February 8th, 2007
All events listed in 8 Days a Week are open to the public. To submit a listing, send to FFW, 203 N.College Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701, or fax to 444-7289, at least two weeks prior to event. Submissions are printed as space allows. Photographs and art are also considered.
Artist reception for Jon Lee 5 to 8 p.m. today at ddp gallery, 7 E.
Mountain St. Fayetteville. www.
ddpgallery.com or 442-0001.
Artist reception for Michael Zoller at 6 p.
m. today at Arsaga’s, 1862 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville, 527-0690.
Artist reception for Ashley Burgos at 7 p.m. Saturday at Arsaga’s, 2418 N.
Gregg Ave., Fayetteville, 444-6557.
Chocolate Lovers Festival in Eureka Springs.
Art auction with music by Pearl Brick 7 p.m. Friday at The Auditorium.
$20. Chocolate Festival with samples and displays 9 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks $12.
www.eurekachocfest.com
Valentine’s Ball at 6 p.
m. Saturday at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs. Auction and dance with music by Jody Simrell.
Benefits Eureka Healthcare and Rehab. $25. 253-7114.
American Association of University Women style show and chocolate auction at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Shewmaker Center on the NWAAC campus in Bentonville.
$5. 855-0162.
Casino Night 2007- the Roaring 20s at 8 p.
m. Saturday at the Fayetteville Town Center. Music, games, silent auction, costume contest.
Benefits Northside Rotary. $50. www.
casinonight.org or 444-0200.
The Free Weekly Literary Awards and readings will be Feb.
23 at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
The Demented Krewe of Dickson will parade at 2 p.m.
Feb. 16 for the residents of Fayetteville City Hospital. The Fat Saturday Parade of Fools at 2 p.
m. Feb. 17 on Dickson Street and the Fayetteville Square.
The 16th annual Mardi Gras festivities and crowing of royalty at 6:30 p.m. Feb.
20 at Jose’s Streetside in Fayetteville. Family friendly events. Call Dixie Rhyne at 479-846-4794 or dementedkrewe@yahoo.
com
Eureka Springs Eureka Gras-Mardi Gras Grand Bal Masque and Dance at 8 p.m. Feb.
16 at the Basin Park Hotel. Parade at 2 p.m.
Feb. 17. Mardi Gras day Second Line Krazo Krawl at 4 p.
m. Feb. 20.
www.krazo.ureeka.
org or 228-342-3671.
Mardi Grad Pawty, benefiting the Rogers Humane Society, Murphy Park and local rescue groups at 1 p.m.
Feb. 18 at 407 E. Nursery Rd.
in Rogers. $10 per pup; registration required for doggy bag of goodies. 644-6074.
The Passport to Adventure Travel Film Series screens “Japan: The 21st Century” at 2 p.m. today at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S.
Main St., Springdale. Social hour at 1 p.
m., $35 for series tickets. Next month: “The Real World of Fiji.
” www.artscenteroftheozarks.org or 751-5441.
Federico Garcia Lorca’s “The House of Bernarda Alba” at 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.
m. Sunday at the University Theatre, 228 Fine Arts Center on the UA campus. 575-3946.
Agatha Christie’s “The Unexpected Guest” at 7:30 p.m. Friday Saturday and Sunday at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S.
Main St., Springdale. $8-$18 www.
artscenteroftheozarks.org or 751-5441.
“Grease” at 8 p.
m. Friday and Saturday and Feb. 15-17, Feb.
22-24, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb.
18, and Feb. 25 at the Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. 2nd St.
, Rogers. Special Valentine’s Day performance Wednesday with meal, $125 per couple. $7.
50-$35. www.RogersLittleTheater.
com or 631-8988.
OMNI Center Video Underground screens “Dirty Pretty Things” at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday at United Campus Ministry, 902 W. Maple St., Fayetteville.
Free. 442-4600.
“The Cider House Rules” screens at 7 p.
m. Monday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St.
www.faylib.org or 571-2222.
“Mamma Mia!” featuring the music of ABBA, at 7 p.m.
Tuesday through Feb.18 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
, Fayetteville. $55-$65. www.
waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.
“Cyrano” Feb.
15 through Mar. 4 at TheatreSquared, 505 W. Spring St.
, Fayetteville. For ages 8 and up. $8-$12.
www.theatresquared.org or 443-5600.
Beyond Words Poetry reading at 9 p.m. Friday at Arsaga’s, 2418 N.
Gregg Ave., Fayetteville. www.
arsagas.org or 444-6557.
Researching your Oklahoma ancestors and gaining membership into the First Families of the Twin Territories with Rose Stauber at 2 p.
m. Sunday at Headquarters House, 118 E. Dickson St.
, Fayetteville. 442-0131.
