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The Walton Arts Center kicked off its 2013-2014 Broadway series with the musical “Jersey Boys” Tuesday night. While the average age of the audience was on the greater half of a century, the show provided entertainment for a wide variety of music lovers. “Jersey Boys” tells the rise and fall of Frankie Valli and theContinue reading “Review: “Jersey Boys” at Walton Arts Center”

BENTONVILLE—Matt McClure is a deliberate man. While sitting at a corner table at The Hive, where he is executive chef, he placed his coffee cup so that it fit with the arrangement of the table. And when he stood up, he moved the salt and pepper grinders to restore the symmetry of the table setting.Continue reading “Bentonville Gains Recognition for Culinary Scene”

ROGERS—With his soft face and eyes as blue as an Arkansas spring sky, Grant Hodges looks like he would be more suited with a backpack and a baseball cap. But Hodges opts for a briefcase and an assortment of trouser socks. After all, aspiring politicians don’t carry backpacks, even if they are only 23 yearsContinue reading “Aspiring Politician Uses Youth as Asset”

He’s garnered the attention of many in Arkansas as the “crazy uncle,” a phrase that was peppered throughout Sports Talk with Bo Mattingly during the summer and with increasing frequency in the week leading up to the Razorbacks’ first football game of the season. But John L. Smith doesn’t seem to take notice. It didn’tContinue reading “John L. Smith: An Original”