Community Calendar

Evening at the Farm is a celebration of community, food, and connection. Guests will gather for cocktails and appetizers in the garden, followed by a multi-course dinner created with ingredients grown onsite. Seating is communal to encourage conversation and connection. Proceeds benefit Apple Seeds’ programs that reach more than 16,000 Arkansas students annually through hands-on nutrition education. This is a rain-or-shine event with weather-protected seating available.

BYOP ~ Bring Your Own Poem
Hosted By ~ Derelicts Digest
Free
All Ages
Your Words
Your People
Your Place

For its third year, Momentous Music and Arts Festival expands to two days of nonstop activation - building upon a foundation set in community, connection, and genre-bending exploration. Known for blending international headlining artists with local community powerhouses, Momentous continually raises the bar for what electronic music festivals in Arkansas can truly achieve.

Past acts include Grammy-winning artist Mura Masa, Grammy-nominated artist ARCA, and electronic powerhouses Ben UFO, Canabliss, and Sofia Kourtesis. This year is no exception. Momentous is raising the bar again this October, bringing Grammy-nominated electronic producer Tycho to Bentonville and debuting exclusive back-to-back sets from EDM stalwarts Flux Pavilion and Doctor P. Add the genre-bending sounds of legendary producer The Polish Ambassador, underground melodic crossovers from rising star Shima, interactive art installations, and the most extensive community stage to date, it becomes no surprise that this year’s festival is set to be its most momentous yet.

Momentous isn’t just music. It’s an immersive experience. Stretching across the entirety of the Momentary campus, the festival is a testing ground for world-class interactive art installations. Watch as Amsterdam-based Touki Delphine debuts a symphony of light inspired by Igor Stravinsky’s 1919 Firebird Suite. World-renowned cellist Katinka Kleijn returns to Momentous to debut her Bionic Synth Map, an interactive activity that transforms festivalgoers into cyborg musicians. A fully functional Night Market featuring all-local vendors and an arcade seeks to overwhelm senses. To decompress, discover the secrets within The Momentary’s gallery walls.

Commanding the community stage this year, Momentous welcomes a full stack of sets curated by local EDM collectives Backroom, Haus of Untz, Impact DNB, and Vibes Creation Co.

This October 10-11, join The Momentary to welcome the best in electronic music and arts to Bentonville.

Single Day, 2-Day, and Student Tickets available now.

Have you been looking for a group to dance or learn to dance with that is centered on safety, connection, and healing? The NWA Center for Sexual Assault and Cece Marie Choreography are hosting free dance workshops beginning this summer. This is a healing-centered dance experience where survivors reclaim safety, creativity, and connection through movement and shared story. You deserve to feel safe in your body.

This workshop is open to adult survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and / or human trafficking.

Sign up here: https://www.nwasexualassault.org/art-workshops-for-survivors

Not sure if you're eligible? Please talk to a member of our friendly team. Call 479-347-2304, email info@nwasexualassault.org, or visit the NWA Center for Sexual Assault website: nwasexualassault.org

Because you are not alone.

Every time it rains, litter that is left on the ground washes to creeks and streams. You can help. Pick Up Where You Play is a series of litter cleanups happening throughout Northwest Arkansas during the fall months. Last year over 500 volunteers removed trash from parks, trails, creeks, rivers, and lakes. Volunteers are entered to win adventures in the 3 major watersheds of NWA. For event days and locations go to www.knowtheflownwa.com!

Don't miss the biggest pet adoption event of the year! Best Friends' Super Adoption features hundreds of adoptable dogs and cats from rescues and shelters across the region.

This year's Super Adoption will take place on the beautiful grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and will feature local vendors, interactive activities, music, giveaways, prizes, food, and of course, adorable adoptable pets.

Plan on joining us for two fun-filled days of pets and lifesaving!

With hundreds of adoptable dogs and cats from shelters and rescues across the region, Super Adoption is more than an adoption event — it’s a festival of love and lifesaving!

Presented by Best Friends Animal Society, we’ll have food trucks, vendor booths, giveaways, kid-friendly activities, and of course, hundreds of adorable adoptable pets for you to meet.

So bring the family and stop by for an hour, or stay all day — because there’s something for everyone to enjoy.

Free, no tickets required. Learn more and RSVP through Best Friends Animal Society.

Seeds of Hope: Help Us Raise $27,000 in 27 Days (Oct 1-27)
We're on a mission to save lives and we can't do this without you!
The Purple Flower, Carroll County’s sole provider of comprehensive services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking, invites you to support this urgent fundraising campaign aiming to raise $27,000 in 27 days during October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, to bridge a devastating gap left by the loss of federal grant funding.
Ways to Support:
* Create a Team to Fundraise by encouraging your patrons, customers, clients, organization / church members, family and friends to donate (Until Oct 27): https://givebutter.com/c/27in27
* Donate directly: https://www.facebook.com/donate/1114256964165847/
* Become a monthly donor: https://givebutter.com/thepurpleflower
* Donate In-Kind Goods or Services for our silent auction or as give-aways to our top fundraisers and survivor drawing (Until Oct 19): https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSenEnGiHE58sH.../viewform

The Fourth installment of the 2025 Secular Speaker Series hosted by the Ozarks Chapter of FFRF features Alessandro Terenzoni, the Vice President of Public Policy for Americans United for Separation of Church & State.  Alessandro will be speaking on how their organization is pushing back against Christian Nationalism, including the ongoing legal effort against Arkansas Act 573, which mandates the Ten Commandments in all public areas, including public school classrooms.  

The separation of church & state is the bedrock of American democracy, and AU.org is committed to protecting this constitutional principle.  Please join us for a thought provoking discussion and learn how Americans United for Separation of Church & State works to keep religion out of government.  Hope to see you there!