Ozark Poetry Slam’s annual Erotic Slam at 8 p.
m. Tuesday at the White Rabbit, Wedington Road at Rupple Road in Fayetteville. Costumes encouraged.
$5. 469-766-1158
Tom W. Dillard will present a talk, “Ten Amazing African American Arkansans” at 7 p.
m. Tuesday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St.
www.faylib.org or 571-2222.
Edith Idleman will discussing quilt collecting, care, appraisals and history for Curator’s Corner at 7 p.m. Feb.
15 at the Rogers Historical Museum, 322 S. Second St., Rogers.
www.rogersarkansas.com/museum or 621-1154.
Don Byron plays Junior Walker at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.
m. Friday at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
. Fayetteville. $16-$25.
www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.
The North Arkansas Symphony will present “Reveries of Passion” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W.
Dickson St., Fayetteville. $28-$36.
www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.
The North Arkansas Symphony will present “Reveries of Passion” at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Arend Arts Center, 1901 S.
E. J St., Bentonville.
$28-$36. 254-5200.
Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher at 2 p.
m. Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St.
www.faylib.org or 571-2222.
Free.
Jessica Sudduth voice recital at 3 p.m.
Sunday, University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall, UA campus. Free. 575-4703.
Free.
Pat Pathoumgthoung at 6 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Sunday at Hit Records Studio, 2583 N.
Gregg in Fayetteville.
UA Brass Faculty will present a tribute to Leonard Bernstein at 7:30 p.m.
Monday at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall, UA campus. Free. 575-4703.
Free.
American Guild of Organists will present a Valentine’s Day concert at 8 p.m.
Tuesday at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall, UA campus. Free. 575-4703.
Free.
Writers workshop with Laura Newth at 2 p.m.
today at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. $50.
Registration required. Thurdays through Mar. 29.
www.faylib.org or 571-2222.
Dress-Up and Dance lessons at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.
m., and open dance at 9:30 p.m.
Fridays at Teatro Scarpino, 329 N. West Ave., Fayetteville.
Swing, Salsa, Latin. $10. www.
scarpino.com or 409-3772.
The MUD CLUB, for potters and sculptors, at 7 p.
m. Tuesday at Flat Rock Clay, 2002 S. School Ave.
, Fayetteville. www.flatrockclay.
com 521-3181.
International Folk Dancers at 7 p.m.
Tuesdays at Trinity United Methodist Church. 442-8934.
Heartsaver CPR at 6 p.
m. Feb. 15 at the Jones Center, 610 E.
Emma Ave. in Springdale. Pre-registration required.
www.jonesnet.org 750-6550.
The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society at 7 p.m. Feb.
15 at the Shiloh Museum Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. www.springdaleark.
org/shiloh or 750-8165.
What Are Your Dreams Trying to Tell You at 7:30 p.m.
today at the School of Metaphysics, 236 E. South St., Fayetteville.
www.som.org or 527-6804.
Ben Worth Monthly Meditation Day at 9 a.m. Saturday at Unity of Fayetteville, 4880 W.
Wedington Drive. Free. Potluck lunch.
www.unityfay.org or 442-0680.
Raw Food Potluck at 6 p.m. Saturday at Unity of Fayetteville, 4880 W.
Wedington Drive. www.unityfay.
org or 442-0680.
Mastery of Consciousness at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesdays at the School of Metaphysics, 236 E. South St., Fayetteville.
$15. www.som.
org or 527-6804.
The Buddhist meditation and spiritual support group, 7 p.m.
Thursdays, Arkansas Yoga Center, 1949 N. Green Acres Road, Fayetteville. 521-2395.
The Jones Center Community Health and Wellness Center in Springdale offers free and low cost exercise classes for adults and children, including Water Aerobics Classes for $25 per month. 756-6550, ext. 132.
Register for the Little Rock Marathon before midnight Feb. 21. Event Mar.
4. www.littlerockmarathon.
com or 501-371-4770.
Explore Science with Lynn Hehr at 4 p.m.
today at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.
faylib.org or 571-2222, ext. 4370.
A six- week clay class for ages 9-11 begins at 4 p.m. Friday at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W.
Dickson St., Fayetteville. $75.
www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.
“The Masks We Wear” with Barbara Price Davis at noon Saturday at Art Explosions, 3480 N. Thompson, Suite 3, Springdale. All ages.
$15-$25. www.artexplosions.
org or 927-2020.
Play in the Mud with Dave Metzger at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Art Explosions, 3480 N. Thompson, Suite 3, Springdale. All ages; $20-$30.
www.artexplosions.org or 927-2020.
“Monster House” will be shown at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel at the Jones Center for Families, 922 E.
Emma Ave., Springdale. Free.
