Arts and Entertainment

Families gather in downtown Van Buren to trick-or-treat on Main Street

Characters who attended included Batman, Robin, Captain America, a Smurf and a Frosted Mini-Wheat.

Landscaping pro addresses Women in Arts group

The Little Rock event included notes about exhibits at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Adam & Eats: Lawrence’s Bricktown Grill

The stars of the show at Lawrence’s are the chorizo burger and the California dog. And the mac-n-cheese is stellar.

Big Screen Peter: The Three Musketeers

It’s a cute, steampunk concept to package such a baffling array of abilities and styles into this group of noble warriors. But it didn’t work.

Marching bands converge on Fort Smith

Twenty-one junior and senior high school marching bands from around Arkansas took to the field at Mayo-Thompson Stadium at Northside High School.

Taste varieties hit the Fort Smith Convention Center

More than 2,000 attended the 24th Annual Taste of Fort Smith, a charity event sponsored by Altrusa.

Talent, technology a profitable mix for 5 Star

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] Fort Smith-based 5 Star Productions has been betting big that the right mix of technology and talent will help the small company compete with the…

More than 1,200 participated in the annual Survivors’ Challenge

One father ran the race to honor the memory of a 5-year-old daughter who died of brain cancer.

Adam & Eats: Cornerstone Grill

The staff is mostly the same. The menu has one or two different things, but overall it is still consistently mostly Goodson’s.

Flying at the Byrd’s International Hayfield

story by Connie Las-Schneider Judging by the huge crowds at the Fort Chaffee Air Show, plane spotting is a major spectator sport, but for high flying fun on a smaller…

Big Screen Peter: Footloose

Though “Footloose” is packed with plenty of verve, a lack of believable emotion plagues the remake.

Popular chef brings skills to Fort Smith

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] Prominent Chef Will Greenwood has thrown together a meal or two. He’s cooked for Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Following the 1992…

Race nite boosts Bost programs

The event benefitted Bost, which provides services to children and adults with developmental disabilities.

William Clayton birthday celebration highlights frontier history

Handling more than 10,000 cases in Judge Parker’s court, Clayton successfully prosecuted more than 80 men charged with murder.

Adam & Eats: The Casbah

Expect good food and great service, but the real star of the Casbah show is the walnut baklava.

Big Screen Peter: The Ides of March

With such an ominous name, one would expect “The Ides of March” to have more thrill, but it is resolutely lacking in that aspect.

Search for son part of Civil War tour of Van Buren

The tour is one of at least an annual Civil War commemorative event to occur from 2011 through 2015.

Adam & Eats: Butcher Boys Meat Market and Deli

The shop serves a great hot link and some of the best chicken in the area, but their bread selection stinks.

Indie film gets a test drive in Fort Smith

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Arkansas independent filmmaker Tim Jackson’s “The Last Ride” is getting a…