Becca Martin-Brown

1 week ago | nwaonline.com | Becca Martin-Brown

Immigration to and through Northwest Arkansas is a long story, sometimes easier and sometimes more difficult to hear.

1 week ago | rivervalleydemocratgazette.com | Becca Martin-Brown

Immigration to and through Northwest Arkansas is a long story, sometimes easier and sometimes more difficult to hear. The Cherokee came through Northwest Arkansas on the Trail of Tears in 1838-39.

2 weeks ago | nwaonline.com | Becca Martin-Brown

Were one to choose two diametrically different Broadway shows to see on two consecutive nights, "Hadestown" and "Back to the Future" are certainly dynamic choices. If there's a theater term for culture shock, that would say it well. Both shows, the first one Monday evening at the Juanita K. Hammons Hall in Springfield, Mo., and the other Tuesday evening at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, were amazing. If I had it to do over, I would have reversed the order, though.

2 weeks ago | arkansasonline.com | Becca Martin-Brown

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. "I think that if you aren't a little scared, you are doing it wrong."

2 weeks ago | rivervalleydemocratgazette.com | Becca Martin-Brown

"I think that if you aren't a little scared, you are doing it wrong."Sean Patrick Ryan, an MFA acting student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, is talking about getting up close and personal with the audience in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."