Arts and Entertainment

Adam & Eats: El Lorito

The new post-fire look in Van Buren delivers the same consistent, quality food.

Scene by Carson: Colors and other October joys

Rock digging, classical and jazz concerts and a 79-mile garage sale are just a few things to do in October.

Big Screen Peter: You Again

Peter suggests the movie is limp flapdoodle. We’re not sure what that is, but it’s a safe bet it’s not a compliment.

Subiaco art and music find friends in downtown Fort Smith

The benefit for Subiaco’s talented Jazz Ensemble also included a public showing of John Bell’s latest artwork.

Songwriting legend Radney Foster at Second Street Live!

Editor’s note: Radney Foster will perform at 7:30 p.m., Friday (Oct. 1) at Second Street Live! in downtown Fort Smith. Tickets are $35. Link here for more information about the…

Southern Fried Swing (and a little Jazz) invades the area

Fort Smith and Van Buren welcome dancers from around the world for dance workshops and contests.

Adam & Eats: The Dairy Freeze

It’s a great place to consume all-American food while viewing a golf course and a cemetery.

Big Screen Peter: The Town

Affleck’s directing is heavy handed, but the story and cast create a ‘sustaining spectacle.’

Fulks to hit Second Street with punk, country and folk music

review by Peter Lewis [email protected] Robbie Fulks is a alt-country songwriter extraordinaire. Born in Pennsylvania, Fulks cut his teeth in bluegrass band Special Consensus, before moving on to a successful…

Tristin Dean is the new Crawford County Queen

story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At Saturday night’s (Sept. 18) Crawford County Fair, Tristin Dean, a 17-year-old senior from Alma, was crowned the 2010 Crawford County Queen. The…

Renko, Second Street Live! to part ways

Dick Renko, one of the leaders in establishing and expanding Second Street Live!, will step down as executive director of the unique art and music venue on Friday. Renko and…

Big Screen Peter: Resident Evil: Afterlife

This movie pretty much sucks, unless you enjoy senselessness and ‘morbid puzzlement.’

‘Peace’ and ‘Beneath the Cedars’ captures top art honors

34th Annual Adult Artist competition includes 113 works of art from 47 artists.

Paddock’s Picks: Empire of the Summer Moon

The book explores the story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her Comanche son who became a Comanche Chief.

Adam & Eats: The Dog Shack

Maybe it really is the simple pleasures in life that are important — like a damn good hot dog.

Big Screen Peter: The American

The movie garners Peter’s appreciation in its willingness to examine human interaction.

Adam & Eats: Hollywood Stars Pizza

The pizza is tasty, but Adam says it all tastes the same. He does not have a “Hoo-ray” for Hollywood.

Scene By Carson: Here’s your September things to-do list

The list includes blue men, whiny women, garlic recipes and fried fair food.

Big Screen Peter: Takers

The movie is a mess of mythical characters Hollywood constructed to support an unrealistic plot.

Asleep at the Wheel to open new season for Second Street Live!

review by Peter Lewis [email protected] No band has quite tiptoed down the nebulous line of success quite like Asleep at the Wheel. Since their formation as a band in 1970,…