Jazz Catz and Jazz Band Concert

by Do South | Nov 14, 2019 | News & Events

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith’s Season of Entertainment brings the Jazz Catz and Jazz Band back to the stage at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, with selections sure to delight music lovers of all ages. The concert will take place at ArcBest Corp. Performing Arts...

When Art Moves like Music

by Do South | Apr 1, 2019 | People

[title subtitle=”words: Dwain Hebda images:courtesy Rachel Rodemann Putman, Grant Thomas, and Fort Smith Symphony”][/title] Yakita Starr Fields paints with the intensity of the sudden summer storms over the Oklahoma plains from hence he came. Bold color...

The Judge, a Young Boy, and the Park Ranger

by Do South | May 1, 2018 | People

[title subtitle=”words: Tom Wing, Historian and Author images: Tom Wing and the Fort Smith National Historic Site”][/title] In 1996 I started a seasonal job as a park ranger at Fort Smith National Historic Site that would change my life and career. A...

Bitter – May 2017

by Do South | May 1, 2017 | Issues

Queen of the Row

by Do South | Mar 1, 2017 | People

[title subtitle=”words: Marla Cantrell images: courtesy Mad Possum Pictures via: Manit Attakul (Miss Laura’s); Lane Breeden (on-set shots); Stacy Ericson (photo of Chuck King) “][/title] Fort Smith, Arkansas was a loud frontier town at the dawn of the...