Next week: The Amazing Panda Adventure. www.jonesnet.
org or 756-8090, ext. 116.
Valentine’s Day Party at 4 p.
m. Monday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St.
Registration required. www.faylib.
org or 571-2222.
Teen Anime Club at 5 p.m.
Monday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.
faylib.org or 571-2222.
KidsTheatre Production Workshop with Kathi Blundell at 3:45 p.
m. Tuesday at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St.
, Springdale. For grades 4-6. $75-$90.
www.artscenteroftheozarks.org or 751-5441.
Teen Open Mic Night at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W.
Mountain St. www.faylib.
org or 571-2222.
Teen Knitting Group at 5 p.m.
Feb. 15 at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St.
www.faylib.org or 571-2222.
After School Art Club Feb. 15 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
in Fayetteville. $55; ages 7-12; 4-weeks. www.
waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.
Register now for classes at Arts Live Theatre, 1378 N.
College Ave., Fayetteville and at Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St.
in Rogers. $100-$150. www.
artslivetheatre.com or 521-4932.
Ceramics at 9 a.
m. Fridays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College.
571-2920.
Acrylic Painting at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College. 571-2920.
Lift exercise with Melissa Powers at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S.
College. 571-2920.
Peppi exercise with Melissa Powers at 10 a.
m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College.
571-2920.
Line Dancing at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays at the Jones Center, 922 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale.
Free. www.jonesnet.
org or 756-8090, ext. 137.
NWA Fayetteville Jam at 6:30 p.
m. Tuesday at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College.
All ages and players welcome. 571-2920.
Yoga at 3:30 p.
m. Wednesdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College.
$6. 571-2920.
Enter the Miss Lakes of the Northwest Pageant by contacting Kathy McClure at Kathy.
McClure@americanhm.com or 903-6553.
Auditions for “Caught in the Net” at 7 p.
m. Monday and Tuesday at the Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St.
in Rogers. www.RogersLittleTheater.
com or 631-8988.
Auditions for “Holes” at 11 a.m.
Mar. 3 at Arts Live Theatre, 1378 N. College in the Evelyn Hills Shopping Center in Fayetteville.
www.artslivetheatre.com or 521-4932.
Auditions for The Nerd at 7:30 p.m. Mar.
5-6 at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St. in Springdale.
www.artscenteroftheozarks.org or 751-5441.
Deadline for the 2007 Thomas Hart Benton mural design competition with a $2,000 prize, is Mar. 23. Theme: The life and work of George Washington Craver.
No entry fee required. Allen Bishop at 417-455-5600 or abishop@crowder.edu.
Art Explosions and The Winthrop Rockefeller Center of the University of Arkansas are accepting entries to the second annual Statewide Art in the Air student art contest. For K-12. www.
wrcenter.net or 927-2020.
Volunteers needed to help with the Demented Krewe of Dickson Mardi Gras parades.
Volunteers are needed to work the parade on Feb. 17 and for a parade for the residents of Fayetteville City Hospital on Feb. 16.
Floats and parade entries also being accepted. Call Dixie Rhyne at 479-846-4794 or dementedkrewe@yahoo.com
Arsaga’s Espresso Cafe, 1852 N.
Crossover Road, Fayetteville. 527-0690. Michael Zoller through February.
Arsaga’s Espresso Cafe, 2418 N. Gregg Ave., Fayetteville, 444-6557.
Ashley Burgos through February.
Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St.
, Springdale. 751-5441. www.
artscenteroftheozarks.org. Works by Robert Reep and Gary Cawood through Feb.
15.
The Common Grounds, 412 W. Dickson St.
, Fayetteville. 442-3515. Sean Fitzgibbon through February.
ddp gallery, 7 E. Mountain St. Fayetteville.
442-0001. www.ddpgallery.
com Jon Lee through Mar. 10.
Flat Rock Studio, 2002 S.
School St. Fayetteville. www.
flatrockclay.com or 521-3181. Works by Oklahoma and Arkansas potters and clay artists.
The Perk, 3980 W. Wedington Drive, Fayetteville, 251-7375. Marc Langille through Mar.
31.
Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St.
, Rogers. www.RogersLittleTheater.
com or 631-8988. Jenny Walker through Mar. 2.
University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery, Fayetteville. 575-7987. Works by Kristin Quinn through Wednesday.
Nate Larson through Friday.
Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
, Fayetteville. 443-5600. www.
waltonartscenter.org. Passionate Observer: Photographs by Euroda Welty, and From Slavery to Freedom: The Issue of Race in Film through Feb.
17.
Artful Spaces, 266 W. Mountain St.
, Fayetteville. 582-5554.
Enigma, 15 N.
Block Ave., Fayetteville. 587-0304.
