Mt. Comfort Cemetery
Decoration day will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 26 at Mt. Comfort Cemetery, 3878 W. Mt. Comfort Road in Fayetteville.
Association members will be on site to receive donations towards the annual maintenance. Tax deductible donations can be mailed to Mt. Comfort Cemetery Association, 3878 W. Mt. Comfort Road, Fayetteville, AR, 72704. Please make checks payable to the Mt. Comfort Cemetery Association.
Memorials in memory of someone are held in a trust fund and only the earnings are used for maintenance of the cemetery if there is insufficient funds in the maintenance account.
Information: (479) 755-3874, email mt.comfort.cemetery.assoc.ar@gmail.com or go to facebook.com/mtcomfortcemetery.
Memorial Day
In conjunction with American Legion Post 341, there will be a Memorial Day observance May 27 at the Bella Vista Memorial Garden Cemetery, 34 Buckstone Road in Bella Vista.
Lunch starts at noon with hot dogs and fixings, and the program begins at 1 p.m. with speaker Art Lawless and music by Echo. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets.
In case of rain, the event will be held at New Life Christian Church, 103 Riordan Road.
Information: (817) 266-7901.
Visual Art Night
The Medium, a radically inclusive space for creative expression in downtown Springdale, is excited to announce its final Visual Art Night, a part of the Creative Exchange program (CXF).
The Visual Art Night drop-in will be from 6 to 8 p.m. May 31 at the Medium, 214 S. Main St. in Springdale. Admission and refreshments are free.
This free, interactive event will showcase the projects of three CXF visual artists.
Visual Art Night provides an opportunity for the public to engage with the innovative works of CXF artists in residence, Macy Burr and Paige Dirksen. Attendees will also have the chance to experience Chosen Families, a curated exhibition by Amber Imrie, displayed in The Medium’s Main Hall. Guests are encouraged to visit the resident artists’ studios to meet the artists and learn more about their creative processes.
The event will include vendors from 479 Flea. 479 Flea is a pop-up marketplace for buying, selling, and trading curated vintage goods. The market will take place in The Medium’s black box and on the stage. Admission to 479 Flea is $5 and can be paid at the black box entrance.
Short Film Festival
The Rogers Short Film Festival awarded four filmmakers “Best Of” honors in their categories and one filmmaker “Best of Fest.”
The festival, held May 3-5 at the Victory Theater, screened 32 films from across the nation, hosted workshops for filmmakers, and provided time for networking opportunities in downtown Rogers.
Winners were “Drought” by Zoe Marie Brown, Student Category (K-12); “Mono No Aware” by CJ Mirch, Student Category (Post-secondary); “The Chain” by Tom Hipp, Amateur Category; and “Clownfish” by Clayton Henderson, Professional Category. Best of Fest went to “Otherside” by Kristen Buckels.
The 2025 Rogers Short Film Festival will be May 2-4 at the Victory Theater. The opening date for film submissions is Dec. 1, and the submission deadline is March 28.
Information: filmfreeway.com/rogersshortfilmfestival.
History Day
Educators are invited to participate in a free National History Day workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 17 at the Shiloh Meeting Hall in downtown Springdale. Led by Angela Adams, National History Day Arkansas affiliate coordinator and BSE supervisor at University of Central Arkansas, this workshop is tailored for school librarians and educators specializing in sixth to 12th grade social studies, gifted and talented programs, drama, literacy and technology.
National History Day provides students with opportunities to showcase their talents through performances, papers, exhibits, websites and documentaries while meeting literacy frameworks and developing essential skills in research, critical thinking, collaboration and communication.
Participants will also have the opportunity to explore the Shiloh Museum’s exhibit hall.
Earn up to six hours of Arkansas professional development credit. Preregistration is required as space is limited.
Information: shilohmuseum.org/museum-events/national-history-day-workshop-for-teachers-2/.
Writers’ Colony
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs has announced the 2024 “My Time” fellowship funded by James Dean. Writers who are parents of dependent children under the age of 18 are invited to apply. Work may be in any literary genre: poetry, fiction, plays, memoirs, screenplays, or nonfiction. The successful application will demonstrate literary merit and the likelihood of publication. Prior publication is not a requirement.
Four fellowship winners will receive a one-week residency to allow the recipient to focus completely on their work. A $500 stipend will be provided to cover child care and/or travel costs to each recipient.
Fellowship applications must be accompanied by a writing sample and a non-refundable $35 application fee. The deadline is midnight Aug. 5, and the winner will be announced no later than Sept. 9. Residencies may be completed anytime before December 2025.
Information: writerscolony.org.
Rutherford featured
James L. (Skip) Rutherford, the dean emeritus of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, will recollect “When the World was Watching Arkansas: The 1992 Presidential Election” for the Washington County Historical Society’s annual Statehood Day observance. The event is set for 2 p.m. June 9 at First Christian Church, 220 N. College Ave. in Fayetteville. Cookies will be provided by Harps Foods.
“This will be a most interesting program providing insight into a truly unique time in our state’s history when media attention on Arkansas was intensive,” said WCHS president Debbie Groom.
Rutherford coordinated the planning, construction and opening of the Clinton Presidential Library and Park in Little Rock. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, he received the School of Journalism and Strategic Media’s first Distinguished Alumnus Award. Having an extensive private sector background in communications and public relations, he has served as a visiting professor at Lyon College, the UA, the University of the Ozarks and the University of Central Arkansas. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Hendrix College.
Information: dedmark@uark.edu.
