Community Calendar

Microchipping your pet is the #1 way you can help assure that your best buddy will be returned home quickly if they get lost.

Best Friends Animal Society, in collaboration with Rogers Animal Services and the City of Rogers, is offering a free microchip and pet ID event on Saturday, June 6 at the Rogers Local Food Market from 8 am to 1 pm. Bring your dog or cat and we will provide them with a microchip and provide you with information you will need in order to register the chip with your contact information. Chip registration is also free.

We will also be offering free traditional pet ID tags if needed!

Find us at the market at 216 South 1st St, Rogers.

Microchips and IDs will be given on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.

Please make sure all dogs are leashed and cats are in secure carriers.

What is a microchip?
A microchip is a very small device that is inserted under your pet's skin. The chip includes a unique numeric code that points to your home address and contact information in the chip manufacturer's database. If your lost pet is found, your local animal control or a veterinarian can scan the pet to read the chip, and a message can be sent to you to let you know how to reclaim them.

Join park staff for the Kids' Fishing Derby on Lake Devil. Open to ages 15 years old and younger. Bring your own fishing pole, bait, and tackle. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. at the cafe pavilion. The derby begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 11a.m. Be sure to stick around to see who won the following categories: Biggest Fish, Smallest Fish, Most Fish Caught, and Most Unique Catch.

Create bold abstract art using guided drip techniques. Beginner-friendly, all materials included. Leave with a finished piece.

Create something bold, without overthinking it.

Controlled Chaos is a guided drip painting workshop where you’ll learn modern techniques and create your own abstract artwork on wood panels. This class is designed for all skill levels, no experience needed.

You’ll start with a practice piece to explore the process, then move into creating a final artwork that will be ready to hang once dry.

What You’ll Do:
• Learn step-by-step drip and movement painting techniques
• Create one practice piece to explore the process
• Design a final abstract artwork on a wood panel
• Work in a relaxed, low-pressure environment

What It Feels Like:
Creative. Freeing. Unstructured in the best way.

What’s Included:
• All painting materials
• Two wood panels (one practice, one final)
• A contained workstation for a clean, controlled experience

What to Bring:
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting paint on

Important Notes:
• This is an adult workshop (18+)
• Artwork will remain on-site to dry
• Finished pieces will be available for pickup at a later date

Who It’s For:
Open to all skill levels. Perfect for beginners, creatives, and anyone looking to try something new without pressure.

Through Your Neighbor's Gate Garden Tour
Saturday, June 6, 2026
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Join us for the 2026 Through Your Neighbor's Gate Garden Tour. Explore six unique gardens throughout the River Valley including the award-winning The Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing. Enjoy a relaxed self-guided tour filled with colorful plants, creative spaces, and ideas you can take home and try in your own garden.

Tickets are $20.00 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Visit thelearningfields.org for more information and to purchase tickets. Proceeds support the gardens and educational programs at the Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing.

Visit the Best Friends Pet Resource Center on Saturdays from 11 am to 3 pm for Meet & Match Saturdays! Each weekend, Best Friends invites shelters and rescues from around NW Arkansas to bring some of the pets in their care to the center to meet potential adopters. It's a great opportunity for visitors to meet pets from other shelters in one fun location! Come visit us and possibly bring home your new best friend!

Participating shelters and rescues change from week to week. Each organization has its own adoption process and fees.

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¡Fin de Semana para Conocer y Adoptar!

Visítanos en El Centro de Recursos de Mascotas de Best Friends todos los sábados de 11 a.m. a 3 p.m. para nuestros Fines de Semana para Conocer y Adoptar.

Cada fin de semana, albergues y grupos de rescate de todo el noroeste de Arkansas traen a algunos de sus mascotas en busca de hogar para que los conozcas en un solo lugar. ¡Es una oportunidad increíble para conocer perritos y gatitos de distintos albergues y encontrar a tu compañero ideal!

¡Ven a visitarnos y tal vez te lleves a casa a tu nuevo mejor amigo!

Los albergues y grupos de rescate participantes varían cada semana. Cada organización tiene su propio proceso de adopción y tarifas.

Our upcoming headliner, Stetson Banks is a local triple threat: Producer, Comedian, and Karaoke enthusiast. Tee Hee at T2, co-hosted by Tara Versey & Trey Smith-Mills, will also feature a few other NWA comedians such as Cammy, Ayla Sinclair, Sunny, Jonah Zapata, and Sarah Pollock.

Join us on Saturday, June 6th, at TheatreSquared in Fayetteville, AR, from 7 - 10 pm, for a night of belly laughs. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the show running from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. Come early, get yourself a drink at our Commons Bar & Cafe, and enjoy the show!

NWA Book Fest Kids is Back for 2026 at The Apollo on Emma in Springdale! Join us for storytimes from over 20 local and regional children’s authors, crafts, activities, workshops, a Kid’s Writing Contest, the Lil’ Bookish Market featuring all your favorite local booksellers, Kona Ice, and more! It’s going to be a great day!

The Ozark Center for Lifestyle Medicine is hosting its monthly whole food plant-based (WFPB) potluck meal on the second Monday of each month, and we’d love to have you join us tonight!

This community event is a wonderful opportunity to savor beautiful, delicious, healthy food, learn more about plant-based eating, and meet folks who are wanting to take a proactive role in restoring their bodies to optimal health and vitality!

We will hear the stories of some who have experienced the power of a plant-based diet to heal, and you’ll have an opportunity to “ask the doc” of Dr. Morgan, a Lifestyle Medicine physician, any questions you may have about plant-based eating, and lifestyle medicine in general. Dr. Morgan will also give a short presentation on how Lifestyle Medicine can help treat, prevent, and reverse disease.

If you can make it, just bring a dish that is based on whole plants (with minimal to no oil and salt, and no animal products) to share. If you’re not the cooking type, feel free to bring some cut-up fruit or raw veggies. Anything real and minimally processed is welcome! We just want you to come!

Please feel free to invite anyone who may be interested in coming with you! (Your dish will cover for them). Also, if you have children, say 9 and up, who are interested in healthy living, feel free to bring them along as well!

Using principles learned from the Fundamentals, Figure/Head, and Painting classes, we’ll apply our knowledge and skills to Great Master artworks. We’ll learn watercolor basics (wet on wet,wet on dry, color mixing). Each week we’ll look at various artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, Winslow Homer and more. From each, we’ll cover the human figure, landscapes, and abstracts.

All levels welcome!

Course Outline

Week 1: Overview/Review, Wet on Wet, Wet on Dry/Damp, Water Control, Brushes

Week 2: Simple Volumes, Visualizing simple masses, Value

Week 3: Monochrome, Using Black and Earth-tones

Week 4: Warm and Cools

Week 5: Color, Working with Primaries, Color Mixing

Week 6: Long-Form Master Study, Applying our skills to a single study

Terrific Tuesday Nights is a family-friendly, educational, summer series hosted at the Garden on select Tuesday evenings throughout the summer. Each session is from 5-7:30pm.