by - April 6, 2012 5:33 pm
Foreigner is WRMC’s first sold-out gala
FAYETTEVILLE — The Washington Regional Foundation’s annual fundraising gala has always been a mix of bling and jeans — black-tie types on the main floor and the rowdy rock fans in…
Arts & Entertainment
by - April 5, 2012 7:48 pm
Adam & Eats: Pizza Place
This week we’re making up for lost time. I’ve been on the road and that made it nigh impossible to adventure with you last week. Have no fear! I’m back…
by - April 5, 2012 6:49 pm
Regional art museum to open Jan. 19
FORT SMITH — The metamorphosis from arts center to museum will be complete when the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (RAM) opens its doors to the public Jan. 19. Museum members…
by - April 5, 2012 2:27 pm
Entree NWA: The Airport Cafe
On a recent Tuesday, we decided to treat our four-year-old daughter. Rather than taking her to the usual kid fare of Chuck E. Cheese or McDonald’s, we headed to one…
by - April 5, 2012 7:17 am
Opera fans clamor for brush with Italian star
FAYETTEVILLE — Opera fans attending a rare U.S. performance by Italian opera singer Anna Caterina Antonacci were still talking about the star’s Moon River encore as they were filing in the…
by - April 5, 2012 7:03 am
An Italian diva in Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE — There is controversy over exactly where Anna Caterina Antonacci's voice belongs. Mezzo? Soprano? On Tuesday night (April 3), it belonged to Arkansas. In a rare American performance at University…
by - April 4, 2012 8:32 pm
Big Screen Peter: Mirror Mirror
This past Sunday was April Fools' Day. And the list of corporate and political pranks perpetrated by various entities this year is lengthy. If your first instinct each morning is…
by - April 4, 2012 6:40 pm
Nominees announced for GRIT tourism awards
FORT SMITH — It’s yet to be unveiled, and already the Bass Reeves Legacy Monument is carrying more than its weight in bronze — at least with its peers in…
by - April 4, 2012 3:21 pm
Alternative to the alternative: Kid Cudi at Barnhill April 29
FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas students will get first dibs Saturday (April 7) on tickets to alternative hip hop recording artist Kid Cudi, booked for Barnhill Arena April 29. Any remaining…
by - April 3, 2012 9:19 pm
Ozark Mountain Bike Festival is area’s premiere event
If any place is to be called the “motherland” of mountain biking in Northwest Arkansas, it’s Devil’s Den State Park. That’s the testimony of Dave Renko, an avid biker and…
by - April 3, 2012 10:05 am
Fort Smith chamber honors academic standouts
FORT SMITH — Each year, the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Chamber's Education and Quality of Place Division's formal Education Committee honors students graduating from Northside and Southside High Schools and…
by - April 2, 2012 7:11 pm
Fine dining: as good as it gets at XNA
HIGHFILL — An eatery called a “gastropub” seems the last place you’d want to visit before getting on an airplane. Yet the Smokewood American Grill, coming soon to the Northwest Arkansas…
by - April 2, 2012 1:05 pm
Wine and Roses gala exceeds expectations
FORT SMITH — Spirits were high at the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House last weekend. Some were whispering, others were boasting outright about the success of this year’s Wine and…
by - April 1, 2012 7:10 pm
Ballet gives Wizard of Oz the silent treatment
FORT SMITH — The Western Arkansas Ballet told the story of The Wizard of Oz its own way with performances this weekend (March 31 and April 1) at the Arkansas Best…
by - April 1, 2012 5:05 pm
Eight at one altar in one day
FORT SMITH— Maybe you've heard of speed dating; what about speed weddings? More precisely, eight weddings in eight hours Saturday (March 31) at Harvest Time church. The couples were chosen by…
by - March 30, 2012 3:14 pm
Community college sprouts donations
ROGERS — “Plant a Seed” was an appropriate theme for the annual Northwest Arkansas Community College Foundation Scholarship Gala, held Thursday night (March 29) at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center….
by - March 30, 2012 11:36 am
Legislation, art part of Fort Smith chamber expo
More than 200 attended a Thursday (Mar. 29) night “Business After Hours” type event and more than 300 attended the First Friday Breakfast as part of the launch of a…
by - March 30, 2012 12:46 am
Circus Oz is big time under the big top
FAYETTEVILLE — Do you remember those great laughs when you were a kid? The ones where you got so excited that you'd lose your breath, then hiccup as you giggled?…
by - March 29, 2012 8:45 pm
Speakeasy takes new album to Fort Smith
FORT SMITH — Springfield, Mo.-based rock outfit Speakeasy has been a longtime favorite in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro area. Boasting a brand new album, Trainwreck, the rowdy four-piece…
by - March 29, 2012 4:48 pm
Outsiders make it “in” to Crystal Bridges
BENTONVILLE — It’s been said in art and tourism circles that the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will bring people to Bentonville who might never otherwise take the initiative to visit….