Arts & Entertainment

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Charitable giving

Perhaps this is not the year to talk about charitable gifting with the global markets in turmoil. Heck, this might not even be the century to write about charitable gifting.

Muggles gather for a Quidditch Fall Cup match

The Harry Potter-inspired event held at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith also served as a United Way fundraiser.

Scene by Carson: A busy November

A November to-do list could include Quidditch, theatre, shopping and a possible museum trip.

Crowd greets Pioneer Woman at the McGruder home

The reception is part of a two-day event held to raise funds for the historic Bonneville House.

Chef and Winemaker Dinner supports Bost

Bost programs and services help people with developmental and related disabilities so they may live, work and play in the community.

Adam & Eats: Eunice’s Country Cookin’

The food is good and it really is like walking into an old country home if that home consisted of one giant room filled with tables and chairs.

Veteran business services are available

The SBA offers several programs to help veterans learn about and open their own entrepreneurial business.

Record crowd attends Black-Tie Bingo

The fundraiser supports the endowment trust of the Fort Smith Public Library.

Families gather in downtown Van Buren to trick-or-treat on Main Street

Characters who attended included Batman, Robin, Captain America, a Smurf and a Frosted Mini-Wheat.

Landscaping pro addresses Women in Arts group

The Little Rock event included notes about exhibits at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Adam & Eats: Lawrence’s Bricktown Grill

The stars of the show at Lawrence’s are the chorizo burger and the California dog. And the mac-n-cheese is stellar.

Big Screen Peter: The Three Musketeers

It’s a cute, steampunk concept to package such a baffling array of abilities and styles into this group of noble warriors. But it didn’t work.

Marching bands converge on Fort Smith

Twenty-one junior and senior high school marching bands from around Arkansas took to the field at Mayo-Thompson Stadium at Northside High School.

Taste varieties hit the Fort Smith Convention Center

More than 2,000 attended the 24th Annual Taste of Fort Smith, a charity event sponsored by Altrusa.

It’s tough out here

Owning and running a business comes with a lot of sacrifices to make. Forgoing personal desires, personal time and personal relationships is the reality.

BEST Robotics competition full of bugs (Updated)

“Bugs” was the theme of the 2011 River Valley BEST Robotics Competition, held in the UAFS Stubblefield Center.

More than 1,200 participated in the annual Survivors’ Challenge

One father ran the race to honor the memory of a 5-year-old daughter who died of brain cancer.

Power of the Purse draws record crowd

Proceeds from the event benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that sends a book a month to children from birth through age four.

Adam & Eats: Cornerstone Grill

The staff is mostly the same. The menu has one or two different things, but overall it is still consistently mostly Goodson’s.

Big Screen Peter: Footloose

Though “Footloose” is packed with plenty of verve, a lack of believable emotion plagues the remake.