INTERVIEW / KODY FORD PHOTO / MARTY SHUTTER Robert Ford is a man of many talents. The page. The stage. Even the flute. Born in Scotland but...

INTERVIEW / NICHOLAS CLARO PHOTO / KAT WILSON There’s a big difference between being talked to, and talked at. I encountered the former a ...

INTERVIEW / SHAYNE GRAY PHOTO / MATT FARIES The Inner Party is a band based out of Fayetteville. It’s the creative relationship between si...

INTERVIEW / DAVE MORRIS PHOTO / MELISSA BRAWNER Lucero frontman Ben Nichols is famous for his lovelorn songwriting and whiskey bent live per...

WORDS / DAVE MORRIS PHOTO /KYLE BAUDOUR Arkansas expatriate Matt Bradley is known to fans of the band Lucero for wearing “a jean jacket wi...

WORDS / JOE MEAZLE PHOTO / CHRIS STINSON Arkansas is a musical state. This state has had far more than its share of music legends and pionee...

Literary heavyweights Lois Lowry and Zadie Smith are coming to Northwest Arkansas this fall.  True Lit: Fayetteville’s Literary Festival ...

Congratulations to El Dorado, Arkansas filmmaker Alexander Jeffery and team for winning the grand prize of $50,000 in the fourth annual Loui...

We want your words – send us your favorite short story.  Please email a MS Word or TXT file to editorial (at ) idleclassmag (dot) com...

WORDS / BRENON HAWLEY An array of local, national, and international independent films kicked off this past weekend at Offshoot 2015.  Offs...