All events listed in 8 Days a Week are open to the public. To submit a listing, send to FFW, 203 N. College Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701, or fax to 444-7289, at least two weeks prior to event. Submissions are printed as space allows. Photographs and art are also considered.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Tibetan Monks Geshe Thupten Dorjee and Rinzin Dorjee will visit Unity of Fayetteville at 6:30 p.m. today, 4880 W. Wedington Drive. www.unityfay.org or 442-0680.

11th annual Antique Trail show at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center on Hwy 62 West in Eureka Springs. $2.50. 253-7551

Rogers High School DECA Fashion Show benefiting Muscular Dystrophy at 7 p.m. Saturday at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. 721-2635

Jugglers, fire spinners and sky box performers at 8 p.m. Sunday at The Depot, 515 W. Dickson in Fayetteville. Free. 582-4949.

Jazz Up Eureka Wednesday through March 24 at the City Auditorium in Eureka Springs. See Highlights. $25-$60. www.JazzUpEureka.com or 363-0363.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY
St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 2 p.m. Saturday in downtown Eureka Springs. 239-4466.

Clarke R. Buehling at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Doe’s Eat Place, 316 W. Dickson in Fayetteville. 443-3637

SCREEN
Family Flicks presents Curious George at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel at the Jones Center for Families, 922 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. Free. Next week: Nacho Libre. www.jonesnet.org or 756-8090, ext. 116.

Charade at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. Next Week: Brick. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

WORDS
Christian fiction readers’ tea at 11 a.m. Friday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

The Tellers of Tales storytelling group at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave., in Springdale. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

Joe Carnes Guinn, author of Step Up to Critical Thinking, lectures at 2 p.m. Saturday at Community Access Television,101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville. 444-3433.

Women’s open mic poetry night with Mendy Knott, Herwords Outloud (howl), at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Nightbird Books, 557 S. School Ave., No. 103 in Fayetteville. www.nightbirdbooks.com or 443-2080.

LifeWriting, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, at 10 a.m. Monday at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave., in Springdale. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh or 790-2588.

MUSIC
McNair Jazz Band at 6 p.m. today at Arsaga’s at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

Humperdinck’s opera Hansel & Gretel at 8 p.m. today through Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday at University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall. $5-$10. 575-4703.

The North Arkansas Symphony will perform Upon Emerald Shores at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $28-36. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

Brentwood Bluegrass at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Brentwood Community Building. $3. South of Fayetteville on U.S. 71. 839-2119.

Quattrocelli at 2 p.m. Sunday at Arend Arts Center, 1901 S.E. J St. in Bentonville. $5-$25. 254-5200.

Jonathan Story piano recital at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Concert Hall. Free. 575-4703.

Arsaga’s Songwriter Circle at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Arsaga’s, 1582 Crossover in Fayetteville. 527-0690.

LEARNING
Classes on how to make a potting bench or obelisk at 9 a.m., or a potting bench or bridge at 1 p.m. March 31 at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks at 4703 N. Crossover Road in Fayetteville. $75 for each workshop; register by March 15. www.bgso.org or 750-2620.

The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society at 7 p.m. today at the Shiloh Museum Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave., in Springdale. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

Barry Glick will speak about Hellebores for the Flower Garden and Nature Society at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Jones Center in Springdale. $15. www.bgso.org or 750-2620.

Flower, Garden and Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Jones Center for Families. 750-0421.

Dudes and Dolls Square Dance Club at 8 p.m. Saturday at Asbell Elementary School. 443-2796.

American Heart Association CPR Instructor course Wednesday at the Jones Center, 610 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. Pre-registration required. www.jonesnet.org or 750-6550.

The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable at 7 p.m. March 22 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave., in Springdale. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

Women’s drumming class at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Café of Life on Huntsville Road in Fayetteville. $6-$10. Extra drums available. Register with Sheila, 643-3067.

Dress-Up and Dance: Lessons at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., and open dance at 9:30 p.m. Fridays at Teatro Scarpino at 329 N. West Ave., in Fayetteville. Swing, Salsa, Latin and other genres. $10. www.scarpino.com or 409-3772.

