A Look at the Real-Life Magic Behind Terra Studios By Blair Jackson Nestled in the Ozark Mountains, 20 minutes from the Fayetteville city limits, is Terra Studios. Here, winter is the quiet season. A few flowers are beginning to push through the soil. Jamie Ulick walks the grounds, picking up pieces of plaster that have…
And The Men Who Hate Them By Rachel Birdsell If you check the news, you might think the year is 1956 instead of 2012. There are more fights about women’s rights than I can ever remember, and I have a few decades to look back on. The president enacted a law that requires employers to…
Residents Voice Opinions By Andrea Love TFW Contributing Writer More than 60 residents attended a public meeting on state water regulations last Wednesday at the Clarion Inn in Fayetteville. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality held a public meeting to hear comments about a revision to Regulation 2. The law — which ADEQ uses…
SPECIAL EVENTS ART NIGHT OUT: TIME TRAVELER — 7 to 10 p.m. today at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 600 Museum Way in Bentonville. Live music by the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, and the Smith & Reed Acoustic Duo. Reading by members of TheatreSquared. Open mic with DJ Beat Bachs. Ticketed event. $15. CrystalBridges.org…
TFW Staff Report Books For Babies The Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the United Way of Northwest Arkansas have partnered to bring books to the children of Northwest Arkansas. Thanks to an anonymous startup donation of $40,000, 400 children will be able to receive one book, every month, for four years. Any child under the…
This last week of February has an added day. It’s leap year. Thursday, Mercury joins the Mars retrograde. We ponder upon many things but cannot act on them until after April 13th after Mars turns direct. Mars retro restrains us in order that we reassess, reorder and review. Friday is the feast day of St….
The Magic Inside By Blair Jackson How do you write about an entire world? This is what made writing this week’s cover story, “Where Dreams Come True,” incredibly difficult. To attempt to capture a world as unique as Terra Studios exclusively with fact is, certainly, to do it an injustice. Terra exists in that rare…
THURSDAY Arsaga’s Crossover, Fayetteville: Andrew Flory Cherokee Casino, West Siloam Springs: Big’Uns George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville: Josh Abbott Band Jammin Java, Fayetteville: Open Acoustic Jam JJ’s Grill, Fayetteville: Isayah & Mark Bilyeu JJ’s Grill, Rogers: Jamie Wolfe Mojo’s Pints and Pies, Fayetteville: Jeff Kearney Pesto Cafe, Fayetteville: Sarah Hughes Rowdy Beaver, Eureka Springs: Karaoke with…
Looking For The Gaia Next Door I’m an Occupy girl, age 45, into eco-shamanism and planetary consciousness stuff. I’ve mostly dated engineers with a playful side who initially seemed open to my interests but quickly became resentful of them. My boyfriend of two years is different — easygoing and willing to expand his horizons. He…
By Blair Jackson TFW Editor “In this culture, poetry is like zucchini squash, you’re lucky to give it away,” says Gerry Sloan. The writer, who has taught music at the University of Arkansas for 40 years, calls himself a “double-agent” of the arts, and has recently published a full-length book of poetry entitled “Paper Lanterns.”…