What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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displayed in the exhibition. Overall, this exhibition helps us better understand how architecture affects our lives, determine what makes a house a home, and celebrate the artistry in building and shelter." May 7-Nov. 7 600 Museum Way in Bentonville 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org. JUNE Two big events in June have us excited: first, the "Live in America" event at the Momentary. "The Live in America Festival is a free, two-week-long festival of live performance and cultural practice featuring more than 300 artists from a diverse array of communities across the U.S., its territories, and Mexico," reads the Momentary website. "The festival gathers artists and thinkers from across America's distinctive cultural landscape to share and celebrate the power of communities in performance. The festival features artists and performances from the following communities: Las Vegas; Ciudad Juárez, Mexico-El Paso, Texas border region; Northwest Arkansas; New Orleans; Sumter County, Alabama; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Detroit; and the Pueblo, Diné, Hopi, and Apache Nations of Albuquerque, in partnership with Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island." June 1-12 507 S.E. E St. in Bentonville 367-7500 June's second big event is the Bentonville Film Fest, which will offer both virtual and in-person events this year. "Entering its eighth year, the Bentonville Film Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that champions inclusion in all forms of media," according to the organization's website. "Chaired by Academy Award winner Geena Davis, BFF is a year-long platform culminating with an annual festival in partnership with founding sponsor Walmart and presenting sponsor Coca-Cola. June 22-July 3 Various locations in Northwest Arkansas JULY In its review of the musical "Miss You Like Hell," the New York Times says the show "offers two seriously rich roles for women, each with important things worth singing about," and adds that it gives "super-chewy material to the actors in the leading roles." "When a whip-smart, deeply imaginative teenager agrees to take a road trip with her free-spirited Latina mother, neither can imagine where it will take them," says TheatreSquared of the show they will produce in July. "Chance encounters with a medley of characters along the way brings them closer to understanding what sets them apart — and what connects them forever. ['Miss You Like Hell' is] a new musical with vast heart and fierce humor that exudes joy, frustration, and love of being a family in a changing America." June 1-July 17 477 W. Spring St. in Fayetteville 777-7477 AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER The AMP offers a one-two punch of summer concerts when they host Keith Urban on Aug. 18 and The Goo Goo Dolls on Sept. 18. 5079 W. Northgate Road in Rogers 443-5600 OCTOBER October brings the fall edition of the Junk Ranch, Northwest Arkansas' largest open-air flea market. With autumn ushering in cooler temperatures, it's a lovely time to shop from the offerings of more than 150 vendors; with Christmas on the horizon, many of those vendors bring their best vintage Christmas to pick through. Though dates are not formally set yet, the fall show is almost always the first weekend of October. 11195 Centerpoint Church Road in Prairie Grove thejunkranch.net NOVEMBER November 2022 will mark the 14th year of the Fayetteville Film Fest, an event that started out as a small, grassroots effort. Today, it hosts dozens of films as well as workshops and panels. "The Fayetteville Film Fest is a cultural leader in our region, bringing world class film to our state, developing meaningful relationships with filmmakers, and nurturing the art of filmmaking by uniting a community of creators and supporters," reads the organization's mission statement. Dates TBD At various locations around Fayetteville fayettevillefilmfest.org DECEMBER There are other ways to end the year, but none so dazzling as the Fayetteville square's Lights of the Ozarks display. The city of Fayetteville Parks and Recreation Department contributes 2,000 hours of manpower to fill the square with more than 500,000 LED lights; sweet treats and hot drinks top off the experience. From Thanksgiving weekend through Jan 1, 2023 Fayetteville downtown square experiencefayetteville.com JANUARY 2-8, 2022 WHAT'S UP! 37 FEATURE 2022 Continued From Page 4 Keith Urban and the Goo Goo Dolls pack a one-two punch at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in August and September. (Courtesy Photos) October brings the fall edition of the Junk Ranch, Northwest Arkansas' largest open-air flea market. (Courtesy Photo/Lara Hightower) When "Hamilton" opened on Broadway in spring 2015, it was an immediate critical and popular hit — the show set a record for highest number of Tony nominations at 16 and racked up 11 wins. The touring production comes to the Walton Arts Center in March. (Courtesy Photo) In February, the Arkansas Public Theatre will present the rollicking musical "Something Rotten," a show the Chicago Tribune called "especially rewarding and amusing for people who know Broadway musicals better than their own children" and "the kind of romp that allows you to switch off your brain, drink a glass of wine and let it Brexit you off for a couple of escapist hours." (Courtesy Image)