A variety of art classes will be offered June 1 through Aug. 3 at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts. For all ages. Costs vary. www.esartschool.org or 253-5384.

MIND, BODY, SPIRIT
World Prayer Workshop at 6:30 p.m. March 22 at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222. Ext. 4324.

Mastery of Consciousness at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the School of Metaphysics, 236 E. South St. in Fayetteville. $15. www.som.org or 527-6804.

The Buddhist meditation and spiritual support group, 7 p.m. Thursdays, Arkansas Yoga Center, 1949 N. Green Acres Road, Fayetteville. 521-2395.

The Jones Center Community Health and Wellness Center in Springdale offers a variety of free and low cost exercise classes for adults and children, including Water Aerobics Classes for $25 per month. 756-6550, ext. 132.

MINOR MATTERS
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration at 4 p.m. today at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

Teen Knitting Group at 5 p.m. today at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

Teen Tech Week: Digital Dig at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

SPRING BREAK FOR KIDS
Day camps Monday through Mar. 23 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. Time, costs, activities vary. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

Creative Kids: Analog to Digital at 9 a.m. Monday through Mar. 23 at the New Design Center at 572 W. Sixth St. in Fayetteville. Ages 9-12. $110. www.newdesigncenter.org or 587-9925.

Spring Break Lock-in with games, food, crafts and more at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. $10; K-5th; registration required. www.faylib.org or 571-2222, ext. 4370.

Spring Break Film Fest Ice Age: The Final Meltdown at 10 a.m. March 23 at the Fayetteville Public Library, 401 W. Mountain St. www.faylib.org or 571-2222.

FOR BOOMERS
Acrylic Painting at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College. 571-2920.

Lift exercise with Melissa Powers at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College. 571-2920.

Peppi exercise with Melissa Powers at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College. 571-2920.

Line Dancing at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at the Jones Center, 922 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. Free. www.jonesnet.org or 756-8090, ext. 137.

Yoga at 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Fayetteville Senior Center 945 S. College. $6. 571-2920.

AUDITIONS, CALL FOR ENTRIES, VOLUNTEERS
Hospice volunteer training at 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 19 at WRMC Hospice Office, 34 W. Colt Square in Fayetteville. Registration required. 713-7384.

2007 FAT CAT Awards and Video Festival entries accepted through Saturday at Community Access Television,101 W. Rock St. in Fayetteville. Free. Entries aired Saturdays in April; Awards Ceremony April 27. 444-3433.

Entries for the 2007 Thomas Hart Benton Award, a mural design competition with a $2,000 prize, must be postmarked or hand delivered by March 23 to Crowder College in Neosho, MO. Theme: the life and work of George Washington Craver. No entry fee required. Contact Allen Bishop, abishop@crowder.edu or 417-455-5600

Entries for the 2007 T Tauri Film Festival due by April 1. Ages 18 and under. www.ttauri.org.

2007 Fayetteville Arts Festival accepting applications from visual artists of numerous categories through April 9. www.fayettevillearts.org or 571-3337.

Entries from local fashion and accessories designers are being sought for a trunk show at Masons at Bellafont. Email mason@shopmasons.com, subject line “OPEN CALL.”

ART EXHIBITS
Arsaga’s Espresso Cafe, 1852 N. Crossover Road, Fayetteville. 527-0690. Marlo Salfedo through April 1.

Arsaga’s, 2418 N. Gregg Ave., Fayetteville, 444-6557. Elizabeth Mitchell through April 1.

Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St., Springdale. 751-5441. www.artscenteroftheozarks.org. Eighth annual Celebrate Art! K-8th grade through Saturday.

Flat Rock Studio, 2002 S. School St. Fayetteville. www.flatrockclay.com or 521-3181. Works by Oklahoma and Arkansas potters and studio clay artists displayed along with featured monthly artists.

Gallery West, 1801 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista. www.villageartclub.org or 273-1798. Sally Scott, Loretta Luschar, B. J. Culbertson, Jack Hetterich, Carolyn Bietendorf, Jan Burgess, Nadine Mong, Ruth Klotz, Charles Harrington, Cathy Wills, and Mary Ann Craig through April.

