Free Weekly Staff

Go ahead, Google Blog.
That was mere gibberish a decade ago.
Maybe a handful of Wall Streeters and Silicone Valley hipsters noticed the private launch of a baby business called Google in September 1998. Open Diary, hailed as the first online blogging community went live a month later.
But in the ensuing decade, blogs became kudzu — dense, chaotic, sometimes a nuisance, sometimes a shady terrarium where the unexpected blossoms.
Local blogs take you into a community’s nitty-gritty, way past the safety ropes of sites that end in .gov or .org. Fayetteville’s virtual neighborhood indicates a fecund online ecology, spirited and intimate, a hothouse environment for a college town.
Here are a few of the Free Weekly’s favorites. In making this decision, three factors were key: daily updates, local content and quality of content. It doesn’t matter if that content is sharp political rhetoric, the latest band announcement or simply a day in the life of a mom, it just has to be about Fayetteville and interesting.

1. The Iconclast http://jonah-tebbetts.blogspot.com/
The Iconoclast is Fayetteville’s anonymous gadfly — like a virtual Socrates.
City officials read it. Local journalists read it. Even Little Rock’s Arkansas Times peers northward occasionally to take note of The Iconoclast on their own blog.
The Iconoclast’s writers channel their blogs through the long-dead persona of Jonah Tebbetts, a judge who built the historic Headquarters House in 1853 where the Battle of Fayetteville was fought in the front yard at the “bloody corner” of College Avenue and Dickson. The essays often call public officials out on their decisions, and the only people not named are the actual writers of the blog.
Read this one alongside your daily paper to help you read between the lines.
May you never be offered a hemlock-laced drink by the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tebbetts.

2. Fayetteville Flyer http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/
The Fayetteville Flyer, or just “The Flyer” to those in the know, came out of the gate with a flashy site that takes old school ‘zine ambitions to digital heights. Tongue-in-cheek but informative, the Flyer is usually just behind the professionals in putting news out the public online. On the entertainment news front, they’ve even broken a story or two. It’s worth bookmarking.

3. Sufferin’ Succotash http://alannahmassey.blogspot.com/
Alannah told the Free Weekly that she’s not quite ready for attention on her public blog yet. Thanks, but she’d prefer not to comment for this article. She’s likes to think of her digital audience mostly as friends she actually knows in real life. We understand. The problem is, if it’s a public blog, the public is reading it — especially if they can link to it from The Iconoclast. Blogs like Sufferin’ Succotash give a vicarious thrill to the reader just because they are so intimate and genuine. Alannah is stressed, and her writing about her stress, and her addiction to Bravo programs, makes for a good read. Feeling down? Go take a look at the trials of Sufferin’ Succotash and feel a little better.

4. Life Plus Kids http://www.lifepluskids.com/
This is the digital Promise Land for those with children. If it’s a kid-friendly event and its going on in Northwest Arkansas, Terri Chadick, mother of two children, will let you know on her blog. She said she formed it out of frustration, hoping to create a clearinghouse of information about things for kids to see in do in the area. If you find yourself with a kid and nothing to do, this should be your “go to” site.

5. Fayetteville and NW Arkansas Live Journal http://community.livejournal.com/fayetteville_ar/
Sometimes a week can pass before this site is updated, but it’s so random and representative of different people, we thought it worth inclusion. People post about anything here — a lost cat, a lost wedding ring, the June 22 Firefly Festival, a Mac for sale, bead classes being offered, or a request for how to get rid of ants in a pet-friendly way. And that’s just on page one. Got a question about the community, chances are you can get your choice of answers from other users’ response. You can often follow the poster back to their own live journal site as a bonus stalking treat.

Honorable Mentions:
Aubunique
http://aubreyshepherd.blogspot.com/
Great nature photography and local political commentary together at last. Aubunique is quite unique and prolific.

Fayetteville Free Weekly
http://www.freeweekly.com/
Shameless plug.

The Five-forty
http://www.thefiveforty.com/
Were did you go? We miss you. Line by line deconstruction of the Free Weekly’s Tony Macklin movie reviews were a bittersweet treat. You stopped updating for awhile, then promised to be back, then disappeared again. We have trust issues now.

The Northwest Arkansas Crime Report
http://nwacrimereport.blogspot.com/
It’s not the kind of crime that makes you want to move away. It’s the kind of crime that makes you wonder about your neighbors’ intelligence and sanity.

S’moore Girl
http://smooregrrl.blogspot.com/
An intimate blog with some great photography. Sarah’s documentarian eye and insight shine throughout. You have to go to the first post to uncover the meaning behind the name.

Street Jazz
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/streetjazz/
Light on images, but heavy on good writing and local political insight. Richard Drake’s blog keeps Northwest Arkansas informed.

Val’s Bien
http://valsbien.blogspot.com/
Valerie’s musings about her life, her cat Tigger and “Superman” Mayor Dan Coody’s announcement he is running again are worth a look.

Five Questions with the Fayetteville Flyer
1. Who writes the Fayetteville Flyer?
We’d prefer not to use our real names for the time being. It’s not that we are necessarily afraid of being identified. We’d just rather the Fayetteville Flyer have a voice of its own rather than it being about what each of us think individually. However, if you really wanted to know who we are, it wouldn’t take long to track us down. Trust me, it’s already happened a couple of times! As for our “team”, there’s a core of three writers who consistently post stories and about a half dozen others who submit entries from time to time. We’re all local residents who love Fayetteville.
2. Why did you start the blog?
Fayetteville is easily one of the greatest cities in the country to call home. As a college town full of music, culture, arts, and of course sports, we believe there’s got to be some kind of alternative voice on the internet. Frankly, I am surprised that it has taken this long for someone to step up to the plate. Our original goal was, like many bloggers, to simply be heard. However, our pageviews per day have skyrocketed and now we feel like we have more of a responsibility to inform rather than just to rant. Of course, with full-time day jobs, we’re certainly limited in terms of capacity to perform original investigative journalism. Fortunately, however, that limitation seems to have become a strength lately as we’re finding that our readers appreciate brief, to-the-point stories that eventually provide links to further information. It’s only natural, though, as the vast majority of our readers probably only have about as much time to read as we do to write…during breaks at work or between classes. We’re keeping advertising out of the picture for now but we’re not ruling it out entirely. With 2007’s severe decline in print ad revenue and the giant leap that its online counterpart raked in, it’s exciting to look towards the future. It would be the greatest job in the world if we could somehow make a living out of writing for the Fayetteville Flyer. However, we feel like making the jump to hosting ads might not be as thrilling to some of our readers. We’d certainly have to do that in a way that was not only right for us but for our specific audience as well. Until then, we’re content with the way things are right now.
3. What role do you think local blogs can play in a community?
Local blogs have a lot to offer a community. At the very least, they provide local residents with a means to be heard. At a deeper level, though, they can be extremely hyperlocal and much more audience-specific than traditional print media. A typical “letters to the editor” section in a newspaper can only hold so much and it certainly doesn’t provide a very good means of conversation. An online article can be written, published, commented upon and updated or corrected in a matter of minutes. It can also be immediately read by anyone with internet access. What I find most interesting, though, is that as younger people start to rely more on websites like ours for their daily dose of locally pertinent information rather than by reading newspapers, we still rely on those sources for our information. This could obviously lead to some serious tension between the professionals and the community journalists. However, in many larger cities, the big newspapers are starting to explore ways to partner up with small community-based blogs in order to reach a specific audience. I find all of this to be incredibly fascinating and could go on forever. I’ll stop now.
4. Do you read The Onion?
Not much, really. From time to time, I’ll stumble across something hilarious they’ve done but for the most part, I’m glued to local and national news outlets. At the Fayetteville Flyer, we don’t do much satire. Partly because nobody could ever come close to covering issues in such a clever way as The Onion but also because I believe that in order to earn the trust of your readers, you can’t be mixing fake news in with the real stuff unless it’s incredibly obvious what you’re up to. That takes skill and we’re certainly not professionals by any stretch of the imagination.
5. Anything else you’d like to comment on … Favorite cheese, paper v. plastic, mayoral endorsement, etc?
As for a mayoral endorsement, we haven’t even begun to figure out who is the best person for the job. However, we are currently lining up interviews with the candidates in order to educate not only our readers about who’ll be on the ballot, but also ourselves.

Channeling Jonah
The many voices (We think seven) inside the head of 140-year-old Jonah Tebbett’s agreed to an interview. Here are the unedited sounds we captured when they spoke in unison.
The Iconclast on The Iconoclast
At the Iconoclast, we are concerned mostly with local institutional power and politics. Government, media, business, and educational institutions have paid employees to spin their message and present their images in the light most favorable to their comfortable captains.
In theory, the media might serve as a check on the others, but it hasn’t worked out that way for a number of reasons. Advertising revenues, club memberships, and the need for sources make the news and editorial departments about as critical of local institutions as sportswriters are of hometown sports teams.
We get no advertising revenue and are paid no salaries, so we get to poke fun at the powerful and point out the absence of their wardrobes. We try to take the average citizens’ point of view, to offer alternative versions of the official story, and to present interesting arguments. Sometimes we do that well and sometimes we fail, but either way it is a polysyllabic picture of our community.
People can read the blog or not, but a surprising number of people do. We seldom have more than 600 unique visitors a day, but many of them are regular readers. One day last week, we had 15 visits from City Hall computers during regular office hours, staying logged on for more than two hours total. We are always glad to see our friends from the paid media stop by to see what we’re laughing about on a particular day. Even the Chamber and the UA brass check in from time to time. We are glad, but we are disappointed that they seem to take it so personal when we take issue with their actions.
We don’t hate anyone and actually like most of the public figures we discuss here; we just want them to be more open and less pompous and to do a better job. We all share the goal of a better community hereabouts, but we don’t always share the same vision of what that might be. We try to give voice to a version that often doesn’t get heard in the mainstream media and offer it up for consideration in an interesting way. We try to be serious about local issues without taking ourselves too seriously. And we always try to have some fun while we are doing it.
The Iconoclast on local blogs
Local blogs are a rag-tag lot, and we love them all. Some are personal reflections on private lives, much like a diary, and many of those are interesting. Sufferin’ Succotash is among the most interesting of that type. Others can serve as a clearinghouse of information, and nothing beats Life Plus Kids in that category. Aubrey Shepherd (Aubunique) is the most prolific local blogger. He has a bazillion blogs on numerous subjects from the environment to neighborhoods to city government, combining great photography with commentary. The Fayetteville Flyer is in a class by itself, half-website and half-blog, an amusing electronic minotaur of sports, entertainment, and wisecracking observation. The NWA Crime Report is also a favorite here. Richard Drake does a good job with Street Jazz, melding the strength of his CAT program and the Ozark Gazette into the blogosphere. Arkansas Tonight is a good local political blog, but none of us come close to the Arkansas Times blog that is a true model of what blogs can be and do.

ARIES: Being creative is perhaps not your most important self-identity. However, that should change because creativity is hounding you and soon you’ll be called to new endeavors responding to the changes coming your way in terms of your work, how you’re recognized and who you may think you are, which is limited because you’re more than that. Observe everything. Big things are coming!

TAURUS: Home and everything connected with home must hold your attention for there is much to be done there. Your digestion may be going through difficult times, so be careful of your diet. Enzymes, probiotics, acidophilus and Calcium Phos (homeopathic) are what’s needed. Maintain proper and adequate electrolytes and waters.

GEMINI: Many Geminis have contacted me concerning what I wrote for their sign. The reason for reading everything I write is to gather enough esoteric wisdom for your esoteric journal (which you are to create now) so you can begin to have the framework within that unifies polarities through your ability to love (Ray 2), which happens when enough information has been gathered. When love happens then wisdom comes forth too (your tasks in the coming times). For now, you’re to study and gather.

CANCER: Communication may feel difficult and you may in response feel anger and frustration. Simultaneously others could be acting out those feelings for you. You may be focused on money, finances and resources. Your pride in what you have makes you want to share it. This is good. Your resources allow different aspects of spirit to enter matter. Whatever you give opens a gate and always what you give is returned tenfold. That’s a cosmic law.

LEO: Happy Birthday, Leo. The Sun and moon’s illuminations bring you something new and golden, wanted and loved. The past, appears for your birthday providing you with the opportunity to work on forgiveness, have gratitude, value every experience, and at the end offer (internally) love to everyone in your life, past, present and future.

VIRGO: Go slow and let yourself rest a bit so that your inner self (physical body, emotions and mind) can restructure creating a new mind growing with new thoughts, ideas, and realities. We all need this reorientation (and slowing down) several times in our lives so new values and inner resources can emerge from deeply pregnant spiritual sources. Contemplation of this provides relief.

LIBRA: You hop (drive?) between home and work, wondering how to accommodate both areas of life. Emotions pull you home. Although constantly changing, you’re warm and safe there. However, a magnetic pull calls you to work overtime tending to responsibilities incurred over time. Daily life seems ever so complicated. You can’t count on anything consistent. You’re learning how to navigate the waters of change. You’ll be the captain when everything falls down.

SCORPIO: Try not to plunge carelessly into anything including other people’s lives. Maintain poise within the constant daily variations of reality. Your values are shifting, you’re evaluating communications, home is both dissolving and coming together, and creativity seems to be coming from the future. Don’t worry about these strange occurrences. They are normal in times of revolution, which should begin soon.

SAGITTARIUS: What’s written for Scorpio applies to you. However, you’re in a state that’s even more difficult because you’re entire inner self is being excavated so that whoever you really are can be discovered. You can think of yourself as found object art, strangely beautiful and deeply intelligent. It’s good to think of yourself in this way for it contains hope and virtue, light amidst darkness, solitude within the crowd. You’re always in control. Know this about your Soul.

CAPRICORN: There’s something you want; a change of place, of work, of things in life deeply needed. Use your kitchen or dining room table as your workshop. Tape large sheets of paper, gather the family, have lots of colored pens and pencils available, and begin as a family (or group of friends) to draw in detail what you want/need. Do this as an exercise each day. Don’t miss a day. You are bringing what you need into form and matter. You will teach manifestation. This is what magic actually is. Tell me the outcome.

AQUARIUS: You are blending, merging and adapting your life into one art form through creative endeavors. We come into incarnation hoping to fulfill our tasks (unknown to us for lifetimes). Then in one particular lifetime we begin to live within our particular gifts. We become happy and life feels luminous. This is an Initiation, an inner spiritual growth phase. You then bring humanity a revolution of beauty.

PISCES: After the last few weeks (years, lifetimes) of visionary work, it’s back to the drawing board, back to work creating the foundation for future endeavors. Seek to create a routine that calls forth your abilities and simultaneously serves others. There is a sense of bittersweetness, you understand the sadness of hopes dashed yet you carry on, straight into the eye of the hurricane. Read Aquarius’ task and create yours. Energy follows thought and then creates more energy.
Risa D’Angeles, Founder & Director
Esoteric & Astrological Institute
PO Box 2780, Santa Cruz, CA 95063
831-426-1143
emails: risa@lrec.org &risagoodwill@gmail.com
web: www.nightlightnews.com

CLOSING PARTY FOR RECONSTRUCTING ART WALK at 7 p.m. Saturday at Crystal Bridged at the Massey, 125 W. Central Ave. in Bentonville. massey.crystalbridges.org or 418-5700.

STAGE & SCREEN
BOAR’S HEAD PLAYERS: “How to Get the Mango (When the Lizard’s in the Way)” at 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at Nadine Baum Studios at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. $14. 575-3946.

THEATRESQUARED: “MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM” at 6:30 p.m. today and Saturday at Blowing Springs Park in Bella Vista, at 6:30 p.m. Friday and Sunday at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. $5-$20; BYO seating and picnic. theatresquared.org or 445-6333.

DIVE-IN MOVIE: “SURF’S UP” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Wilson Park Pool. Free. 444-3471.

“MY FAIR LADY” at 7 p.m. Friday, July 31-Aug.2 and Aug. 7-9, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3 and Aug. 10 at Rogers Little Theater. $9.50-$47. RogersLittleTheater.com or 631-8988.

HISTORICAL DANCE SOCIETY peformance at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org or 571-2222.

“GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Jones Center for Families. Free. jonesnet.org or 756-8090.

“SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES” at dusk Sunday at the parking lot at 1 E. Main St. in Eureka Springs. $3; BYO seating. lucky13cinema.org.

BOAR’S HEAD PLAYERS: “The Man Without A Country” at 8 p.m. July 31- Aug. 2 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at Nadine Baum Studios at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. $14. 575-3946.

OPERA IN THE OZARKS: Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutte,” Puccini’s “La Boheme,” and Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” through July at Opera in the Ozarks, 16311 Hwy 62 West, Eureka Springs. 253-8595.

WORDS
OZARK POETS & WRITERS COLLECTIVE at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Nightbird Books. nightbirdbooks.com or 443-2080.

MUSIC
BENJAMIN DEL SHREVE and TIFFANY CHRISTOPHER at 7 p.m. today in Gulley Park in Fayetteville. Free. accessfayetteville.org or 444-3471.

JAZZ COMPOSERS SHOWCASE with Ben Harris, James Greeson, Nathan McLeod and more at 8 p.m. Friday at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall. digjazz.com or 225-2306.

MOE. and DEL MCCOURY BAND at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Arkansas Music Pavilion at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. $25. arkansasmusicpavilion.com.

TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Jones Center. Hawaiian Luau at 6 p.m. jonesnet.org or 756-8090.

SACRED HARP SINGERS at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Shiloh Museum. springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

OZARK BLUES SOCIETY monthly jam at 6 p.m. Monday at Jose’s on Dickson Street in Fayetteville. ozarkbluessociety.org.

LEARNING
CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE at 7 p.m. today at the Shiloh Museum. springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

QUILTERS UNITED IN LEARNING TOGETHER: “American History Remembered through Quilts” with Ardith Wharry at 7 p.m. today at the Holiday Inn in Springdale. $20 Membership required after first meeting. quiltguildnwa.org or 273-7153.

SALSA CLASSES Wednesdays and TANGO CLASSES Thursdays at Uncle Gaylord’s Cafe at 315 W. Mountain St. in Fayetteville. Beginners at 7 p.m., Improvers at 8 p.m. Pre-registration required. $55-$100 per month. elaynesdance.com or 595-9595.

FINDER’S KEEPERS at 1 p.m. Friday at the Rogers Historical Museum Annex. rogersarkansas.com/museum or 621-1154.

OZARK WIRELESS SOCIETY at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Shiloh Museum. springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

AMATEUR RADIO KLUB OF ARKANSAS NORTHWEST at 7 p.m. Monday at the Arkansas Air Museum in Fayetteville. arkan.us.

TV PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS at 7 p.m. Monday at Community Access Television in Fayetteville. Free; no registration needed; no 5th Monday workshop. 444-3433.

FAYETTEVILLE INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Trinity United Methodist Church. 756-3298.

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT
ITERA’S HEALING TOUCH Saturday at Unity of Fayetteville. Registration required. $30. unityfay.org or 442-0680.

FAYETTEVILLE FREE THINKERS at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library. fayfreethinkers.com or 442-6738.

BUDDHIST MEDITATION at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Arkansas Yoga Center in Fayetteville. 422-6526.

A COURSE IN MIRACLES at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Unity of Fayetteville. unityfay.org or 442-0680.

STILL MIND MEDITATION AND CHANTING at 9 p.m. Sundays at the School of Metaphysics in Fayetteville. som.org or 527-6804.

OUTDOORS
BACKPACKER MAGAZINE’S Get Out More tour with Randy and Sheri Propster at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Pack Rat in Fayetteville, and at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at Lewis & Clark Outfitters in Springdale. Free. backpacker.com/getoutmore.

ARKANSAS CANOE CLUB NORTHWEST CHAPTER at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Picasso’s Pizza, Arkansas Hwy. 16 West. 263-1420.

FAYETTEVILLE SCOOTER CLUB at 6 p.m. Mondays at Arsaga’s on Gregg in Fayetteville. myspace.com/fayettevillescooterclub or 313-0311.

FAYETTEVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET at 7 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays on the Fayetteville Square. Mike and Maliah at 9 a.m. during Saturday morning Market at Jammin Java. Evening market at 4 p.m. Thursday nights at the Mill District at the intersection of School Avenue and Sixth Street. fayettevillefarmersmarket.org or 236-2910.

ROGERS FARMERS’ MARKET at 7 a.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays and at 4 p.m. Mondays at Frisco Park. 936-5487.

SPRINGDALE’S FARMERS’ MARKET at 7 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at the Jones Center for Families. 751-3352.

MINOR MATTERS
BED BUG BEDTIME STORIES at 6:30 p.m. today at the Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org or 571-2222, ext. 4370.

YOUTHCAN!’S END OF SUMMER CELEBRATION for Summer Art Explosion Camp at 10 a.m. Saturday at Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave. in Fayetteville. communityimaginationstudio.org or 442-8585.

PUPPET MAKING for ages 8+ at 9 a.m. Monday through -Aug.1 at the Art Experience, 641 W. 6th St. in Fayetteville. $160-$250. fayettevillearts.org/2008/06/03/2008-summer-classes-at-the-art-experience/ or 442-0557.

KID’S SUMMER BOOK CLUBS for ages 13 and up at 2 p.m. Mondays, and for ages 8-12 at 2 p.m. Wednesdays at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville. nightbirdbooks.com or 443-2080.

SUMMER ART CLASSES: Youth Advanced Wheel Monday at the Northwest Arkansas Community Creative Center in Fayetteville. Most classes are $75 for the week. nwaccc.org or 927-2491.

PLAY WITH CLAY at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Northwest Arkansas Creative Center in Fayetteville. For Pre-K. Registration required; $45. nwaccc.org or 927-2491.

YOUTHCAN!’S MOMMY & ME: Vroom! Clatter! Smack! Moving Art at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Ave. in Fayetteville. $10; for 18 months to-5 years. communityimaginationstudio.org or 442-8585.

MISS SPIDER’S TEA PARTY at the Fayetteville Public Library 10:30 a.m. Aug.4-5. Registration opens Wednesday. faylib.org or 571-2222, ext. 4370.

SENIORS
HORSE SHOES, TABLE TENNIS, BASEBALL and more Fridays in July at the Fayetteville Senior Center. 571-2920.

LEARN TO SURF THE WEB at 12:30 p.m. Mondays in July at the Fayetteville Senior Center. 571-2920.

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in July at the Fayetteville Senior Center. Free. 571-2920.

AUDITIONS, CALL FOR ENTRIES, VOLUNTEERS
ENTRIES FOR THE PINNACLE HILLS ART FESTIVAL Sept. 5-7 in Rogers. For more information, StielDirect.net/festival/registration.html or 899-6294.

ENTRIES FOR THE 2009 OZARK FOOTHILLS FILMFEST accepted through Dec. 1. Send to Ozark Foothills FilmFest, 195 Peel Rd., Locust Grove, AR 72550. $10 entry fee. Filmmakers under 18 can enter the T Tauri Film Fest also; see ttauri.org for more information. ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org or 870-251-1189.

ART
ANNE KITTRELL ART GALLERY, Arkansas Union, Fayetteville. 575-5255. “Separated” by Robert Glick through Aug. 22.

ARSAGA’S, 1582 Crossover, Ste. 2, Fayetteville. arsagas.org or 527-0690. “Outsider Art” by Eddie Love through July.

ARSAGA’S, 2418 N. Gregg Ave., Fayetteville. arsagas.org or 444-6557. Acrylics by Gabriel Costes through July.

ART EMPORIUM, 2914 N. College, Fayetteville. 521-4141.

ARTFUL SPACES, 266 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville. 582-5554.

ARTS CENTER OF THE OZARKS, 214 S. Main St., Springdale. artscenteroftheozarks.org 751-5441. “Between Here and There” by La Donna Shule, “Connections” by Basil Seymour-Davies, and “Beauty and the Brush” through Aug. 15.

CENTER FOR ART & EDUCATION, 104 N. 13th St., Van Buren. art-ed.org or 474-7767. Jason Sacran and Eileen Dineley Baatz through Wednesday.

THE COMMON GROUNDS, 412 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. commongroundsar.com or 442-3515. Maggie Stephenson through the Summer.

DDP GALLERY, 7 E. Mountain St., Fayetteville. ddpgallery.com or 442-0001. “Dreadful Objects” by Shane Richey and Jason Clinton Barnes through Aug. 9.

FRAMEWORKS 645, 645 W. Dickson, Fayetteville. 443-1692.

FLAT ROCK STUDIO, 2002 S. School St., Fayetteville. flatrockclay.com or 521-3181.

HEARTWOOD GALLERY-An Artists Collective. 428 S. Government St., Fayetteville. 444-0888.

JULIE WAIT DESIGNS ART GALLERY, 318 S. First St., Rogers. juliewaitdesigns.com or 631-8706.

MULLINS LIBRARY, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 575-6702. “Strangers & Not So Strange” by Craig E. Nelson through August.

POOR RICHARD’S ART & THE RABBITS LAIR, 116 S. First St., Rogers. poorrichardsart.com or 636-0417.

ROGERS LITTLE THEATER, 116 S. Second St., Rogers. RogersLittleTheater.com or 631-8988.

STUDIO 62, 335 W. Van Buren, Eureka Springs. 363-9209.

TERRA STUDIOS, 12103 Hazel Valley Road, Durham. 643-3314.

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FINE ARTS CENTER GALLERY, Fayetteville. 575-7987. “Summer Student Show” through Aug. 20.

WISHING SPRING ARTS AND CRAFTS GALLERY, 8862 W. McNelly Road, Bella Vista. villageartclub.org or 273-1798.

MUSEUMS
ARKANSAS AIR MUSEUM, Drake Field, 4290 S. School Ave., Fayetteville. 521-4947. Aircraft from all eras of aviation history.

ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, Ninth and Commerce Streets, Little Rock. arkarts.com or (501)372-4000. “Hot Color Cool Glass” through Sunday.

CLINTON HOUSE MUSEUM, 930 California Drive, Fayetteville. clintonhousemuseum.org or 444-0066.

GRAVETTE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 503 Charlotte St. SE, Gravette. 787-7334. Early 1900s restored home with displays representing Gravette’s history.

PEA RIDGE NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, 15930 U.S. 62, Garfield. 451-8122. Self-guided road tour, 10-mile hiking trail, Civil War museum and bookstore.

PEEL MANSION MUSEUM AND HISTORIC GARDENS, 400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville. 273-9664. 1875 Italianate mansion with historic roses and plants.

PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK, 506 E. Douglas St., US Hwy. 62, Prairie Grove. 846-2990. Civil War battlefield with original buildings.

ROGERS HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 322 S. Second St., Rogers. 621-1154. rogersarkansas.com/museum. “Down a Lazy River: Float Fishing on the White River” through December. “The Life Atomic: Growing Up in the Shadow of the A-Bomb” through Oct. 25. “Discovering the Bluff Dwellers” through September. “Virgil Lovelace and Life on the Farm” through August.

SHILOH MUSEUM, 118 W. Johnson Ave., Springdale. 750-8165. springdaleark.org/shiloh. Exhibits of early life in the Ozarks. Original buildings on the grounds. “Ozark Voices” through Jan. 17. “Following the Crop” through Saturday.

SILOAM SPRINGS MUSEUM, 112 N. Maxwell St., 524-4011. “Promoting Siloam Springs Businesses” through Aug. 16.

COMING SOON
“GLORY ROAD” at 4 p.m. Aug. 1 at Yvonne Richardson Southeast Fayetteville Community Center, 240 E. Rock. Free. 444-3461.

SUESSICAL THE MUSICAL at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Aug. 1-2, and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the UA Continuing Education Auditorium in Fayetteville. $8-$12. artslivetheatre.com or 521-4932.

SUMMER JAZZ CONCERT SERIES: PAUL WERTICO at 8 p.m. Aug. 1 at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall. digjazz.com or 225-2306.

SALSA FEST Aug. 2 at the Fayetteville Farmers Market. fayettevillefarmersmarket.org or 236-2910.

DOG CARNIVAL at 9 a.m. Aug. 2 at Camp Bow Wow in Bentonville. Obstacle Course, Dog and Owner Look-a-Like contest, food, prizes. campbowwow.com or 372-1025.

ULTIMATE SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP Aug. 2-5 at the Ozark Mountain Hoe Down in Eureka Springs. $150 and up. With Barbara Cloyd, Steve Bloch, Dave Berg, Jason Matthews, Matt Ramsey, and Sam and Annie Tate. UltimateSongwritersWorkshop.com or 877-242-6481.

OREO BLUE at 7 p.m. Aug. 7 in Gulley Park in Fayetteville. Free. accessfayetteville.org or 444-3471.

DIABETES HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO at 9 a.m. Aug. 9 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Springdale. Free screenings, speakers, cooking demos and more. diabetes.org/nwaexpo or 464-4121.

HOMEBUYER EDUCATION CLASS at 9 a.m. Aug. 9 at United Bank at 2790 S. Thompson Ave. in Springdale. Free; pre-registration required. ccoacares.com or 521-8877.

NWA ROLLER GIRLS: Arkansas Killbillies vs. No Coast All-Stars at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at Roller City in Springdale. $10-$12; kids 12& under free. nwarollergirls.com or 756-3866.

SPINNING AND WEAVING CAMP Aug. 11-13 at the Shiloh Museum. Space limited, for ages 11-16. $67.50-$75. springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

BALLET INTENSIVE at 9 a.m. Aug. 11-15 at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. For ages 10-17. Registration required; $305. Mini intensive at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 11-15. For ages 7-9. Registration required; $105. waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

SINGER SONGWRITER RETREAT Aug. 14-17 at Mount Sequoyah Conference Center in Fayetteville. Gretchen Peters, Jack Williams, Shane Adkins, Kelly Mulhollan, Emily Kaitz, Charles Gaby, Donna Stjerna, Steve Smith, Effron White and others. Registration required. mountsequoyah.org or 800-760-8126.

THE BLACK CROWES at 6 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Arkansas Music Pavilion at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. $40-$65. arkansasmusicpavilion.com.

MOONFLOWERS & MOJITOS at 6 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks on Crossover in Fayetteville. Casual after-hours event. $15-$20. bgozarks.org or 750-2620.

FRISCO FESTIVAL Aug. 22-23 at Frisco Park in downtown Rogers. Family friendly; rides and amusements, most events free. Music by Phil McGarrah and Runnin’ on Empty, and Big ‘Uns. friscofestival.com or 936-5487.

SONS OF BRAZIL at 8 p.m. Aug. 23 at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall. digjazz.com or 225-2306.

ARCHITECTURE FOR HUMANITY BENEFIT at 5 p.m. Aug. 24 at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Music by Tiffany Christopher, Opal Fly and the Swatters, Payton Brothers Band, Cletus Got Shot, Foxfire and the Faery Pranksters. $12. architectureforhumanity.org.

G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, JOHN BUTLER TRIO at 6 p.m. Aug. 24 at the Arkansas Music Pavilion at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. $25. arkansasmusicpavilion.com.

PRAIRIE GROVE CLOTHESLINE FAIR at Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at Battlefield Park in Prairie Grove. Arts and crafts, food, and more. 846-2197.

moe.
Prog jam rockers, moe. will play George’s on Saturday night. The show has been moved from the Arkansas Music Pavilion. Also on the bill are string masters, the Del McCoury Band. moe. has played Radio City Music Hall on New Year’s Eve for the past two years and at festivals like Lollapalooza and Vegoose. They’re a band with personality and their music is clever and melodic.

Jazz at its best
Friday night the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series will showcase NWA’s best jazz composers and arrangers at the Composer’s Showcase at 8 p.m. at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall.
The show will open with two originals from upright bassist and veteran Bay Area musician, Walter Savage, who now calls NWA home. Savage will be joined by Al Gibson on trumpet, Ben Harris on guitar, and Darren Novotny on drums.
The remainder of the first set will feature the Fayetteville Little Big Band, a nonet performing an all original program with lush arrangements for five horns plus rhythm section The rhythm section will be: Claudia Burson, piano; Ben Harris, guitar; Jim Greeson, bass; and Darren Novotny, drums and percussion. The five-piece horn section will feature Gerry Sloan, trombone; Rick Salonen, baritone sax; C.J. Weatherford, tenor sax; Nathan McLeod, alto sax; and Al Gibson, trumpet. Original compositions by six of the nine band members make up the eclectic stew.
The second set will open with former Fayetteville native and UA graduate, Adam Collins, who has been pursuing his musical muse in Colorado. He will return to Fayetteville to present a cameo performance on vibes and marimba. The Fayetteville Little Big Band will then take the stage once again to explore the musical possibilities for nine musicians.
This is always one of the favorite concerts of the summer showcase and each year offers music lovers the rare opportunity to hear original jazz compositions, some for the first time.
Advance tickets are $12 general and are available at www.digjazz.com. Tickets at the door are $15 general. Reduced ticket prices for students and NAJS members. For information call 225-2306.

New Play Showcase
A breathe of cool fresh air blows through NWA every summer when the Boars Head Players stage their New Play Showcase. This weekend Clinnesha Dillion’s play “How to Get the Mango (when the lizard’s in the way)” will mount today, Friday Saturday and Sunday at the Walton Art Center’s Baum Studios.
Set in Louisiana, the play is about a woman who has supernatural powers who tries to normalize her life by escaping to the world of academia.
The play is directed by Kate Frank. The cast includes Christy Hall, Justin Cunningham, Aisha Okoroafor, Laura Harrell, Aspen Knight, Francis Humphreys, Liam Selvey and Ali Guthrie.
“The Man Without A Country” by Larry Mitchell, will premiere on July 31 and will run through Aug. 3 at Baum Studios. Directed by Jae-Hyeong Sim, the play is based on a short story by Edward Everett Hale.
Although the story is fiction, some of the characters have familiar names. The play follows Army Lt. Phillip Nolan who gets mixed up with Aaron Burr and ends up on trial for his life. Feeling betrayed, the 19 year-old Nolan makes a mistake that will haunt him for the next 55 years.
The acting company is: Will Grayson, Jacquelyne Jones, Asa Tims, Bristi Higgins, Derek Kolluri, Sarah Schultz, Morgan Ayres, Allison Redding and Caden Worley.
Tickets are $14 general with reduced prices for students and seniors. For reservations call 575-4752.

The Step Brothers (R) Comedy with Will Ferrell, John C Reilly and Mary Steenburgen. FS: 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50. R12: 1:00, 4:05, 7:00, 9:30. S9: 1:25, 4:35, 7:20, 9:40. TC: 12:55, 1:35, 4:05, 4:40, 7:00, 7:45, 9:20, 10:00.

When Did You Last See Your Father (PG13) Story of a son’s journey to his dying father’s bedside. Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent. Directed by Anand Tucker (Hilary & Jackie). FS: 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, 9:15.

