News Briefs
East Tennessee’s Carolina Story is at Smoke & Barrel Tavern for a free show tonight with Memphis-based band Star & Micey.
Photo: Todd Gill, Flyer staff
If you weren’t one of the 500 people to attend Friday night’s sold out gala and film premiere for Up Among the Hills, there are three free screenings scheduled at the Fayetteville Public Library in November.
Speaking of the Fayetteville Public Library, a series of Halloween-inspired youth activities is planned this week inside the library at 401 West Mountain Street.
The first Fayetteville School Board zone meeting of the 2012-13 school year is at 6 p.m. tonight in the McNair Middle School cafeteria.
Chardonnay peanut brittle, spicy beer brittle, blood orange caramel chocolates, and more are now in stock at Handmade Market. That and more in this week’s Flyer Sponsor post.
Ticket information was released yesterday for the Flaming Lips concert on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Barnhill Arena on the University of Arkansas campus.
Tuesday Events
- Smoke & Barrel Tavern: Carolina Story / Star & Micey
- JJ’s Grill: Jeff Fox
- Fayetteville Square: Farmers’ Market
- Pesto Cafe: Jed Clampit
- Tanglewood Branch Beer Co.: Curtis Harmon
- Walton Arts Center: University Symphony Orchestra Concert
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012
| Time | Meeting | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 a.m. | Pre-Bid Meeting: Bid 12-68, Construction of Fulbright Expressway/HWY 71B Flyover | City Hall, Room 326 |
| 4:30 p.m. | City Council Tour-Wedington Drive Corridor | City Hall, Mayor’s office |
| 5:30 p.m. | City Hall, Room 111 | |
| 6:00 p.m. | School Board Zone 1 meeting | McNair Middle School, cafeteria |
» View all of this week’s public meetings
* Meetings scheduled to be televised by the Fayetteville Government Channel
Tuesday Birthdays
* Send us your local birthday shout-outs.
Others: Soccer legend Pelé is 71, director Ang Lee is 58, country singer Dwight Yoakam is 56, activist Martin Luther King III is 55, director and producer Sam Raimi is 53, singer and musical parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic is 53, bassist Robert Trujillo of Metallica is 48, neurosurgeon and TV personality Sanjay Gupta is 43, actor Ryan Reynolds is 36 and actress Jessica Stroup is 26.