Julie Wait Designs Art Gallery, 318 S. First St., Rogers. 631-8706. Jody Stephenson through April 6.

The Perk, 3980 W. Wedington Drive, Fayetteville, 251-7375. Marc Langille through March 31.

Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St., in Rogers. www.RogersLittleTheater.com or 631-8988. J. P. McCauley Friday and Saturday.

University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center Gallery, Fayetteville. 575-7987. By Any Means: Works from the National Drawing Invitationals through Friday.

GALLERIES, ETC.
Artful Spaces, 266 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville. 582-5554.

ddp gallery, 7 E. Mountain St. Fayetteville. 442-0001. www.ddpgallery.com

Enigma, 15 N. Block Ave., Fayetteville. 587-0304.

Fusion Fine Arts Gallery, 109 N. Main St., Bentonville. 273-9278.

Heartwood Gallery-An Artists Collective. 428 S. Government St., Fayetteville. 444-0888.

J Gallery, 311 W. Dickson St., Ste.103, Fayetteville. 521-2004.

Poor Richard’s Art, 116 S. First St., Rogers. www.poorrichardsart.com or 636-0417. Opens March 1.

Terra Studios, 12103 Hazel Valley Road. Durham. 643-3314.

Wishing Spring Arts and Crafts Gallery, 8862 W. McNelly Road, Bella Vista. 273-1798. www.villageartclub.org.

MUSEUMS
Arkansas Arts Center, Ninth and Commerce Streets, Little Rock. www.arkarts.com or (501)372-4000. Timeless Beauty: Wood Fired Ceramics by Joe Bruhin Friday through May 13. Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawings through April 1. Connections: International Turning Exchange through March 25.

Gravette Historical Museum, 503 Charlotte St. SE, Gravette. 787-7334. Early 1900s restored home with displays representing Gravette’s history.

Pea Ridge National Military Park, 15930 U.S. 62, Garfield. 451-8122. Open Monday to Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Self-guided road tour, 10-mile hiking trail, Civil War museum and bookstore.

Peel Mansion Museum and Historic Gardens, 400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville. 273-9664. 1875 Italianate mansion with historic roses and plants.

Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park, 506 E. Douglas St., US Hwy. 62, Prairie Grove. 846-2990. Civil War battlefield with original buildings.

Price Tower Arts Center, 510 Dewey Ave., Bartlesville, OK. (877)424-2424. Open Tuesdays through Sundays. Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Friday through May 13.

Rogers Historical Museum, 322 S. Second St., Rogers. 621-1154. www.rogersarkansas.com/museum. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Springtime in the Ozarks: Floral Quilts from the Enfield Collection through April 28. All Aboard: Rogers and the Golden Age of Rail through Oct. 2007. That’s Entertainment: From Vaudeville to Cable TV through Jan. 2008.

Shiloh Museum, 118 W. Johnson Ave., Springdale. 750-8165. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh. Exhibits of early life in the Ozarks. Original buildings on the grounds. Yours in FLT, Independent Order of Odd Fellow artifacts through March. Serving Our Clients: Rural Relief in 1930s Newton County through April 26. Say Cheese! through Aug. 4.

Siloam Springs Museum, 112 N. Maxwell St., 524-4011. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., admission is free. Collector’s Collection 2007 Exhibition through March 31.

COMING SOON
Northwest Arkansas Music Awards (NAMA) at 8 p.m. April 12 at the Dickson Street Theatre in Fayetteville. www.myspace.com/namamusicawards or 521-4550.

Chili Cookoff at 12 p.m. March 25 at the Rogers Veterans of Foreign War Post 3031. $10. 636-7042.

Heartsaver CPR at 6 p.m. March 27 at the Jones Center, 610 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. Pre-registration required. www.jonesnet.org 750-6550.

CPR For Families & Friends at 6 p.m. March 29 at the Jones Center, 610 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. Pre-registration required. www.jonesnet.org 750-6550.

