Archive for the ‘Five Questions’ Category
Your Friendly Local Gaming Store: The Gathering | Five Questions with Steven “Boogie” Williams of Castle House Games
Steven "Boogie" Williams
Need a copy of Settlers of Catan? A place to play Pandemic or 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons? Your Friendly Local Gaming Store, or FLGS, is typically the answer.
For years, Fayetteville’s gaming mecca has been Castle House Games, but when the store closed in...
October 5th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Inspired Innovation | Five Questions with Josh Clemence of the NWA Entrepreneurship Alliance
(Photo by Megan Burges - http://meganburges.com)
Josh Clemence is a man who makes things happen.
This serial entrepreneur created the NWA Bloggers and the NWA Entrepreneurial Alliance, tapping into innovative communities that have been historically underserved in the state.
Further, the alliance was...
September 14th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Of Glitches and Geeks | Five Questions with Bobby Scarbrough (aka DJ Infamous) of Glitchcon
This weekend hundreds of geeks will descend on Double Tree Hotel in Bentonville for the launch of GlitchCon.
This three-day ode to geek culture will is the brainchild of Bobby Scarbrough, also known as DJ Infamous, who has made a name for himself in the region’s underground music and Steampunk...
September 8th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
C.H.E.W On This | Five Questions with Chris Selby of Clunk’s Hungry Express Wagon
C.H.E.W.'s Chris Selby
He strides through the evening air atop a scooter like a St. Bernard of food, bringing gustatory goodness to those in need.
Former record store owner Chris Selby’s food courier services is called Clunk’s Hungry Express Wagon (C.H.E.W.) and serves Fayetteville...
August 25th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
There and Back Again (For a Third Time) | Five Questions with Kim Agee of Fayetteville Reunion
Kim Agee (Photo by Zach Bair)
The Fayetteville Reunion returns today for the third year with a Happy Hour celebration at George’s from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The weekend-long reunion is a cross between a family get-together and an ice cream social with rock and roll and drinks.
It is the brainchild...
July 28th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Turntablism in Fayetteville | Five Questions with Will Simmons aka Baby Armie
Will Simmons, aka Baby Armie, mixing up beats in the kitchen.
Will Simmons is a professional DJ with a steady gig at Speakeasy in downtown Fayetteville.
He’s living off of his art. No small accomplishment.
Like many creative spirits, Simmons pushes himself. He does his experimental musical work...
June 23rd, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
New Ideas, New Design | Five Questions with Sonia Davis Gutierrez of New Design School
Sonia Davis Gutierrez
New Design School in Fayetteville was the state’s first design school when it opened in 2005. It continues to offer the only certificate program for graphic design in Arkansas.
Founder Sonia Davis Gutierrez was educated at Parsons: The New School for Design in New...
June 8th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
The Secret to a Successful Block Party | Five Questions with Hanna Withers of Block Street Block Party
Hannah Withers of Little Bread Co. on Block Street/Avenue
On May 22, Block Avenue between Dickson and the square became a multi-hued mecca of Fayetteville’s funkiness, sporting belly dancers, street stages, tarot cards, artisan stalls and grilled cheese.
The first Block Street (organizers...
June 1st, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Living the LEED Lifestyle | Five Questions with Jeremy Hudson of ECO Modern Flats
Jeremy Hudson, a developer of ECO Modern Flats in Fayetteville.
This month, ECO Modern Flats in downtown Fayetteville became the state’s first LEED Platinum-certified multifamily development. It’s the vision of MC3 Multifamily real estate group that led to this pinnacle achievement in smart...
May 27th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Seasons of Success | Five Questions with Martin Miller, Managing Director of TheatreSquared
Martin Miller at the 2011 Gala for Education (Photo by M. Taylor Long)
This season TheaterSquared doubled its audience for the second year in a row. That’s serious success in a tough economy where arts are too often considered a luxury.
Managing Director Martin Miller knew in 2008 that...
