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Arts Network Meeting May 13th

The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance will hold its quarterly Hot Springs Arts Networking Meeting on Monday, May 13 at 5:30pm. The event will be held at the Landmark Building, Henderson State University Hot Springs, located at 201 Market Street in Hot Springs. “Area arts organizations and artists are invited to participate and share information about upcoming events with others in the arts community,” said HSACA President, Ashley Campbell. “We

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HS Music Festival Announces Orchestra Highlights

From June 2 through June 15, Hot Springs area residents and visitors will have the opportunity to hear a world class orchestra perform thrilling music including works by Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Britten, Dvořák, and Rachmaninoff. A highlight of the 24th Season of the Hot Springs Music Festival will be the presentation of Finlandia by Sibelius, featuring the Hot Springs Music Festival Chorus singing a new English translation of the text prepared

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Dynamic Vocal Duo Will Present “A Taste of Jazz”

Shirley Chauvin and Ron Hall will present a mixed bag of jazz, pop, swing and rock with their vocal duet and Ron Hall on keyboard, Brian Wolverton on bass and Russell Roberts on drums. This Hot Springs Jazz Society (HSJS) sponsored concert will be held Friday, May 17, 6-7pm at The Elks Lodge, 132 Abbott Place in Hot Springs. Seating starts at 5:30PM. Tickets at the door: $10 HSJS members,

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GC Library Has Something for Everyone in May

By Paul Kagebein With the unpredictability of Arkansas weather, it’s too soon to say if there will be May flowers, but it’s not too soon to highlight all of the major events happening at the Garland County Library next month! On the evening of Friday, May 10th, in partnership with the Garland County Cooperative Extension Service, the library is hosting Family Fitness Night. More than a dozen health-promoting activities, both

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May is Overflowing with Fun at GC Library

By Paul Kagebein With the unpredictability of Arkansas weather, it’s too soon to say if there will be May flowers, but it’s not too soon to highlight all of the major events happening at the Garland County Library next month! On the evening of Friday, May 10th, in partnership with the Garland County Cooperative Extension Service, the library is hosting Family Fitness Night. More than a dozen health-promoting activities, both

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Save the Date for July 4th Red, White & You Picnic

Friends of Hot Springs National Park (FHSNP) and the National Park Service are hosting “Red, White & You,” a free, family-focused old fashion patriotic “Picnic in the Park” on July 4, from 10:30–3:30, on Arlington Lawn. All are invited to dress in red, white, and blue. Family activities include a bounce house, games, face painting, temporary tattoos, and educational exhibits by National Park staff. Food for purchase includes burgers, hot

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“If I Could…”

By Alison Crane Are you familiar with the cult classic show, H. R. Pufnstuf? The TV show featured a cast of puppets and people in cumbersome costumes with Jack Wild and Billie Hayes singing and dancing their way around Living Island. I was given a record of the Pufnstuf movie when I was young and listened to it constantly for years (I still have it). Anyway, lyrics from the song,

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Tarot: The Hanged Man XII

By Michelle Crandell After seeing Justice in a new way, the Fool wonders what other “life rules” he has believed without examination. Dichotomies come to mind: outer wealth and inner poverty, achievement versus balance, being right or being loved. His mind flooded by paradoxes and ambiguities, he becomes mentally weary and sits down beneath a tree. There he stays. The world goes by like a movie. Life seems surreal, out

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Arkansas Living Treasure : Longhua Xu

An independent panel of the Arkansas Arts Council chose Longhua Xu as this year’s Arkansas Living Treasure based on the quality of his wood carvings, his contributions to traditional crafts fields and his efforts in community. Xu has studied and practiced art all his life. He emigrated from China to the U.S. in 1989 and settled in Hot Springs in 1990. He has taught in prestigious schools worldwide and in

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Retirement in Store for Radio Show Host Dick Antoine

By Felisha Butler In 1988, Hot Springs became home to local radio legend, Dick Antoine. Moving here from Kansas after accidentally stumbling into the business, he has become a man that everyone in town knows. “Talk of the Town” is a well-known radio show that Antoine hosts during the weekdays from 7 to 9 a.m. The show hopped from station to station, finally landing on 1340 KZNG. He has covered

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Arkansas Books : Othered

By Erin Wood Randi M. Romo (“Romo”) has been creating literary community in Central Arkansas for decades, not only by sharing her own brave, explosive, luxuriously challenging poems, but by encouraging others to take up the pen and take the mic to share their own toughest stories. Now, Randi’s words are more accessible to all through her courageous first book, Othered, a full-length poetry collection released in fall 2018 that

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