July 1, 2008 Free Mac Computer Club Meeting Location: Conference Room, Southwest Times Record
3600 Wheeler Avenue, Fort Smith
Time:
Doors open @ 6:45pm
Meeting from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Subjects covered this month:
Terminal basics-about using the command line in OS X
An intro to using microphones with a Mac
An iPhoto ordering options overview
Demo of the free plugin for the Safari browser called Inquisitor
For any questions regarding this meeting call 479-646-1702
July 1, 2008 Red, White, and Blooms! Location: Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
4703 North Crossover Road, Fayetteville
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
$5.00 admission for non-members and free for members
Join the 50 piece Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band for an evening of patriotic favorites on the Great Lawn.
Bring your blanket and lawn chairs
July 1, 2008 Summer Youth Nature Art Workshop Location: Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Wells Lake Road, Fort Smith
Workshop: Photography @ 9:00am to 11:00am for ages 6-10 years
Workshop: Photography @ noon to 2:00pm for ages 11-16 years
Become a professional phographer in training with a focus on macro photography. Bring your own camera or use one of ours
Workshop is free but registration is required, please call 479-452-3993 to register
July 2, 2008 Arkansas Support Network Location: 6836 Isaac's Orchard Road, Springdale, AR
Time: 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Free event
July 3, 2008 The Beau Weevilz Band Northeast Oklahoma band performing
Location: Hallway, 217 N. Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, OK
Show begins @ 7:30pm
Other bands are Quitzow and Setting Sun from New York, The Floor Plan from Arkansas, and Day Dreamer also from Oklahoma
July 4, 2008 Free Concert River Valley Community Band
Mayor's July 4th Family Fun Fest
Time: 8:00pm
Location:Harry E. Kelly Riverfront Park, 2nd. & Garrison, Fort Smith
July 4, 2008 Fun & Fireworks Enjoy Natural's after Game Fireworks
Begining: 7:00pm
Location: Phillips Chapel Freewill Baptist Church
3074 South 48th street, Springdale
across 540 from Arvest Ball Park
Parking $5.00
Concessions will be available and free activities for all ages
Bring lawn chairs & blankets to enjoy fireworks
Proceeds help fund trip for the Philips Chapel Youth to National Youth Conference in Charleston, West Virginia
For more information call 479-756-6787
July 5, 2008 Sugar Creek Astronomical Society "Star Parties"
Location: Hobbs State Park, Conservation Area
Time: 8:30pm
July 8, 2008 Mommy & Me Art Class Location: Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Avenue, Fayetteville
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Project: Heat Survival
Create tools to help beat the heat this summer
Cost: $10.00 per class
To register call 479-442-8585
July 9, 2008 Managing Your Cash Flow Small Business Owners in Northwest Arkansas
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Pulaski Bank, 2503 North Second Street, Rogers
Website: bfox@walton.uark.edu or call 479-575-5148
July 9, 2008 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Open House Location: 308 Park Street, Springdale
Time: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Volunteer program designed for adults age 55 and older to use their life experiences, skills, and knowledge to help others in need
July 10, 2008 SBA Loan Workshop Small Business Owners in Northwest Arkansas
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Bentonville Chamber of Commerce, 200 E. Central, Bentonville
Fee: $10.00
Website: bfox@walton.uark.edu or call 479-575-5148
July 10, 2008 Summer Cocktail Series: Sunflowers and Sangria Location: Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
4703 North Crossroads Road, Fayetteville
Time: 6:30pm
Ticket: $15.00 for members and $20.00 for non-members
Join us for a reprise of last summer's fabulous event
Enjoy the eponymous blossoms and beverages and live music as the day winds down
Light Appetizers will be served at this casual event
July 10, 2008 Summer Youth Nature Art Workshop Workshop: Mosaic Making @ 9:00am to 11:00am for ages 11-16 years
Sign up for this mini workshop and you'll get to create and take home a mini nature mosaic the Nature Center's way!
