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Ken Burns’ ‘Hemingway’ airs on Arkansas TV, with a Piggott connection

Arkansas TV will air "Hemingway," the three-part documentary from Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, starting Monday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. The remaining two parts air Monday, Sept. 7, and Monday, Sept. 14, also at 8 p.m. The full series runs six hours. It can also be streamed at arkansastv.gov/live. Arkansas has a…

ByChris Fulton19 hours ago

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ASUMH performing arts series marks 15 years with seven-show season

Arkansas State University-Mountain Home has announced the lineup for the 15th season of its Performing Arts Series, with seven shows running from September through March. All performances take place at the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center in The Sheid on the ASUMH campus. The series began as an effort to build up the cultural life…

ByChris Fulton2 days ago

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Live painting show Artrageous comes to Mountain Home in September

A touring troupe that paints large canvases on stage while a band plays behind them will perform in Mountain Home next month. Artrageous is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Ed Coulter Performing Arts Center inside the Vada Sheid Community Development Center on the Arkansas State University-Mountain Home campus. The show is…

ByChris Fulton3 days ago

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‘Murder on the Orient Express’ packs opening weekend at Twin Lakes Playhouse

Twin Lakes Playhouse says all three opening performances of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" played to full houses, and nine shows remain in the run. The mystery continues over the next three weekends. Friday and Saturday performances start at 7 p.m., and Sunday matinees start at 2 p.m. Remaining dates are Aug. 21,…

ByChris FultonAugust 19, 2026

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Horberg has staged three Playhouse murders. Tonight he has to solve one.

Twin Lakes Playhouse opens Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" at 7 p.m. tonight, and the man playing the detective has spent years on the other side of the crime scene. Mike Horberg takes on Hercule Poirot. Local audiences have watched him direct "And Then There Were None" in 2019, "The Mousetrap" in 2022…

ByChris FultonAugust 14, 2026

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Can Horberg’s Poirot crack it? Twin Lakes Playhouse finds out Friday

Can a fussy Belgian detective solve a stabbing in a locked compartment before the snow melts? Can six painted panels turn a Mountain Home stage into a luxury train crossing Europe? Can the man who wrote this season's opener keep a 92-year-old secret for three straight weekends? Answers start at 7 p.m. Friday. Twin Lakes…

ByChris FultonAugust 10, 2026

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‘Murder on the Orient Express’ opens Aug. 14 at Twin Lakes Playhouse

Twin Lakes Playhouse opens Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" on Aug. 14, closing in on the last stretch of rehearsals for a show that has to put a moving train on a community theater stage. Performances run through Aug. 30 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Friday and Saturday shows start at 7 p.m.,…

ByChris FultonAugust 5, 2026

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Observer publisher takes first and second in Arkansas SPJ investigative prize

Mountain Home Observer publisher Chris Fulton won first and second place in the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting in Arkansas, which carries $15,000 in prize money. The Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners Saturday, July 25, at its Diamond Journalism Awards banquet at Next Level Events in downtown Little…

ByMHO Newsroom StaffAugust 4, 2026

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A note to readers: The Observer is taking the week off

The Mountain Home Observer will not publish next week. For the first time in five years, this paper is stepping back completely. No stories, no meeting coverage, no breaking news alerts, and lastly, no emails or phone calls. When my family moved here in 2021, I spent months of long nights and longer weekends…

ByChris FultonJuly 24, 2026

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Playhouse puts a train on stage for ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Twin Lakes Playhouse opens Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" on Aug. 14, and the biggest challenge on stage is the train itself. The entire play takes place aboard one. Director Joanne Helms is building the illusion with periaktoi, rotating three-sided panels painted with a different scene on each face. Six of the panels…

ByChris FultonJuly 24, 2026