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Blue Thread performs Friday evening at the concert series Weekend Starts.

"The Last Five Years" is a play offering a unique way to experience a relationship. Becca Martin Brown, features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, said a production this weekend at Thaden School in Bentonville takes an even further unusual approach.

Becca Martin Brown, features editor for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, said if you want to give entertainment and food as Mother's Day gifts, she's got you covered.

Becca Martin Brown, features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, provides several options of activities for the next week, from live music, to theatre, pottery, glassworks and more.

More people of color and women became primary operators of farms in the past decade, according to a study from the University of Arkansas. Plus, The Steel Horse Rally begins this weekend, and the announcement of new assistant dean positions at the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine.

The Theater Department at Northwest Arkansas Community College stages a new production this weekend. Becca Martin Brown, with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, said that is one of many weekend entertainment highlights.

Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, said this weekend emphasizes the wide variety of entertainment available throughout the region. She delivers information about quilting, performance art and a futurized "Macbeth."

Saturday is Earth Day and the weekend is chock-full of event in Northwest Arkansas cities like Fayetteville, Fort Smith and Eureka Springs. Plus, an update on housing, Razorback sports and more.

Pete Hartman speaks with Heather Hays, Adult Services Librarian, at Bentonville Public Library, about Author Dick Lehr's recent book called "Dead Reckoning". The book talk is free and no registration is required. It begins at 6 PM, on April 18, 2023.

On today's show, updates on the U.S. Marshals Museum and the next "Unexpected" mural in Fort Smith. Also, weekend plans, a review of "Suzume" and celebrating a century of the Apple Blossom Festival. Plus, University of Arkansas College of Engineering gives Teni Rane Butler an Early Career Award, the Community Spotlight week in review and more.