by - April 12, 2009 12:28 pm
Sounds from downtown Van Buren
The ‘Music in the Park’ series gets jazzed up for its launch on Van Buren’s historic Main Street.
Arts & Entertainment
by - April 11, 2009 4:59 pm
Hundreds celebrate Easter at Tilles Park
Egg hunt, food and music courtesy of The Pilot Club and Grand Avenue Baptist Church.
by - April 8, 2009 9:51 pm
Good food is all in the name
Peter reveals immaculate concoctions and Friday night Ghosts. (Insert your own Easter analogy here.)
by - April 8, 2009 7:06 am
Peter recaps his SXSW experience
Austin music festival provides lessons for business and civic leaders in the Fort Smith region.
by - April 7, 2009 9:37 am
Growing with a management team
Sometimes a small business owner grows to a point where future growth requires more human talent.
by - April 5, 2009 5:44 pm
Young area artists exhibit more than 600 pieces
River Valley student art works celebrated Sunday with art show and awards ceremonies.
by - April 1, 2009 9:22 pm
Peter finds a happy meal at the hospital
We send the young man to get his head checked and he ends up in the cafeteria for a gut check.
by - March 31, 2009 11:33 am
Online social networking may be good for business
Various Web sites offer different target markets that could boost your business presence.
by - March 31, 2009 7:01 am
Respect your Kansas City Elders
The Elders bring their high-energy Celtic rock to downtown Fort Smith.
by - March 28, 2009 11:46 am
‘Friday Night Live’ delivers laughs for Art
Push ups, trips to France and missing gas bubbles were part of fundraising event.
by - March 25, 2009 8:41 pm
The menu this week includes careful avoidance of the “F” word
Genteel readers can follow their Peter and go with pasta, pizza and Prince.
by - March 25, 2009 4:00 pm
Barbershop Museum at Chaffee celebrates Elvis haircut anniversary
Newspaper photographer called it the “Haircut heard round the world.”
by - March 24, 2009 12:42 pm
Day 4 report from SXSW: Bloodshot, foot-stompin and sore legs.
And a good time was had by all … except maybe for Peter’s liver.
by - March 24, 2009 9:22 am
How to get a copyright
It’s your intellectual property. Protect it with a little help from the federal government.
by - March 21, 2009 3:44 pm
Day 3 report from SXSW: Booze, hookers and other pieces of American poetry.
Peter sports a new look and gets all gushy on a (VERY) early morning snack of lamb gyros.
by - March 20, 2009 6:15 pm
Day 2 report from SXSW: Bishops, Blitzen and celebrities. Woo-hoo!
Peter’s description of the good music and good times in Austin continues. (Envy is an appropriate, if not natural, reaction.)
by - March 20, 2009 7:17 am
Day 1 report from SXSW: Bluegrass, blues and gospel.
Peter reports from Austin on the great sounds before the ‘ridiculousness ensued.’
by - March 18, 2009 6:46 pm
Order the cow’s tongue taco for some great tongue-on-tongue action
Peter gets all mushy with mango juice and smooching after a movie. Get a room!
by - March 18, 2009 8:53 am
Home-based business tax tidbits
Send less to the IRS by paying close attention to the deduction rules.
by - March 14, 2009 8:07 pm
Cleaning up with community convergence
Union Christian Academy attacks Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren with weapons of mass cleansing.