The annual Jones Juggling Festival will be March 29 – April 1 at the Jones Center for Families, 922 E. Emma Ave. in Springdale. Free. www.jonesnet.org or 756-8090, ext. 518.

Finders Keepers at 1 p.m. March 30 at the Rogers Historical Museum at 322 S. Second St. in Rogers. www.rogersarkansas.com/museum or 621-1154.

Ozark Poetry Slam’s Campfire Reading at 9 p.m. March 30 at The Depot, 515 W. Dickson in Fayetteville. 582-4949.

American Heart Association Heart Walk at 9 a.m. March 31 at UA. www.heartwalk.kintero.org/nwa or 571-6680.

UA Horse Festival at 10 a.m. March 31 at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena, Hwy 112 South (Exit 66) in Fayetteville. $5-$10; under 12 free with paying adult. www.horsefestival.org or 575-6300.

Doggie Easter Bonnet Contest and Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. March 31 at Ryan Murphy Memorial Park in Rogers. 631-2275

KidWorks Puss In Boots at 2 p.m. March 31 at the Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St. in Rogers. $2-$10. www.RogersLittleTheater.com or 631-8988.

Candlelight vigil for homeless animals and a blessing of the animals at 6:30 p.m. March 31 at the Fayetteville Square. Refreshments and candles provided. 444-3456.

Reading, reception and booksigning for Pat Carr, the author of The Death of a Confederate Colonel: Civil War Stories and a Novella, at 7 p.m. March 31 at Nightbird Books, 557 S. School Ave., No. 103 in Fayetteville. www.nightbirdbooks.com or 443-2080.

Dance Coalition Dancing Across Cultures at 7 p.m. March 31 and 2 p.m. April 1 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $10-$15. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

The Fulbright Concerto Competition at 7:30 p.m. March 31 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $35-40. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

The North Arkansas Symphony Adventures in Music at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. April 2 and 3 at the Arend Arts Center, 1901 S.E. J St. in Bentonville. 521-4166.

Three Dog Night at 7:30 p.m. April 3 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $40-$75. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Goldberger will speak at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at the Bartlesville High School Fine Arts Center Auditorium, 1700 Hillcrest Drive, Bartlesville, Okla., $5-$8. www.pricetower.org or 918-336-4949.

Legends, featuring Joan Collins and Linda Evans, at 7 p.m. April 10-12 and April 15, at 8 p.m. April 13-14, and at 2 p.m. April 14-15 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $38-$46. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

The Nerd at 7:30 p.m. April 13-14, April 20-21 and at 2 p.m. April 15 Arts Center of the Ozarks, 214 S. Main St. in Springdale. $8-$18. www.artscenteroftheozarks.org or 751-5441.

Caught In The Net: Run For Your Wife Part II at 8 p.m. April 13-14, April 19-21, April 26-28, and at 2 p.m. April 29 at the Rogers Little Theater, 116 S. Second St. in Rogers. $7.50-$35. www.RogersLittleTheater.com or 631-8988.

20th annual Pettigrew Day April 14 at Pettigrew Community Building in Madison County. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165

Pirates of Penzance at 7 p.m. April 17 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $26-$38. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

Air It and Share It, a quilt show-and-tell, at 12 p.m. April 18 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, 118 W. Johnson Ave., in Springdale. www.springdaleark.org/shiloh or 750-8165.

UA Symphonic Band/ Campus Band at 7:30 p.m. April 18 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $10. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

UA Wind Symphony/ Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. April 19 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $10. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at 8 a.m. April 21 at the Northwest Arkansas Mall. www.komenozark.org or 750-7465.

Three Dog Night at 8 p.m. April 21 at the Alma Performing Arts Center in Alma. $30-$45. www.almapac.org or 632-2129.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at 8 p.m. April 21 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $16-$24. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

One Man Star Wars at 7 p.m. April 24-28 and at 9:30 p.m. April 27-28 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $16-$22. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.

University of Arkansas Theatre presents West Side Story at 8 p.m. April 26-28 and at 2 p.m. April 29 at the Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. $15. www.waltonartscenter.org or 443-5600.