Bobby Ampezzan
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THEATER Unsinkable Murry’s sets Christmas show
Posted: November 15, 2009 3:57 a.m.On Oct. 29, Murry’s Dinner Playhouse was rained out. The stage was set afloat. Patrons, their tummies turned lead sinkers by the buffet offerings, were escorted to higher ground. Worse still, the murderer had yet to be revealed.
Alan Douglas Fortenberry Goes with the flow
Posted: November 15, 2009 2:52 a.m.SELF PORTRAIT Date and place of birth: March 3, 1950, Jonesboro Family: wife Patricia, daughter Amy Scott and sons Joshua and Mark Fortenberry Favorite biblical passage about water: “… and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” — Genesis 1:2
NOTABLE NEIGHBOR Keeley likes to grow where he is planted
Posted: November 8, 2009 4:44 a.m.The Clinton House Museum began decades ago with a promising Ivy League-educated couple’s move to a small Tudor-style bungalow on California Street. They managed to plant deep roots in the state without so much as a garden in the backyard.
Talent spread thick, gala for shelter suggests
Posted: November 1, 2009 7:32 a.m.There was a turning point in the gently named Starlight Charity Ball on Oct. 24 at the Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Hotel and Convention Center when moods took a turn toward the fierce.
Ed Begley Jr. checks out ‘green’ library building
Posted: November 1, 2009 7:26 a.m.When actor and environmental high priest Ed Begley Jr. said to the crowd of 400 gathered at the Fayetteville Public Library that the building was the best library he’d “ever” been to, it seemed to elevate the entire evening.
RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE: He plays the music and her heart sings
Posted: October 25, 2009 5:25 a.m.Some interesting people produce lifeless marriages, and some boring people burn for their partners. Some of the worst marriages began with great fanfare — the King of Pop to the King of Rock’s daughter, AOL to Time-Warner — and some great beginnings go unnoticed.
NORTHERN LIGHTS: Heroes de Corazon take heart in awards
Posted: October 25, 2009 5:19 a.m.Beside a bonfire Oct. 15 outside the Arend Arts Center, high school students prepared in song and ceremony for the Car Bash, the annual pep rally preceding the football game with rival Rogers High School.
Students’ spirit, passion inspire art of giving
Posted: October 25, 2009 5:19 a.m.It was rough going at the Brilliant Strokes Art Auction for Independence — too much quiet, not enough competitive bidding. Perhaps people were less inspired by the two-dimensional framed canvases than the living artwork that is the achievements of students at Conductive Education of Northwest
SPOTLIGHT LARRY TEMPLETON Rebranding poses challenge for center
Posted: October 18, 2009 7:07 a.m.Over the summer, the Springdale-based Elizabeth Richardson Center was embroiled in a hot debate: what to call itself.
THE OTHER EIGHT She’s been aiming for 50th birthday [video]
Posted: October 18, 2009 7:05 a.m.Editor’s note: The Other Eight is a look at how people spend the remainder of their day, when they’re not sleeping or working.