What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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10 WHAT'S UP! JANUARY 14-20, 2018 HIGHLIGHTS JAN. 14 WOOD CARVING DISPLAY — Works by members of the Bella Vista Wood- carvers Club, 1-5 p.m. Sunday & again Wednesday-Saturday until Feb. 28, Bella Vista Historical Museum. Free. 855-2335. SECOND SUNDAY LOCAL AUTHOR SERIES — Zan Jarvis, author of "River and the Lost," 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free; books will be available for purchase. faylib.org. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. JAN. 15 MLK BREAKFAST — 7:30 a.m., Reyn- olds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Free. Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. Leroy Cox at 788-7768 or leroy.cox@ uafs.edu. LIFEWRITERS — A group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, 10 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Spring- dale. June Jefferson at 790-2588 or shilohmuseum.org. MLK SPEAKER — The Rev. Lawrence Ware, assistant professor and diver- sity coordinator in the department of philosophy at Oklahoma State University, 10 a.m. at the Cathe- dral of the Ozarks and 6:30 p.m. in Simmons Great Hall, John Brown University in Siloam Springs. Free. 524-7358. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. BEYOND THE BOOK — "Midwinter- blood" by Marcus Sedgwick, 5 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. For grades 7-12. 271-6816. JAN. 16 BOOKED FOR LUNCH BOOK CLUB — "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware, noon, Springdale Public Library. 750-8180. EARLY WRITING WORKSHOP — Create New Year's Think Books, 4 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. For grades 1-3. 271-6816. BOOKS ON TAP BOOK CLUB — "Missile Paradise" by Ron Tanner, 7 p.m., Black Apple Crossing in Spring- dale. Hosted by the Springdale Public Library. Free. 750-8180. JAN. 17 QUIZ BOWL — Focused on the civil rights movement, 11 a.m.-noon at the fireplace in the Smith-Pen- dergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Free. Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. Williams Yamkam at 788-7981 or Williams.yamkam@uafs. edu. SANDWICHED IN — "Obviously, Noth- ing Here is Arbitrary," a program on pre-Civil War architecture in North- west Arkansas by Joan Gould, noon, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Springdale. Free. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. NOON BOOK CLUB — "Pride and Prej- udice" by Jane Austen, noon, Boone County Library in Harrison. 870-741- 5913. WEDNESDAY OVER WATER — "The Scoop" with museum curators discussing little-known insights and anecdotes about the American artists in the collection and the regional cuisine of their time, 6 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $50. 657-2335. JAN. 18 MLK DAY LECTURE — Presented by Mike Crane, assistant professor of history, 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the fireplace in the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Free. Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. 788-7981 or Williams. yamkam@uafs.edu. GALLERY CONVERSATION — "What's New" with Assistant Curator Alejo Benedetti showcasing the newly painted, site-specific mural by artist-in-residence Nina Chanel Abney, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335. ARTISTS' RECEPTION — For potter David Stephens of Rogers; painters Karolyn Farrell of Fayetteville, Robin Bray of Eureka Springs; and Bentonville artist Mark Vanslyke, 4-7 p.m., First National Bank of Northwest Arkansas in Bentonville. Free. Art on show for three months. cacbentonco.com. POCKET TO ME — A sewing event for teens, 4:30 p.m., Springdale Public Library. 750-8180. JAN. 19 "THE ERNEST GREEN STORY" — Noon-2 p.m, Gardner Lecture Hall, 5316 Grand Ave., University of Arkan- sas at Fort Smith. Free. Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events. 788-7981 or Williams.yamkam@uafs.edu. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. ARTISTS' RECEPTION — For "Lasting Impressions: A Retrospective" by artist K. Nelson Harper and "It's time to Address'er Drawers," an installa- tion by Joel Armstrong, 6-8 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Free. Art on show through Feb. 7. 751-5441. JAN. 20 POKEMON CLUB FOR KIDS — 10:30 a.m., Bentonville Public Library. For ages 6-11. 271-6816. A WHOLE LATTE BOOKS BOOK CLUB — "All the Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven, 2 p.m., Onyx Coffee Lab in Springdale. Hosted by the Springdale Public Library. 750-8180. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. BURNS NIGHT DINNER — Celebrat- ing Scottish culture and poet Robert Burns, 6 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. Hosted by the Ozark Highlanders Pipe Band. $30. 841-5281 or 283-1921. NATIVE CONVERSATIONS — "Water Is Where We All Begin" with speaker Gerald Torres, 6:30 p.m., Museum of Native American History in Benton- ville. Free. 273-2456. JAN. 21 AUDITIONS — For the Latin/x Theatre Project, 2 p.m., Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville. Schedule by emailing feliciadeather- age@gmail.com. "THRU-HIKER" — With Jim Warnock, 2 p.m., Hobbs State Park near Rogers. Free. 789-5000. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. JAN. 22 AUDITIONS — For the ACO Chorale, 6:30 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. 751-5441. AUDITIONS — For "Driving Miss Daisy," 7 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. 751-5441. — BECCA MARTIN-BROWN BMARTIN@NWADG.COM "ONE YEAR DOWN: ARTISTS REFLECT ON THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TRUMP ADMIN- ISTRATION" — An exhibit including works by NWA artists Jaquita Ball, Carmen Castorena, Lisa Crews (right), Chuck Davis, Tom Flynn (left), Obed Gonzalez and Suzannah Schreckhise (center), 6-9 p.m. Jan. 19 & 1-6 p.m. Jan. 20, New Deal Studios, 2003 S. Louisiana St. in Little Rock. Opening reception 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19; the exhibition will remain on view by appointment only Jan. 21-26. Email ratrusty@hotmail.com. FYI