QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve been very disappointed.We feel like for
all of the trouble and expense of a charter, we were hoping to see much more dramatic results.” Brenda Gullett, state board of education chairman, on the academic results of the state’s charter schools Article, 1BToday’s meetings Fayetteville Technical Plat Review, 9 a.m.
Bentonville Board of Adjustments, 5 p.m.
Today’s happenings
Children’s program: Painting at the Fort, 10 a.m., Fort Smith National Historic Site
Singer and storyteller Gustafer Yellowgold, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library
Mental Math with Kumon Learning Centers, 2 p.m., Bentonville Public Library
Teen time capsule workshop, 3 p.m., Bentonville Public Library
America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library
Studio Studies Series: Plein-air oil painting, 6:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, BentonvilleLooking ahead
Singer and storyteller Gustafer Yellowgold, 10 a.m. Thursday, Springdale Public Library
Art talk: Views on Preserving 100-year-old Works on Paper, 1 p.m. Thursday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Singer and storyteller Gustafer Yellowgold, 2 p.m. Thursday, Bentonville Public Library
Movie matinee: Paranorman, 2 p.m. Thursday, Fort Smith Public Library Main Branch
Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable, 7 p.m. Thursday, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
16th annual Buffalo River Elk Festival, all day Friday and Saturday, downtown Jasper
Members’ preview of “Angels & Tomboys: Girlhood in 19th-century American Art” and “Surveying George Washington,” 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and 9-11 a.m.
Saturday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Artosphere Festival Orchestra presents Russian Masterpieces, 7 p.m. Friday, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville
Orchards Park Concert Series: Full House, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Orchards Park, Bentonville
Evening on the Arkansas River, 9 p.m. Friday, Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Fort SmithGraves Foundation hosts annual fundraiser
The Jackson L. Graves Foundation will host the ninth annual Red, White and Baby Blue fundraiser at 7 p.m. Friday at the Garden Room on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.
The evening will include food, beverages and a silent auction. Musician Chris Cash is expected to perform.
Tickets cost $30 in advance or $40 at the door. Proceeds help enhance neonatal care units around the state.
More information is available at jacksongraves.org or at facebook.com/jacksonlgraves.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTETrial re-enactment planned at historic site
The Fort Smith National Historic Site will present a mock trial based on the 1890 case United States v. William Alexander on Friday and Saturday. Night court sessions begin at 7 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday in the historic courtroom at the site.
Alexander and David Steadman traveled together from Arizona to Oklahoma City in 1889 in the hopes of selling horses. After their plan to make money failed, the two men stopped in Choska, Indian Territory, looking for a place to stay during the winter.
Steadman went missing after a hunting trip with Alexander 10 days into their stay at Choska. A week later, Steadman’s remains were found, and Alexander became the prime suspect.
Alexander was brought to Judge Isaac C. Parker’s court to face trial on murder charges the next year.
Admission is $5; reservations are required. More information is available by calling (479) 783-3961.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 06/26/2013