Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette gives us a list of things to do in the area between now and Christmas Day.

TheatreSquared's latest production, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, imagines the classic Christmas story as though it were being produced for a live radio broadcast. We go behind the scenes with Mischa Hutchings and Chris Tennison, both Foley actors, to find out more about the sound effects employed in the production. The play is on-stage through Dec. 31 at Walton Arts Center's Nadine Baum Studios.

Michael Tilley from our content partner Talk Business and Politics gives us a rundown of the week's news, including some good news regarding excise taxes for brewers, positive home sales numbers for Fort Smith, and more

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a reflection of six decades of Underwood's Jewelry in Fayetteville.

For our final music preview of the year, we look at a slew of shows happening during Christmas weekend and on New Year's Eve.

It was Dec. 25, 1817 when the first Fort Smith began operation. Christmas afternoon at 2:00, the city will begin a year-long celebration of the bicentennial at Belle Point with a recreation of that event in 1817.

More than a dozen Arkansas civil rights DREAMers descended on Washington D.C., earlier this month, joining a national protest and engaging in civil disobedience to raise awareness in Congress about the critical need for comprehensive immigration reform and institutionalizing DACA. We hear from two activists, with Arkansas United Community Coalition , based at the NWA Immigrant Resource Center in Springdale.

Caitlyn Caughell is a member of the ensemble of Finding Neverland, on stage through Saturday night at Walton Arts Center. She is also the understudy fro every woman in the show. She talks about her responsibilities and about how Bartlesville, Okla. got her ready for her life as a professional actor.

A Wednesday roundup: DHS cleaning up Medicaid rolls, new business license in Fort Smith and Arkansas basketball wins again.

John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, talks with Roby Brock from our partner Talk Business and Politics about the year in politics. They also consider the next 12 months and the Hallmark Channel.