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Interested in the Arts? Attend the Quarterly Networking Meeting  

March 7, 2026

The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance (HSACA) will host its next Quarterly Artist Networking Event on Sunday, March 8, from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. The host location is Vesta, 765 Quapaw Avenue.  HSACA board member Gianna Wurzl has graciously invited the arts community to experience her newly renovated property during the quarterly event. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served.  “Vesta is a home I co-own with ten

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Are You Bored? Try Volunteering! 

March 7, 2026

Meet Clyde Covington. One of Hot Springs’ best volunteers. He’s never bored!  The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance holds an annual spring arts festival, complete with studio tours, concerts, hands-on arts for children, poetry, an artisans’ fair, etc.   They are now planning for the Arts & The Park Festival in April 2026, and are in search of enthusiastic volunteers for events that will include music, dance, studio tours, theater performances,

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Congratulations! Corey Alderdice Receives Governor’s Arts Award 

March 7, 2026

Corey Alderdice to be honored at the Governor’s Arts Award luncheon in Little Rock on March 13.  The Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, will honor the 2026 Governor’s Arts Awards recipients during a luncheon ceremony on Friday, March 13, at the Robinson Center, 426 W. Markham St., Little Rock. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m., and the ceremony will take place

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Jonathan Erlandson: Magic & Illusion Debuts a Mind-Bending New Production for 2026 

March 7, 2026

Illusionist Jonathan Erlandson debuts a massive, technologically advanced new production of Jonathan Erlandson: Magic & Illusion for the 2026 season at the Historic Malco Theatre. Photo credit: Steve Helms and Jim Miller  The Historic Malco Theatre has officially launched its highly anticipated 2026 season with a groundbreaking new production of Jonathan Erlandson: Magic & Illusion. Reimagined from the ground up, the venue’s resident show pushes the boundaries of the art form with an

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I Remember You 

March 7, 2026

By Erin Wood Central Arkansas Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants Christine Lin and Elizabeth Waldrum have decades of combined experience working with young kids, many of whom experience periodic or permanent absences of important figures in their lives.   When Lin and Waldrum found no literary resources to start conversations with these children about their complex emotions around these losses, they decided to write their own book to serve the purpose.   I

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Gigi Gaulin Creates Steeple Adornment for Unitarian Universalist Church 

March 6, 2026

Unitarian Universalist Church has a brand-new steeple perched atop the church, created by Gigi Gaulin, a Hot Springs artist.  By David Malcolm RoseFor many years, the modest steeple of the Unitarian Universalist Church at 1701 Spring Street has gone without adornment. It has long been in need of a chalice and flame, the symbol of the U.U.s.  The symbol was created in 1941 by Austrian artist and refugee Hans Deutsch

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The Pocket Community Theatre Hires New Executive Director 

March 6, 2026

Board President Teresa Tribble welcomes Dan Breshears as the incoming Executive Director of Pocket Community Theatre.  The Board of Directors of the Pocket Community Theatre, (PCT) a non-profit organization focused on stimulating, promoting, educating, and developing interest in the dramatic arts, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Breshears as Executive Director, effective March 1. Breshears will succeed Jodi Tooke, who served as the interim Executive Director for the

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Bitty Martin’s New Novel Will Be Released in March 

March 5, 2026

(L to R) Johnette Connelly Taylor, niece of “Killer Wife” first victim, Joe Connelly; Evaline Rowland Connelly (no relation to Johnette), sister of the third victim, Don Rowland; and Bitty Martin, author.  Bitty Martin has completed her second Hot Springs true crime, Killer Wife: The True Story of Bonnie Connelly and the Men Who Died to Love Her. Martin was inspired to write the book when a friend asked, “Who was the lady who

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About the Cover . . . “Lovers”  

February 9, 2026

By Longhua Xu    Acrylic 30” x 40”  When The Springs Magazine invited me to create the cover for their February 2026 issue, I found myself facing an unexpectedly challenging decision. Although my primary language is sculpture—working in bronze, stone, wood, glass, and clay—this project called for a painted image. After much reflection, I chose to focus on a timeless subject: lovers.  Love has been interpreted by artists for centuries, which

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Little Fish in a Big Pond: Erwin Harder’s 1917 Reminiscences of Hot Springs Revisited 

February 9, 2026

By Lana Pierce The Stage  Imagine 1917 Hot Springs in stereoscope. Visitors view it in picturesque, idyllic frames, while locals experience it differently. It’s a place where gravel roads blend into newly-paved avenues, and the clop of horses pulling wagons recedes behind the roar of motorized vehicles, where the prism of foreign languages and lifestyles magnifies the city’s successful campaign to “Bathe the World.”  To citizens, the changing scenery spawned by

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The Artist Within You 

February 9, 2026

David Rose  By David Malcolm Rose“Do you teach art?” It’s a common question I’ve been asked.  “Teach art? Can’t be done,” is my standard reply. “But if there’s an artist within you, I might be able to help you look.”  Here are a few things – things that I have learned over the years that may possibly help aspiring artists. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. To produce good

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Wolf in Bard’s Clothing: Retired Firefighter Pens Poetry 

February 9, 2026

By Lana Pierce The first time I witnessed HSFD’s Geoff Wolf at work was at a small housefire. He was barking orders and pointing at firemen under his command. As a firefighter on a different department, I studied something we call “command presence”—a quality that seemed intangible to young fire service members like me.  In theory, a housefire is a bit like a stage play: there is a director, players, rehearsed

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