Written by My father and I are in Branson to see my brother and his wife, and to celebrate my father’s 86th birthday. They tell us an old friend from New Jersey will be joining us for part of the weekend—a guy named Joe. They have told me about Joe in the past. He’s a great big [...]
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Houston-based journalist absorbed into alternate universe
Written by Hi from Eureka Springs, Arkansas–the funkiest little town in America and perhaps the entire world! This place has so much character–and so many characters–I can’t believe it took me 40 years to discover it. A mere village of just 2,000 people, Eureka Springs is New Orleans meets Aspen meets San Francisco meets Hooterville! I got [...]
READ MORE »Taking the show on the road
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In less than two weeks many Eureka Springs’ artists will hit the road and venture into nearby Benton County to participate in the Pinnacle Hills Promenade Art Festival, Sept 7th and 8th. Produced by the Eureka Springs Artist Registry and Stiel Direct LLC, the festival is a juried show and sale featuring outside displays in [...]
READ MORE »Going once, going twice, sold! to Yip’s dad!
My father is 86 years old this month. He?’s in remarkably good shape for a man his age. He’?s always looked much younger than he is ? still as slender as he was in college, has all his teeth, beautiful thick salt-and-pepper hair, and his choice of widow women, if he wanted them. He doesn’t. [...]
READ MORE »Double your pleasure
Iris and Rick Feutz own and operate two outstanding galleries in Eureka Springs. Both galleries exclusively feature American art that includes work by many local artists. Ten years ago the couple relocated From Maryland and opened Iris in the Park on the ground level of the Basin Park Hotel, #8 Spring Street. The Serendipity Gallery [...]
READ MORE »A note of thanks to God and Robert Wagner
I haven?t been to a movie in quite a while. I like movies, I just don?t go much any more in my old age. I prefer to rent them and watch in the privacy of the not-so-great room at Hell?s Half Acre. Some movies lose a lot in the transfer from large screen to small, [...]
READ MORE »What’s in a name?
Written by Tentatively, gay businesses launch effort to form gay (or not) business guild By the time Eureka Springs Mayor Dani Wilson arrived, a few minutes into the first meeting of what may turn out to be an association of gay-owned and gay-friendly businesses, the only seat remaining for Her Honor was a commodious windowsill. Wednesday night’s [...]
READ MORE »Cut! Bring in the stunt Christians
The propagandist never asks “Why?” He needs no justification, but rather only this granite faith. — August Eigruber In tonight’s episode of Al Watch, we discover that the American Family Association, the radical, right wing organization that, called for a nationwide boycott of Eureka Springs, is making a documentary about our fair city. As Disciple [...]
READ MORE »Artists to “show all” in September
If you ever wanted to see what goes on in the studio of an artist, your opportunity to do so can happen during the Annual Artists Studio Tour. For three days, September 28th, 29th, and 30th, twenty-one Eureka Springs’ artists will open their studios to the public. They will discuss their work, conduct demonstrations, and [...]
READ MORE »The straight boy wager
Saturday night, Diversity Weekend in Eureka. There are so many things to do, and so little time. Fred and I are lounging at the New Delhi, listening to live music and eating sandwiches. We’re having a two-person committee meeting to decide where to go and what to do. It’s dark, the evening is speeding along [...]
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