Workshop is free but registration is required please call 479-452-3993 to register
July 12, 2008 Arkansas War Cats v. Oklahoma Knights Location: Gates Stadium
Kick-Off: 7:30pm
Gates Open: 6:30pm
Ticket Office opens at 6:00pm
General admission: $5.00
Upper/sky level chair: $10:00
Sky Box (air conditioned): $20.00 per seat
July 12, 2008 All Day Yard Sale & Dinner & Drinks & Silent Auction & Pie/Cake Auction Location: Greenland High School, just south of Fayetteville Drake Airport
Times:
All Day Yard Sale beginning at 9:00am
Dinner, Drinks & Silent Auction beginning at 4:00pm
Wrapping up with Pie/Cake Auction beginning around 6:00pm
Items auctioned: weekend casino hotel accommodation, restaurant dining; local hotel "suite" accommodation, storage service, towing service and much more
For more information call 479-841-1087
July 12, 2008 Singles' Night Out Location: Fort Smith Activity Center, 2700 Cavanaugh Road
Time: 6:00pm
$5.00 cover charge at the door and you must bring a covered dish
This is a dress casual event
To make your reservaton, call today 479-784-4300
July 12, 2008 2nd Annual Car Show/Swap Meet Location: Fayetteville First Assembly of God, 550 E. 15 street
Time: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Lots of fun, fine cars, a swap-meet, great food, awesome music, door prizes
All proceeds go to Youth Ministries, Missions, Teen Challenge all locally
For more information call 479-443-5633
July 14, 2008 EA Sports NCAA Football 09 Tailgate Party Location: Best Buy Store, 464 E Joyce Blvd., Fayetteville
Festivities will kick off around 8:00pm and Best Buys doors open at 12:01am (July, 15, 2008) to sell the first copies for NCAA Football 09
The Xbox 360 platform version cover athlete is University of Arkansas Razorback star, Darren McFadden
Huge community event filled with tailgate games, game demos, food, fun, prizes and entertainment
July 15, 2008 Starting A Business in Arkansas Small Business Owners in Northwest Arkansas
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Jones Center for Families, 922 E. Emma Street, Springdale
Cost: $30.00
Website: bfox@walton.uark.edu
or call: 479-575-5148
July 14,15,16,17,18, 2008 Power Lab Vacation Bible School Location: Elm Springs United Methodist Church
110 School Avenue, Elm Springs, AR
Time: 6:00 to 8:30pm
Preschool and Elementary aged kids are welcome
Parents are welcome to attend the nightly closing for singing & fun
Register at the church, or call 479-248-1290
or visit website: elmspringschurch.org
July 16, 2008 Mommy & Me Art Class Location: Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Avenue, Fayetteville
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Project: read "Black Meets White" by Justine Fontes
Create tape and paper resist paintings and interactive collages
Cost: $10.00 per class
To register call 479-442-8585
July 17, 2008 How to Write a Business Plan Small Business Owners in Northwest Arkansas
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Arvest Bank on the Square, Bentonville
Cost: $35.00
July 18, 19, 20, 2008 "Fiddler on the Roof" The Village Players
Location: Arend Arts Center Bentonville High School
Performance:
Friday 7:30pm
Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 2:00pm
Ticket: $15.00 adult $7.00 student
Tickets sold at Arvest Banks or call 479-855-0198 or website: bellavistavillageplayers.org
July 19, 2008 National Federation of the Blind of Northwest Arkansas Meeting Location: room 259, Jones Center, Springdale
Time: 12:00pm
website: www.feeewebs.com/nfbofnwa
July 19, 2008 2 Annual "Rockin' in the Fort" Location: Riverfront Park, Downtown Fort Smith
Gates Open: 6:00pm
Entertainment:
Cinder Road starts at 7:15pm
Crooked starts at 8:45pm
Headliner: Night Ranger starts at 10:15
Ticket: Advanced $20.00 Gate $25.00
Tickets go sale May 20, 2008
Can be purchased on line at www.ticketbound.com
Ticket Bound Office, 1623 North A street, Fort Smith
Phone: 800-737-4040
Proceeds benefit Children Emergency Shelter
July 19, 2008 Decatur Chili Supper & Auction Fundraiser Location: Veterans Park, Hwy 102 East, Decatur
Time:
2:00pm Kids games, silent auction and raffle ticket sales
5:00pm Chili supper & pie auction
5:30pm Silent auction results
Come join our community and help save our school
July 19,2008 Branch Old Red Brick School Class Reunion For all students who ever attended the school, final year was 1950
Meet: "The Hall" at Italiano's Restaurant
North 13th & B streets, Fort Smith, AR
Registration/Fellowship at 4:00pm
Dinner at 6:00pm
Cost: $25.00 per person
Send reservation and check to Audery Kuykendall, 3101 Brooken Hill Drive, Fort Smith
Phone: 479-646-1983
For more information call: 479-965-2525
July 19, 2008 Ben Chesney & the Chesco River Band Location: Fayetteville Senior Activity Center, 945 South College Fayetteville
Bring some Pot Luck Vittles to share @ 6:00pm
Dance starts @ 7:00pm
Admission: $5.00
For more information call 479-571-2920
July 19, 2008 "Disco Thru the 80's" Team @ Work For All Charities, Inc.
