QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I really can’t take credit for winning the election. I just give him credit for committing political suicide.”
Ann Kimes,
a Republican re-elected as Boone County justice of the peace, on her opponent Freeland Dunscombe.
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Today’s meetings
Walton Arts Center Foundation, 4 p.m.
Today’s happenings
Veterans Day assembly, 9 a.m., Central Junior High gymnasium, Springdale
Grant proposal writing class, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library
Veterans Day reception, 11 a.m., Fort Smith Museum of History
Veterans Day ceremony, 11 a.m., Veterans Medical Center, 1100 N. College, Fayetteville
Veterans Day program, 11:30 a.m., Northwest Arkansas Community College Student Center, Bentonville
Authors in the Afternoon with Tommy B. Smith, 2-4 p.m., Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.
Homeschool Friday Fun: Artful Architecture, 3:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Beaver Watershed Alliance Fall Friendraiser, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, Rogers
Razorvets: Celebrating Veterans, 6 p.m., Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House, Fayetteville
Pathfinder’s Art Works 2012: Creating Confidence with Canvas, 6:30 p.m., Shewmaker Center, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville
Documentary premiere: The Art of Crystal Bridges, 6:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Concert: Jane Bunnett with Hilario Duran and Candido Camero, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Walton Arts Center, FayettevilleVeterans art documentary to air
At 6 p.m. Sunday, AETN will air 2011 National Veterans Creative Festival, a documentary about the arts festival held in Fayetteville last year.
The festival and the documentary are designed to demonstrate the power of art therapy for veterans. The festival is the culmination of a year-long therapeutic arts program held annually by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Entries for the 2013 competition will be accepted by the Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks beginning Jan. 14. More information is available by calling (479) 444-5060.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Play features U.S. soldiers’ letters
Letters Home, a play featuring letters written by U.S.
soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be performed at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
The production was inspired by the New York Times editorial “The Things They Wrote” and the subsequent HBO documentary Last Letters Home. The play also features letters from Frank Schaeffer’s books Voices from the Front, Letters Home from America’s Military Family, Faith of Our Sons and Keeping Faith, as well as a few responses from parents.
Tickets are $16-$26. Active or retired service members can purchase $5 tickets.
More information is available by calling (479) 443-5600 or online at waltonartscenter.org.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 11/09/2012