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Fayetteville exhibits showcase local and global talent

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Art: Regional Exhibition

84 works by 74 artists from 16 cities in northwest Arkansas will be on display at the second annual “Our art, our region, our time,” Opening Thursday with a reception at the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville from 6-8 p.m., the works were submitted from more than 200 artists, said Kathy Thompson, curator at 495 W. Dickson St. selected out of 401 works. The exhibition will run until November 14th. Admission to reception and galleries is free. Gallery hours are noon to 2pm weekdays and one hour before shows and during intermission.access waltonartscenter.org.

handcraft

“Phoenix Artistic Hands” Handmade prints and photographs from 28 states and 5 countries, selected by Adam Finkelston, co-editor and publisher of The Hand Magazine, Thursday reception from 5-8 p.m. at the Fenix ​​Gallery in the Mt. Sequoyah Center, 150 N . Skyline Drive, Fayetteville. The exhibition will run until November 12th. Gallery hours are noon-5pm Thursday-Friday and noon-6pm Saturday. Admission is free.Call (479) 250-7707 or visit fenixarts.org.

artist talk

Margot Duvall, a visiting professor of photography at the University of the Ozarks, will give a talk at her exhibition “Everything She Needs to Do” — on view at the Focus Gallery at the Windgate Arts Center at the University of Arkansas Little Rock — on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Room 101, Windgate Center, UALR, 2801 University Avenue South, Little Rock. A reception will follow. Admission is free. Duvall’s exhibition focuses on preserving photographs of her beloved grandmother, Bobbie Jones, who died at the age of 96. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm.Call (501) 916-5110 or email [email protected]

music: sensory festival

photo Husband and wife singer/songwriter duo Cliff and Susan Erwin Prowse performed Tuesday at St. Luke’s Anglican Church in North Little Rock. (Democratic Gazette special issue)
Husband and wife singer/songwriter duo Cliff and Susan Erwin Prowse
Luke’s Anglican Church at 4106 John F. Kennedy Avenue in North Little Rock on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. as part of the Church Senses Festival series. Admission is free. This will be followed by a meet-and-greet for performers in the parish hall of the church.The performance will be broadcast live for viewing at a later date, via facebook.com/fcarey. Call (501) 753-3578 or email [email protected]

ETC. : cardboard train

photo The team will begin racing on a cardboard train through downtown Rogers on Saturday at the Rogers Historical Museum. (Democratic Gazette special issue)
Cardboard train will rush through downtown Rogers again, returning great cardboard train race, Saturday at 10 a.m. outside the Rogers Historical Museum at 313 and 322 Rogers Second Street. The competition coincides with the seventh annual Frisco Inferno BBQ Competition and Tasting, the official BBQ competition for Bikes, Blues and BBQ.

Teams present their train creations for judging, then maneuver them through fun-filled obstacle courses. Contestants, from kindergarten to adult, can enter one of four divisions. Each winning team will receive a trophy; the fastest team in each division will receive a free tasting ticket to grilled Frisco Inferno. Drop off your completed entry form at the museum and pick up an official “train kit” that includes a cardboard train ready to assemble and instructions.For more information and to register, please visit rogershistoricalmuseum.org/great-cardboard-train-race.

ancient war

Edward Anson, professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will explore the purpose of Greek and Roman warfare in ancient history “We Are the Champions: Terrorism, Counting, and the Ultimate Purpose of Ancient Wars,” Tuesdays at 7:30pm at the Arkansas State History Museum at 200 East 3rd Street in Little Rock. Refreshments will be served at 7 o’clock. This is UALR’s first “History Night” lecture for the 2022-23 academic year, sponsored by the University’s Institute of History, where UALR staff and guest speakers share their research and teaching interests. Admission is an annual subscription – $50 (individual), $90 (joint), $250 (Institute Fellow), $1,000 (lifetime membership), free for one-time attendees and UALR students.call (501) 916-3236, email [email protected] or visit ualr.edu/history/history-institute.

poet laureate

photo U.S. Poet Laureate Ida Limon read her work at Hendricks College in Conway on Thursday. (Democratic Gazette/Lucas Marquardt Special)
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The American poet laureate will read and discuss her writings on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Staples Auditorium at Hendricks College, 1600 Washington Street, Conway. Book signings will follow at Mills Lobby (WordsWorth Books will sell a selection of Limon titles). Admission is free; Limon staff require spectators to wear masks.

Limon is the author of six collections of poetry, including “Bearing,” which won the National Book Critics Association Poetry Award; and “Bright Dead Things,” a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Milkweed Editions published her “The Hurting Kind” in May.

This event is sponsored by the Hendrix-Murphy Literary and Language Foundation Program.e-mail [email protected]

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