May 18 Saturday
Did you ever wish for a side order of advice when you purchase a plant? The Master Gardener Plant Sale is the place for you. Buy your spring plants from an expert that helped to start them.On Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, thousands of plants ranging from vegetable starts to house plants along with lots of flowers, native plants, shrubs and trees will be on sale on the grounds of the First United Methodist Church, located just off the square at 201 NW 2nd Street Bentonville, AR 72712.This year, the plant sale will include an Expo with local experts speaking informally on all kinds of garden topics. There is also the popular “All Things Garden” booth with gently used tools, equipment, pots and décor available. The event is an important fundraiser for the Benton County Master Gardener Program and funds scholarships for local students as well as projects all around the county. Master Gardeners are volunteers who share their knowledge of gardening as well as the vegetables they grow. For more information about the program, visit https://www.bentoncountymastergardeners.com/home
The B.E. Well Experience is a one (1) day holistic wellness summit for the culture. During this full day event, we celebrate + prioritize Black wellness, while also addressing the unique challenges and needs of our community.
Get ready for an immerse day full of inspiration, growth, and connection. From yoga and sound bath, to financial advising and career planning, to cooking demos and relationship fireside chats, we've curated nine (9) hours of programming all led by 30+ top BIPOC health and wellness experts. There is also live music featuring our two DJs Yung Blu and Debonair One, Live Mondays is curating a 2 hour artist showcase, we have a community art workshop, and we are ending the day with a gospel showcase. Ticket price includes all activities (over 20 activations to choose from), breakfast, lunch, gift bag, and access to our vendor market. This is not an event to miss. It will be a day full of joy, self-care, and Black wellness.
Ozark Folkways and the Wool and Wheel Spinners Guild will host a free open-house fiber play day. Anyone interested in fiber arts, regardless of skill level, is invited. You may join to spin, knit, embroider, converse, or watch others enjoy the possibilities of fiber. Snacks will be available.
Exquisite Creatures is a dialogue with art, nature, and science that asks the question: what is it about the natural world that calls to us? Throughout the exhibition, artist and naturalist Christopher Marley reflects on humanity’s intimate relationship with nature, revealing its intricate beauty and diversity through three-dimensional works comprised of animal, mineral, and plant specimens arranged in precise, geometric compositions. Shown together, the works create an immersive environment which inspires wonder and fosters a desire to preserve the natural world.
Crystal Bridges welcomes guests to experience the connection between art, nature, and science, emotionally and aesthetically, throughout the exhibition. The museum will activate the show’s themes through nature and science-based programming and activities both inside the museum and outdoors across its trails and grounds. The exhibition’s curatorial lead is Xuxa Rodriguez, PhD, associate curator, contemporary art.
Julie Hop earned her BFA in Painting and Drawing from Columbia College, Chicago. She has been a muralist and has participated in exhibits in Chicago, New Orleans and Eureka Springs. Julie has designed and implemented art classes for children, teens and adults and has experience as a public school teacher.Faith Cleveland has been practicing alcohol ink, ceramics, and small metals for several years. Her work has appeared in galleries downtown and online. Her passion for making has lead her to sharing her knowledge through teaching at ESSA.
Music that brings to mind driving dirt roads with the blues in search of a cold brew in a backwoods bar where you can be completely anonymous or find a whole new set of friends for a few hours.The band and members have played with Southern Rock, Country, and Red Dirt greats such as Randy Crouch, Stoney LaRue, Split Lip Rayfield, Cody Canada and the Departed, the Turnpike Troubadours, Rev. Horton Heat, Tom Skinner, Bo Phillips, Little Texas, Blackberry Smoke, and many others. The band continues to play an original brand of Southern-style Rock they have dubbed, "Flint Rock," in honor of the Cookson Hills in the Ozark Mountains of eastern Oklahoma they call home. MJR is Jeremy Cochran (Lead Vocals/Guitar) and Lyle Deiter (Guitar/Mandolin/Harmonica/Vocals)https://www.reverbnation.com/masonjarrevival?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Moving. Meditative. Magical.Experience an immersive vision of art-infused wellness
Join us for an immersive journey at the intersection of music, wellness, technology, and art created by four-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and mental health pioneer Jewel!
Presented as a collaboration between Jewel and Crystal Bridges, The Portal features one-of-a-kind, 200-piece aerial drone shows choreographed by Jewel and set to an original score by the artist, a meditative art walk featuring works by prominent contemporary artists, a never-before-seen painting and sculpture by Jewel, and chef-crafted dining options as part of a complete experience for the body, mind, and spirit.
From the seven-foot hologram of Jewel welcoming you to the experience to the culminating choreography over the museum’s central pond, each element of the experience invites us to explore Jewel’s concept of the Three Spheres of human existence: the inner world, outer world, and the unseen world.
Encompassing our experiences of mind, body, and spirit, Jewel has meticulously crafted each aspect of The Portal to harmonize the Three Spheres, creating a dynamic space and experience where inner thoughts, external actions, and hidden emotions converge.
Innovative, transformative, and just plain fun, The Portal promises a moving, restorative experience unlike any other at Crystal Bridges.
See you there!
May 19 Sunday
The Rogers Historical Museum announces a new temporary exhibit, “Last Call: History of Alcohol in Ozarks” on show March 15 through November 9, 2024.
The tangled history of moonshiners and bootleggers versus the energetic women of the temperance society all played important roles in the complicated story of alcohol in Arkansas. This exhibit follows the chronological pendulum of Arkansas law as it swings back and forth through the years between the cold sober teetotalers who campaigned for dry counties and the high-spirited bibbers who supported wet counties. See how the legacy of this historic battle led to the present-day success of more retail alcohol sales than ever before in Northwest Arkansas.
Included in the exhibit are an authentic Ozarks copper still, a mid-20th century commercial wine bottling machine, as well as many local stories and historic photographs.
Encompassing photography, film, painting, sculpture, and installation, Awol Erizku’s work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to iconic symbols from across history, including the Pan-African flag and the image of Nefertiti. Erizku’s vision is expansive, drawing on traditions of spirituality, Surrealism, and Conceptualism to create uniquely powerful art.
Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph (co-published by the Momentary and Aperture) and exhibition by this rising interdisciplinary artist. It blends his studio practice with work made as an in-demand editorial photographer, and features his conceptual portraits of leading Black cultural figures, such as Amanda Gorman, Michael B. Jordan, Pharrell Williams, and Solange. As Erizku has said, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”
Free, no tickets required.