Arts & Entertainment

Scholarships and Symphony: Supporting mind and soul

Single Parent Scholarship Fund holds fundraiser dinner prior to packed performance by the Fort Smith Symphony of “Messiah.”

Robots (and a small army of smart kids) rule the UAFS campus

Up to 2,000 students, teachers and parents attend the Frontier Trails BEST event in Fort Smith.

Heart and Soul rocks for St. Edward foundation

Auction items include jewelry, vintage wine tasting and a Running Razorback.

‘Art of Wine’ gathers supporters of a center for art

Various wines, cheeses and fruit used to please the palette and pursue a $2 million fundraising goal.

Van Buren cemetery restoration work to air on AETN

Television show to profile the work of Randy Smith to restore and preserve monuments and grave markers in Van Buren’s historic Fairview Cemetery.

Scene by Carson: Get your holiday cheer going!

December has the Fort Smith region packed with shopping, dancing and a little selfish charity. Eggnog, anyone?

Fantastic Mr. Fox delivers humanity without humans

Smarty-pants Peter Lewis reviews an animated movie with words like, “auteur,” “paragon,” and “nefarious.” We’re having him drug-tested. Again.

Acting, directing and synthesis necessary to convert book to film

Without the key ingredients, Peter says a film from book can suck as bad as did “New Moon.”

‘Labor Day’ delivers Henry, tomato soup and fish stick dinners

Henry shares five days of his life at 13 with a depressed mom who finds new love with a convict.

The ‘New Moon’ movie sucks. There, we said it.

Peter notes that when you base a movie on a mediocre book, you get something worse than the book.

The City Wire Person of the Month: Janet Menshek

Working behind-the-scenes at Chaffee Crossing allows Menshek to witness and preserve history. It’s a dual duty she loves.

It’s important to seek to avoid problems before they arise

Stockman forwards 11 ideas on how to best nix common problems in small business startups.

Fort Smith Junior League does the Jingle Bell Ball

The League’s fundraising event includes fancy dresses, smooth cocktails, auctions and dancing for those with a little holiday boogie.

Pirate Radio doesn’t shiver Peter’s timbers

The movie, based on rebellious radio operators in the 1960s, is a mile wide with stereotypes and an inch deep with substance.

The City Wire Business of the Month: Sweet Boutique

Cedarville sisters defy the odds by surviving in a specialty business often hardest hit by a deep recession. Let them eat cake, indeed!

A unique option for small business funding

Stockman outlines one way a community can raise funds to support entrepreneurial efforts.

It’s time for ‘Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.”

Peter reviews the special screening of a Sundance Film Festival movie that “documents” the effort to learn the true reality of men.

Dancing with wigs and fancy dresses. It’s a big deal.

The River Valley Feis brings more than 270 dancers and families to Fort Smith to celebrate Irish dance.

And now a story of a mental patient who becomes a newspaper columnist

With “South of Broad,” accomplished author Pat Conroy tells a story of misery and survival in Charleston, S.C.

Zombieland is about more than violence and eating flesh

Peter launches his movie review thing with a flick about folks horrifically scarred by society. What’s he trying to tell us?

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic