Saturday, September 21st, Fort Chaffee hosted their Outdoor Market and Car Show at Chaffee Crossing Historic District. According to the Chaffee Crossing website, this event was a “festival-style market on third Saturdays, May through October [where they] focus on supporting local entrepreneurs selling homegrown, homemade, and handmade products and original art, designs, and creations” (“Chaffee Crossing”). The market was officially open at 8:00 that morning and lasted for abo

On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, the UAFS Gender & Intersectional Feminism (GIF) Group held a panel discussion focused on a potential abortion art exhibit at UAFS as a part of the GIF Brown-Bag Series. The panel featured members of the UAFS community who spoke about their connections to the subject and what their opinions are on hosting the ' Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories ' exhibit on campus. The panel included Dr. Sophia Farmer, Assistant Professor of Art H

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University of Arkansas- Fort Smith has the great privilege of hosting the Small Works on Paper traveling Art Exhibition as it makes its last stop. The exhibition consists of up to forty pieces by small artists in the state. The art has been featured in the South Arkansas Arts Center, Lyon College, Delta Cultural Center, and several other universities along the state. The exhibition is a competition open to all visual artists and is sponsored by the Arkansas Arts Council. The

The Wingate Art & Design gallery has the immense privilege of hosting an unprecedented exhibition of Harold Keller’s work, with over forty paintings, drawings, ceramics, and artists books donated by Keller’s daughter. Keller had an artistic career of over seventy years, along with a teaching career of thirty-five. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1949 with a Bachelor of Arts in art and philosophy. He became a professor of art at the Fort Smith Junior College, n

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UAFS Theatre Department presents Henrik Ibsen’s, A Doll’s House . Showings take place on October 19-21, at 7PM, with a double feature on October 21 at 3PM and 7PM. The event is free is UAFS students, faculty, and senior citizens. For general admission, tickets are priced at $10. Directed by Sally Story, the show follows Nora Helmer as she navigates around a mistake she has made that has come back to haunt her. When faced with a decision that will change the course of her life

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Last Thursday, May 4th, The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith’s own international literary magazine, Applause Literary Journal launched their newest issue - Issue 33. Applause is an online publication that publishes works of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, and photography. Since its inception in the 80’s, Applause has had varied and constant submissions from artists and writers from UAFS. During 2020-2021, Applause made the transition into a journal more focused

The last episode of The Last of Us , just aired and has capped off an excellent season for the series. In this episode, it's the end of the journey that Joel and Ellie set out on. They have finally made it to Seattle to the Firefly base that Marlene wanted to get Ellie to in the first place. Throughout the series you have had this budding relationship between Joel and Ellie as a father and daughter. Both starting out somewhat cold and unsure of the other, they learned to trus

HBO’s series continues its streak of strong episodes with the latest, Kin. In this episode we follow Joel and Ellie as they travel through the snowy environments of Wyoming to meet Tommy, played by Gabriel Luna (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Bernie), Joel’s brother. The scenes are shot with beautiful backdrops of snowy forests and mountains. Providing such a peaceful and serene view to go against the chaotic and terrifying world that they live in. You are shown a functioning surviv

The City of Little Rock Parks & Recreation unveiled a new sculpture of a banana wearing roller skates, and the comments on their Facebook post show very polarized opinions. The statue is titled “On a Roll” and was created by artist Jack Hill. It is located on the Arkansas River Trail near Murray Park and was donated to the city by a non-profit organized called “Sculpture at the River Market” and was shipped by the National Sculptors’ Guild. About two days ago, Little Rock P

An anime that began airing on October 9, 2022, gained some attention with the help of the World Cup, works to redefine what it takes to play football. Adapting the manga Blue Lock , studio Eight Bit is in charge of the shows production which was also known for the making of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime . It takes the world sport and pairs it with one thing - a battle royale. The premise is that Japan has failed to qualify for the top sixteen in the World Cup. The

The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (UAFS) Music and Theatre Department is holding auditions for their Spring show, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , on December 12th-14th.   The campus’ first full length musical since 2012, theatre professor Sally Story is excited to begin establishing musical theatre back into the entertainment seasons.  Working with music veterans such as Dr. Elizabeth Momand as music director and Dr. Alex Zacharella as conductor, the produc

Announced Friday, The Windgate Foundation, a private, family foundation based in Little Rock, awarded the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith with a donation of $18.7 million, becoming the largest single donation in UAFS history. The funds will be used to expand the Nursing program and the Windgate Art and Design facility. The foundation aspires to strengthen visual art education in the United States. Since its founding in 1993, the Windgate Foundation has given more than $751

The second annual Fort Smith International Film Festival will kick off in less than two weeks at TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith. The film festival will show 137 films from over 30 countries worldwide. With so many films from around the globe that are a part of this year's film festival, it allows the public to see different perspectives and ways of life from their own. The festival will be held from August 26th through August 27th at TempleLive. According to the film

Twelve tickets away from their first sold out show, the ArcBest Performing Arts Center is back in gear after the pandemic shutdown. With new management from Oak Valley Group Facilities (OVG) and a new theatre director, live entertainment is returning to the Fort Smith area. This 1,331-seat grand theatre was built in 1966. Fully equipped with a lighting, sound, and fly system, this space has housed concerts, stand-up, musicals, ballet, and more. ArcBest Theatre Dir