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Sophia Ordaz
Sophia is an arts and culture writer based out of Central Arkansas.
Music

Q&A: Queen Anne’s Revenge release twin double albums

[left] Queen Anne’s Revenge charge through a jam session. [right] The cover of Nature Creature’s, Vol. 2, which was taken at ...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Feb 15, 2021
Music

Playing It By Ear: Central AR’s underground musicians boldly weather the pandemic

(left to right, from top) Princeaus, Benadriil, Xlue, Sista Smoke, Traptavian, Alexander C.Wil, Tobias Peoples from The Streakers, Mvk Lxvi$...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Dec 29, 2020
Film

Fayetteville Film Fest initiatives address racial inequities

Oscar Micheaux (above) was a pioneering director of silent films, known as the U.S.’s first Black filmmaker. The Fayetteville Film Fes...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Dec 15, 2020
Art

Made for this Moment: How Art Feeds is nourishing art education during the pandemic

photo by Melodie Maynard of Mellow Yellow Photography // Students at T.G. Smith Elementary in Springdale welcome a new mural to their schoo...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Dec 6, 2020
Art

Reimagine Arkansas sheds light on pandemic inequities through storytelling and art

 image courtesy of Reimagine Arkansas Over the past nine months, the COVID-19 pandemic has widened existing disparities and exacerbated ris...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Dec 6, 2020
Music

Rock musician Angela Edge confronts trauma on “Monster”

The portable music revolution freed music listeners from the confines of in-home record players and radios, but for Fayetteville musician An...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Nov 4, 2020
Film

Little Rock filmmaker’s screenings blaze a trial for student films

Luis Hernandez’s bedroom workspace reflects his do-it-yourself ethos and an outpouring of creativity. Scrawled pen sketches cover the far ...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Oct 23, 2020
Film

2020 Fayetteville Film Fest expands programming and grant initiatives

Though there won’t be a live audience at the 12th annual Fayetteville Film Fest, its online functionality has allowed the festival to expa...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Oct 23, 2020
Art

Art Ventures’s latest exhibit boasts artists with international ties

Visitors to Synchrony, Art Ventures’s current exhibit, can view traditional gallery offerings like fine portraits, sculpture, and nature p...
  • bySophia Ordaz
  • Oct 23, 2020
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