Community Calendar

Plant Sale by Master Gardeners will include native plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables and house plants. The experts who started the seedlings will be available to answer questions.

Wishing Spring’s May 2025 Arts & Crafts Festival
May 2 & 3, 2025, Fri & Sat, 9 am to 5 pm each day
Location: Wishing Spring Gallery, 8862 W McNelly Rd, Bella Vista-Bentonville, Ar 72712
Razorback Greenway Bike Trail Mile Marker #39
Currently seeking vendors – application deadline is April 20, 2025
Go to the website to apply!
https://www.wishingspringgallery.net/festivals

Come join us at the Wishing Spring’s Arts & Crafts Festival. Family fun! Features juried original handcrafted items by talented artisan vendors. Food trucks, music, live art demos, and children’s activities make for a fun family day! Bring your lawn chair to stay awhile!

The Artisan Alliance hosts 2 annual festivals every year, in May and October, in support of art education within the community, and for scholarships that are awarded annually to regional HS students. Venues of Alliance are the Wishing Spring Gallery & The Clay Studio.

Since the late 1990s, KAWS has been creating a cast of iconic characters steeped in the American zeitgeist that populate his work. Each with their own distinct personality pulled in part from their creator, these characters have been a constant throughline in the artist’s career. The exhibition takes its title and thematic jumping-off point from the sculpture titled FAMILY (2021), which brings together four of KAWS’ characters posed in the style of a family portrait. As witnessed throughout the show, the relationships between the figures can be complex, familiar, and astonishingly heartfelt entryways into human emotions.

Get ready to get into Arkansas roots all season long with Mount Sequoyah’s 2025 Music on the Mountain Series! Any donations will go to support Mount Sequoyah's continued community programing. This season again features a stellar lineup of talented Arkansas musicians! Mark your calendars and grab your blankets because the music starts flowing on April 25th and lasts until October 17th! Experience a diverse musical tapestry exploring Ozark and Americana roots. Most Music on the Mountain concerts will open with local emerging artists as a part of an ongoing effort to connect young performers to professional musicians for hands-on guidance.

This concert will be outdoors at our scenic Vesper Point. Seating will be provided but feel free to bring blankets and or chairs of your own. If the weather doesn't cooperate, we will move across campus, into Clapp Auditorium. This will be communicated to ticket holders via email as well as on our social pages.
Please, no outside food or drink. We will have drinks available and this year, you can add a large pizza to your ticket!

Entertainment begins 6:00PM

Auralai is the creative vision of Wisconsin native Stephanie Russell (Tschech), a cellist with over 20 years of classical training who has transformed her musical approach to bring cello into the alt indie spotlight. Stephanie discovered her passion for the cello during elementary school, where she honed her talent through after-school string programs, private lessons, and youth orchestras.

Her early career saw her performing with several bands, but it was her founding of Auralai in 2013 that marked the start of her signature style. Initially a three-piece acoustic indie pop outfit, Auralai evolved in 2015 when Stephanie teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Nate Lehner, giving birth to a new chapter as a duo marked by innovative, cello-driven sounds. Together, they released two albums, each a testament to Auralai’s eclectic indie pop vibe. Stephanie continues to experiment and find her voice, with new singles slated for release in early 2025.

No slave to conventional songwriting or classical cello form, Auralai's unique brand of cello-pop brings a breath of fresh air to the contemporary music scene.

Plant Sale by Master Gardeners will include native plants, trees, shrubs, vegetables and house plants. The experts who started the seedlings will be available to answer questions.

Walk For Wishes NWA is a community-wide celebration and effort to grant the wishes of local children. Families, friends, corporations, clubs, and schools are invited to join together and raise money for children in Northwest Arkansas fighting critical illnesses. The culmination of this effort takes place at Arvest Ballpark where we invite everyone in our community to celebrate these efforts and to learn more about the impact of a wish!

Wishing Spring’s May 2025 Arts & Crafts Festival
May 2 & 3, 2025, Fri & Sat, 9 am to 5 pm each day
Location: Wishing Spring Gallery, 8862 W McNelly Rd, Bella Vista-Bentonville, Ar 72712
Razorback Greenway Bike Trail Mile Marker #39
Currently seeking vendors – application deadline is April 20, 2025
Go to the website to apply!
https://www.wishingspringgallery.net/festivals

Come join us at the Wishing Spring’s Arts & Crafts Festival. Family fun! Features juried original handcrafted items by talented artisan vendors. Food trucks, music, live art demos, and children’s activities make for a fun family day! Bring your lawn chair to stay awhile!

The Artisan Alliance hosts 2 annual festivals every year, in May and October, in support of art education within the community, and for scholarships that are awarded annually to regional HS students. Venues of Alliance are the Wishing Spring Gallery & The Clay Studio.

Since the late 1990s, KAWS has been creating a cast of iconic characters steeped in the American zeitgeist that populate his work. Each with their own distinct personality pulled in part from their creator, these characters have been a constant throughline in the artist’s career. The exhibition takes its title and thematic jumping-off point from the sculpture titled FAMILY (2021), which brings together four of KAWS’ characters posed in the style of a family portrait. As witnessed throughout the show, the relationships between the figures can be complex, familiar, and astonishingly heartfelt entryways into human emotions.

Historic Attire Welcome.
Historic Re-enactments, Live Music, Ice Cream and Cake to celebrate the second ever all-female government in the United States!

Since the late 1990s, KAWS has been creating a cast of iconic characters steeped in the American zeitgeist that populate his work. Each with their own distinct personality pulled in part from their creator, these characters have been a constant throughline in the artist’s career. The exhibition takes its title and thematic jumping-off point from the sculpture titled FAMILY (2021), which brings together four of KAWS’ characters posed in the style of a family portrait. As witnessed throughout the show, the relationships between the figures can be complex, familiar, and astonishingly heartfelt entryways into human emotions.