What Blues is to eastern Arkansas, Western Swing is to Western Arkansas. The unique American music style will be the star of a multifaceted public kickoff event for the upcoming Fort Smith International Film Festival with a special evening featuring the Arkansas premier of the documentary, “The Birth and History of Western Swing” followed by a dance featuring Western Swing RULES this evening beginning 5pm at the Fort Smith Museum of History. Pete speaks with Caroline Speir, Executive Director of FSMH, about tonight's event.
Opera in the Ozarks board chair Alice Martinson tours the new Inspiration Point Center for the Arts, a state-of-the-art theater in Carroll County that opened last May.
Choreographer Sophia Smith discusses her ballet adaptation of Eric Whitacre's "The Sacred Veil," a choral work about love, grief and loss, coming to Eureka Springs this April.
Fayetteville's Woodland Junior High Quiz Bowl team is headed to nationals in Birmingham this June. Coach Trish McClung talks preparation, and a fundraiser trivia night is April 15.