QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We’ve got two guys who are in charge of the Republicans down there who are inclined to deal. It’s going to be fascinating.”
John Brummett,
a columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the new leadership of the Arkansas House and Senate Article, 1BToday’s meetings
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority Finance Committee, 11:30 a.m.
Benton County Planning Board, 6 p.m.
Benton County Search and Rescue Executive Board, 6 p.m.
Benton County Search and Rescue regular session, 7 p.m.
Today’s happenings
Holiday Market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Center for Art and Education, Van Buren
Friends of the Bentonville Library Christmas Book Sale, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Bentonville Public Library
Gallery tour: Paint Matters with Tyson Scholar Matthew Bailey, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Exhibit: The Van Winkle Legacy - The Story of Northwest Arkansas’ First Great Entrepreneur, 2-6 p.m., Bentonville Public Library
Eagle cruise, 3 p.m., Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Celebration of Light, a drive-through nativity, 5:30-7 p.m., First United Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville
New member orientation, 5:45 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Billy Elliot the Musical, 7 p.m., Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville
Concert: Cactus Truck, 7:30 p.m., Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Looking ahead
46th annual Silver Tea, a fundraiser for the Eureka Springs School of the Arts, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Crystal Dining Room at the Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs
Newton County Christmas chili supper and parade, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jasper square
Tennessee Williams play opens Friday
The rarely seen 1961 play is set on Christmas eve and is directed by Broadway veteran Sean Patrick Reilly. The action centers on Isabel, whose new husband George drops her at the home of his Army buddy Ralph after a disastrous wedding night.
Shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays through Dec.
- Special 2 p.m. performances are also planned Dec. 15 and Dec. 23.
Tickets prices start at $24. More information is available by calling (479) 443-5600 or online at waltonartscenter.org.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEChristmas Honors set in Fort Smith
The Christmas Honors program invites residents to place wreaths on the graves of soldiers at Fort Smith National Cemetery on Saturday.
Families of servicemen are invited to a private ceremony at 9 a.m., followed by a public wreath-laying beginning at 10 a.m. A flyover and ceremony is set to start at 11 a.m.
Volunteers are needed to help assemble wreaths from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday at the Fort Smith Convention Center. The group also will hold a book signing featuring Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin, authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me, at 7 p.m.
Friday.
Guests are invited to purchase the book and have it autographed. Admission is $5 with proceeds going to Christmas Honors.
Nonperishable food items also will be accepted for the Veteran’s Homeless Shelter.
The Christmas Honors program will also host a candlelight vigil at the cemetery at 5:30 p.m. Monday and a Wreaths Across America Commemorative Ceremony at 11 a.m. Dec. 15 at the cemetery.
More information is available at christmashonors.org or by calling (479) 783-5345.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 12/05/2012