By Anna VanHorn A celebration of life, a love letter to freedom and a passionate cry for hope and change, “Hair” features some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage. The musical broke new ground when it first opened in 1967 by defining the genre of “rock musical,” changing the face of musical…
By Robert Laurence In 1989, Amy Herzberg came to Fayetteville thinking she wouldn’t unpack her bags; her stay would be so short. Today, she’s the Head of Performance, and Director of the MFA Program in Acting at the UA. Ten years later, in 1998, Robert Ford arrived, and is now Director of the MFA Program…
By Terrah Baker Michele Marshal decided to add color where there was none, along Fayetteville trails and for nothing more than to brighten up the place, she said. “I tell people that want to come visit me that it’s so beautiful here most of the year, but as green as it is in the summer,…
“Eve takes place during the 1820s in Newton County — a place uninhabitable to most civilized people. The Osage population had already been run out, and only the occasional French fur trapper wandered through. It’s a place where folklore is real; at least in the eyes of an 8-year-old adventurer…” By Terrah Baker When I…
Ya’ know what I love? I love a good hot dog on the Fourth of July, bacon
Cathy Barton and Dave Para will be in concert Fri., Feb. 8, at the Underground
Staff Report Memphis disc jockey, the late Dewey Phillips — also known as “Daddy-O-Dewey” is thought by many musical historians to be the person most responsible for integrating American radio from 1948 to 1958, is also the inspiration behind the culture-analyzing, Broadway musical MEMPHIS. His struggle to integrate American music and popular culture in the…
Staff Report Dark Secrets” is the first in a series of historical fiction novels, based on the life of Ollie McNew. In early childhood, a grandmother influenced Ollie’s belief in guardian angels and inspired her to heed premonitions as warnings sent by angels. The book begins with Ollie in a semiconscious state, guided by an…
By Robert Laurence In 1963, in Kansas City at the age of 14, Geoffrey Oelsner knows — “senses” would be the wrong word — without being told that his grandmother has a stomach ache. In 2011, in the Evelyn Hills parking lot, Oelsner witnesses a mind-bending telekinetic event, as the locked door of his parked…
Staff Report Michael Crow said the most important thing about his writing is that his books are not about him, but what people can take from the things he’s seen and experienced during his life of adventure. He said he feels both his books, “En Garde” (2011) and “A One Man Guided Tour: Quest for…