Arts & Entertainment

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Big Screen Peter: The Hunger Games

Jennifer Lawrence came to prominence as 17-year-old Ree Dolly, the primary caregiver for her mentally ill mother and two younger siblings in Winter's Bone. The rustic poverty and unforgiving landscape…

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St. Jude reaching out to new friends

ROGERS — Ruth’s Chris Steak House was the site of the first Northwest Arkansas “friend raiser” for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. If attendance and interest are an indicator, there will…

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Entrée NWA: Flying Fish

BENTONVILLE — I don’t know if I can do this again. Flying Fish, you’re not the problem. I am. I look at you, and I lose self control. I lose self…

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Adam & Eats: Chop Sticks

On this week’s adventure, we will return to Greenwood. Two years of eating together and we’ve barely scratched the surface of this part of the area. So much to do,…

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Big Screen Peter: 21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as two ne'er-do-well cops sent undercover to infiltrate an adolescent drug ring. There is plenty of ancillary action in 21 Jump…

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Cast set for Listen to Your Mother

ROGERS — When Lela Davidson first heard about Listen To Your Mother (LTYM), a national series of live readings in celebration of Mother’s Day, she knew she had to bring…

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UpStream Art timely topic as area waters rise

FAYETTEVILLE — This week’s excessive rains have caused many of the area’s municipal storm drains to overflow into parking lots, streets, lawns and the like. What those drains take back with…

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Student podcasts celebrate Civil War’s 150th

For a generation of tech-savvy kids, the art of the interview has taken new meaning. The winners of a Northwest Arkansas student Civil War sesquicentennial podcast contest have been announced…

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Adam & Eats: Red Barn BBQ

This week’s adventure takes us once again to the world of mobile eateries. A place not unlike the Twilight Zone. From the little bit of buzz I’ve heard about this…

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Girl Scout facts

Earlier this week, Girl Scouts all over the country began celebrating their 100th year. Among those celebrating were Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas —the regional chapter of the Girl…