Combs
Combs, AR · Arts & Culture
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Branson’s Live Entertainment tradition meets a changing world
On any given evening in Branson, audiences gather to watch musicians, comedians, magicians, and other entertainers perform live. From the theaters along Highway 76 to attractions throughout the Ozarks, Branson has built much of its tourism industry around the idea that people want to experience entertainment in person. But in a world where nearly every form of entertainment is available on a phone, television, or computer, does live performance still have a future?
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Groove Culture brings 11-piece jazz, funk sound to Rogers
Kellams: This is Ozarks at Large. The jazz scene in northwest Arkansas is not only growing, it’s widening. The band Groove Culture is performing its mix of modern jazz, funk and R&B at venues around the region. Taking cues from the band Snarky Puppy and guitarist Cory Wong, Groove Culture brings 11 musicians together for a high-energy performance. Leader of the band, Austin Farnam, recently visited Robert Ginsburg, host of KUAF’s Shades of Jazz, to talk about the band, its influences and its upcoming concert at the Victory Theater in downtown Rogers. Farnam is a saxophonist. He’s a drummer, a producer and head of the music department at The New School in Fayetteville. He says the 11-piece band Groove Culture includes many of the best musicians he knows in Arkansas.
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Band wins state championship, heads to Bands of America contest in the St. Louis dome
Fresh from winning the state championship last week, the Webb City Cardinal Pride Band is going back on the road Friday to the dome in St. Louis to compete in the Bands of America Super Regional Contest. Last Saturday, the Cardinal Pride Band won the Missouri State Marching Association Class...
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From the GRDA history files
It was 86 years ago this week - October 23, 1940 - when the Massman Construction Company out of Kansas City, Missouri officially completed one of the most important contracts tied to the construction of Pensacola Dam. That contract - Contract 7 - was for the construction of the dam's iconic, art deco-styled powerhouse.
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Springdale Public Library hosts “Nightmare on Pleasant Street”
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Saturday marked a spooky Halloween event at the Springdale Public Library, welcoming members of the community to come out to “Nightmare on Pleasant Street” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. An event flyer said the after-hours event was hosted at the Springdale Public...
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People Drive Into the Arkansas Ozarks for Fresh Cornmeal and Country Cooking at This Historic Mill
A big wooden water wheel still turns beside a quiet creek, and it does real work. The stones inside grind grain into cornmeal and flour that you can carry home in a sack. Up on the third floor, a small cafe serves pinto beans and cornbread made the old-fashioned way. Downstairs, shelves hold jams, honey, candy, and handmade goods from the region.