The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre (AST) at the University of Central Arkansas will open its fall tour of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” with a public performance at the
If you missed the Young Actors Guild s production of "Bright Star," director Missy Gipson still has a twinkle in her eye. This week, some of the 52-member cast will perform songs from the summer musical at all of the Fort Smith Public Library locations.
It might not come as such a surprise in the River Valley, where students learn about Bass Reeves, the first Black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. But the creators of "Cross That River" say few people know that "40% of the cowboys on the great American cattle trails were Black, and after the Civil War they helped provide much needed food to the depleted East."