Arts and Entertainment
Walton Arts Center
To the delight of local residents, the Walton Arts Center is the cultural centerpiece of Northwest Arkansas - a beautiful arts and entertainment complex located in Fayetteville. A most unique aspect of the Walton Arts Center is the way that it was built - through an unusual partnership between public and private sectors, negotiations, compromise and a vision that produced a facility that enriches the cultural life of Northwest Arkansas.
Walton Arts Theater
Offering a year-round schedule for all ages, The Walton Arts Center attracts nationally prominent theater, concerts, ballets, dance troupes and other events. Recent performers include Slow Dancing, Riverdance, Michael Bouble, Bill Cosby, B. B. King, and touring companies of "CATS", "Les Miserables", "42nd Street", "The Producers", "The Graduate", "Evita," "A Chorus Line," and "Chicago."
It is also home to the respected North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra which recently celebrated their 50th season. The adjacent Nadine Baum Learning Center provides studio art and drama workshop experiences for all ages, including Theatre Squared.
Formed in 2006, TheatreSquared is a non-profit organization. As one of only two resident Equity theatres in Arkansas, TheatreSquared's goal is to provide extraordinary entertainment and education programs for adults and young people. Check out their website for next season's performances.
Theatre Squared
Past performances have included innovative works such as Moonlight & Magnolias, Jungalbook, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol and the world premiere of My Father's War to name a few.
University of Arkansas Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences
When the Fine Arts Center at the University of Arkansas opened in 1951, the Arkansas Gazette hailed it as "the most handsome building in the South." Under one roof were dance, music, art, drama, and architecture, a series of connected spaces in which the arts could flourish. Designed by Edward D. Stone, a major figure in 20th-century architecture, the Fine Arts Center today continues this tradition, hosting hundreds of concerts, University Theatre productions, and art exhibitions each year. Included in the art gallery's permanent collection are prints by Salvador Dali and mobiles by Alexander Calder. Each year, the gallery features lectures and traveling exhibits by noted artists. In the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, patrons enjoy concerts by talented faculty groups such as the Lyrique Quintet and the Fulbright Trio, as well as by renowned guest artists and faculty members such as Jura Margulis. In the recently renovated University Theatre, audiences are treated to several main stage productions each year, from Shakespearian tragedies to Broadway comedies and musicals. Enjoy performances in this historic building, built as a tribute to the lasting power of the arts to enrich our lives.
UA Fine Arts Galley/Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences - Use the link below to preview current exhibits:
UA Fine Arts Gallery
Visit the UA Drama Department/Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences website:
UA Drama Department
Visit the UA Music Department/Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences website:
UA Music Department
North Arkansas Symphony
The North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (NASO) is currently undergowing reorganization. Expect good news in 2009!
http://www.nasymphony.org/
Dickson Street Entertainment District in Downtown Fayetteville
A vibrant downtown is a confluence of a city's culture and people. It speaks of history, a sense of art and a philosophy of creativity, and abounds with viable businesses and residential neighborhoods. We believe the viability of a community's downtown district is a direct reflection of its health and well being. Fayetteville is alive and well and getting better all the time.
Fayetteville's Downtown Master Plan, a plan that further strengthens Fayetteville's place as one of the most livable cities in the country, is dedicated to ensuring the continuing vitality of the downtown district.
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Develop and apply a cohesive strategy to establish the district as the premier cultural and entertainment destination in Northwest Arkansas
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Encourage mixed-use development and adaptive reuse and promote historic preservation
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Support a healthy and diverse mix of businesses within the district
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Promote healthy and unique downtown living
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Encourage and foster the unique atmosphere of the district
http://www.artslivetheatre.com/
Find more information at the link above about Arts Live - Northwest Arkansas' Only Dedicated Children's and Youth Theatre Company
Farmers Market
The Farmers Market on the Fayetteville Square
The Fayetteville Farmers' Market, around the newly renovated downtown square, is open SATURDAYS 7am - 1pm starting April 5th until Nov 22nd. It is also open TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS from 7am - 1pm starting April 8th until October 30th. It is an open-air market, and come rain or shine the vendors will be there with fresh picked fruits, vegetables, herbs and plenty of flowers. On any given Saturday you will find hundreds of people migrating the various vendors, buying a coffee and a fresh baked treat or just sitting to visit with friends and visitors on the new rock wall that now encompasses the entire square...a delightful experience!
The Mill District Market is open THURSDAYS 4pm - 7pm starting April 10th until October 30th. The Mill District Market is located on the corner of 6th Street and S. School (Bus. Hwy. 71) in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville Farmers Market
Click on the link above for a tour of our wonderful farmer's market on the downtown square.
Terra Studios
Terra Studios is located in the Ozark Mountains near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Here, artisans produce glass and pottery homewares, gifts and fine art pieces. Terra visitors can stroll along the wooded paths through the mural garden, explore the pottery showroom and watch skilled glassworkers create the now famous Bluebird of Happiness®.
Terra Studios
Arkansas Air Museum
The historic aircraft in the Arkansas Air Museum are unusual among museum exhibits because most of them still fly. There are few "stuffed birds" in this collection. From world-famous racing planes of the 1920s and 1930s to an early airliner, the planes are maintained in flying condition.
The museum is located at the Fayetteville Airport, Highway 71 on the south end of town.
Even the vast, all-wood white hangar which houses the bright colored old airplanes and static displays is a part of American history. Former headquarters for one of the United States' many aviator-training posts during the Second World War, it is one of the few remaining examples of 1940s era aircraft hangars. Static displays range from the golden age of aviation to the jet age, including Vietnam-era Army helicopters and a Navy carrier fighter.
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