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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Parents have every right to decide that their child will not take state-mandated standardized tests.There are no adverse consequences to the child for not participating in the state-required tests.” Kay Jacoby, the Fayetteville School District’s

director of curriculum, instruction, assessment and accountability Article, 1BToday’s happenings

Special Olympics Arkansas Area III Games, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Fayetteville Public Schools Track and Field, Sang Avenue

Discover the Grounds: Transient Beauty, 9 a.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Birds and Breakfast, 9-11 a.m., Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers

Super Saturday Workshop: Bunny Baskets with Clay, 10 a.m., Community Creative Center at Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville

Yoga & Art Series, 10 a.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Photo Identiÿcation Group, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale

Basket-weaving demonstration with Jerris Palmer, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Slow Art Day, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Mother Nature Reads: Spring Is Here - Let’s Take a Hike, 10:30 a.m., Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers

Family concert: Farmer and the Markets, 10:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library

Walks Through History: The Jasper Commercial Historic District, 11 a.m., downtown Jasper

Chaffee Crossing Spring Festival, noon-5 p.m., 7313 Terry St., Fort Smith

Children’s Art Class: Artists in the Garden, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Art talk: Habl-Arte a Joan Miro, el gran artiste, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Stay More: The World of Donald Harington, 1 p.m., Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale

Family Learning Day: A World of Water, 1-3 p.m., Bentonville Public Library

Pressing Into the Future, a Victorian tea, 2 p.m., The Clayton House, Fort Smith

Egg decorating, 2 p.m., Springdale Public Library

Washington Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Reunion, 2-4 p.m., Washington Regional Senior Health, Fayetteville

Xtreme Teenz presents DreamWorks’ Shrek the Musical, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Breedlove Auditorium, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

The Cover of LIFE, 3 p.m., Walton Fine Arts Center, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville

The Mashburn Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Concert, 3-5 p.m., The Chancellor Hotel, Fayetteville

Second Wig Out for Ovarian Cancer Research, 6 p.m., Highlands Oncology Group, 808 S. 52nd St., Rogers

And Then They Came For Me, 7 p.m., Alma Performing Arts Center

Music at the Firehouse: The Black Oak Band, 7-9 p.m., Northeast Benton County Community Center, U.S. 62 and Wimpy Jones Road, Garÿ eld

Teen Night: Avant Garden Party, 7-10 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Blithe Spirit, 7:30 p.m., Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale

Boeing Boeing, 7:30 p.m., Fort Smith Little Theatre

Comedy performance: Sinbad, 8 p.m., Walton Arts Center, FayettevilleLooking ahead

Dia de los Ninos, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

Australian Family Theater: Fluff, 2 p.m. Sunday, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville

ome and garden

Fort Smith Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon today, Garrison Avenue and Second Street

Van Buren Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. today and Wednesday, 15th and Main streets

Fayetteville Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. today and 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, Fayetteville square; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Jefferson Center Playground

Fort Smith Rose Society’s annual plant sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. today, Fort Smith Anniversary Road Garden, 220 S. 12th St.

Teri Lane: Building Backyard Habitats, 2 p.m. today, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers

Central Ozarks Farmers and Artisans Market, 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday and 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Harrison square

Eureka Springs Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon Thursday, Pine Mountain VillageVisit us on the Web For weather updates and additional Northwest Arkansas news, visit www.nwaonline.com.

Northwest Arkansas, Pages 13 on 04/12/2014

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