QUOTE OF THE DAY “Calvin Klein Obsession seems to be a big favorite.They go crazy for the perfume.” Kelly Farrell, an intern at Turpentine Creek Wildlife
Refuge near Eureka Springs, on how perfume helped encourage tigers to “paint” on canvasses that were auctioned Monday Article, 1BToday’s meetings
Fayetteville Subdivision Committee, 9 a.m.
Rogers Museum Commission, 4 p.m.
Benton County Finance Committee, 6 p.m.
Fayetteville City Council, 6 p.m.
Fayetteville Partners for Better Housing, 6 p.m.
Washington County Quorum Court reorganization session, 6 p.m.
Looking ahead
Ozark Guidance open forum: What’s on Your Mind?, 10 a.m. Friday, AT&T Room at the Center for Nonprofits, Rogers
Yellow Rock hike, 2 p.m. Friday, Devil’s Den State Park, near West Fork
Eagle cruise, 3 p.m. Friday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Nature games, 7 p.m. Friday, Devil’s Den State Park, near West Fork
Speak for the Trees, 8 p.m. Friday, Devil’s Den State Park, West Fork
Eagle watch tour, 9 a.m. Saturday, Mount Magazine State Park, near Paris
Story time and craft, 10 a.m. Saturday, Devil’s Den State Park, near West Fork
Animal tracks, 11 a.m. Saturday, Devil’s Den State Park, near West Fork
Historic Van Winkle hike, 11 a.m. Saturday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Poets Northwest, 1 p.m. Saturday, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
Hobbs: The Hidden Diversity, 1 p.m. Saturday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near RogersFloral exhibit set Friday, Saturday
The Bentonville Public Library will host the floral exhibit “Ikebana - Living Flowers, Living Art” by Stephen Coler from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the library’s Wal-Mart Community Room.
Coler, a Bentonville native and 1992 graduate of Bentonville High School, has lived in Hanamaki, Japan, for 14 years. He works as an elementary school English teacher and teaches ikebana, the art of Japanese floral arrangement.
Coler began learning about the Japanese art 12 years ago and now holds the title of second-degree master of the Ohara School of Ikebana. The art is more than 600 years old.
For the exhibit, Coler will prepare a dozen floral arrangements that showcase different styles and forms of Ikebana. Coler will be available Friday and Saturday at various times to answer questions.
More information is available by calling (479) 271-6712.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Song swap set at Lake Fort Smith
Lake Fort Smith State Park in Mountainburg will host a Saturday Song Swap from 2-4 p.m. in the park’s visitor center.
The song swap is part of an effort by the park to keep the Boston Mountains tradition of writing and sharing folk music alive. Songwriters are invited to bring their instruments and share songs they’ve written with other songwriters.
The event is open to anyone who wants to play or listen to original music by local songwriters. More information is available by calling (479) 369-2469.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
Tree exhibit set at Botanical Garden
“Arkansas’s Champion Trees: An Artist’s Journey” will be on display Jan. 17 through Feb. 9 at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville.
The small exhibit includes colored pencil drawings by Hot Springs artist Linda Williams Palmer. The exhibit will be open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Admission is free for members; entry fee is $2.50-$5 for the public. More information is available by calling (479) 750-2620.Visit us on the Web For weather updates and additional Northwest Arkansas news, visit www.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 01/03/2013