FYI

FIREFLY FLING — A summer festival for families, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. $5-$10. 750-2620.
FIREFLY FLING — A summer festival for families, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. $5-$10. 750-2620.

TODAY (7/15)

Featured Artisan — John Bundy Duck Decoys, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today & Saturday, Crystal Bridges Museum Store in Bentonville. 657-2335.

photo

SANDWICHED IN — “Tallgrass Prairies of Northwest Arkansas” with retired U.S. Forest Service biologist Joe Neal, noon Wednesday, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org.

Who’s Who in History — Jackie Robinson, 11 a.m., Bentonville Public Library. For grades 4-6. 271-6816.

Nakatani Gong Orchestra — 7 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville. Free bonus performance. crystalbridges.org.

Carson & Barnes Circus — Through Sunday, behind Pachanga Club on Old Missouri Road in Springdale. bigtopshow.com.

__

SATURDAY (7/16)

Airport Days — With a free pancake breakfast 8-10 a.m. & a free burger lunch 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Arkansas Air and Military Museum in Fayetteville. $5-$10; free younger than 6. arkansasairandmilitary.com.

Super Saturday — Puppets with Matt Sandbank, 10:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.

Insects That Suck — With Dayton Steelman, emeritus professor of veterinary entomology from the University of Arkansas, 1 p.m., Hobbs State Park near Rogers. Free. 789-5000.

Gallery Conversation — With John Bundy of Bundy Ducks, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Part of the “American Made” exhibition. $10. 657-2335.

Outside the Lines — Coloring for adults, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.

Firefly Fling — A summer festival for families, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville. $5-$10. 750-2620.

__

SUNDAY (7/17)

Mountain Street Stage — With Richard Burnett & the Outlaw Hippies, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.

__

MONDAY (7/18)

LifeWriters — A group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, 10 a.m, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. June Jefferson at 790-2588 or shilohmuseum.org.

Monday Movie Matinee — 1 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free. 271-6816.

Special Exhibition Tour — “Quilts & Stitches” tour & “Whirligigs & Weathervanes” tour, guided tours to accompany the “American Made” exhibition, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $10 exhibit admission. 657-2335.

__

TUESDAY (7/19)

Preschool Event — Music with Jason Suel, 10:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.

Beyond the Book — “The House of the Scorpion” by Nancy Farmer, 5 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. For grades 7-12. 273-7755.

__

WEDNESDAY (7/20)

Marty Boone the Balloon Man — 10 a.m. & 2 p.m., Rogers Public Library. 621-1152.

Creative Writing Workshop — 11:30 a.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free for adults. 271-6815.

Sandwiched In — “Tallgrass Prairies of Northwest Arkansas” with retired US Forest Service biologist Joe Neal, noon, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org.

Elementary Event — African dancing & drumming with Afrique Aya, 1 & 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.

Wednesday Over Water — Folk art with culinary director Case Dighero and curator Mindy Besaw, 6 p.m., Eleven at Crystal Bridges Museum. $35. Register at 657-2335.

__

THURSDAY (7/21)

Special Event Thursday — Walk on the wild side with Steve Dunlap, 10 a.m., Springdale Public Library. Free. 750-8180.

Special Exhibition Tour — “Quilts & Stitches” tour & “Whirligigs & Weathervanes” tour, guided tours to accompany the “American Made” exhibition, 1 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $10 exhibit admission. 657-2335.

Family Performance — Climbing, jumping, soaring with Natural History Educational Company of the Midsouth, 2 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free. 271-6816.

Thursday Movie Matinee — “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2,” 3 p.m., Springdale Public Library. Free for grades 6-12. 750-8180.

Teen Movie Night — 5:30 p.m., Bentonville Public Library. Free for grades 7-12. 273-7755.

— Becca Martin-Brown

[email protected]

Upcoming Events