The Momentary

This weekend, The Momentary will host KaniniFest. The festival runs from Friday afternoon through early Sunday evening, and in addition to the plays, there will be a Pacific Island dance workshop, West African drum and dance workshops, youth acting workshops and more. Moja Productions, led by Chris Chukweuke and Tenisi Davis, created the festival. They both came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio.

Saturday night, one of the biggest names in electronic music and DJing, deadmau5, will be at The Momentary Green in Bentonville. Opening for deadmau5 will be northwest Arkansas-based DJ SH33P. He earned the opening slot through a selection process of both deadmau5 and local fans. Last Friday, the morning after he found out he had earned the gig, he came to the Carver Center for Public Radio.

Artist Awol Erizku opens his new exhibit "Mystic Parallax" at the Momentary.

Grammy, Oscar and Emmy awardee Jon Batiste is bringing his 'Uneasy' tour to the Momentary in Bentonville next week. Batiste’s 2020 album “We Are” was awarded the Grammy for Album of the Year, and his soundtrack for the animated film “Soul” earned both an Oscar and a Grammy. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams reached the composer, musician and arranger by cell phone yesterday.

Fans of EDM, or electronic dance music, might be happy to hear that the Momentary will be hosting ‘Momentous,’ an electronic music festival, on Saturday, March 9. Sophia Nourani sat down with Laura Newell, the associate programmer for music and festivals at the Momentary, over Zoom to find out what attendees can expect.

On today's show, community members are concerned about the rise in deportations of Marshallese people in Washington County. Also, the challenges and joys of singing Sondheim on stage. Plus, a night of EDM at the Momentary.

The Momentary, an extension of Crystal Bridges of American Art, recently completed an update to its spaces. This weekend, curators unveiled its latest exhibition, “Enduring Amazon: Life and Afterlife in the Amazon Rainforest,” as part of the remodel. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams visited the museum and talked with director Jill Wagar, who says the new exhibit meets the contemporary criteria.

On today's show, the U.S. Senate is working across the aisle to combat the global food security crisis. Also, the cost of war on people and the environment. Plus, documenting the beauty and the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest at The Momentary.

Today on The Outline: Unemployment in Arkansas went up slightly in October. Also, the Boys and Girls Club of Benton County unveiled a new rock climbing wall in their gymnasium. Plus, a revised Momentary is open to the public.

Today on The Outline: Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlawed terms she deemed "woke nonsense" in government documents. Also, The Sam M. Walton College of Business and the Arkansas Hall of Fame are announcing the hall’s class of 2024. Plus, the "Capitol for a Day" program.