A dance-fundraiser to benefit the Cancer Support House
Location: The Oaks by Goodson's, 5500 Massard Road, Fort Smith
Doors open at 7:00pm
Tickets: $20.00 in advance $25.00 at the door
Table reservations $100.00 (6 tickets) $120.00 (8 tickets)
Call: 782-7183 or 414-5905
Cash prizes for for best Disco era costumes and selling raffle tickets to win a 42" Plasma HDTV
Hor d'ouerves, cash bar, inhouse raffle, trivia with prizes and hot night of funky and bootie shakin
Come everybody, get down and boogie
July 19, 20, 2008 "Midsummer Night's Dream" Theatre, NWA professional theatre company
Performing in Eureka Springs Basin Park
Time:
Saturday @ 6:30pm
Sunday @ 5:30pm
Ticket $5.00 per person; $20.00 per family
Everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite lawn chair or picnic basket and soft drinks
Website: theatresquared.org or call 479-445-6333
July 22, 23, 24, 2008 Class for Advanced Placement English Students TheatreSquared Northwest Arkansas' Professional Theatre & the Brown Chair of English Literacy at the University of Arkansas
Location: University of Arkansas Fayetteville Campus
Cost: $95.00
Students should register before June 10, 2008 by calling TheatreSquared at 479-445-6333 or online at www.theatresquared.org
July 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2008 Theatre Squared Summer Drama Academy Location: Riordan Hall, Bella Vista
Time: 9:00am to 3:30pm
Grades: 3rd - 12th
Cost: $195.00
Students should bring a bag lunch
To register, call 479-445-6333 or visit the education and outreach section of www.theatresquared.org
July 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2008 Theatre Squared Summer Drama Academy Location: Riordan Hall, Bella Vista
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm (half day)
Grades: 3rd - 12th
Cost: $100.00
Students should bring a bag lunch
To register, call 479-445-6333 or visit the education and outreach section of www.theatresquared.org
July 22, 2008 E-Marketing Tips for Small Business Small Business Owners in Northwest Arkansas
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: University of Arkansas, Willard J. Walker, Room 203, Fayetteville
Cost: 35.00
Website: bfox@walton.uark.edu or call: 479-575-5148
July 22, 2008 Mommy & Me Class Location: Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Avenue, Fayetteville
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Project: Passport to Art!
From the studio experience Italy and Japan
and what Michangelo felt like as he painted lying down
Class will also paint landscapes and make paper lanterns
Cost: $10.00 per class
To register call 479-442-8585
July 24, 2008 Summer Youth Nature Art Workshop Location: Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Wells Lake Road, Fort Smith
Workshop: Print Making Journal @ 9:00am to 11:00am for ages 11-16 years
Come learn to create and design a very special nature journal
Workshop is free but registration is required please call 479-452-3993 to register
July 24 & 26, 2008 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Location: Bella Vista Blowing Springs Park
Time:
Thursday @ 6:30pm
Saturday @ 6:30pm
Ticket: $5.00 per person; $20.00 per Family
Website: theatresquared.org
July 25 & 27, 2008 "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Location: Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
4703 North Crossover Road, Fayetteville
Day&Time:
Friday @ 6:30pm
Sunday @ 6:30pm
Tickets: $5.00 and can be purchased at the gate
Shakespeare's classic comedy gets a fresh twist in this six-person, one-hour adaptation presented by TheatreSquared
July 25, 2008 2nd Annual Information Technology Showcase Location: Diversified Computer Resources, Pocola, OK
at the stop light where I-540 ends
Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm
Business owners, managers, and technology personnel are all invited to attend the free event
Meet one on one with some of the biggest names in the computer industry
Call 1-800-937-4129 or 918-436-1830 for more details
July 26, 2008 Greenland School Yard Sale Location: Greenland School Yard
Time: 7:00am to 4:00pm
Serving hot dogs, hamburger, snow cones
Times for dropping off items: Thursday & Friday @ 1:00pm to 8:00pm
For more information call: 479-521-7600
July 26, 2008 Bigwag Dog Bakery Celebrate 2 year anniversary
Food, treats, fun & prizes, vendors & demonstrations
Location: Bigwag Dog Bakery, 2301 W. Walnut, suite 23, Rogers AR
Time: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Free and everyone is welcome
July 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 2008 Vacation Bible School Beach Party - Surfin through the Scriptures
Location: First United Methodist Church of Bella Vista
20 Boyce Drive, Bella Vista
Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
For more information call 479-855-1158
July 29, 2008 Summer Youth Nature Art Workshop Location: Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, Wells Lake Road, Fort Smith
Workshop: Photography @ 9:00am to 11:00am for ages 6-10 years
Workshop: Photography @ noon to 2:00pm for ages 11-16 years
Become a professional photographer in training with a focus on macro photography. Bring your own camera or use one of ours
Workshop is free but registration is required please call 479-452-3993 to register
July 30, 2008 Mommy & Me Art Class Location: Community Imagination Studio, 818 N. Sang Avenue, Fayetteville
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Project: Creat art that moves
Cost: $10.00 per class
To register call: 479-442-8585
July 30, 2008 Free Concert: River Valley Community Band Arkansas Bandmasters Association Meeting
Time: 7:00pm
Location: "Dallas/Little Rock" room, Holiday Inn Downtown, Fort Smith
Performing: Dr. Jackie Laman, UCA Music Professor guest saxophone soloist
playing Charles Booker's Concerto for Saxophone
Any one interested in joining the Band; the rehearsals are on Tuesday nights at 7pm at Southside High School Band Room
July 31, 2008 Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Small Business Owners in Northwest Arkansas
Time: 9:00am to Noon
Location: University of Arkansas, Willard J. Walker Hall, Room 203, Fayetteville
Cost: $30.00
Website: bfox@walton.uark.edu or call: 479-575-5148
