Villa Theatre gets speakers running in time for Easter Sunday music

Aside from the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office and a few in the know, it was a surprise to many when music came bellowing through and off of the buildings on Saturday afternoon…the looks on some of the people’s faces in the Albertsons’ parking included confusion and pleasant surprise, to name just a few.

About six hours prior to the music starting, Villa Theatre’s new owner Greg Kirkwood sits in his new office in the theatre’s building (the old H&R Block office). He and his wife, Jan, bought the Villa earlier this year after the couple retired from the funeral home business las...