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Folklorist Rachel Reynolds and the Music Education Initiative have partnered together to bring a special weekend of music, learning and community to Fayetteville.

Josiah Wallace cant help but feel elated -- and just a little bit terrified -- for both his actors and his audience. After all, hes directing a play that was described in The New York Times as "one of those breakneck exercises in idiocy that make you laugh till you cry. ... It starts off punch-drunk and just keeps getting drunker."

"There is a lack of connection between what I would call an older music scene and what is currently happening. Theres just a major disconnect," local musician Amanda Rey says.

Critics love Ken Ludwigs adaptation of Agatha Christies "Murder on the Orient Express," describing it as "deftly [handling] the roller coaster-cum-puzzle box of Christies storytelling," "briskly moving us from one revelation to another," "an excellent script, with sublime dramatic pacing" and "a first class ride all the way."

| photo by Ursula Ruhl During a spirited town hall meeting on Wednesday that lasted more than three hours and was plagued with technical difficulties, dozens of Warson Woods residents told city officials they oppose the city’s plan to merge its police services with that of Glendale. Warson Woods and Glendale have partnered on fire/emergency medical services and dispatching services for over 50 years. The new proposal being considered would merge also merge Warson Woods’ police service...