Community Calendar

Wishing Spring’s October 2026 Arts & Crafts Festival
Juried Event – Seeking Vendors NOW!
Event Dates: Oct 15, 16, 17, 2026 (3-day event)
Event Time: 9 am to 5 pm
8862 W. McNelly Road, Bella Vista, AR 72712
Wishing Spring Gallery Open All Week!
Razorback Greenway Mile Marker #39
Family Fun! Come enjoy original art, handcrafted goods, food trucks, music, and so much more! Don’t miss out on this 3-day celebration of creativity and community!
Juried Event – Seeking Vendors NOW!
Early Bird Deadline July 31, 2026; Final Deadline Sept 30, 2026
Festival Information at the website:
https://www.artisanalliancews.com/festivals
Follow the Festival on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artisanalliance

This event is FREE to patients and survivors of breast cancer. Must go to website and complete the application process before you can be on the list to receive your mattress and shop! If you need help please reach out to the email address submitted with this! We would love for all patients and survivors to come out it is such a wonderful experience and we always have an amazing time giving back and spending time with them! They have to go to that website and feel it out to be on the list and must have diagnose papers as well.

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.

Participants will join Tom Jacobsen for a bridge class designed for players who know the basics and are ready to deepen their skills. The course teaches participants how to think ahead at the table—evaluating hands, planning strategy, and choosing effective lines of play. Each workshop combines clear instruction with hands-on practice, allowing participants to ap ply new concepts immediately. The course covers planning as both Declarer and Defender, strengthening bidding, and refining technique. The class meets twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) for four weeks. Handouts will be pro vided.

The American Experiment began with the Declaration of Independence and led to the creation of the federal judiciary, one of the country’s greatest experiments. In this course, we will trace the evolution of the courts from their English roots to their formal establishment in the Constitution. We will explore how the Supreme Court, lacking the power of the purse or military, derives its authority from its ability to connect with the people of the US and protect democracy. We will examine creation of the federal judiciary and the power of the Marshall Court, the Court’s evolution through the New Deal, the Vinson Court, the Warren Court’s “Rights Revolution,” and the role of today’s US Supreme Court.

This welcoming class introduces participants to the foundational skills of knitting. Led by lifelong knitter Judith Tavano, the course is ideal for those learning for the first time or returning after many years. Participants will explore casting on, the knit and purl stitches, yarn weights, needle sizes, and how tension affects the finished fabric. Across three hands-on sessions, participants will work in a relaxed, supportive environment where questions are encouraged and creativity is celebrated. The class emphasizes confidence- building and the joy of making something by hand. Participants should bring U.S. size 10.5 knitting needles (preferably wood or bamboo, 10” in length) and one skein of worsted-weight yarn in a color they enjoy.

Looking for a fun night out? Bring your friends and family to Best Friends’ Super Lotería for an evening of 10 rounds, mini games, prizes, and furry friends! Play a few rounds of Lotería (Mexican bingo) for the chance to win exciting prizes, meet adorable adoptable pets, and explore all the amazing things Best Friends offers for pet lovers in the community.

This event is FREE, but space is limited, so be sure to secure your spot in advance. Please register every member of your party that plans to come. Registered guests must check in within 15 minutes of start time, or your spots may not be guaranteed.

¿Buscas una noche divertida? ¡Trae a tus amigos y familiares a nuestra primera Super Lotería para disfrutar de una noche divertida llena de juegos, risas y amigos peludos! Juega unas rondas de Lotería para tener la oportunidad de ganar grandes premios, conoce adorables mascotas en adopción y descubre todas las cosas increíbles que ofrecemos para los amantes de las mascotas en la comunidad. Ya sea que vengas a jugar, convivir con mascotas adorables o descubrir oportunidades para ser voluntario, hogar temporal, adoptar o acceder a recursos para dueños de mascotas, ¡hay algo para todos! Será una noche llena de diversión que no te querrás perder.

Este evento es GRATIS, pero el espacio es limitado, así que asegúrate de reservar tu lugar con anticipación. Por favor, registra a cada miembro de tu grupo que planea asistir. Los invitados registrados deben registrarse dentro de los 15 minutos después de la hora de inicio, o tus lugares pueden no estar garantizados.