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Art Club fundraises at Zone 4

March 26, 2025

Along with the Cassville Art Club fundraiser at Zone 4 Mini Golf and More on Saturday, Cassville junior Caitlyn Bonass was fundraising for her planned foreign exchange student program in the Netherlands next year.

Trent Oliphant: Art close to home

March 5, 2025

Barry County, Missouri, is not the first place I think of when you think of “The Arts.”

A sight to be ‘scene’

June 25, 2024

Northbound drivers on Main Street in Cassville have a new scene to sight as they travel into downtown Cassville. The Cassville Area Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the completion of a vibrant new mural that now adorns the south side of the Cassville Democrat building.

SHELL KNOB TAB: The color of Joy

May 7, 2024

Through her art, Lou Stine has brought color and joy to the Shell Knob area for the past five years. Stine moved to Shell Knob from southeast Kansas in 2019. She comes from a background in Education of more than 30 years, teaching elementary students before transitioning to an elementary counselor.

SHELL KNOB TAB: Carved in wood, by Stone

May 7, 2024

Turtle Crossing Gallery is a marvel worth exploring — as much a museum, as it is an art gallery, visitors say. Located in a shady alcove just a short, scenic drive on YY Highway past the Central Crossing Senior Center in Shell Knob, the attraction of the gallery can be credited, in part, to the artists themselves: Stone and Karol Akin, who met 17 years ago in Eureka Springs while attending a ballroom dance.

Fine arts students perform at annual assembly

March 27, 2024

Cassville’s Diego Haros plays trombone with the marching band during a performance at the fine arts assembly on March 20.

THROUGH THE YEARS: THE MAGAZINE — “Calling Back the Spirits”

December 28, 2023

After European immigrants settled into the new world, which later became the United States, they cast their eyes upon the land where the indigenous natives hunted and gathered — they saw that it was fair.