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Weekend Roundup

Happy Friday, Northwest Arkansas! Here's your Weekend Roundup:

• 🥇 Going For Gold: Downtown Bentonville’s First Friday celebration returns this weekend with a full day of Olymics-themed activities, live music, great food, and community fun on Friday, Aug 2, from 11a-9p.

• ⚾️ Rookie Mistake: Send off summer in style with a free movie night at Arvest Ballpark, featuring sports classic Rookie of the Year, in Springdale this Friday, Aug 2, at 7:30p.

• 🌟 Glow Off: Deck yourself out in glow gear and head to Crystal Bridges for the Art Trail at Night: Glow Party. The Art trail will transform into an imaginative light garden including music, food, artmaking, and more this Friday, Aug 2, from 8-11p.

• 🏎️ Glow-Karts: Enjoy an electrifying night at K1 Speed in Rogers for Glow Kart Night this Friday, Aug 2, from 8p-12a.

• ✈️ Warbirds: Arkansas Air & Military Museum will welcome the historic C-47A aircraft that led the Airborne Invasion of Normandy on D-Day during Warbird Weekend, Aug 3-4. Tour the historic plane and even take a living history flight!

• 🧶 Yarn It: Yarn Alchemy, a new yarn store in Bentonville, will celebrate its grand opening with special offers, prize drawings, and more this Saturday, Aug 3, from 11a-6p.

• 🎨 Color Tour: Explore over a dozen art venues and several art installations throughout downtown during the Eureka Springs Art Walk & Expedition, including artist meet and greets, live music, and art activities this Saturday, Aug 3, from 4-7p.

• 💃 Shall We Dance: RAZA Dance Festival kicks off tonight, featuring three days of the most prominent bachata and salsa artists, both nationally and internationally, workshops, and social dance nights at Embassy Suites in Rogers from Aug 2-4.

• 🥞 Stacked: The Springdale American Legion Post 139 will host its monthly Pancake Breakfast this Saturday, Aug 3, from 7-10:30a. Breakfast is $5 for adults, $3 for kids, or $15 for the whole family!

• 🎸 Hillberry Weekend: The streets of Downtown Rogers will come alive with music this weekend as Railyard Live hosts Grateful Dead Night on Friday, Aug 3, followed by Bluegrass Night on Saturday, Aug 4.

• 🍺 At The Farmhouse: The Goshen Farmer’s Market will be at Orthodox Farmhouse Brewery for its monthly Saturday Market Series featuring local vendors, live music, brunch, and beverages starting on un 1, from 9a-12:30p.

• 🎒 Pack That: Shop your favorite outdoor brands during Pack Rat Outdoor Centers' Summer Sale this Saturday, August 3, at 9a.

• 🎨 House Party @ the MO: Celebrate the opening of the Momentary’s latest exhibitions, Mystix Parallax and Dark Waters, with a day of family-friendly festivities in Downtown Bentonville this Saturday, Aug 3, from 10a-4p.

• 🦖 Living Fossil Films: Watch Jurassic Park underground in the Old Spanish Treasure Cave in Sulphur Springs this Saturday, Aug 3, at 6p.

• 🍺 In The Haus: Bauhaus Biergarten is hosting its very first farmer’s market this Saturday, Aug 3, from 9a to noon. Stop by to pick up fresh produce and flowers and grab a German beer!

• 🦞 My Maine Man: Cousins Maine Lobster is bringing its renowned food truck to Social Project Brewing in Bentonville this Sunday, Aug 4, from 11a-8p.

• 🧑‍🌾 Gone To Market: Check out our guide to Northwest Arkansas’s Farmers Markets to find out where you can shop local vendors, growers, and artisans this weekend!

Enjoy your weekend, NWA!

Arts & Culture

Red Ball To Bounce Its Way Around Northwest Arkansas This Fall

RedBall Project, which is considered the world’s longest-running street art project, will make its Northwest Arkansas debut this September.

• Bouncing Around: RedBall is a traveling public art piece by American artist Kurt Perschke. The piece has been to over 40 cities globally, including Paris, Abu Dhabi, Tokyo, and more, moving through a city with a new site each day of the performance.

• Ready To Roll: Over five days, the 15-foot-tall, 250-pound ball will be squished and stuffed into creative locations around Bentonville, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Rogers, and Fayetteville. Creative Arkansas Community Hub & Exchange (CACHE), which helped organize the RedBall visit, plans to host Kurt Perschke for an artist talk at 21C Museum Hotel and an artist event with MIXD in Rogers—dates TBD.

Learn more about RedBall Project HERE.

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Inaugural Girls On The Run NWA ‘Sneakers at the Stadium’ Event Set For Aug 9

Join Girls on the Run of Northwest Arkansas for their inaugural Sneakers at the Stadium event inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Friday, Aug 9!

• In Their Shoes: Razorback Softball Head Coach Courtney Deifel will be the featured speaker, along with special guest appearances by Miss Arkansas Camille Cathey, Miss University of Arkansas, and Razorback Track & Field Student-Athlete LilliAnn Nunely and Miss Arkansas’s Teen Peyton Bolling.

• Sneak Peak: Enjoy delicious tailgate food, an open bar, stunning views of Razorback Stadium atop the North End Zone deck, an exciting silent auction, and music/mingling. Tickets are $50 or $75 for the VIP Experience, which includes a behind-the-scenes tour of the Razorback Football gameday locker room and a photo opportunity with a Razorback mascot.

Dress Code: Super Chic and Sneaker Fabulous! Reserve your tickets HERE.

ICYMI

This Week’s Top Stories

• Hamilton Coming to Walton Arts Center

• Crystal Bridges To Host Glow Party Along Art Trail

• Progress Pictures of Heartland Whole Health Insitute

• Free Movie Night At Arvest Ballpark

• Tontitown Grape Festival Returns For 125th Year

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• 🚲️ Life Is A Bikeway: National nonprofit Adventure Cycling recently announced Arkansas’s second long-distance bike route, USBR 51, an 88-mile route from the Arkansas-Missouri border to Alma.

• 👯 Let’s Dance: CACHE will host a Social Hour for Dance Professionals, featuring an hour-ish of food, drinks, conversation, and inspiration for current and aspiring dancers on Monday, Aug 5, from 10-11:30a.

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