What's Up! NWA and River Valley

Interview with Kristin Chenoweth

Broadway star and actress Kristin Chenoweth is interviewed by reporter Monic Hooper about an upcoming performance she will do of holiday songs and other favorites at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville as part of the Land O’ Lakes concert series. Chenoweth revealed some of her earliest memories are of Arkansas, where she lived as a child up until second grade.

Against All Odds: Pat Ryan Key Beats Rare Brain Cancer and Continues to Make Music

Pat Ryan Key was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer that's rare for adults. After a difficult period to land on a diagnosis, he had emergency surgery that could have easily taken his musical abilities from him. Key is now cancer free and still, against all odds, making music. You can hear him perform this weekend at Bikes, Blues and BBQ, or online with the release of his new single and music video "Truth," which are out Sept. 20.

Actress Bailey Frankenberg, Tiger Lily, on Peter Pan at the Walton Arts Center

Actress Bailey Frankenberg chats with Monica Hooper on our What’s Up podcast about playing Tiger Lily in the Broadway tour of “Peter Pan,” the show’s updated costumes and how audience all over the country are in love with the new production.

Talking with the curators for Crystal Bridges' Knowing the West exhibit

Mindy Besaw, curator and director of research, fellowships and university partnerships at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, co-curated "Knowing the West" with Jami Powell, a citizen of the Osage Nation and associate director for curatorial affairs and curator of Indigenous art at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. The new exhibit will open to the public at Crystal Bridges on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Sneaker Artists Hannah De La O and Lamaundre Nelson

Join Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette features editor April Wallace as she interviews sneaker artists Hannah De La O and Lamaundre Nelson. Hannah De La O is one of the local artists who will be customizing sneakers, both ahead of and during the Suits and Sneakers Gala. Lamaundre Nelson is a Little Rock based artist who often customizes sneakers for the Gala and has done a number of sneakers for former Razorback Coach Eric Musselman. The event benefits the American Cancer Society and will take place October 11 at the Fayetteville Town Center.