May 19th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Organizing Arkansas’ Creative Army | Five Questions with Cat Fury of the Arkansas Arts Alliance, What Army
Cat Fury, chair of the Arkansas Arts Alliance and musician in Fayetteville's What Army
Cat Fury of What Army thinks it is high time musicians and other creative folks in Arkansas get organized.
This Fayetteville residents is the catalyst behind the recently incorporated Arkansas Arts Alliance, or...
April 13th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Opening the Newsroom to All | Five Questions with Katherine Shurlds of the Lemke Journalism Project
UA journalism students Jose Lopez and Saba Naseem (center) talk with LJP students about their stories.
The Lemke Journalism Project began 10 years ago as a way to train a new generation of diverse journalists, encouraging especially Hispanic young people to get involved in the news industry.
Each spring,...
March 30th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
City Plan 2030: A growing strategy | Five Questions with Fayetteville Strategic Planner Karen Minkel
An image from the Oct. 15 input meeting (Courtesy photo)
Fayetteville staff will present City Plan 2030 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, 700 Research Boulevard.
The planning document governs the long-term strategy of growth in Fayetteville and is meant...
February 23rd, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Make with the Phunny! | Five Questions with Mark Landon Smith of Phunbags
Courtesy photo
Do you know the Kevin Bacon game where players try to link actors to movies with the iconic ’80s star in as few steps as possible?
Mark Landon Smith is the Kevin Bacon of Fayetteville’s creative circles.
His presence is constant but never overbearing. He offers advice won from...
February 17th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Electric Experimental Beats | Five Questions with Chaz “DJ Bizar” Davis of Aerosault
I first heard of Aerosault in a second-hand and accidental way. I’d enjoyed a great set by a DJ at Smoke and Barrel and heard the name, Aerosault, spoke aloud several times.
A friend of a friend later and I’m being introduced to one of the members of the informal electronic collective of...
February 10th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Snow Days … How do they work? | A Special ‘Snowmageddon’ Five Questions with Alan Wilbourn of Fayetteville Public Schools
Feeling a little stir crazy? Well, warm-ish weather is expected this weekend, mercifully melting the snow and ice. As for this week, go ahead and call it done.
Fayetteville Public Schools already have. School was cancelled Friday by about 2:30 this afternoon.
So, it comes time to ask questions as we...
February 3rd, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Arkansas by way of Hollywood | Five Questions with The Love Guru screenwriter Graham Gordy
Arkansas screenwriter and all-around literary dude, Graham Gordy, is opening the Fayetteville Public Library’s 5th annual Cover to Cover Reading Festival on Saturday.
Gordy’s screenwriting credits include War Eagle, Arkansas, The Love Guru and some contributions to the Shrek franchise. He...
February 2nd, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Pushing the Farmington City Limits | Five Questions with Jacob Phaneuf, owner of Inside Out Music and Arts Studio
Farmington’s Jacob Phaneuf is growing the city’s creative economy one musician and artist at a time.
The space he created, Inside Out Music and Arts Studio, is a teaching studio, a rehearsal hall, art gallery and community center just off Main Street in Farmington.
Billed as “Farmington’s...
January 28th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
The Evolving Art of Journalism | Five Questions with Chad Lorenz of Slate.com
“Chad Lorenz (Courtesy photo)
Chad Lorenz is Slate‘s home page editor. He graduated from the University of Nebraska and previously worked at the Washingtonian magazine and the Washington Post.
He’s also the featured speaker at this Saturday’s Skillswap, a day-long conference...
January 19th, 2011 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Shelter from the storm | Five Questions with Justice of the Peace Candy Clark about the proposed Washington County Animal Shelter
Candy Clark's dogs Summitt and Luke
Washington County leaders plan to build an 7,000 square foot animal shelter by 2012 after years of paying Fayetteville to house to its stray and nuisance animals.
