Arts and Entertainment

Color and activity plentiful in the Mulberry River area

story by Connie Las Schneider October is a month of color and change and the Mulberry River area is a great place to experience it, whether you want kick-up your…

Scene by Carson: Forget the candy

October provides many cool events, making it a great month to be out and about enjoying yourself.

Art in the Park draws a downtown crowd

Jewelry from several artists, soaps and candles, photography, handcrafted baskets and quilts and many other items were featured.

More than 1,500 gather for Fort Smith Air Show preview party

The Flying Razorbacks and the 188th Fighter Wing-Fort Chaffee Community Council will host the 2011 Fort Smith Air Show Oct. 1-2.

Fort Smith Air Show 2011 is ready to rumble

story info submitted by Capt. Heath Allen, public affairs officer, 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard The Flying Razorbacks and the 188th Fighter Wing-Fort Chaffee Community Council will host…

Adam & Eats: Donut Palace

They have great donuts, but if you’re interested in a more grown-up flavor for your breakfast, the Donut Palace has got your number.

Big Screen Peter: Moneyball

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Bennet Miller do an admirable job packaging the tricky world of statistics as entertainment.

Hundreds gather for chocolate at the library

The 3rd Annual Friends of the Library Chocolate Festival helps raise money for the library and raise awareness about local nonprofit groups.

Adam & Eats: Yolo Frozen Yogurt

Brightly lit, colorfully decorated, ideally located for a pre- or post-movie treat, Yolo seems on the surface to be on the right track.

Big Screen Peter: Drive

It’s a psychological drama — written by an Arkansan — with in your face action and a disconcerting level of violence peppered throughout the narrative.

Rain creates perfect conditions for the 5K Mud Run

Participants in the Hillbilly Pork Chop Roundup 5K Mud Run have to complete a 3.2-mile obstacle course.

Adam & Eats: Larry’s Pizza

The principle behind the new pizza joint is a sound one. Simple good food, great service, and a good price.

Fort Smith Little Theatre presents ‘The Trip to Bountiful’

The play takes the audience on an emotional journey through one woman’s struggle to return to her childhood home.

Big Screen Peter: Contagion

Soderbergh’s illustration of small acts of kindness seem displaced within such a Sherman’esque wasteland.

Dierks Bentley gathers a crowd in downtown Fort Smith

The performance by the country music star was part of the Festival on the Border concert series.

4th Annual Cox Community Concert Features Travis Tritt

Cox Communications provided the free concert in partnership with the city for the Festival on the Border.

Adam & Eats: Phoenix Drive-in

Like the Sonic the Phoenix replaced, they offer deep fried treats and burgers, soft-serve ice cream and fancy coffee drinks.

Big Screen Peter: The Debt

The devotion toward the humanity and its tangled web extends “The Debt” far beyond the norm.

The City Wire launches The Varsity Wire

The City Wire is proud to launch The Varsity Wire, a new section of the web publication devoted to coverage of high school teams in the Fort Smith region. High…

Mulberry area to be busy in September

story by Connie Las Schneider The end of summer signals a resurgence of activities on the Pig Trail and Mulberry River area. Traffic increases as students, football fans and motorcyclists…