The last weekend before Halloween offers plenty of entertainment opportunities. Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette tells us about a spooky performance by Northwest Arkansas Audio Theatre.

Incumbent Republican alderman Heath Kirkpatrick is being challenged by civil rights activist Daniella Scott, founder of the progressive protest group, Boone County Indivisible. If elected, Scott will be the first African-American to hold political office in Boone County, where a violent ethnic cleansing occured more than a century ago.

From January through September, the Fort Smith metro area has seen a notable increase in building permit values. Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics has more on that, and he explains how the sale of Sparks Health System will result in the significant loss of tax revenue for Fort Smith.

Wednesday morning, some of the cast of the touring production of School of Rock gave a performance to a small audience in the lobby of Walton Arts Center. The production is on stage through Sunday. We speak with some of the performers about the production, and about what it's like to act in a play about school while still attending school.

The 2018 Law Review Symposium at the University of Arkansa will be held Friday, Nov. 2 on the University of Arkansas campus. This year's symposium is titled "Hiding in Plain Sight: What Education Reform Needs." We get a preview of the event from U of A School of Law faculty advisor Danielle Weatherby.

An exhibition of dozens of portraits by artist John Rankine will open Nov. 1 at Brews in Eureka Springs. The exhibit, titled "Men With Earrings" features portraits of diverse residents who identify as male posing in vintage clip-on earrings. We get a preview of the exhibit.

Several artists have spent most of the past week creating original, public murals in Fort Smith as part of this year's edition of The Unexpected. We speak with several of those artists to learn more about the projects they've worked on for the past few days, and we get some insight into their working processes.

Voters will select a new Secretary of State next month because current Secretary Mark Martin is term-limited. Democrat Susan Inman, Libertarian Christopher Olson and Republican John Thurston are all seeking the office.

Fayetteville based startup Engine recently raised $3.5 million to further develop its cloud based e-commerce platform. We get more details in today's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report. We also hear from Bill Rogers of the Springdale Chamber of Commerce about the fourth annual Northwest Arkansas Workforce Summit, which is coming up in early November.

Katy Henriksen, the host of Of Note Sunday through Thursday at 8 p.m. on 91.3, gives us a preview of the next week of shows, which includes new music for Halloween, a look at an upcoming visual arts showcase and more.