Live United Day 2013, hosted by United Way of Northwest Arkansas, is looking for volunteers for a myriad of more than 70 service projects for area nonprofit organizations slated for March 13. Hands-on opportunities include landscaping, spring cleaning, art and poster projects, building shelving and painting. Information: volunteernwa.org.
View PostAn oversized, antique radio dial in front of the stage curtains greets fans who enter a performing arts venue to watch the musical “Memphis,” just like a full house did on Tuesday night (Feb. 5) at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. Much of the night would be spent defining the benefits of being in [...]
View PostYolanda Garcia Olivarez, regional administrator of the Small Business Administration’s SBA South Central Region, offers the following tips ahead of the April 15 tax deadline. Keep good records. Proper record-keeping year-round is the first step to ensuring your taxes are filed accurately and that you have the paperwork you need to back-up your deduction claims [...]
View Post taxMother 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,” [...]
View PostThe Arkansas Air & Military Museum will host its third annual Aviator Ball beginning at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the museum at Drake Field, 4290 S. School, Fayetteville. The benefit will include live music from the Jack Mitchell Big Band, food from Northwest Arkansas restaurants and a cash bar. Tickets for the casual attire [...]
View Post Arkansas Air Museum, Aviator Ball, benefit, fundraiser, nonprofit organization“33 Variations” — A musicologist’s obsession with Beethoven haunts her as her own illness worsens, written by Moises Kaufman, 8 p.m. today & Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, University Theatre in Fayetteville. $7-$16. 575-4752. This production is not recommended for children under the age of 13. “Oliver!” — The classic musical with songs like “Consider [...]
View PostA new director for Ozark Regional Transit is moving to Northwest Arkansas, the organization’s chief financial officer said Tuesday. Joel Gardner will meet the ORT board on Thursday, once he’s finished his move from Texas, said Jim McCullough. Gardner replaces Phil Pumphrey, who was reassigned by First Transit — the company that handles ORT’s operations [...]
View Post director, ORT, springdale, transitIf you have some extra money you’d like to put to good use and have a good time doing it, you have plenty of options to support area charities this weekend. Friday, Sept. 7 About Face!, to benefit the Teen Challenge Ranch in Morrow is slated for 6:30 p.m. at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in [...]
View Post 7 Hills Homeless Center, About Face!, American Cancer Soiety, benefit, Chill with the Hills, Enchanted Forest, fundraiser, Life Styles Inc., nonprofit organization, Polo in the Ozarks, Teen Challenge RanchThe inaugural Trifest for MS three-day festival of races will kick off Friday in Bentonville. The fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis research includes three triathlon distances and a children’s triathlon. Individual and relay team registrations are available. Participants who complete three races in three days will receive Trifesta awards. Information and registration: www.researchms.org
View PostThe Ozark Literacy Council will install the first of 25 pig sculptures at 9:45 a.m. Thursday at Arvest Bank on the Fayetteville square. The 6-foot tall sculptures are part of the nonprofit organization’s PIGShibition fundraiser and community art project. Local artists Matt Miller, Zeek Taylor, Jane Garrison and Adam Campbell are among area artists who [...]
View Post community art project, fundraiser, nonprofit organization, Ozark Literacy Council, PIGShibition