Coming May 16 to the Walton Arts Center, “The Price Is Right.” Really. Spokeswoman Beth Bobbitt says: The Price Is Right Live! is the hit interactive stage show that gives contestants, pulled right from the audience, the chance to “Come On Down” to win appliances, vacations and even new cars by playing classic games from [...]

  Sons of the Prophet — Playwright Stephen Karam says it just might be “the best of both worlds.” Karam, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his dark comedy “Sons of the Prophet,” is talking about the idea of audiences reading a play and hearing the playwright speak before they see the show. It’s something new [...]

Yoga — Hatha style with Casey Prock, 5:30 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. 856-7250. Evening Readers Book Club — “The Round House” by Louise Erdrich, 6 p.m., Bella Vista Library. 855-1753.

“Alien Reef” — Wood art by John Adkins, 4-8 p.m. today, 1-6 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, former Nelms Adventure Subaru showroom at 2781 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville. Final weekend. Free. johnnyadkins.com. TrumpetFEST Concert — 7:30 p.m., Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center at the University of Arkansas in Fort Smith. Free. 788-7538. UARK [...]

Cooking With Chef Kathy — Acapulco chicken with sticky rice in less than 15 minutes, 2 p.m., Bella Vista Library. 855-1753. Reading Adventures With Scout — With Scout, a mastiff, and his owner Wendy Teach, 3:30 p.m., Rogers Public Library. 621-1152. Playreading Workshop — “Sons of the Prophet” by Steven Karam, 6 p.m., Fayetteville Public [...]

Distinguished Global Speaker Series — With Ambassador Daniel Liao, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston, noon, Latture Conference Center in the UAFS Business and Industrial Institute. Free.  788-7166. Artist’s Reception — For Scott Carroll’s exhibit “Tectonics,” 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Joy Pratt Markham Gallery at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. [...]

  Clay 4 Cancer — A closing reception for the Clay 4 Cancer show & a meet-and-greet for Meg Skaggs, new program administrator at the Community Creative Center, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville. 521-8024 or nwaccc.org. And if you have some weird desire to meet Becca, I’ll be there!

This is, of course, the big debut weekend for the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum — opening day hours are 1-5 p.m. Sunday — but there’s also some amazing art to see in Northwest Arkansas. And I am particularly excited about the giant wooden sculptures created by Fayetteville physician Johnny Adkins.   After 10 or [...]