Community Calendar

Keith Haring in 3D is the first exhibition to highlight Keith Haring’s work in three dimensions, inviting visitors to move through, around, and within his art like never before. In the course of his short life, Keith Haring transmitted across a dizzying range of creative channels: painting, sculpture, installation, video, murals, performance, printmaking, early digital art, and more. While Haring helped define the look and mood of the 1980s, he also saw clearly a future that has become our present.

Haring is typically thought of as primarily a two-dimensional artist, but Keith Haring in 3D focuses on a lesser-known and highly compelling aspect of Haring’s practice as a sculptor. He created hundreds of three-dimensional artworks, beginning with painting objects he found in the street. Eventually, Haring made monumental sculptures in wood and metal, and even a whole store for his art.

Haring was, above all, a master of line, with an instinctive ability to compose on multiple scales. Haring’s work in three dimensions has never been the focus of a major exhibition and has rarely been shown. Keith Haring in 3D will fill this gap in public understanding by showcasing a wide range of Haring’s works, including sculpture, totems and masks, skateboards, clothing, boomboxes, paintings, drawings, and even a 1963 Buick Special. The exhibition will be accompanied by a major book published by Phaidon/Monacelli.

British artist Lucy Sparrow is internationally renowned for her unique and immersive installations filled with thousands of items, all meticulously handcrafted from felt. Through her work, Sparrow transforms everyday retail environments into playful, nostalgic, and tactile worlds that are both familiar and entirely new. Lucy Sparrow: The Beginning of Convenience, Sparrow’s first museum exhibition in the United States, will take visitors back in time through an immersive “time capsule” installation of a 1980s-90s Walmart-inspired supermarket.

Expanding on her extensive archival research practice, The Beginning of Convenience includes more than 20,000 individually hand-crafted and exquisitely detailed felt replicas of supermarket products, ranging from food and beverage items to beauty products and household goods typical of a not-so-distant past. Throughout the exhibition, Sparrow will explore a particular moment in history that she refers to as the “beginning of convenience,” a time when the rise of dual-income households in the 1980s necessitated consumer goods that prioritized speed and convenience over effort and taste. Changing roles within the household led to the development and proliferation of quick and easy consumer goods, such as microwave dinners, frozen foods, and out-of-the-box meals.

In addition to the supermarket experience, The Beginning of Convenience will feature a built replica of Sparrow’s studio – known as the Felt Cave – and a new self-made documentary that follows Sparrow’s work in the months leading up to the exhibition at the Momentary.

Free, no tickets required.

Chuck Ramirez (1962-2010) was a San Antonio-based artist with a reverence for material culture. For many years, his day job was as a graphic designer and art director for the Texas grocery chain H-E-B. In his commercial work, he helped sell products that lined store shelves and filled home pantries. Ramirez’s photographs will prompt viewers to consider that the goods people buy, consume, discard, or treasure are more than just things; they are evidence of life. In the photographs, the artist positioned material culture as reflections of humanity, community, memory, and loss.

In his artwork, Ramirez often recast commercial products as windows onto the people who consumed them. Ramirez’s affinity for everyday “stuff” was a continuous thread throughout his practice. The artist’s ability to find wonder in the ordinary takes center stage in this exhibition.

Free, no tickets required.

The biggest pet adoption event of the year is just around the corner! Best Friends' Super Adoption 2026 will showcase hundreds of adoptable pets from rescues and shelters all across the region.

This year's Super Adoption is a single day extravaganza of life saving! It will take place at the Campus Plaza and parking garage on the beautiful grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and will feature vendors, prizes, food, and of course, lots of adorable adoptable pets.

Mark your calendars now and be sure to make Best Friends Super Adoption part of your fall plans!

Celebrate the season at the Light the Way Christmas Tree Festival and Silent Auction. Come enjoy the festive atmosphere! Free pics with Santa and hot chocolate. Bid on fully decorated Christmas trees--all decorated by local businesses. All proceeds go to support people experiencing homelessness in NWA.

Head over to Crystal Bridges for Second Saturday, a fun-filled day dedicated to uplifting our cultural and artistic pillars! With a different theme each month, there’s something for everyone. Celebrate with different community partners and artists from the museum’s collection through engaging in-gallery experiences, artist-led conversations, and family-friendly artmaking.

Free, no tickets required. Feel free to drop in throughout the day!

Check out our other Second Saturday events.

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Join BMP Momentum and THE HUB for JERK & JAM, an afternoon of authentic Jamaican cooking, great music, local vendors, and a whole lot of community.

Here's what's on the lineup:

Funky Jerk Chicken serving up authentic Jamaican favorites, including jerk chicken, stew chicken, and fish.

DJ Inversion keeping the island beats going all afternoon.

Drinks, dominoes, games, local vendors, and something for all ages!

Saturday, November 14
1–6 PM
THE HUB | Bentonville, AR

The best part? There's a bigger reason behind the cookout.

BMP Momentum works alongside the Shirley Castle community in rural Jamaica to help children access education through reliable school transportation, daily meals, healthcare, and essential school resources.

This event is about bringing our Northwest Arkansas community together to help keep that momentum going, with funds raised supporting BMP's student transportation initiative.

So whether you're coming for the jerk chicken, the music, or just an excuse to spend a Saturday with good people, every plate purchased and every contribution helps move our mission forward.

Bring your friends, bring the family, and come hungry. We've got a little taste of Jamaica waiting for you! 🇯🇲💛

" ""Roots & Wings” - Examining how sanctuary provides both grounding and liberation—the stability to put down roots while developing the strength to eventually fly. About the paradox that true refuge gives you both a place to stay and the courage to go.

This ties into the Gotahold story - this place just Gotahold of us - and has allowed each of us who find sanctuary by putting roots in Eureka Springs to expand, heal, grow, explore, evolve.

Artists:
Raquel Debbie Franckx
Sarah Graves
Jim Rice
Cheryl Ruteledge
Christie Braswell
Ramona Capps
J.K."

Git In The Truck consists of singer, guitarist Dale Stokes and whichever of his many musicians friends who Git In The Truck and show up. From country to rock, blues to satire, you never know what you'll hear, but you always guaranteed a darn good time!