What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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FEBRUARY 11-17, 2018 WHAT'S UP! 11 HIGHLIGHTS FYI FEB. 11 FAMILY SUNDAY — I Heart Art, noon- 5 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335. SACRED HARP SINGERS — 1:30 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. SECOND SUNDAY AUTHOR SERIES — With Russell Gayer, author of "One Idiot Short of the Village," 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free; books will be avail- able 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. OPEN MOUTH READING SERIES — With Jacob Shores-Argüello, author of the award-winning collection "Paraíso: Poems," 7 p.m., The Nines, 546 W. Center St., Fayetteville. Books will be available for purchase and signing. 575-3583. FEB. 12 BOOKTALK — "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, 1 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. BEGINNING CROCHET — With Nicole Rushing, 4 p.m., Boone County Library in Harrison. Free for adults. 870-741- 5913. COVER TO COVER — "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin, 5 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. For grades 4-6. 271-6816. FEB. 13 VOX FEMINA II — "The Female Voice in Today's World of Art," featuring works by women artists "from all walks of life, seasons of life and types of mediums" from Arkansas, Oklahoma & Missouri, curated by Autumn Brown, through March 28, Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. Free. Reception 6-8 p.m. March 1. 751-5441. BOOKS AND BREWS — "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow, 6 p.m., Core Public House on Mission Boulevard in Fayetteville. Hosted by the Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. FEB. 14 ADULT COLORING — Noon, Boone County Library in Harrison. Free. 870-741-5913. LIBRARY BOOK CLUB — "Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. Register at 657-2335. PLAYWRITING WORKSHOP — Scene Study from "The Humans" with play- wright Stephen Karam, 2 p.m., Fayette- ville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. FOLDING FRIENDS — Origami club, 4 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. For grades 1-6. 271-6816. T2 ARTIST FORUM — "Ozarks at Large" host Kyle Kellams will converse with Tony Award-winning playwright Stephen Karam, TheatreSquared artistic director Bob Ford and play director Shana Gold in conjunction with TheatreSquared's production of "The Humans," 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. FEB. 15 "WONDERLAND: THE REAL STORY" — A new script by Missy Gipson presented by the Young Actors Guild, 6 & 7:30 p.m., Greenwood Performing Arts Center. $10. weareyag.org. OPEN AUDITIONS — For a new improv group founded by Stacey Mason and Mike Markovich, 6-8 p.m., GracePoint, 1355 E. Henri De Toni, Springdale. Email MasonOnLeadership@gmail. com or Intermissioninfo@gmail.com. "IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE" — A play by Kent R. Brown examining the ways that fear poisons the soul like a virus, ravaging all who come in contact with it, 7:30 p.m., 1725 S. Smokehouse Trail in Fayetteville. Featuring Terry Vaughan and Tim Gilster. Donations requested. Email Smokehouseplayers@gmail.com. "UNDER MILK WOOD" — Sometimes heartfelt and often hilarious, this "play for voices" chronicles one day in a small Welsh coast town, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15-17 & Feb. 19-20, Breedlove Auditorium at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Presented by Theatre@UAFS. $6. 788-7300. FEB. 16 "THE LITTLE FOXES" — In an avaricious family of Southern entrepreneurs in 1900, a woman considers killing her husband, bartering her daughter and double-crossing her brothers to get the ruling interest in a cotton mill, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-17; 2 p.m. Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-24, Fort Smith Little Theatre. $12. 783-2966 or fslt.org. "LIFE IS A DREAM" — Written by Pedro Calderón de la Barca in 1635, the play wrestles with the relationship of free will and fate, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16-17; 2 p.m. Feb. 18; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-24, 2 p.m. Feb. 25, University Theatre in Fayetteville. $5-$20. 575-4752. FEB. 17 SHILOH SATURDAY — Fossils, 10-11 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Springdale. Free. For families. 750-8165. GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT — 10 a.m., Lake Fort Smith State Park. 369-2469. DISCOVER THE GROUNDS — Great Backyard Bird Count with Jay Schnei- der, 10-11:30 a.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. A guided bird-watching walk will follow. Free. Register at 657-2335. SUPER SATURDAY — PlayAct Comedy, 10:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free for families. faylib.org. INTRO TO GENEALOGY — 1 p.m., Fayette- ville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. CHINESE NEW YEAR — 1 p.m., Benton- ville Public Library. Free for families. 271-6816. AFFIRMATIONS IN CLAY — Come with a few simple images, sayings or words to focus your positive energy for 2018 in this creative two-session class, 1-3 p.m. Feb. 17 & March 10, Ozark Folkways in Winslow. $20. 634-3791. CHESS AT THE LIBRARY — With Lincoln Middle School chess coach Ryan Billingsley, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. For grades K-12. faylib.org. — BECCA MARTIN-BROWN BMARTIN@NWADG.COM "THE PRODUCERS" — Bialystock and Bloom — names that should strike terror and hysteria in anyone familiar with Mel Brooks' classic cult comedy film, 2 p.m. Feb. 11; 8 p.m. Feb. 15-17; 2 p.m. Feb. 18; again Feb. 22-25, Arkansas Public Theatre in Rogers. $23-$35. 631-8988. "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" — In an adaptation by Tim Kelly starring Josiah Coroama as Quasimodo, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 23 & 24 and 1 p.m. Feb. 17, Berry Perform- ing Arts Center at John Brown Univer- sity in Siloam Springs. $3-$16. 524-7382. "THE LITTLE FOXES" — A black-hearted leading lady, greedy, unscrupulous siblings, money, and Southern hospitality circa 1900 Alabama combine for a spar- kling poisonous brew in this drama by Lillian Hellman, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15-17, 2 p.m. Feb. 18, again Feb. 21-24, Fort Smith Little Theatre. $12-$27. 783-2966.