Arts and Entertainment

Paddock’s Picks: Blackwater Draw

U.S. Marshal Service Historian David Turk takes the reader back to the beginning of Billy the Kid’s legend.

Adam & Eats: Joe’s Grill and Cantina

You’ll like the combination of cheap margaritas, good food, cheap margaritas, good waitstaff and cheap margaritas. Did we mention that the margaritas are inexpensive?

Big Screen Peter: Source Code

It’s a science fiction movie with emotional reality that Peter says is pulled off with “near flawless perfection.”

Mulberry River area busy again in April

by Connie Las Schneider If you enjoy live music in a beautiful outdoor setting, check out three non-stop weekends of music in April on the Mulberry River. One of Country…

Scene by Carson: April has arrived

Your April to-do list should include getting groovy with some herb, attending a tea party and watching a sexy theatre production.

Downtown Fort Smith ‘place to be’ for Heritage Festival

story by Jill M. Rohrbach, travel writer, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Fort Smith is known for its Wild West origins, but don’t assume the city’s 2011 Heritage Festival…

Adam & Eats: Pho Vietnam

Some of the best oriental soups and sandwiches are served between the talking deer head and the fake plants.

Big Screen Peter: Sucker Punch

It’s a movie that turns into a video game. The movie is, in a word, pointless.

Caddo Culture Club holds conference at UAFS

The 25-year-old group meets to preserve the music, dance and other aspect of the historic Caddo tribe.

Hundreds gather at Elvis haircut anniversary

The 53rd anniversary of Presley’s Army-induction haircut drew fans from several states.

Big Screen Peter: Paul

Peter is merry about “Paul,” and praises the movie’s injection of British subtlety into a mix of humanity and humor.

Adam & Eats: Bob and Ellie’s

The classic comfort food restaurant adds extra flair to traditional meals that could blow your mind. Consider yourself warned.

Elvis returns to Fort Chaffee

When Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1958, three female fans sent a letter to President Dwight Eisenhower asking him to not cut the young rocker’s hair….

‘Myth Makers’ tells a historical tale about the Cherokee Tribe

The author visited Fort Smith to for a reading and discussion of her Cherokee ancestors.

Adam & Eats: El Super Taco

Got a hunkering for some comfort food that is also a “gut bomb?” Adam has you covered.

War Eagle documentary and painting unveiled

“Bridge to War Eagle” documentary and John Bell painting featured at Fort Smith Public Library event.

Big Screen Peter: Kelly’s Heroes

Peter takes us back to a classic war movie he says is among the best.

Paddock’s Picks: The Good Daughters

This book follows two different families who each had a daughter born July 4 at the same hospital.

Grapes Escapes wine tasting and auction benefit Bost

Beach vacations, Cowboy sky box tickets and Miss Arkansas were part of the fundraising event.

March Madness also comes to the Mulberry River

story by Connie Las Schneider Looking for outdoor fun? Mulberry River activities are at their white-water peak this spring, with activities planned along the river most weekends in March. Originating…