Giveaway: Tickets to see Beauty & the Beast at Walton Arts Center

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Back-to-school season has a way of filling calendars quickly. Soccer. Dance. Music lessons. Clubs. Tutoring. With so many choices—and only so many hours between the final school bell and bedtime—how do parents decide which experiences are worth their family’s time?

One place to start is by changing the question. Instead of asking, “...

A class my daughter took at a youth theatre program turned out to be one of the most meaningful, formative experiences of her life. She was an incredibly shy girl, but after a three-day workshop learning how to play a character, she was hooked. She now feels completely at home whenever she’s on stage, and she is studying theatre full-time in college.

If you’ve never...

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mom of 3

At our house, back-to-school looks like Moving Day. We’ve evolved from cute lunchboxes to U-Haul trailers. By my count, we’ve moved a kid to a dorm or apartment 12 times over the past seven years, all during the sweltering month of August.

Mamas, this is not our usual ticket giveaway. This one is MUCH bigger because this week we can give away four tickets (each) to 50 local moms in Northwest Arkansas so they can see NEED TO BREATHE in concert on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at the Wal...

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist, novelist, and mama of 3

One time when I was a kid, I was invited to play and have dinner at a friend’s house from church. She was the preacher’s daughter, so I knew the whole family. I’d already said an enthusiastic yes to the invitation before my friend mentioned that her mother was making tuna casser...