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April 7, 2019

What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!

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2 WHAT'S UP! APRIL 7-13, 2019 HIGHLIGHTS FYI April 7 INTRODUCTION TO BASKET WEAV- ING — With Jeannie L. Hornsby, 1:30 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. Register at faylib.org. "THE GRADUATE" — Directed by Micki Voelkel, 2 p.m. April 7, 7:30 p.m. April 10-13, Fort Smith Little Theatre. $12. 783-2966. April 8 "ON PAPER: COLLABORATIONS IN PRINT AND PULP FROM WILD- WOOD PRESS" — Featuring work by Linda Schwarz, Christine Corday, David Shapiro, Valerie Hammond, Michele Oka Doner, Juan Sanchez and Xiaoze Xie, noon-2 p.m. Monday-Friday through May 4, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. Free. 571-2766. BOOK TALK — "Sea Prayer" by Khaled Hosseini, 1 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. April 9 BOOKS AND BREWS — "And the Moun- tains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini, 6 p.m., Henry Board Room at the Fayetteville Public Library. (Note change of location.) Free. faylib.org. SPACE SCIENCE SERIES — "Apollo Moon Landing 50th Anniversary" with Caitlin Ahrens, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. Series continues April 16. faylib.org. HISTORY HAPPY HOUR — A collabo- ration with the Fayetteville Ale Trail, 6-8 p.m., Clinton House Museum in Fayetteville. $5. 444-0066. April 10 UA VISITING WRITER IN FICTION — With author Howard Norman, three-time winner of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. April 11 CRIMES AND CLUES BOOK CLUB — "Force of Nature" by Jane Harper, 9:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. DROP IN AND DRAW — With a live model and studio space free for artists, 1-3 p.m. every Thursday, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. 784-2787. ARTISTS' RECEPTION — For artists Tania Knudsen, Judi O. Harrison, Marcia Davis and Cindi Zimmerman, 4-6 p.m., Bentonville Branch of the First National Bank of NWA, 402 SW A St. Art on show for three months. Email bank art director Zeek Taylor at zeek.taylor@cox.net. ART ON THE BRICKS — Including artwork by Carol Hart, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Zephyr Blevins Gallery at Arkan- sas Public Theatre at the Victory in Rogers. Artwork on show through May. Free. 631-8988. TRY FPL — Spray Dyed Book Bags, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. Register at faylib.org. "THE TIN WOMAN" — A new heart doesn't make life perfect for its recipient and the donor's family still grieves in this drama directed by Mike Thomas, 7 p.m. April 11-13, 2 p.m. April 14, Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center. $10. 445-1335. April 12 OZARK MOUNTAIN UFO CONFER- ENCE — With keynote speakers Lee Speigel & L.A. Marzulli, April 12-14, Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs. $20-$150. ozarkufoconference.com. April 13 SHILOH SATURDAY — With local gardener and bee enthusiast Steve Brizzi on "Propagating Peaceful, Prolific Pollinators," 10 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in down- town Springdale. Free. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. "INSTRUMENTS OF FAITH" — The Life and Work of Ed Stilley, featuring more than 20 handmade Stilley instruments on loan from private collectors, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday through 2019, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. Free. 750-8165. "EARLY MEDICINE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS" — A look at the medical field from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satur- day through July 1, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. 621-1154. HANDWEAVERS GUILD — 10 a.m., Shiloh Meeting Hall in downtown Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. DISCOVER THE GROUNDS — Spring Blooming Trees, 10-11:30 a.m., Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville. Free. Register at 657-2335. SUPER SATURDAY — Arts Live Theatre presents "Junie B. Jones," 10:30 a.m., Fayetetville Public Library. Free. faylib. org, artslivetheatre.com. RAM SATURDAY — Plastic Egg Flower Pot, noon-4 p.m., Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. Free. 784-2787. GALLERY CONVERSATION — "Letters to Calder" with Catherine Wallack, architectural records archivist at the University of Arkansas, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335. DIY AFTERNOON — Mason Jar Terrar- iums, 1-2:30 p.m., Fort Smith Main Library. Free for ages 13 and older. Register at 783-0229 or email lharms@ fortsmithlibrary.org by April 11. THE BETTER WORLD MURAL — A partnership among Terra Studios, Compassion Fayetteville, local busi- nesses and community members and 19 local artists to portray the 17 sustainable development goals plus one of compassion, 12:30 p.m. unveiling, Terra Studios in Durham. Free. 643-3185. — BECCA MARTIN-BROWN BMARTIN@NWADG.COM "THE TIN WOMAN" — A new heart doesn't make life perfect for its recipient, and the donor's family still grieves in this drama directed by Mike Thomas, 7 p.m. April 11-13, 2 p.m. April 14, Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center. $10. 445-1335. "INTO THE WOODS" — Stephen Sond- heim's epic musical fairy tale, 7:30 p.m. April 7-8, 11, 14-15, the Historic Owen Theatre in Branson. $11.95-$16.95. 417-336- 4255. (Photo by Matthew Noll Photography) "EARLY MEDICINE OF NORTHWEST ARKANSAS" — A look at the medical field from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, including this folding dental chair, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, April 13-July 1, Rogers Historical Museum. Free. 621-1154.

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