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Courtesy/The Carpenters SongbookA soundtrack to the 1970s wouldn’t be complete without at least some of the songs of Karen and Richard Carpenter. Between 1971 and 1975, the sibling duo recorded 10 albums, scored 13 top 10 songs and performed more than 800 concerts. -
Canva StockSaxophonist Austin Farnam talks with Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg about his 11-piece band Groove Culture, its influences and its Nov. 11 concert at the Victory Theater in Rogers.
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Co-chair Meredith Lowery previews the 2026 Festival of Trees on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville, including celebrity ceramic trees, a trail run, a jazz brunch and a holiday pop-up. -
Co-founder Ken Weatherford looks back on a decade of Beer & Hymns, which has raised nearly $700,000 for local nonprofits, and previews Beer and Horns at Bike Rack Brewing in Bentonville. -
Co-founder Jacqueline McKinney previews Freak Show Day Fest, a three-day camping festival of circus performers, live music, fashion shows and vendors on West Finger Road in Fayetteville. -
Wai-Kay Carenbauer and Kyle Kellams preview live music Oct. 22-28, from Three Dog Night at Ozark Music Hall to Squirrel Flower at George’s and a free Music Monday flute recital. -
Author Jocelyn Cullity discusses her novel set at the Crescent Hotel during Norman Baker’s cancer hospital fraud, ahead of a Friday launch at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. -
UofA flutist Cristina Ballatori and pianist Kevin Chance, friends since LSU, perform 21st-century works and more at a free Music Monday concert in Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. -
The Arkansas International and the UofA Museum invite writers to respond to museum objects for Museum as Muse, a digital feature open to submissions through November. -
Culture vulture April Wallace recommends not-too-scary Halloween picks, including HBO’s “Los Espookys,” “Halloweentown” on Hulu and the books “Ghostly” and “The Skull.” -
Lia Uribe explores two visionary Brazilian women, Vânia Dantas Leite and Bianca Gismonti, whose music blends tradition and experimentation into deeply personal worlds. -
Loren Lester, Max Kellerman in the “Dirty Dancing” national tour, talks Catskills family history and voicing Robin ahead of eight shows at Walton Arts Center.