The shelter is projected to cost about $1.05 million and is meant as a cost-saving measure by providing...
December 6th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Sheet forts, fringe festivals and bingo as art | Five Questions with Erika Wilhite of the Artist’s Laboratory Theatre
Erika Wilhite is the artistic director of the Artist’s Laboratory Theatre, Fayetteville newest theater troupe.
The ALT emerged during a down economy, bringing together a number of the city’s artistic talents.
The troupe puts emphasis on process and bringing the audience into that creativity....
November 4th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Putting Humor in History | Five Questions with Mike Thomas of Digging Up Arkansas
In March, Fayetteville’s Mike Thomas’s original play, Digging Up Arkansas, premiered to a tough audience of critics – elementary students.
Anyone who knows Mike comments quickly about his sharp sense of humor, a talent he employs well with the improv comedy group, Phunbags.
But Digging...
October 28th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Halloween is fast approaching. Got your costume? | OU Daily Crier for Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
The weather is cool, both literally and figuratively. Love these crisp, chilly fall mornings.
We’re getting into the final days of costume shopping. You really don’t want to wait till Friday and by Saturday, all the good costumes will be gone.
What are you going as this year?
I hear the Betty...
October 28th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Fast forwarding Fayetteville’s fashion scene | Five Questions with Leilani Law of Ozark Couture Fall: A Wearable Event
Fayetteville’s fashion community is accelerating.
Student designers are trying out their fashions for the first time, clothes makers with vision work hard to make a living selling their style and established players like Brooke Benham of Ultra Studios tout the cause of handmade couture through...
October 20th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Kickin’ It In Fayetteville | Brad Dutton on Fayetteville’s Adult Kickball League
Oh, kickball.
It’s the agony and ecstasy of a competitive sport which most of us associate with elementary school recess.
But for Fayetteville’s growing Adult Kickball League, those memories are being written anew most Mondays and Tuesday evenings this summer and fall.
It’s a city-backed...
October 14th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
A student of stone travels to a sunburned country | Five Questions with Mike Davis, Fayetteville stone sculptor
Mike Davis sculpts stone, single pieces with features delicate like a doll house.
It’s an exercise in patience and persistence that has paid off for Mike. He was recently named the only American to show his work at Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize in Australia.
Next month, he and his wife, Sonia...
September 29th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
*CLOSED* Offshoot Film Festival sprouts awesomeness for NWA| Five Questions and a Giveaway with Cassie Self of Seedling Film Association
Cassie Self and the volunteers who make up the Seedling Film Association are survivors and visionaries.
The nonprofit association wants more films made in Northwest Arkansas so professional film actors can make a living in the Natural State rather than being forced to move away to work.
The group helped...
September 22nd, 2010 | Banner, Contest, Five Questions, News | Read More
Modern sensibilities and vintage charms | Five Questions with Lauren Embree, jewelry maker and artist
Lauren Embree spent time in the corporate wilderness of Bentonville before leaping into the artisan world of crafting one-of-a-kind jewelry.
The creative call was undeniable and since going independent in 2009, this Hot Springs native has found an audience locally and online for her handmade jewelry.
Uniqueness...
September 15th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
A curious cart on Fayetteville’s streets | Five Questions with Jason Sexton of Pedicab
Fayetteville Pedicabs hit the streets recently, ferrying Razorback football fans via blazing red bikes with wheeled carts down Dickson Street.
Co-owners Jason Sexton and Todd Gilmour’s idea required the city to craft a specific ordinance for the human-powered taxis. The ordinance went through...
September 9th, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
Leading by Doing | Five Questions with Megan Chapman of the Fayetteville Underground
Hometown artist Megan Chapman has emerged as a driving force in the city’s art scene, bringing international art shows from France and Taiwan to the subterranean artist colony known as the Fayetteville Underground.
She creates her own art, but also she curates, editing several shows this year...
September 2nd, 2010 | Banner, Five Questions, News | Read More
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