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1 week ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithWhere ARTS Thou . . . connection? kAmx 5@?’E FDF2==J 7@==@H[ =6E 2=@?6[ HC:E6 23@FE E96 42C66C @7 2 D:?8=6 A6C7@C>2?46 2CE:DEj 9@H6G6C[ E9:D DE@CJ :D ;FDE E@@ :>A24E7F= – 6DA64:2==J 7@C E9:D 7@C>6C 5C2>2E:4 2CED 65F42E@C E@ @G6C=@@<]k^Am kAmw6C C6DF>6 :D 2 E6DE2>6?E E@ H92E 2== 24E@CD[ 566A H:E9:? :? E96:C DA:C:E[ 9@=5 562Ci (96? E96:C 7:?2= 4FCE2:? 72==D[ E96J H:== 36 C6>6>36C65 7@C E96:C G6CD2E:=:EJ[ :>A24E7F= E9C@F89 2 H:56 G2C:6EJ @7 =:E6C2EFC6[ HC:EE6?
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2 weeks ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithWhere ARTS Thou . . . connection? kAm$@>6E9:?8 @7 2 3C62E96C 27E6C E96 “4@=F>? 4@F?E5@H?” @G6C E96 C646?E >@?E9[ 2?5 ECFDE E96C6 H:== 36 2 ?@E6 @7 :?E6C6DE 7@C J@F :? E96 7@==@H:?8ik^Am kAmw6C6 :D 2 C2E96C F?:BF6 “E:5\3:E”– WH2D >J >@>’D 72G@C:E6 6?562C>6?E :? 96C ?@E6D E@ >6Xi |J H:76 2?5 x 46=63C2E6 @FC H655:?8 2??:G6CD2CJ @? b^b` 2?5 x 925 2=H2JD <?@H? E92E E96 @C:8:?2= `hcb AC@5F4E:@? @7 E96 >FD:42=[ ~<=29@>2[ @A6?65 @? E92E 52E6]k^AmkAmx? C6D62C49:?8 7@C E96 H66<[ x E96?
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3 weeks ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithRecently, I enjoyed reminiscing with a colleague from my graduate school days. He and I had shared the University of Arkansas’ Kernodle stage in the musical, Man of La Mancha, during the nation’s Bi-Centennial. kAm~G6C E96 ?62C=J d_ J62CD @7 @FC 7C:6?5D9:A[ 7@C6G6C :?EH:?65 3J E92E ‘>FD:42=’ >@?E9 :? E96 DF>>6C @7 `hfe[ H6 92G6 2=H2JD 7@F?5 E:>6[ 6DA64:2==J :? E96D6 =2EE6C J62CD[ E@ D92C6 E92E A2CE:4F=2C 6G6?E 2?5 9@H :E D92A65 E96 4C62E:G6 =:G6D E92E H6 H@F=5 E96?
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1 month ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithIn the spirit of the recent SpaceX recovery mission to the International Space Station, how about the pod of dolphins that greeted the capsule’s safe return to the Gulf of America, I thought it appropriate to share, that next week, I will have reached the first of two milestones with this column:kAmpAC:= a?5 H:== 36 E96 `[___E9 :DDF6] %96 D64@?5[ H:== 36 46=63C2E65 @? y2?F2CJ[ ah[ a_ae H96? x C6249 E96 a_E9 2??:G6CD2CJ @7 E96 4@=F>?’D 368:??:?8] |J 2AAC64:2E:@?
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1 month ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithDateline: From the vault: “Check your local listings.” Remembering back to the golden age of television when the announcer would always remind us to check the T.V Guide, or other resources for an upcoming program/special. I believe my parents may have even subscribed to the “Guide” at some point. kAmr2? J@F :>28:?6 9@H E9:4< 2 a_ad G6CD:@?
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1 month ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim Smith. . . is just around the corner. That is an understatement – as we emerge from winter doldrums, here are some creative statements to help you along. Enjoy:kAms2E6=:?6i {2DE H66<’D 4@=F>?] x?G:E6 J@F E@ =:DE6? E@ p== #:D6[ E96 `a\A2CE DJ>A9@?:4 H@C< W*@F%F36X[ 4@>A@D65 3J (J?E@? |2CD2=:D[ C676C6?465 :? E92E 4@=F>?[ 2?5 @FE=:?65 :? 2 DA6649 96 56=:G6C65 E@ E96 r92FE2FBF2 x?DE:EFE6 :? 46=63C2E:@? @7 :ED r6?E6??:2= J62C[ 2=D@ @?
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1 month ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithThe epicenter of performance art is where one feels most connected, LA, Chicago, Austin, DC, Rogers/Fayetteville, London‘s West-End — your current Broadway series – a local college/university theater season — and with the dateline series, for this performance artist, it seems to return to New York City, along “The Street of Dreams.”kAm(92E 92AA6?D E96C6[ >2<6D :ED H2J 24C@DD E96 ?2E:@?[ :>A24E:?8 E9@D6 46?E6CD 23@G6] x ?665 E@ <?@H H92E :D @? E96 C252C] rFCC6?E=J 6IA6C:6?4:?8 2?
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1 month ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithDateline: NWA: Sitting down to draft this to you, out the window, the leading edge of what appears to be the next winter “statement” is being made. Trucks have been out scraping in preparations. My sister in law’s office was just closed and she is on her way home. kAm%96D6 DE@C>D 4@>6 :? 72DE[ ?@E C62==J FD65 E@ E92E J6E – @FC 7:CDE 7F== J62C 96C6 H2D ;FDE EH@ 52JD 28@]k^Am kAm$E2J:?8 H2C> – ECJ:?8 E@ <66A E96 E96C>@DE2E 2E eg 568C66D[ E@ D66 :7 H6 42?
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2 months ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithDateline: The @ home trifecta: Running the video table, from sheer slapstick, the feature film of a rollicking and bawdy stage work, to classic television, hold on to the remote as there is fun ahead. kAms2E6=:?6i {@?5@?[ ,G:2 *@F%F36.i (96? H2D E96 =2DE E:>6 E92E J@F ;FDE =2F8965 @FE =@F5 2E D@>6E9:?8 J@F H2E4965 @G6C E96 D>2CE D4C66?n *@F 92G6 4@>6 E@ E96 C:89E A=246i %@ 2DD:DE :? E92E E9@F89E AC@46DD[ 3C:?8 E96 72>:=J E@86E96C 2?5 H2E49 %96 |:D49:67 %962EC6’D !C@5F4E:@? @7 !6E6C !2?
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2 months ago | 
paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Tim Smith
By Tim SmithDateline: @ home: The music library: I can’t offer much more than what is provided through the “liner notes” that accompanied the Deutsch Grammophon 2-cd recording (available through Amazon): Yuja Wang: Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel: Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody. kAmpFE9@C65 3J y@9? w6?<6?[ 96C6 2C6 2 76H @7 9:D 9:DE@C:42=^4@?E6>A@C2CJ 32=2?465 A6CDA64E:G6D @? E96D6 H@C<Dik^Am kAm“(96? 96 962C5 '=25:>:C w@C@H:EK A=2J :E W!:2?@ r@?46CE@ }@] b :?
