Documentarian Stanley Nelson will be at the 26th annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival on Saturday, October 14th to add another award to a film career already steeped in recognition. He has six Emmys, including one for Lifetime Achievement, a Peabody Award, and received the National Medal for the Humanities from President Obama. When Nelson…
Over the last 10 years, the world of craft beer has exploded into a nationwide sensation. Starting around 2013, Northwest Arkansas began to experience its own boom. Due to the area’s growing craft beer scene, Experience Fayetteville launched the Fayetteville Ale Trail – Arkansas’ first craft beer tasting adventure featuring local breweries – in August…
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival starts early in October. From Oct. 6 to Oct. 14, the festival will hold a ton of screenings and throw some really great parties. Make sure you’re there during opening night to toast the fest in style at The Arlington, and don’t miss the last night, which involves an…
This weekend there are two big events in central Arkansas. The first is the ACANSA Arts Festival. ACANSA’s mission is to encourage and increase participation in visual and performing arts, promote the cultural vitality of the south, and generate opportunities for local commerce in Little Rock, North Little Rock and throughout central Arkansas. The second…
Two-time Golden Globe winner Kathleen Turner will serve as Honorary Chair of the 2017 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and will help present the festival’s opening-night film, LADDIE: The Man Behind the Movies, on Oct. 6. Turner won Golden Globes for her roles in Romancing the Stone and Prizzi’s Honor. She was also nominated for…
Fayetteville Film Fest rolls out the red carpet on Sept. 12-16 at locations around the downtown Fayetteville Square. The ninth annual event features a record-setting 56 films (including feature films, documentaries, short films, foreign films and animated films) to be screened over the course of the five days of the festival at locations around downtown…
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival is continuing its streak as the longest-running nonfiction film festival in North America. As it prepares for its 26th year, it welcomes a new interim executive director: Jennifer Gerber. Gerber is taking former Executive Director Courtney Pledger’s place. Pledger is now director of the Arkansas Education Television Network (AETN).…
El Dorado utilizes arts, culture and education to fix a difficult economic situation. [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a small town with a population of a little more than 18,000, it might seem like a lot to put $100 million into upgrading the downtown area. In simple terms, that might appear to be what’s happening in deep southern Arkansas.…
In an effort to learn about past racial diversity in sports, author Evin Demirel recently published a nearly 200-page anthology entitled African-American Athletes in Arkansas: Muhammad Ali’s Tour, Black Razorbacks & Other Forgotten Tales. “I don’t want to shy away from our past,” says the former-Latin-teacher-turned-writer. “I want to learn more about it, grapple with it and share…
Since its humble beginnings at Greenhouse Grille several years ago, Fayetteville Roots Fest has grown exponentially, bringing in musical acts like Lucinda Williams, Jay Farrar and the Punch Brothers. This year’s lineup doesn’t disappoint with the Wood Brothers, Nick Offerman and Iron & Wine among others. One constant since the festival’s inception has been the…
