QUOTE OF THE DAY “It was just emotionally overwhelming to think that we almost allowed the Passion Play to go away forever.”
Randall Christy, chief executive officer of The Great
Passion Play near Eureka Springs, which will begin its
season Friday after a fundraising drive late last year that stopped its property from being foreclosed Article, 1BToday’s happenings
Second Pagnozzi Charities Big Bass Tournament, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Hickory Creek and Prairie Creek, Beaver Lake, Rogers
Northside High School’s third annual Chase for Charity 5K, 8-11 a.m., Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Fort Smith
North Arkansas College presents Bandfest, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., North Arkansas College, Harrison
Prescription-drug drop-off event, 9 a.m.-noon, Boston Mountain Solid Waste facility, 11398 Bond Road, Prairie Grove; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Mercy Health Center, Arkansas 102 and Interstate 540, Bentonville; World Gym parking lot, 2035 N.
College Ave., Fayetteville; Fort Smith Police Department; Benton County Sheriff’s Office; Rogers Police Department; and Bentonville Police Department
Ozark Wireless Society, 10 a.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
Fayetteville Paw Fest, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Agri Park, Garland Avenue, Fayetteville
2013 Health and Safety Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Booneville Community Hospital
Volunteer Speaker Series: The Life and Times of Lawman Heck Thomas, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Fort Smith National Historic Site
Drop-in studio, noon-3 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Butterfield Overland Trail interpretive marker dedication, 1 p.m., Pea Ridge National Military Park
Clay 4 Cancer: Two-dimensional clay mosaics, 1-3 p.m., Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville
Slow Art Day, 1-5 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Earth Day/Green Week, for teens, 2 p.m., Springdale Public Library
Green Day’s American Idiot, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville
Celebrate music, 2-4 p.m., Bentonville Public Library
Authors in the Afternoon with Nancee Fox, 2-4 p.m., Fort Smith Main Library, 3201 Rogers Ave.
Marshallese Appreciation Day, 2-6 p.m., Student Center North Lawn, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville
10th annual Northwest Arkansas Handbell Festival: Red, White and Bells - Let Freedom Ring!, 4 p.m., Central United Methodist Church, Fayetteville
Fourth annual Singing for Spays picnic, 5:30-9 p.m., Dog Party USA, 912 S.
Maestri Road, Tontitown
Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter Starlight Gala with the Band Perry, 6 p.m., John Q. Hammons Center, Rogers
Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band presents European Gallery, 7:30 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks, SpringdaleLooking ahead
Drop-in drawing, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Tales of the Crypt, 3 p.m. Sunday, Oak Cemetery, 1401 S. Greenwood Ave., Fort Smith
Lecture: Artists Collaborating with Nature, 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, BentonvilleVisit us on the Web For weather updates and additional Northwest Arkansas news, visit www.nwaonline.com.
Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 04/27/2013