What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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JUNE 10-23 Trail Mix Explore our local trails and enjoy artistic experiences along the way. JUNE 15 | Downtown Fayetteville JUNE 16 | Downtown Bentonville Artosphere Festival Orchestra Corrado Rovaris, Music Director More than 90 premier musicians from around the world come together for a series of truly inspired orchestral performances. JUNE 15 | Mozart in the Museum | Crystal Bridges | $40 JUNE 19 | Beethoven Masterworks | Walton Arts Center | $10 JUNE 23 | The American Spirit | Walton Arts Center | $10-49 Chapel Music Series Exquisite music played in local chapels and architectural marvels. JUNE 10, 11, 12, 13, 20 Locations throughout NWA | $10-25 Artosphere Film Series Award-winning fi lms exploring some of the world's greatest waterways. JUNE 14, 17 Walton Arts Center | Free to $5 Tickets On Sale Now! artospherefestival.org 479.443.5600 Experience art, music and nature at events throughout NWA. Download the Artosphere App for a complete festival event listing. Free ARKANSAS' ARTS + NATURE FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY WALTON ARTS CENTER Artosphere features free and low-cost events for the community. Visit website for donation opportunities. DOWNLOAD THE ARTOSPHERE APP! Available on Google Play™ or in the Apple® App Store� Additional support provided by Lee & Linda Scott and Friends of Walton Arts Center. Support for Maestro Corrado Rovaris provided by Reed & Mary Ann Greenwood. Media support provided by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, KUAF 91.3FM Public Radio, Celebrate Arkansas Magazine and CitiScapes Magazine. BRANSON 38 WHAT'S UP! MAY 13-19, 2018 SDC Hosts Bluegrass S ilver Dollar City's Blue- grass & BBQ has won accolades for presenting the top bluegrass acts in the world. So it's funny when noted promoter D.A. Callaway, who is busy booking more than 60 bands on six stages across 24 days, says: "We don't make any attempt to define it." "Bluegrass is a big umbrella," he says of the musical genre. "It could be music like Flatt and Scruggs played or Celtic or folk or even gypsy jazz sneaks in sometimes." Callaway, who has been honored five times by the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America as Bluegrass Promoter of the Year, says "bluegrass" is different from West Coast to East Coast to Florida to Minnesota. Bluegrass & BBQ was part of an evolution of music festivals at Silver Dollar City, he explains, and when it clicked with both local fans and travelers, the theme park knew it had found a winning combination. "Our basic job is to try to present something people will like." Add a bluegrass competition for young musicians — Youth In Bluegrass Band Contest, in its 17th year on May 26 — and it just gets better. "It draws a huge crowd," Callaway says. "We've got 19 bands scheduled representing 12 states, and I'll tell you what, some of the best, most accomplished players these days are young folks. "Today's young folks growing up don't want to sing about plowing behind a mule or living in a log cabin. Today's songwriters are writing about subject matter relevant to today's young people. That's the great thing about all forms of art: Art is constantly evolving to suit the age that it sits in." — BECCA MARTIN-BROWN BMARTIN@NWADG.COM Courtesy Photo Ricky Skaggs headlines a May 27 concert as part of Silver Dollar City's Bluegrass & BBQ, which continues through May 28. Daily tickets are $63-$65 at 800-888-7277.