X-Files: I Want to Believe (PG13) The TV series comes to the big screen. David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet. FS: 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05. R12: 1:05, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40. S9: 1:15, 4:10, 6:55, 9:20. TC: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45.

Also Playing

The Dark Knight (PG13) Batman is back with an all-star cast that includes Christian Bale and the late Heath Ledger. FS: 12:45, 1:30, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30. R12: 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:50, 10:00, Friday & Saturday only 10:30, 11:00. S9: 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10. TC: 12:00, 12:40, 1:20, 2:00, 3:10, 3:50, 4:30, 5:10, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:30, 10:10, and Friday & Saturday only 10:50.

Get Smart (PG13) Comedy about a bumbling secret agent. Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway. FS: 1:55, 4:50, 7:55, 10:20. MT: 1:40*, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35*. PC: 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 9:40.

Hancock (PG13) Action comedy. Super hero (Will Smith) tries to repair his tarnished image and make it as a real guy. Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman. FS: 1:35, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30. R12: 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05. S9: 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:35. PC: 1:00, 1:40, 4:00, 4:35, 7:00, 7:45, 9:25, 10:10.

Hellboy 2: Golden Army (PG13) Sci-fi action adventure. Ron Perlman, Selma Blair. FS: 1:15, 4:15, 7:30, 10:15. R12: 1:10, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05. S9: 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45. TC: 12:55,3:40, 6:30, 9:10.

The Incredible Hulk (PG13) A geneticist must run from the government as he tries to discover why he turns into a monster. Ed Norton, Liv Tyler. PC: 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:10.
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (PG13) In 1957, Indiana Jones ventures into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull. Harrison Ford. TC: 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45.

Iron Man (PG13) Sci-fi action adventure based on the comic book. Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrance Howard. PC: 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (PG) Family action adventure film about a scientist who finds a cave that takes him to the center of the earth. Brandon Fraser. Some screenings in 3D. FS: 1:05, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25, 9:40. R12: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:30. S9: 1:35, 4:30, 7:10, 9:25. PC: 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:30, 9:50.

Kit Kittredge: American Girl (G) Based on the story of an American Girl doll. Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormand, Chris O’Donnell. TC: 1:10, 4:25, 7:10, 9:25.

Kung Fu Panda (PG) Family animation film. FS: 12:50, 3:00, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35. MT: 1:35*, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30*. PC: 1:15, 4:00, 7:05, 9:20.

Mamma Mia (PG13) Romantic comedy inspired by the music of ABBA and the Broadway play with Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan. FS: 1:45, 4:25, 7:35, 9:55. R12: 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:05. S9: 1:10, 4:00, 7:15, 9:45. PC: 12:30, 1:30, 3:10, 4:10, 6:45, 7:30, 9:20, 10:00.

Meet Dave (PG) Comedy sci-fi about a group of miniature aliens. Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks. TC: 1:25, 4:30, 7:25, 9:35.

Sex & the City (R) The original cast of the famously popular TV show reunites for a big screen feature. FS: 1:40, 5:50.

Space Chimps (G) FS: 12:55, 3:05, 5:05, 6:55, 9:05. R12: 12:50, 2:50, 4:50, 7:05, 9:05. S9: 1:00, 4:25, 7:10, 9:15. PC: 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50, 9:00.

The Visitor (PG13) The film to see this week. Richard Jenkins as a professor who has lost his passion for life, but whose life turns around after he finds two immigrants living in his New York apartment. TC: 12:45, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40.Wall-E (G) Pixar animation about a lonely robot. FS: 1:00, 3:10, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10. R12: 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45. S9: 1:05, 4:05, 6:50, 9:10. PC: 12:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:30.

Wanted (R) Action adventure about a group of assassins. Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman. FS: 1:25, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45. R12: 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10:00. TC: 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:05.
You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (PG13) Adam Sandler comedy with John Turturro and Rob Schneider. FS: 4:30, 9:45

The new Batman movie’s OK.
Don’t you hate it when some critic lightly praises a popular, critically hailed movie? Don’t you suspect immediately that the guy’s just some hopelessly jaded elitist?
I do.
Therefore, I do not put myself in this situation lightly.
Heath Ledger gives a great performance. That alone makes this movie worth the ticket. The production is very well done. The film’s whole concept is much more ambitious and well written than most Hollywood epics, let alone superhero movies. The sheer scale of “Dark Knight’s” success makes it a cultural event worth seeing for its impact alone. I’m glad I went.
However, “Knife in the Water” it ain’t.
Critical praise of this movie is fulsome. What’s being praised here, however, is the courage of making a blockbuster this dark and conflicted. Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan says this movie: “May be the most hopeless, despairing comic-book movie in memory.”
Hey, Hollywood should be praised for taking risks, especially when they pay off.
Critics make too much of the “moral dilemmas” in this movie, however. A good episode of “Law and Order” has better ones.
The supposedly agonizing choices should have more consequences. Lucius Fox should really have resigned. Another major character really should have died. The major character who did die should have been, well, at least half as upset about it as everybody else.
At least “The Dark Knight” reaffirms that a serious drama can have a leading man who wears a cape. This should not require reaffirmation. “Hamlet” has a ghost. “Macbeth” has witches and ghosts.
And “DK’s” somersaulting tractor-trailer is just cool. I haven’t said “Whoa” aloud during a movie in a very long time.
The ending was great. Sad, tragic and truly heroic, for real heroism requires sacrifice.
Now comes the nitpicking.
Any superhero movie requires some suspension of disbelief. Expecting us to believe that refugees will pack into moving structures and nobody will notice dozens — at least — of barrels of fuel rigged with explosives has more suspension than the Golden Gate Bridge.
The idea that nobody would notice a half a dozen strangers dressed as policemen in a huge fraternal gathering of policemen is laughable.
The whole “us or them” scene with the two ships didn’t leave me in suspense at all. I simply assumed the Joker lied and that the people who pushed the button first would blow themselves up. That would be consistent with his early ruse with the switched prisoners.
That’s about it for the faultfinding, though. As I said, this is a good movie. It’s just not as great as some of the rapturous reviews would indicate.
Speaking of melodramas disguised as fantasy …
A practically complete negative of “Metropolis” has been found, German experts confirmed July 1.
All known copies of the films had been hacked from the original, which ran for three hours and 30 minutes. The longest version was at least 25 minutes shorter than the original.
A complete, old, scratched up but restorable negative was discovered recently in the archives of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This movie has not been seen uncut in a public showing since 1927. Restoring the movie will be long and painful, apparently. Reuters has an article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0344303820080703?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews. German news accounts say one five-minute scene in which a monk predicts the Apocalypse is still missing.
OK. Why do I care?
Well, clearly, because I’m obsessed. So the question should be: Why should you care?
A work of art — grandiose, melodramatic piffle though it may be — has proven hard to destroy. Now it’s going to be digitally reproduced. It will never be in danger of disappearing again.
This is such a good thing. It’s as if an old manuscript of a long-lost book was found, and now it’s going to be reprinted.
Think of the tragic loss of Heath Ledger that way.
Eighty years from now, he will still be watched. Fantasy endures. Who’s watching the best picture Oscar winner for best picture from 1931? Here’s a hint: Not nearly as many people as those watching Bela Lugosi’s “Dracula.”
And people will still marvel at him.

