Cabin Fever Reliever

ffw 0114 bsThe Shiloh Museum’s second annual “Cabin Fever Reliever,” a celebration of the New Year, will be Saturday at the Springdale museum. The free event will feature music, theatrical scenes, storytelling, a new documentary film and history discussions. Members of the Heritage Trail Partners will discuss some of the lesser-known historic sites on the Trail of Tears, Butterfield Stagecoach route and also Civil War troop movements in Washington and Benton counties. Kids of all ages can visit the museum’s General Store and make a 2010 Topper hat. The museum is at the corner of Johnson Avenue and Main Street in downtown Springdale. For information, call 750-8165.

Here’s a schedule:

10 a.m. — Scenes from “The Taming of the Shrew” by the George Elementary School Shakespeare Troupe

10:30 a.m. — Stories by Tellers of Tales storytellers

10:45 a.m. — Screening of “Sacred Harp Singing in Northwest Arkansas,” a short documentary film

11 a.m. — Scenes from “The Taming of the Shrew” by the Shaw Elementary School Shakespeare Troupe

Noon — Stories by Tellers of Tales storytellers

12:15 p.m. — Screening of “Sacred Harp Singing in Northwest Arkansas”

12:30 p.m. — The Trail of Tears by John McLarty, including a new documentary short

1:15 p.m. — The Butterfield Stagecoach Route by Kirby Sanders

2 p.m. — Civil War Troop Movements by Alan Thompson

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