Fusion Fine Arts Gallery, 109 N. Main St., Bentonville.
273-9278.
Hampstead Fair Art Works, 423 N. College Ave.
, Fayetteville. 313-4153.
Heartwood Gallery-An Artists Collective.
428 S. Government St., Fayetteville.
444-0888.
J Gallery, 311 W. Dickson St.
, Ste.103, Fayetteville. 521-2004.
Julie Wait Designs Art Gallery, 318 S. First St., Rogers.
631-8706.
Terra Studios, 12103 Hazel Valley Road. Durham.
643-3314.
Wishing Spring Arts and Crafts Gallery, 8862 W. McNelly Road, Bella Vista.
273-1798. www.villageartclub.
org.
Arkansas Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce Streets, Little Rock. www.
arkarts.com or (501)372-4000. Stitches: An Invitational Exhibition of Fiber Art, and the 49th annual Delta Exhibit through Feb.
25. Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawings through Apr. 1.
Connections: International Turning Exchange Friday through Mar. 25.
Gravette Historical Museum, 503 Charlotte St.
SE, Gravette. 787-7334. Early 1900s restored home with displays representing Gravette’s history.
Pea Ridge National Military Park, 15930 U.S. 62, Garfield.
451-8122. Open Monday to Sunday, 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Self-guided road tour, 10-mile hiking trail, Civil War museum and bookstore.
Peel Mansion Museum and Historic Gardens, 400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville.
273-9664. 1875 Italianate mansion with historic roses and plants.
Price Tower Arts Center, 510 Dewey Ave.
, Bartlesville, OK. (877) 424-2424. Open Tuesdays through Sundays.
Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture through Mar. 4.
Rogers Historical Museum, 322 S.
Second St., Rogers. 621-1154.
www.rogersarkansas.com/museum.
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.
m. Admission is free. The Van Winkle Legacy through Feb.
Springtime in the Ozarks: Floral Quilts from the Enfield Collection through Apr. 28. All Aboard: Rogers and the Golden Age of Rail through Oct.
2007. That’s Entertainment: From Vaudeville to Cable TV through Jan. 2008.
Shiloh Museum, 118 W. Johnson Ave., Springdale.
750-8165. www.springdaleark.
org/shiloh. Exhibits of early life in the Ozarks. Original buildings on the grounds.
Yours in FLT, Independent Order of Odd Fellow artifacts through March. Serving Our Clients: Rural Relief in 1930s Newton County through Apr. 26.
Say Cheese! through Aug. 4.
Siloam Springs Museum, 112 N. Maxwell St., 524-4011.
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.
m., admission is free.
A Valentine Diversity Weekend Feb.
16-18 in Eureka Springs. www.eurekapride.
com, www.diversitypride.com
Art exhibit Marc Langille at 6:30 p.
m. Feb. 16 at The Perk, 3980 W.
Wedington Drive in Fayetteville. 251-7375.
Vulture Venue Feb.
17 at Devil’s Den State Park in West Fork. Free. www.
arkansasstateparks.com or 761-3325.
Chinese New Year celebration at 10 a.
m. Feb. 17 at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W.
Mountain St. Registration required. www.
faylib.org or 571-2222.
KidWorks presents Harriet Tubman: The Underground Railroad at 2 p.
m. Feb. 17 at the Rogers Little Theater, 116 S.
Second St. in Rogers. $7.
50-$15. www.RogersLittleTheater.
com or 631-8988.
The Northwest Arkansas American Heart Association hosts a Go Red for Women Luncheon Feb. 20 at the John Q.
Hammons Convention Center. 571-6692.
Just For Funds, the annual Art Center of the Ozarks ball and auction, celebrates Rubies and Roses Feb.
24 at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. $75. www.
artcenteroftheozarks.org or 751-5441.
OMNI Center Video Underground presents the third annual Media That Matters Film Festival at 6:30 p.
m. Feb. 25 at United Campus Ministry, 902 W.
Maple St. in Fayetteville. Free.
www.northwest-ark.com/vu/ or 442-4600.
Taiko drummer of KODO at 7 p.m. Feb.
27 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville.
$22-$34. www.waltonartscenter.
org or 443-5600.
MFA New Play Showcase Mar. 1-3 at the University Theatre at 228 Fine Arts Center in Fayetteville.
575-3946 or 575-4752.
“Ball in the House” at 7 p.m.
Mar. 2 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
in Fayetteville. $18-$18. www.
waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.
The United States Army Blues Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.
m. Mar. 6 at the Alma Performing Arts Center on the corner of Main and Spring.
Free, tickets required. www.almapac.
org or 632-2129.
The UA Inspirational Singers at 8 p.m.
Mar. 6 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St.
in Fayetteville. $10. www.
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