What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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2 WHAT'S UP! NOVEMBER 25-DECEMBER 1, 2018 EDITOR Becca Martin-Brown 479-872-5054 bmartin@nwadg.com Twitter: NWAbecca ASSISTANT EDITOR Jocelyn Murphy 479-872-5176 jmurphy@nwadg.com Twitter: NWAJocelyn REPORTERS Deb Harvell 479-872-5029 dharvell@nwadg.com Lara Hightower 479-365-2913 lhightower@nwadg.com DESIGNER Deb Harvell ! UP WHAT'S ON THE COVER "There's a beautiful line in the play that Mary [Bennet] says to her sisters: 'Perhaps if we all spent more time together we could learn each others' better traits. A bit of us would make quite a woman, indeed,'" says actor Dana Black. "It's a beautiful quote." PHOTO COURTESY WESLEY HITT What's Up! is a publication of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. HIGHLIGHTS FYI Nov. 25 MUSEUM STORE SUNDAY — 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Museum Store at Crystal Bridges. Free admission. 657-2335. SLIDE SHOW — "Arkansas: Ten Years of Wilderness Photography in the Natural State" by Tim Ernst, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. "THE NUTCRACKER" — Presented by Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 2 p.m., Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. $19-$52. Final performance. 443-5600. JAM WITH THE SQUIRRELS — Bring any instrument and/or singing voice and play familiar favorites with the Squirrel Jam community music ensemble, 5 p.m., Ozark Folkways in Winslow. Free; dona- tions encouraged. 634-3791. Nov. 27 ECO-PHOTOGRAPHER — Gerardo Jaso Nacif, a professor of the prestigious school Colegio Madrid and eco-pho- tographer for the prominent Mexican newspaper La Jornada, 11 a.m., theater of Windgate Art & Design, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Free. 788-7970. BEYOND THE BOOK — "Lincoln's Spymaster: Allan Pinkerton, America's First Private Eye" by Samantha Seiple, 5 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free for grades 9-12. 273-7755. Nov. 28 OPEN CHESS PLAY — For grades 7-12, 6-7:30 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free. 273-7755. NATIVE VOICES FILM SERIES — Contemporary Filmmakers featuring Matika Wilbur on "Project 562," 7 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Free. 657-2335. "MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY" — In this newly imag- ined, delightful and just a bit subver- sive sequel by Lauren Gunderson, Mary will have her day," through Dec. 30, TheatreSquared in Fayette- ville. $36-$47. theatre2.org or 443-5600. Nov. 29 AFTER-SCHOOL MOVIES — "Teen Titans Go! to the Movies," 4 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free. 271-6816. ARTINFUSION HAPPY HOUR — 5:30- 7 p.m., Eleven at Crystal Bridges Museum. 657-2335. FABULOUS FICTION BOOK CLUB — 6:30 p.m., Rogers Public Library. 621-1152. UAFS SEASON'S GREETINGS CONCERT — 7 p.m., Fort Smith Convention Center. Free, but tickets required. tickets.uafs.edu. "A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS" — 7 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec. 1; 3 p.m. Dec. 2, Arts Center of the Ozarks in Spring- dale. $10-$15. 751-5441. Nov. 30 HOLLY JOLLY JUNK RANCH — Vintage Christmas goods, seasonal handmade items, jewelry, boutique and much more, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 30; 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Dec. 1, 11195 Centerpoint Church Road in Prairie Grove. $5-$10. thejunkranch.com. LITTLE CRAFT SHOW — 5-9 p.m. Nov. 30; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 1, Fayetteville Town Center. Free. thelittlecraftshow.com. CHRISTMAS PARADE OF LIGHTS — 6 p.m., downtown Eureka Springs. Free. 800-EUREKA. A MODERN CHRISTMAS CAROL — With food and live music, 6 p.m., Peel Mansion in Bentonville. $65. 254-3870. TEEN MINI-GOLF @ THE LIBRARY — An afterhours mini golf event featuring holes built by different FPL departments and the Teen Advisory Board, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. For fifth-12th graders. Register at faylib.org. ART BY THE GLASS — Decorative bowls, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $55. 657-2335. "FALLING IN LOVE WITH CHRIST- MAS" — With Grady Nichols, Andy Chrisman of 4Him and Kelly Ford, 7 p.m., Cathedral of the Ozarks at John Brown University in Siloam Springs. $25-$40. fallinginlovewithchristmas.com. Dec. 1 BREAKFAST WITH SANTA — 8:30 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 10 a.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. $10-$15. 751-5441. "AFTER THE STROKE" — Exhibit by Nanci Ballew on display through December with opening reception at 1 p.m. Eldertree, 2610 N. Old Wire Road in Fayetteville. CHILDREN'S DAY — With a Build a Pal workshop and may choose a stuffed animal to make, decorate a cookie, paint an ornament, enjoy hot chocolate and write a letter to Santa, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Fort Smith Museum of History. $40. 783-7841. JINGLES' HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR — Noon, Rogers Public Library. Free. 621-1152. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN RIDE — 1 p.m., aboard the A&M Railroad in downtown Springdale. $10-$20. 725-4017. SLIDE SHOW — With nature photog- rapher Tim Ernst, 1 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free. 271-3192. DROP-IN ARTMAKING — 1-4 p.m. Dec. 1-2, Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335. HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE — With art, wine, food, music & a raffle for a gift basket with proceeds to Seeds That Feed, 4-6 p.m., White Lotus in Fayette- ville. 582-4806 or email lotuswhite@ sbcglobal.net. NATIVE CONVERSATIONS — With Gregory Gagnon, law professor and citizen of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa, speaking on the seminal place of stories in American Indian cultures, 5:30 p.m., Museum of Native American History in Bentonville. Free. 273-2456. "THE NUTCRACKER" — With the NWA Conservatory of Classical Ballet, 7 p.m. Dec. 1; 2 p.m. Dec. 2, Arend Arts Center at Bentonville High School. $20-$25. 553-7400. — BECCA MARTIN-BROWN BMARTIN@NWADG.COM CHILDREN'S DAY — With a Build a Pal workshop to choose a stuffed animal to make, decorate a cookie, paint an ornament, enjoy hot chocolate and write a letter to Santa, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 1, Fort Smith Museum of History. $40. 783-7841. "FALLING IN LOVE WITH CHRISTMAS" — With Grady Nichols, Andy Chrisman of 4Him and Kelly Ford, 7 p.m. Nov. 30, Cathedral of the Ozarks at John Brown University in Siloam Springs. $25-$40. fallinginlovewithchristmas.com. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS TRAIN RIDE — 1 p.m. Dec. 1, aboard the A&M Railroad in downtown Springdale. $10-$20. 725-4017.