Music
SoNA concertmaster stars Feb. 17, playing Bruch’s violin concerto
“Up until a few years ago, it was fairly normal for most orchestras to include new music and music by lesser-known composers as a type of ‘medicine,’” says Paul Haas,
Ra-Ve puts Indian heritage center stage at youth festival Feb. 10
Yuva Utsav isn’t an idea unique to Northwest Arkansas. From Hindi, the phrase translates to “youth festival,” and its purpose in the South Asian country is to “generate appreciation about
Music Moves, stars come out for the Arkansas Black Film and Music Expo Feb. 9-10
Music Moves and DAYVISION films have teamed up to celebrate Black film and music once again. The Arkansas Black Film and Music Expo returns to the Fayetteville Town Center Feb.
Comic Kevin McCaffrey laughs his way to new album at The Grove
Netting 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok and having more than 200,000 followers across the platforms is a social media dream come true for many. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come
NWA hip-hop artists play Happiness of Pursuit Festival
A story that flew under my radar last year was the performance by two Northwest Arkansas-based hip-hop artists at the The Happiness of Pursuit Festival in Ontario, Calif., in October
Arts organizations look back on 2023’s accomplishments
As the year rolled to a close, we asked several arts organizations for their proudest moments of 2023. These are the answers we received, edited for space: Fort Smith Regional
2023 In Review: Schola Cantorum, Fort Smith Symphony and SoNA made their musical marks
Every year, we at The Free Weekly challenge ourselves to look back and then look forward. So I looked back myself — and came up with more than a dozen
Tucker-Doss holiday concert Dec. 15 benefits NWA Equality
For their Happy Holy Gays Winter concert, organizer Léo Tucker (formerly Stephen Coger) says that they haven’t even considered suggested attire for the evening and laughs at the idea of
SoNA Singers bring harmony, heart to Christmas concert Dec. 9
Jeramy Upton says he’ll sing anywhere — in the car, of course, but also at his desk at work, waiting at the dinner table at a restaurant, any place he
Pianist celebrates with Fort Smith Symphony Dec. 2
Located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, Oman — officially the Sultanate of Oman — is primarily peopled by followers of Islam, and Arabic is its official language. Neither
