What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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FEBRUARY 18-24, 2018 WHAT'S UP! 11 HIGHLIGHTS FEB. 18 MUSIC FROM THE BACKYARD AND FRONT PORCH — With Lauren Pelon, featuring music by America's indigenous peoples and immigrant communities in addition to her own compositions, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. "MOUNTAIN DEW, WHITE LIGHT- NING, WHITE MULE, FIREWATER" — "It's Basically All Moonshine" with Susan Young of the Shiloh Museum, 2 p.m., Hobbs State Park near Rogers. Free. 789-5000. "THE LITTLE FOXES" — In an avari- cious family of Southern entrepre- neurs 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, 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, 2 p.m. Feb. 18; 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-24, 2 p.m. Feb. 25, Univer- sity Theatre in Fayetteville. $5-$20. 575-4752. "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. 18; again Feb. 22-25, Arkansas Public Theatre in Rogers. $23-$35. 631-8988. FROM PAGE TO STAGE — A workshop for writers, 2-5 p.m., Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs. Co-hosted by the Five & Dime Drama Collective. Free. Reservations at 253-7444. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. "THE HUMANS" — As darkness falls outside a ramshackle pre-war duplex, mysterious things start to go bump in the night, secrets are revealed, and family tensions reach a boiling point in this drama by Stephan Karam, 7 p.m., TheatreSquared in Fayetteville. $17-$48. Final show. 443-5600. FEB. 19 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. EAGLE WATCH CRUISE — Hosted by Hobbs State Park, 3 p.m., Rocky Branch Marina near Rogers. $10. Reservations at 789-5000. FEB. 20 BOOKED FOR LUNCH — "Leonard" by William Shatner, noon, Springdale Public Library. Free. 750-8180. BEYOND THE BOOK — A book club for high school students, 5 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free. 271-6816. BOOKS ON TAP — "Seven Good Years" by Etgar Keret, 7 p.m., Black Apple Crossing in Springdale. Hosted by the Springdale Public Library. Free. 750-8180. FEB. 21 SANDWICHED IN — "George Washing- ton Carver" with Curtis Gregory, park ranger at George Washington Carver National Monument, noon, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Spring- dale. Free. 750-8165. FEB. 22 THINK TANK THURSDAY — Online resources for writers, noon, Spring- dale Public Library. Free. 750-8180. MAKE AND TAKE BOOKMARKS — With Kay Garvin, 5:30 p.m., Boone County Library in Harrison. Free. 870-741-5913. COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES IN FORT SMITH — A new speaker series, this week with Captain Gerald Schae- fer and Sergeant Wendal Sampson of the Fort Smith Police Department, 6 p.m., Fort Smith Museum of History. $5-$7. 783-7841. DISH — With board-certified dermatolo- gist Missy Clifton, 6-7:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $48. Register at 657-2335. CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE — 7 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. FEB. 23 ART BY THE GLASS — Poster prints, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $55. Register at 657-2335. "THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME" — In an adaptation by Tim Kelly starring Josiah Coroama as Quasi- modo, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 & 24, Berry Performing Arts Center at John Brown University in Siloam Springs. $3-$16. 524-7382. MAGIC MEN LIVE — A cabaret-style show filled with comedic skits, theat- rics, sexy dance moves, audience participation and more than a little skin, 8 p.m., Eureka Springs City Audi- torium. $24.99-$99.99. magicmenlive. com. FEB. 24 READ ACROSS AMERICA — Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with a perfor- mance of "The Cat in the Hat," face painting and birthday cake, 10:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib. org. "AIN'T SERVIN' THEM RICH, SILK-HATTED FELLERS" — A program on World War I draft resistance in the Ozarks with Blake Perkins, author of "Hillbilly Hell- raisers: Federal Power and Populist Defiance in the Ozarks," 11 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in downtown Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org. FIRING UP THE OL' DUTCH OVEN — A hands-on experience, 2 p.m., Lake Fort Smith State Park near Mountainburg. $5. 369-2469. PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA — A dance orchestra with an authen- tic 1920s and 1930s feeling, 7 p.m., Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. $10. 443-5600. MISS UAFS PAGEANT — A Miss America preliminary with guest Maggie Benton, Miss Arkansas, 7 p.m., ArcBest Corp. Performing Arts Center in Fort Smith. $10. 788-7300. FEB. 25 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES IN ARKANSAS — A panel discussion with Evin Demirel, author of "Afri- can-American Athletes in Arkansas: Muhammad Ali's Tour, Black Razor- backs and Other Forgotten Stories," 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org. "SHH! WE HAVE A PLAN" — Presented for children by Theatre Company Cahoots NI, 2 & 4 p.m., Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. $9-$15. 443-5600. — 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. 18; again Feb. 22-25, Arkansas Public Theatre in Rogers. $23-$35. 631-8988. "SURREAL FOLK ART" — Artwork by Susan Idlet, through Feb. 25, Arsaga's at the Depot in Fayetteville. Email dea.arsagas@gmail.com. MAGIC MEN LIVE — A cabaret-style show filled with comedic skits, theatrics, sexy dance moves, audience participation and more than a little skin, 8 p.m. Feb. 23, Eureka Springs City Auditorium. $24.99- $99.99. magicmenlive.com.