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JANUARY 8-14, 2023 WHAT'S UP! 5 BEST BETS Best Bets: January Upcoming arts events you don't want to miss BECCA MARTIN-BROWN NWA Democrat-Gazette W e're trying some new things this year, and one of them is a "best bets" monthly calendar. As Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley continue to grow like grandma's proverbial weeds, it's increasingly challenging to tell you about everything that's happening. But with our weekly calendars, and now this new monthly one, we sure intend to make a good run at it. Let us know if you have an arts event for our February calendar by emailing Features Editor Becca Martin-Brown at bmartin@ nwaonline.com. Deadline is Jan. 25 to publish Feb. 5. Bella Vista Historical Museum Bella Vista 855-2335 or bellavistamuseum.org The Bella Vista Historical Museum recently received two 100-year-old slot machines that were used at the Bella Vista Summer Resort at Lake Bella Vista in the 1920s. The Linebarger Brothers opened the resort in 1917 and kept it running every summer for over 30 years. The slot machines are now on perma- nent display in the Linebarger Room. Hours are 1-5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, and admission is free. Crystal Bridges Museum Bentonville 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org THROUGH JAN. 30 — "Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour," Crystal Bridges' first exhibition dedicated to fashion and "the first to present American fashion as a powerful emblem of global visual culture, amplified by movies, television, red carpets, and social media," Temporary Exhibition Gallery. $12. THROUGH JAN. 31 — "Architecture at Home," an outdoor architecture exhi- bition bringing together five proto- types for homes to spark a dialogue about contemporary housing, Orchard Trail. Free. THROUGH MARCH 20 — "Entre/ Between," a multi-sited exhibition presenting works that speak to Latinx histories living within and between the United States, Early American Gallery. Free. THROUGH MARCH 27 — "Loring Taoka: Plus/Minus," inviting visitors to "engage with the pattern through moments of optical disruption through the lenses of frosted glass, light boxes, gels, acrylics, and protrusions that pull the pattern off the wall," Contemporary Art Gallery. Free. JAN. 23-MARCH 13 — Studio 55+: Visual Art Journaling With Ruth Lawlor, 1-3 p.m. Mondays. $150. 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville 21cmuseumhotels.com/museum JAN. 14 — "Still, Life: Mourning, Mean- ing, Mending" — Featuring a diverse and acclaimed group of 47 artists from all over the world, the exhibit "explores how contemporary art offers solace and insight, meaning and purpose," through December 2023. Opening reception 4-6 p.m. Jan. 14 with remarks by Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites at 4:30 p.m., followed by a presentation by featured artist Portia Munson. Rogers Historical Museum Rogers 621-1154 or rogershistoricalmuseum.org JAN. 14 — "The Etiquette of Courtship," themed tours of the turn-of-the-20th- century Hawkins House, through May 20. Free. JAN. 14 — "From Portraits to Pola- roids," a selection of photographs and cameras that illustrate the evolution of photography from formal portraits to candid Polaroids and instant photography, Collections Gallery, through July 8. Free. See Calendar Page 6 "The Etiquette of Courtship," themed tours of the turn-of-the-20th- century Hawkins House, begin Jan. 14 at the Rogers Historical Museum. (Courtesy Image) These two slot machines were manufactured in the 1920s, the green one by the Caille Brothers Co. of Detroit and the gray one by the Mills Novelty Co. of Chicago. They are now on permanent exhibit in the Linebarger Room at the Bella Vista Historical Museum.