Jun 15 Saturday
Ozark Folkways on Highway 71 in Winslow will host Fiber Play Saturday at 10 am on June 15th. Ozark Folkways and the Wool and Wheel Spinners Guild will host a free open-house fiber play day. Anyone interested in fiber arts, regardless of skill level, is invited. You may join to spin, knit, embroider, converse, or watch others enjoy the possibilities of fiber. Snacks will be available.For more information, OzarkFolkways.org.
Ozark Folkways on Highway 71 in Winslow will host a Shore & Cockram Concert at 6 pm on June 15th. Susan Shore and Michael Cockram are versatile multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and singers. They have an eclectic repertoire that ranges from traditional ballads to swing to contemporary folk songs. We recommend chairs or blankets and enjoy music on the mountain. The event is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Arts Council.For more information, OzarkFolkways.org.
They're here! After spending more than a decade underground, the cicadas of Brood XIX are emerging across the Ozarks. These insects emerge every 13 years along with the annual cicadas that emerge every year. Join us at Big Sugar Creek State Park to celebrate and learn more about these amazing insects!
A Roaring River State Park naturalist will give a brief presentation on periodical and annual cicadas. Then, we’ll gather around the fire pit to make some delicious s'mores! S'mores materials will be provided. Stick around as the sun sets to listen to the cicadas sing their age-old songs.
We will meet in the parking lot area of Big Sugar Creek State Park. Seating is not available at the park, so please bring your own. You should also consider bringing insect repellent and flashlights or lanterns.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
For more information, call the Roaring River State Park naturalist at 417-847-3742.
Jun 16 Sunday
Kids’ summer camps are back! Make the most of your family’s summer break with weeklong day camps designed for kids ages 4 to 14.
Choose from a full lineup of camps, each one focused on a different kind of creative fun. Explore the grounds in a camp all about art and nature, or give the architect in the family a chance to build their skills with a camp connecting STEM and the arts. Whatever your kids’ passions, they’re sure to find plenty to love at the museum. And you’ll love that they’re learning and making memories every step of the way.
Check out the listings below to see dates and camp descriptions. Registration opens March 15.
ARTS LIVE THEATRE is thrilled to announce the 2024 summer theatre camps. A wide variety of camp themes are offered for young artists ages 4-5, 6-8, 9-12, and 13-18 years old ranging from, Hogwarts Spells and Potions, Minions on a Mission, Happy Feet On the Move, Monster Hotel, Trolls on Patrol, and more! You can also sign up to BE IN A PLAY with shows like Sword in the Stone, Sherlock Holmes, and Aliens vs Cheerleaders! And this summer’s musical theatre production camp is, FINDING NEMO, JR, so sign up today! The fun-filled camp season begins Monday, June 3rd offering one-week and two-week camps through August 16th. Teaching artists are theatre professionals and educators. Space is limited so register today at www.artslivetheatre.com
The Rogers Historical Museum announces a new temporary exhibit, “Last Call: History of Alcohol in Ozarks” on show March 15 through November 9, 2024.
The tangled history of moonshiners and bootleggers versus the energetic women of the temperance society all played important roles in the complicated story of alcohol in Arkansas. This exhibit follows the chronological pendulum of Arkansas law as it swings back and forth through the years between the cold sober teetotalers who campaigned for dry counties and the high-spirited bibbers who supported wet counties. See how the legacy of this historic battle led to the present-day success of more retail alcohol sales than ever before in Northwest Arkansas.
Included in the exhibit are an authentic Ozarks copper still, a mid-20th century commercial wine bottling machine, as well as many local stories and historic photographs.
Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.
Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph (co-published by the Momentary and Aperture) and exhibition by this rising interdisciplinary artist. It blends his studio practice with work made as an in-demand editorial photographer, and features his conceptual portraits of leading Black cultural figures, such as Amanda Gorman, Michael B. Jordan, Pharrell Williams, and Solange. As Erizku has said, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”
Free, no tickets required.
Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is it about the natural world that calls to us? Throughout the exhibition, artist and naturalist Christopher Marley reflects on humanity’s intimate relationship with nature, revealing its intricate beauty and diversity through three-dimensional works comprised of animal, mineral, and plant specimens arranged in precise, geometric compositions. Shown together, the works create an immersive environment which inspires wonder and fosters a desire to preserve the natural world.
Crystal Bridges welcomes guests to experience the connection between art, nature, and science, emotionally and aesthetically, throughout the exhibition. The museum will activate the show’s themes through nature and science-based programming and activities both inside the museum and outdoors across its trails and grounds. The exhibition’s curatorial lead is Xuxa Rodriguez, PhD, associate curator, contemporary art.
Celebrate your favorite father-figure in your life this Father’s Day and beat the heat this summer! Join us for an unforgettable day at the brand-new Campus Parking splash pad! Dive into an aquatic wonderland filled with laughter, excitement, and non-stop fun for everyone. See you there!
Two small-town paramedics are the first to arrive at a macabre scene. Since the cops got a flat, and there’s no help to render, all they can do is wait—until they realize every school bus in the county is about to drive right by. When the local star reporter (and the senior paramedic’s ex-wife) arrives to film the whole fiasco, things go from bad to ridiculous. A genre-bending dark comedy about just trying to do the right thing.