May 04 Saturday
Noon2Moon, Coler Mountain Bike Preserve’s 3rd annual mountain bike race, returns May 4th! As Coler’s only fundraiser, Noon2Moon is your chance to support the Preserve and all the amazing people that make it the best mountain biking destination in the country! Register to race solo or gather some friends and race as a team. Complete the most laps within 6 hours to win! Not ready to race for 6 hours? Race a single lap of the racecourse with our hot lap option! For more details including the full race timeline, visit our event website/registration page!
Bring the whole family to Packet Pick-Up happening 2:00 PM-7:00 PM on Friday, May 3rd. Racers will have the opportunity to pre-ride the Noon2Moon course. Kids are welcome to drop in for a short Kids Camp experience or Kids Race hosted by our partners at Pedal Kids USA.
Are you a racer or a hat prancer? We're hosting the 2nd annual Foolish Derby Day on May 4.We'll kick off the day at 2 PM with the ceremonial tapping for the Mint Gose Julep, a crowd favorite last year.The highly contested stick horse race around the beer forest will commence at 4:30 followed by the parade of hats. Both contests will be competing for highly desirable prizes.Common Roots will be performing from 6-8 PM
Join us for four days of events that uplift art, nature, food, and community in a celebration of well-being!
Set during the opening of The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel and featuring a variety of free and ticketed talks, workshops, culinary experiences, and family-friendly engagements by community partners and leaders in the fields of art and wellness, the festival showcases the profound connections between creative expression and personal health.
Come meet regional health and wellness providers, hear from leading voices in health advocacy, take part in wellness-boosting gallery activities, enjoy farm-to-table food demos, and more—all hosted across the campuses of Crystal Bridges and the Momentary.
Check out the full festival lineup below, and we’ll see you there!
Brother-Sister Duo, Lacy and Jeremy, from Fayetteville Arkansas. Our Common Roots are music, family, and belief. Singing originals and re-imagined covers. Always a crowd favorite.
Wesley Allen & the Modern August is…Wesley Allen Whittaker: a contemporary Indie-Folk-Americana artist living in the hills of Northern Arkansas. Audiences can expect to hear a wide variety of familiar songs--reimagined in his unique style. He creates captivating song structure through live looping of guitar, bass & drums--with a dash of soulful harmonica--resulting in an unforgettable one-man-band experience. Currently, he released his long-awaited debut album, “Way of the Buffalo,” which reached #1 on iTunes Americana album sales as reported by countrychart.com. Those who have seen one of his live shows have been impressed with the depth of his songwriting, which blends his folksy charm with pop sensibilities and insightful, autobiographical lyrics that convey a hard-won wisdom. These core elements are tied together by emotional storytelling and evocative, soulful vocals
Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this deliciously funny send-up of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is set to take Broadway by storm in 2023 following a sold-out run at The Public Theater. When the ghost of Juicy’s father demands that Juicy avenge his murder, fatal intent doesn't come easy to this sensitive, self-aware, young Black man in search of his own happiness and liberation. From an uproarious Southern family cookout emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy, revenge and karaoke.
Art Basel is about to begin and Mariana, the director of a swanky modern art gallery, has a problem: her showroom is an active crime scene. Part caper comedy and part telenovela, Laughs in Spanish shows how far Mariana will go to save the show—even if it means accepting help from her mother, a larger-than-life film-and-television star who always steals the spotlight.
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 05 Sunday
The Rogers Short Film Festival lets filmmakers compete against their peers in categories based on experience and budget. Screen your film to an enthusiastic audience at the dazzling Victory Theater and explore the entertainment district in historic downtown Rogers. It's a groovy, non-stop weekend filled with screenings, networking, food, music, and entertainment!
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.