TODAY
Opening Reception - For “Dynamic Collaboration Between Sculptures of Fine Art & Décor of Applied Art,” 5-7 p.m., Center for Art and Education in Van Buren. 474-7767.
“Dead Man Walking” - A modern opera based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, a nun who offered counseling to Joseph De Rocher, a convicted murder awaiting execution for the crime, and presented by Tamara Ryan’s Opera Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m., Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. $18.
operafayetteville.org.
SATURDAY
Mother Nature Reads - “Sleepy, Winter, Wildlife Hibernation,” 10:30 a.m., Hobbs State Park near Rogers. Free.
789-5000.
Teen Writing Club - For ages 12-older, 10:30 a.m., Bella Vista Library. 855-1753.
Young Adult Book Club - “The Princess Bride” by William Goldman, 11:30 a.m., Bella Vista Library. 855-1753.
Auditions - For “Miss Nelson Is Missing,” 1-4 p.m., Arts Live Theatre in Fayetteville. 521-4932.
Tween Program - Help decorate the windows in the tween space with coffee fi lter flowers and paints, 2 p.m., Rogers Public Library. For ages 10-12. Register: 621-1152, ext.
26.
Star Party - With beginning astronomy class at 4:30 p.m. & night sky observation starting at 5:30 p.m., Hobbs State Park near Rogers. 789-5000.
Abstractions on Paper - Exhibit featuring 26 works on paper from the collection of the Arkansas Arts Center of Little Rock, through April 30 at Crystal Bridges Museum.
crystalbridges.org.
SUNDAY
Drop-In Drawing - Drop in for a free, informal drawing session, 1-4 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. crystalbridges.org.
Sacred Harp Singers - 1:30 p.m., General Store at the Shiloh Museum in Springdale.
750-8165.
Community Cinema - “SoulFood Junkies,” 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. 856-7000.
“Dead Man Walking” - A modern opera based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, a nun who offered counseling to Joseph De Rocher, a convicted murder awaiting execution for the crime, and presented by Tamara Ryan’s Opera Fayetteville, 3 p.m., Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. $18. opera fayetteville.org.
MONDAY
Drawing Exploration - A close-up study of Martin Johnson Heade, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $45. crystalbridges.org.
Employing Voice, Embracing Agency: Contemporary African American Artists - Featuring works of African American Artists from the collection of Darrell Walker, former University of Arkansas basketball player and former NBA player, through Feb. 28 at the University of Arkansas Department of Fine Arts Center Gallery.
575-7987.
Yoga - Hatha style with Casey Prock, 5:30 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. 856-7250.
Auditions - For “Go, Dog, Go,” 7 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. 751-5441.
TUESDAY
Whose Head Are You In?- With Claire Croxton, the second in a writing series with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pen, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Register at 856-7250.
Ozark Poetry Slam - Open
mic at 8 p.m., followed by
poetry slam, third Tuesday of
every month at Rogue on Dick
son in Fayetteville. facebook.
com/ozarkpoetryslam.
WEDNESDAY History of the Glade Commu
nity - With Patricia Heck, vice
president of the Glade Commu
nity Historical Society, noon,
Shiloh Museum in Springdale.
750-8165.
Preschool Art Class - Lines
and shapes, 1 p.m., Crystal
Bridges Museum. For ages 3-5.
$30. crystalbridges.org.
Brainteasers - 3 p.m., Bella
Vista Library. 855-1753.
WOW - For members and
guests, 6 p.m., Crystal Bridges
Museum. Email membership@
crystalbridges.org.
Mystery Book Club - New,
6 p.m., Bella Vista Library. 855-
1753.
THURSDAY Adult Story Hour - With
Ginger Hamilton, 3 p.m., Bella
Vista Library. 855-1753.
“Arkansas’s Champion
Trees: An Artist’s Journey” - A
mini-exhibit of colored pencil
drawings by Hot Springs artist
Linda Williams Palmer, through
Feb. 9 at Botanical Garden of
the Ozarks in Fayetteville. Free
for members and $2.50-$5 for
nonmembers. 750-2620.
Free Flix Before 6 - “Snow
White and the Huntsman,” 5:30
p.m., Fayetteville Public Library.
856-7000.
Railway Society - 7 p.m.,
Shiloh Museum in Springdale.
750-8165.
Author Talk - With Kevin L.
Jones, author of “Fort Smith,” part of the Postcard History Series, 7 p.m., Fort Smith
Museum of History. 783-7841.
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