
by The City Wire staff - February 5, 2012 3:19 pm
Vinny Nguyen, a fifth grader from Christ the King Catholic School, spelled “cilantro” and “eulogy” correctly to win the 28th annual Sebastian County Spelling Bee, held Saturday (Feb. 4) in…
by The City Wire staff - February 5, 2012 2:50 pm
The Junior League of Fort Smith hosted Kids in the Kitchen at the AMP'D Outreach Center of East Side Baptist Church on Saturday (Feb. 4) to demonstrate that eating healthy…
by The City Wire staff - February 5, 2012 2:31 pm
BENTONVILLE — In the world of Scrabble warfare, the battle begins with a single word. On Saturday night (Feb. 4), teams of Scrabble players sitting around tables in the Bentonville Doubletree…
by The City Wire staff - February 4, 2012 4:32 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco, a mainstream jazz artist with an active role in the revival of the Hammond B-3 organ as a jazz instrument, played to a packed…
by The City Wire staff - February 4, 2012 3:46 pm
Five former University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student-athletes were inducted into the Lions Athletics Hall of Fame during the third annual honorary banquet Friday (Feb. 3) at the old…
by The City Wire staff - February 3, 2012 9:11 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Artist Jeannie Hulen’s Made in the USA exhibit is as rocker Bonnie Raitt says: “Something to Talk About.” Cutouts of shadows of Hulan’s immediate and extended family provided the…
by The City Wire staff - February 3, 2012 8:48 pm
The Million Dollar Quartet’s Elvis impersonator, Cody Slaughter of Harrison, isn’t the only entertainer helping us relive those memories of The King. While Slaughter’s role in the Million Dollar Quartet…
