Arts & Entertainment

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Pig sculptures to be used as blank canvasses

FAYETTEVILLE — The central figure in the Ozark Literacy Council’s ongoing PIGShibition community art project and fundraiser was revealed during a preview party at Ella’s restaurant Thursday night (June 14). Fayetteville…

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Young Actors Guild takes on Les Miserables

ALMA — The Young Actors Guild presented Broadway’s longest-running musical, Les Miserables, the school edition, to a packed house Thursday evening (June 14) at the Alma Performing Arts Center. Les Miserables…

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Opera making a fine point

EUREKA SPRINGS — For more than 60 years, Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point has been a training ground for some of the most talented opera singers in the country….

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Adam & Eats: Cadillac Grill

This week we head back to Alma to investigate a claim that they serve excellent food at A to Z. If you are not familiar with the shopping compound that…

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Thorncrown Chapel celebrates 32 years

EUREKA SPRINGS — Last year, fist-sized hail heavily damaged the roof of Thorncrown Chapel, an architectural masterpiece that had withstood other deadly forces of nature since it was finished June 12,…

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Shirkey’s good folk

FAYETTEVILLE — Mike Shirkey favors music that tells stories. So, he really likes singer-songwriters, and he also prefers pared-down, nonenhanced instrumentation. In other words, folk and bluegrass are his favorites….

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Entrée NWA: The Bleu Monkey

SPRINGDALE — I did not go into Bleu Monkey with high expectations. For one, I didn’t understand why it’s spelled “Bleu.” Has a French restaurant with a wry sense just thrown…