Branson News Articles

BRANSON GIVES BIG!

On July 26th, 2008 The Stars of Branson will come out to “GIVE BIG!” in a special Benefit Event for the Midwest Flood Victims. The day begins with Redknecker’s Good Morning Ozarks Show; the outdoor event begins at 11AM with a Family Festival on the theatre’s huge patio and the Benefit Show begins at 3PM. [...]

School supplies for those who need them

Pencils, rulers, crayons and some glue can make a difference in a child’s life. And one local bank is helping to make that difference. From now through Aug. 1, Ozark Mountain Bank is collecting new school supplies. Supplies such as pencils, glue and paper can be dropped off at any Ozark Mountain Bank location during normal [...]

Merle Haggard to perform in Branson

His seemingly endless list of hit songs is only part of what makes Merle Haggard a country music legend. He is respected by artists encompassing all types of music. In the past couple years he has been asked to join Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones on stage in front of sold out stadium crowds. Merle [...]

‘An evening with John Tesh’

‘An evening with John Tesh’ planned at convention center Six-time Emmy award winner and Grammy nominee John Tesh will be in concert at the Branson Convention Center Friday, July 18, at 7 p.m. For “An Evening With John Tesh” Tesh will bring his all star cast of singers, choreographer and dancer Breeze Lee, an exciting dance [...]

Art walk through downtown planned

By Gary Groman gary@groman.com Visitors to Branson will soon have another interesting thing to do while they are in town. Well, at least on the first Saturday of every month because that’s when the “First Saturday Night Stroll,” an art walk in historic downtown Branson, will be held. Starting August 2, the art stroll, patterned after art walks [...]

The Princess of Cool

By Katie Pollock Sometimes, if you are Deana Martin, people hold on to you, and they won’t let go. Women old enough to be your mother wrap their hands around your arm in a death grip, and they won’t release you until they’ve had their say. They want to tell you stories about the man who [...]

What’s Your Favorite?

By Jeff Houghton After his rise to national fame in the ’70s beginning with his songs “Spiders and Snakes” and “Swamp Witch,” Jim Stafford made 24 appearances on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. In fact, he had an open invitation. Today, he speaks about Carson admiringly: “His job was to make that thing work. His [...]

Form, Function and Family

By Nichole Lemmon When Dr. Rich Makuch decided to move to Branson in 2003 to take a staff radiologist job at Skaggs Community Health Center, he was charged with the challenge of finding a home for his wife, Angie Ann, and their large family. The Georgia transplants were looking for a large home. Rich had looked [...]

The Real Yakov Smirnoff

By Jacob Harper Something’s different about Yakov Smirnoff today. At a Saturday morning show in his eponymous theater, he’s not telling jokes about Russia or using catchphrases or really doing anything that you expect to see at a Yakov “What a Country!” Smirnoff show. In the second half of the variety act, Yakov, clad in a [...]

Highly Vocal

By Tiesha Miller It sounds like a trumpet, but it is not a trumpet. It might sound like a beat box, flute or guitar, but it is not any of these things. Whatever the sound, it’s coming from one of the Knudsens who make up the group SIX. “Sitting through our show you forget that we are [...]