Gridiron to return this weekend
Singing, dancing and performing skits doesn't sound like typical journalist behavior. That's exactly what area journalists will be doing this weekend, however, as they venture onstage to make fun of old news in the Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show.
The Gridiron is a performance in which journalists amuse audiences with spoofs of last year's news events in sketch and song, said Katherine Shurlds, president of the local chapter of Society of Professional Journalist.…
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Bikes, Blues, BBQ line Dickson Street in annual event
One of Fayetteville's biggest crowd-drawing events has returned this week for the fifth consecutive year.
Since 2000 the Bikes, Blues and BBQ Motorcycle Rally has come to Dickson Street each fall. The 620-mile ride starts in Huntsville, Ala., continues to Memphis then runs through Branson, Mo.…
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Drinking with the "Family"Column: The Koreinterpreter
This past week, Korea celebrated its annual harvest moon festival, Chuseok.
Officially lasting three days, it is Thanksgiving and Cinco de Mayo rolled into one. Across Korea, families leave the cities to join their grandparents in the countryside to pay respect to their ancestors.…
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Atomic Kitten: what America is missingCommentary: Music
When it comes to American music, we are a very selective society. If an unfamiliar song or name comes on the radio or MTV, we quickly make up our mind about the artist or group.
Because of our quick-to-judge nature, Americans often miss out on great music.…
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