Count me among the choir of those who would congratulate city worker Gary Kilpatrick who from time to time uses his chain saw to etch three crosses into the stumps of trees he’s felled in the woods along the Lake Fayetteville Trail. In fact, I happen to consider Kilpatrick’s contributions as a high expression of [...]
View PostNew Hope RV is working on a deal to lease its Lowell facility to Camping World, according to Rogers Frakes, owner of New Hope RV. “It’s not really a done deal, but hopefully will be soon,” Frakes said. Camping World sent out a press release Monday announcing their entrance into Northwest Arkansas. The plans are [...]
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Click here to view the embedded video. A group that masters electronica and weirdness simultaneously, Shpongle, is coming to Fayetteville in early April. The song above is “No Turn Unstoned.” Innovative electronica act Shpongle combines the talents of Hallucinogen (real name Simon Posford) and Raja Ram into a psychedelic stew.
View Post april, club, concert announcements, george's majestic lounge, industry, music, phutureprimitive, posford, shpongle, simon-posford, songIn the vast collections of the University Museum — picture the warehouse in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — there are some 7 million items. They range from arrowheads and pot shards to taxidermied animals, Mexican masks and a collection of 26 folk-art dolls made by a school teacher in Chicago. Ida Roberta Bell’s dolls [...]
View PostGreat Northwest Arkansas Model Train Show — With vendors, train club layouts, clinics & a model train contest, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale. $6 adults with $1 discount for nonperishable food donation; children 12 & younger free. www.railroadclubsugarcreek.org.
View PostIf you haven’t planned your weekend yet, a number of local nonprofit organizations would love to have you join them at their fundraisers. The bevy of benefits includes: Tonight 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. — Northwest Arkansas Wine Opener, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Embassy Suites, Rogers. $80. 203-9923. Saturday, Feb. 25 5:30 p.m. — Angel Gala, Havenwood, Doubletree [...]
View Post Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Cystic Fibrosis, fundraiser, Havenwood, St. VincentThe national credit card delinquency rate — the ratio of borrowers 90 or more days past due — reached 0.78 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, a drop of almost 5 percent from the same period one year ago and continuing well below historical norms, according to a TransUnion report. Arkansas’ rate for the [...]
View Post creditThe Northwest Arkansas area continues seeing construction employment well below the peak the industry hit in 2006. There were 7,900 construction jobs in the area at the end of December 2011, down 36 percent or 4,400 jobs from the December peak. Last year’s December rate equaled 2010, according the the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Construction [...]
View Post construction, employmentIt’s not everyday that a community’s advertising and promotion director finds themselves charged with a misdemeanor charge of violating the state’s Freedom of Information Act. But that’s what Marilyn Heifner is facing today after allegedly being less than truthful with a reporter for the Northwest Arkansas Times. There’s a powerful message in her unfortunate circumstance. [...]
View PostAlice Walton, founder of Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, will headline Monday the first Spring 2012 Jack Shewmaker Business Leaders Lecture Series. She will be joined by Don Bacigalupi, the museum’s executive director. “The Art of Leadership” is hosted by NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s Students in Free Enterprise. The program is free and open to [...]
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