REVIEW: TheatreSquared’s new production of ‘Skeleton Crew’ doesn’t skimp on emotional moments
It’s a different kind of play than its immediate predecessor on the T2 stage. But an important one nonetheless, and one that helps us examines new stories.
Posted by: Kevin Kinder
Americana act Amy Helm, with deep roots in Northwest Arkansas, relish a return home
Helm loves coming back to Fayetteville, not just a town that has connections to her friends and family but one that she calls ‘a very vibrant, very happening town.’
Contemporary native art serves as focus of new exhibit at Crystal Bridges
In Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art’s newest exhibit, old ideas are made new again.
Looking inside and outside Bikes, Blues & BBQ as it returns for 18th year
Here’s a list of things you could do at the rally, or things you could do somewhere else.
Crystal Bridges adds pair of speakers and two new focused exhibits to this fall’s events calendar
Amy Sherald’s profile is rising in the art world, in part because of her official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, which was unveiled in February of this year.
REVIEW: Ringo Starr acts like his naturally goofy self during a concert that brings the Beatles to Northwest Arkansas
The various members would take the lead for a song made popular by their original band, which meant we got to hear songs such as Africa, Evil Ways, Who Can It Be Now? and Down Under.
REVIEW: ‘Once’ again, a story about a missed connection doesn’t miss
At its core, Once is about the people in life you meet only in passing but still have a profound impact on you.
WITH PHOTOS: Fayetteville Roots Festival, once again in a jam, creates a superjam to close the festival
The Roots Festival is an exhausting endeavor, and I envy the out-of-town guests who were able to come to Fayetteville, leave their normal lives for a few days and soak it all in.
WITH PHOTOS: Fayetteville Roots Fest and Gillian Welch (and Dave Rawlings, too) make perfect partners on a night focused on songcraft
Last night’s crowd was quite large to close out the evening. We’ll know soon how many people can rally for one more day, for more performances, and to chase another song.
WITH PHOTOS: A trio of storytellers try hard to outshine each other in the opening mainstage performances of Fayetteville Roots Festival
This is what we must call an embarrassment of riches.
WITH PHOTOS: Thursday night at the Roots Festival offers more of the same (and that’s just fine)
There’s still not an event on the Roots schedule that more perfectly combines food and music than the Thursday night Folk Family Reunion.
WITH PHOTOS: The first day of Roots Festival takes Northwest Arkansas to church, to Memphis and to other new territory
There’s plenty of the festival yet to be experienced. But there aren’t many opportunities to see musical legends like Mavis Staples and Booker T. Jones.
New telling of “Once” at TheatreSquared hopes to create a one-time offering of community and stagecraft
The story was a resounding success as a film and later on Broadway, where it won eight Tony Awards upon its 2012 debut.
REVIEW: Slayer brings the heat in final tour, which also brings in four other metal acts to Rogers
When you’re being beaten over the head with a stick, you don’t always stop to ask what kind of wood it is. A Slayer show is a little like that, but with more fire.
Fayetteville Roots Festival announces full music schedule; these shows are among the highlights
Here are the highlights of the music lineup for the 2018 Fayetteville Roots Festival.
Crystal Bridges flexes muscles in assembling two of the three temporary exhibits it will put on display in 2019
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hopes to follow a strong 2018 exhibition schedule with a bit of superhuman strength.
REVIEW: Halsey brings provocative pop show to AMP on a scorching-hot Arkansas evening
Those at the show got to see Halsey push through her hits and adorn them with blasts of dramatic smoke, pyrotechnic charges and dancing.
REVIEW: Modest Mouse returns to a new world with same trademark weirdness
Maybe, just maybe, Modest Mouse liked their surroundings enough to come back again. And maybe it won’t be another 17 years before they do.
Big Smith dons the overalls once again for big-time reunion show at George’s
You could call it a reunion if you want. You could say, like guitarist and vocalist Mark Bilyeu does, that the band members are just poking their head up a bit.
REVIEW: Janet Jackson offers a high-energy dance party to AMP crowd
The Walmart AMP booked a superstar for Friday night. And Jackson delivered the kind of marquee extravaganza that we always hope to see at our largest music venue.
REVIEW: Thirty Seconds to Mars uses energetic crowd to fuel their carnival-like live show
If you could assemble a concert from a do-it-yourself kit, the result might turn out something very much like what Thirty Seconds to Mars served to a crowd in Rogers.
REVIEW: Glitzy pop showcase by Kesha and Macklemore brings escapism and openness to the AMP
“You can be sensitive AND blast people with a confetti cannon, if that’s your dream.”
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