Wayne Bell, author of the column Culture Club at www.fayettevilleflyer.com, lists the trends in popular culture he thinks we'd be better off without.
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John Jeter, music director and conductor of the Fort Smith Symphony, offers a preview of the group's Oct. 22 concert.
For more information: www.fortsmithsymphony.org.
Ballroom dance lessons at Scarpino are among Becca's entertainment picks for the evening.

A small museum that is opening soon will look at the legendary performers who have played at Little Rock's Barton Coliseum.
The Grammy Award-winning group will kickoff Walton Arts Center's 10x10 Arts Series on Sunday. Here's a part of the Countdown Conversation held at the Fayetteville Public Library last week to discuss the quartet's upcoming Walton Arts Center performance.
More information is available at www.waltonartscenter.org or www.emersonquartet.com.

UA volleyball head coach Robert Pulliza stops by to discuss the Razorbacks' upcoming homes matches against Kentucky and Tennessee.
Dan Craft, special projects reporter for Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, outlines a story in Sunday's paper focused on the idea of turning this area in the green version of Silicon Valley.
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Ahead on Ozarks, the initial payment to insurance carriers in relation to the state’s private option is in the mail today. And the band SX Rex will explain their name and play two songs inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio
Governor Mike Beebe and other state and federal officials yesterday toured the storm damaged cities of Vilonia and Mayflower. The State Board of Correction weighs new options for telephone service for inmates, and unemployment drops across the region.
"Killer Joe" by Ray Barreto
Last night, a ceremony in Springdale was part of the local observation of Workers Memorial Week.
Eureka Springs is now an official motorcycle destination.
And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a local alderman is working with concerned citizens to revise the town’s noise ordinance to preserve both Eureka’s quaint atmosphere and “vehicular diversity.”
Tomorrow night a workshop addressing retirement and sustainability will be held, for free, at the Fayetteville Public Library.
"Wright Brothers" by Wynton Marsalis
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.