Posted by at 01:25 PM on January 05, 2007
Great news for movie buffs in Northwest Arkansas: The Rogers Public Library on Friday announced plans to show classic movies, serials and cartoons one weekend a month in 2007, starting with the screening of the 1938 adventure classic The Adventures...
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Posted by at 11:47 AM on October 17, 2006
WATER COOLER TALK...• Snipes sniped by IRS. (How many times will we see variations of this headline over the next 24 hours?)• "The music industry" files more suits against file-sharers in another desperate attempt to stop the bleeding. Key sentence: Legal...
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Posted by at 12:46 PM on October 13, 2006
Man, I almost forgot about the movies...This week's new releases look especially uninspiring. I'm curious about Man of the Year; I've read several reviews that suggest the movie has been marketed incorrectly, and that it's actually a lot more cynical...
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Posted by at 11:55 AM on October 13, 2006
LAST NIGHT...• The Paper Hearts delivered another knockout performance and promply crawled back into their hole. (They're going back on hiatus after returning for a handful of shows this summer.) Expect the Early Morning Bourbon Girls to pick up the...
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Posted by at 12:00 PM on October 10, 2006
Tuesdays = few options outside the weekly norms.IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS... Copeland's of New Orleans: Burford & Miller, 8 p.m.The Flying Burrito Company: Kevin Bennoch, 7 p.m.The Green Door: The Robert Hatfield Band, 7 p.m.Jammin' Java: Open Celtic jam, 6:30 p.m.Out-of-town info...
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Posted by at 10:45 AM on October 09, 2006
• Walton Arts Center has canceled Ed McMahon's "Memories of The Tonight Show" (scheduled for Friday) due to low ticket sales. Patrons who have already purchased tickets can call 443-5600 for refund or trade-in options. • Our "Live in NWA" podcast...
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Posted by at 12:15 PM on October 06, 2006
Hey, we got one day right...Friday, as always, means a new Weekend section in The Morning News. Today you can find my preview of the North Arkansas Symphony's season premiere in "Listen Here" (last week's look at the orchestra stirred...
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Posted by at 09:50 AM on October 04, 2006
Malco's new movie theater in Rogers opens today with a string of dollar movies. Proceeds from sales today and tomorrow will go to Arkansas Children's Hospital.As I said in an earlier entry, I'm eager to see if Malco takes...
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Posted by at 08:21 AM on October 04, 2006
The blog train's a-rollin' now, kids.The Morning News hands the reins of its new business blog, BizBits, to Lana Flowers for a night and she cranks out a paper's worth of observations about the new Pinnacle Hills Promenade outdoor mall...
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Posted by at 12:55 PM on October 03, 2006
Someday I'll learn to type these entries in Word or Stickies first...• Staind, Three Days Grace and others at the Randal Tyson Track Center at 6:30 p.m. today. I'm sure tickets are still available if you care. (They're sold through...
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Posted by at 12:30 PM on October 02, 2006
It's over, which means that people can shelve their arguments for and against a loud motorcycle rally on Dickson Street for another year and get back to debating the merits of new highrises on Dickson Street. Ahh, everything's back to...
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Posted by at 11:20 AM on September 29, 2006
It's Friday, which means a slew of entertainment stories in The Morning News' Weekend section. I have my usual "Listen Here" column (revisiting the necessary info for music at the other rallies going on around Fayetteville) and a look at...
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Posted by Becca Martin at 11:00 AM on September 29, 2006
The new Malco Pinnacle Cinema 12 in Rogers is scheduled to open Wednesday with evening screenings of six popular summer films, including “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” and “Superman Returns.”The 12-screen, 40,000-square-foot theater will open full-time on Oct. 6. ...
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Posted by Becca Martin at 12:05 PM on September 26, 2006
Welcome to down Dickson! I'm Becca Martin, the Entertainment editor at The Morning News and one of the writers you'll be getting to know in this blog.My posts are probably going to be mostly about theater, visual arts and fun...
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