Fayetteville Arts Festival 2005
Executive Summary
Produced by
Fayetteville Downtown Partners
OVERVIEW
Arts and culture is core to the identity – and success - of Fayetteville. The University of Arkansas, Walton Arts Center and the Fayetteville Public Library have anchored this city as the intellectual epicenter of Northwest Arkansas and we see the results – a prolific and innovative community that is growing at an exponential rate.
Audience number one for poetry slam organizer
BY TRISH HOLLENBECK
Northwest Arkansas Times, August 29, 2005
Doug Shields is a physics man.
And a poet.
Seem odd?
Well, as Shields will tell you, it is not. In fact, he says, physics and poetry have a lot in common. “I’ve found that physics and poetry have a lot more in common than people give them credit for,” he said.
Art Fans Enjoy Festival
By Steve Caraway
The Morning News, August 28, 2005
FAYETTEVILLE — Seven-year-old Bailey Bass had only one comment Saturday to describe the expanded Fayetteville Arts Festival.
“It’s fun.”
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The Arkansas vs. The World Poetry Slam Semi-Finals were held Tuesday night.
The winners were Scott Crain from Siloam Springs, Jessica Keahey of Fayetteville, Harry McDermott of Fayetteville and TheMo-Man of Little Rock. They will join 2005 Ozark Poetry Slam Champion Hannah Moore from Russellville to make this year’s Arkansas Poetry Slam Team.
The Fayetteville Free Weekly published a series of articles on the Fayetteville Arts Festival in its August 25-31 2005 issue.
View the articles (823KB PDF)
UA Pianist Kicks Off Fest
A free concert at 7 p.m.today featuring University of Arkansas faculty pianist Jura Margulis will kick off the newly expanded Fayetteville Arts Festival.
The concert takes place at the Walton Arts Center, and tickets are free but required Information: 443-5600.
On Wednesday, festival events begin at noon with fiddle music at Hog Haus Brewery and continue with a roll-out party at 4 p.m. at the Fayetteville Public Library celebrating the publication of the youth literary magazine The Wanderer.
Also Wednesday, a free concert by young pianists takes place at 7 p.m. at the library. Information: downtowndickson.com.
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