Friday, July 25
Arsaga’s Crossover: Jared
Arsaga’s Gregg: Robin Rues
Bayou: Steppin Stones
Chelsea’s: Shack Rats
Deja Vu: DJ Revellution
George’s: Jarris, Jonathon Tyler & Northern Lights, Leah & The Mojo Doctors
Green Door: Tyrones
Jammin Java: Check Back Later
Jose’s Streetside: 1 Oz Jig
The OPO: Aha! Party
The Perk: Open mic
Tangerine: DJ Michael
Tony C’s Bar & Grill: Karaoke
Tony C’s Italian Gardens: First Look Out
Wet Pig BBQ: Windy Austin & the Hot House Tomato Boys

Saturday, July 26
Arsaga’s Crossover: Cletus Got Shot
Bayou: Horton Blues Trio
Chelsea’s: Flipoff Pirates
Deja Vu: DJ MixxTenn
George’s: Speakeasy
Green Door: Jim Mills Band
The Music Hall: 479 Meltdown: Mourning After Massacre, Dodge City Showdown, Weeping Prophetic, Atonement, and more
The OPO: CD Release with Shank, Everyday Disciple, Open Addiction
Tangerine: DJ Michael
Tony C’s Bar & Grill: Karaoke
Tony C’s Italian Gardens: First Look Out
Wet Pig BBQ: The Crumbs

Sunday, July 27
Billiard’s Palace: Karaoke
Common Grounds: Otis Elevator & The Flights, DJ SoulFree
Copeland’s: Claudia Burson Trio
Dickson Theater: Drag Show
Emelia’s Kitchen: Raja
George’s: Opal Fly
Jose’s Streetside: Pope County Bootleggers
Pesto Cafe: Shannon Wurst
Tony C’s Bar & Grill: Karaoke

Monday, July 28
Billiard’s Palace: Karaoke
Jose’s Streetside: Ozone Players
The Music Hall: School Boy Humor, Broadway, Kiros
The Perk: Acoustic jam
Pesto Cafe: Darren Ray
Rogers Rec Room: Pope County Bootleggers

Tuesday, July 29
Bayou: Blues jam
Green Door: Blues jam

Wednesday, July 30
Buffalo Wild Wings-Springdale: Jazzmopolitan
Ella’s Restaurant: Claudia Burson Trio
George’s: Foundation, Plu, Farewell Fight, Fade 2 Fall, Thanks For Nothing
Green Door: Paul Boatright, Randy Crouch, Jason Davis
Greenhouse Grille: Brad Helms & Chad Cearley
Iron Horse: Jazz jam
Jose’s Southwest Grill: Claudia Burson Trio
Jose’s Streetside: Karaoke
Ozark Mountain Smokehouse: Jeff Fox
Smiling Jack’s: Effron White, Emily Kaitz, Richard Hartrick
Tony C’s Bar & Grill: Karaoke
Wet Pig BBQ: Karaoke

Thursday, July 31
Bayou: Those Guys
Bordino’s: Jazz
Brewski’s: DJ Showcase
Deja Vu: DJ Revellution
Drifters: Karaoke
Electric Cowgirl: DJ Dayside
George’s: Mike McClure with Willie Straddlin
Green Door: Nathan McLeod Quartet & Jazz jam
Ice House: SoundChild Crew
Jammin Java: Jam
Jose’s Streetside: Lil Hoojin
Pesto Cafe: Kevin Bennoch
Powerhouse: Eoff Brothers Band
Tangerine: DJ Michael, Drag Show
Tony C’s Bar & Grill: Karaoke

Arsaga’s Crossover 527-0690
Arsaga’s Gregg 444-6557
The Bayou 246-9337
Bordino’s 527-6795
Brewski’s 973-6969
Buffalo Wild Wings-Springdale 419-5374
Chelsea’s 253-6723
Common Grounds 442-3515
Copeland’s 246-9455
Deja Vu 464-9677
Dickson Theater 575-0500
Drifters 444-1997
Ella’s Restaurant 582-0400
Emelia’s Kitchen 527-9800
George’s 442-4226
Green Door 575-0111
Greenhouse Grille 444-8909
Ice House 273-3833
Iron Horse 631-9977
Jammin Java 443-2233
The Music Hall 251-7852
Noodles 443-7100
The OPO at Urban Table 935-4646
Ozark Mountain Smokehouse 442-2152
The Perk 251-7375
Pesto Cafe 582-3330
Powerhouse 442-8300
Rogers Rec Room 442-9792
Smiling Jack’s 935-4899
Tangerine 443-4600
Tony C’s Bar & Grill 521-8669
Tony C’s Italian Gardens 925-3401
Wet Pig BBQ 718-0008.