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Calling all lit lovers!

WHAT: Join the Arkansas International to celebrate the release of the magazine’s latest issue, featuring author readings, wine and beer, and snacks.

WHEN: Thursday, May 16th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Parker Hall at Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville

Learn more about the Arkansas International at www.arkint.org.

Two ticket levels: Donate what you can, or $20 for a ticket magazine issue.

Get ready to get into Arkansas roots all season long with Mount Sequoyah’s spring Music on the Mountain Series! This longtime vibrant collection of concerts is FREE in 2024 thanks to the support of an Arkansas Heritage Grant. Any donations will go to support Mount Sequoyah’s continued community programing. This season features a stellar lineup of talented Arkansas musicians! Mark your calendars and grab your blankets because the music starts flowing on March 9th and lasts until the sun sets on May 18th! Experience a diverse musical tapestry exploring Ozark and Americana roots. This year’s Music on the Mountain concerts will open with local emerging artists as a part of an ongoing effort to connect young performers to professional musicians for hands-on guidance.

These concerts will be outdoors at our scenic Vesper Point. Seating will be provided but feel free to bring blankets and or chairs of your own. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, we will move across campus, into Clapp Auditorium. This will be communicated to ticket holders via email as well as on our social pages.
Please, no outside food or drink. We will have drinks available and this year, you can add a large pizza to your ticket!
Music begins 6:00PM

The Shiloh Old Time Pickers play OLD TIME traditional music where the fiddlers take the lead and the music is mostly instrumental. We are a group of musicians dedicated to preserving the tradition of Old Time fiddle and dance tunes.

Liam Fast is a singer/songwriter and guitarist based in Fayetteville. His sound is a mixture of alt-rock and folk. He performs solo with his guitar singing covers of artists such as The Beatles, as well as his own originals.

Instructed by Jane V. Blunschi

Classes will be Sunday, May 19th AND 26th

In this 2-day generative class and workshop, we will read and discuss contemporary poetry and prose to craft our own personal narrative pieces focused on our relationship to, and with, queerness that which we think of as “spiritual.”

It is often in life’s most exquisitely strange and stickiest times that we find ourselves most in tune with and reliant upon the energy that animates us, in all of it’s inexplicable and ineffable glory (if you can call it that lolsoooooob).

We will experiment with episodic narrative and the lyric biography to explore memories and life experiences from a fresh perspective, and work with themes like mystery, joy, grief, style, and identity through the lens of queerness to shift our focus to the moments in our lives when the subtle power of spirit has felt most present.

Classes will be Sunday, May 19th AND 26th from 3 -6 PM in Parker Hall at Mount Sequoyah Center.

Sample texts:

“The Crane Wife” by CJ Hauser

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/07/16/the-crane-wife/

“Upon This Rock” by John Jeremiah Sullivan

https://www.gq.com/story/rock-music-jesus

“Thanksgiving in Mongolia” by Ariel Levy

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/11/18/thanksgiving-in-mongolia

Excerpts of work by:

bell hooks – “All About Love”

adrienne maree brown – “Pleasure Activism” and “Emergent Strategy”

Poems by:

K. Iver

Jean Valentine

Maggie Smith

CD Eskilson

Eduardo C. Corrall

Richard Siken

Jessica L. Walsh

Sylvia Plath

Rage Hezekiah

Canese Jarboe

Brody Parrish Craig

The Sequoyah Ukulele Society is a low-key ukulele-jam held at the Mount Sequoyah Creative Center in Fayetteville AR. We meet 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month (3:00- 5:00 pm) and welcome (adult) players of all skill levels. There is no need to “join” or rsvp….. just attend when you can. 

Music (with chords) will be projected on a screen

No need to bring anything except your ukulele!

Where We Meet

We meet on the 1st floor of Sequoyah Hall

(The large red brick building located to the RIGHT as you drive in from Assembly)

Doors on both sides of the building will be open at 2:30 pm.

Jazz on the Mountain featuring Backbeat Jazz 

6 pm | Thursday, May 23 | Mount Sequoyah, Fayetteville 

Free but ticketed event 

Walton Arts
Center is proud to
announce the return of Artosphere: Arkansas’ Arts Nature Festival May 2-23,
with events and performances at locations across Northwest
Arkansas.  

Artosphere celebrates art, music and nature with exciting performances, activities and events for the whole family.

Each year, Artosphere spotlights artists and performers from around the world who are inspired by nature and provides a creative framework for the community to discuss issues of sustainability and environmental awareness. 

The multi-week festival features a mix of free and low-cost events, including outdoor performances, large orchestral concerts and several chamber music performances in special spaces throughout

our region. Several Artosphere favorites are back this year including Trail Mix, art workshops with Shannon Green and performances by the signature Artosphere Festival Orchestra in their finale season.  

New this year, Taking Flight: Restorative Mindfulness String Quartet & Bird Watching emphasizes meaningful observation, beginning with guided bird watching provided by NWA Land Trust.

Afterward, musicians Miho Sakon, Andrew Chu, Grace Clark and Mickael Puryear will perform Haydn’s String quartet in C major Opus 33 No. 3 “The Bird” on the beautiful Wilson Springs Preserve Trail. You have two chances to experience this one-of-a-kind event on Saturday, May 4 at 10 am and 5 pm.  

Tunes on the Trail returns, bringing classical music outdoors! Throughout May when you enjoy the trails at Lake Fayetteville, Mount Kessler, Mount Sequoyah, Cato Springs, Frisco Trail &

The Lower Ramble, Wilson Springs Preserve and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, enjoy a curated playlist featuring some of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra’s most beloved performances from the past 11 seasons. Find the Artopshere signage and scan the QR code to see how music, nature and movement collide!  

Except where noted below, tickets or

reservations for these events are available now. Purchase or reserve tickets to all events at artospherefestival.org, by calling 479.443.5600 weekdays 10 am-5 pm or in person at the Walton Arts Center Box Office weekdays 10 am-2 pm. 

The Sequoyah Ukulele Society is a low-key ukulele-jam held at the Mount Sequoyah Creative Center in Fayetteville AR. We meet 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month (3:00- 5:00 pm) and welcome (adult) players of all skill levels. There is no need to “join” or rsvp….. just attend when you can. 

Music (with chords) will be projected on a screen

No need to bring anything except your ukulele!

Where We Meet

We meet on the 1st floor of Sequoyah Hall

(The large red brick building located to the RIGHT as you drive in from Assembly)

Doors on both sides of the building will be open at 2:30 pm.