Local Events

Crystal Bridges Museum opens America 250: Common Threads, weaving quilts, civic art and 250 years of U.S. history. Free family event Saturday, March 14.

The Fort Smith Museum of History presents "History Alive: Her Story" Saturday at 1 p.m., featuring 10 women from the region's past, including Mame Stewart Josenberger.

University of Arkansas MFA students debut "Bookends," a devised play inspired by Dickson Street Bookshop, at TheatreSquared on Friday and Sunday.

Producers Katherine Fitzwilson and Annalise Robins are bringing 14 models and 7 designers together for an inclusive fashion show at the Medium in Springdale on March 21.

Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater presents a live audio production of "Captain Blood" — the swashbuckling tale starring Errol Flynn in 1935 — at five venues across the region this week.

A Little Rock nonprofit is partnering with the Momentary in Bentonville to host a free monthly happy hour for queer community building, starting March 11.

The Downtown Fayetteville Coalition is bringing an arts fair, an America 250th celebration and a Razorbacks-Bulldogs pep rally to the Upper Ramble this year, director Kelly Rich says.

The 2026 SHE: Festival of Women in Music runs Friday through Sunday at the University of Arkansas, featuring a world premiere, free concerts and a student flute quartet performance.

Pam Marks and Mark Beasley of Tableside Theater preview "Who Killed Granny McCoy's Boy Toy," an Irish-themed murder mystery dinner show at The Grove Comedy Club on March 17.

Historian Janet Allured discusses the life of Theressa Hoover, a Fayetteville native who led United Methodist Women for over 20 years and broke barriers for Black women in faith.