PEA RIDGE — Girl Scout Exhibit
An exhibit celebrating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting will be on display during the month of October at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The exhibit, created by local Girl Scouts, will explore the history of Girl Scouting in northwest Arkansas.
Located on the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale, the Shiloh Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Saturday.
Admission is free. For information, call 750-8165.
Plein Air Art Exhibit Opens
On-Location Art, an exhibit of works by members of the Plein Air Painters of the Ozarks (PAPO), is open at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. “Our group meets weekly to paint outdoors at various locations in Northwest Arkansas,” said PAPO member Bunny Hellwig.
“PAPO’s name comes from a French expression, ‘en plein aire,’ which means ‘in the open air,’” explained Hellwig.
The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 24.
The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale. For an entry form, or for information, call 750-8165.
Beans and Cornbread Supper
The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History and the Springdale Athletic Foundation will host an old-fashioned beans and cornbread supper from 4:30-6:45 p.m. Friday, Oct.
26, in the Springdale High School rotunda. Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 at the door, and $24 for a family ticket. Proceeds go to support the Shiloh Museum and the Springdale Athletic Foundation. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Shiloh Museum, 118 W.
Johnson Ave., in downtown Springdale. For information, call 750-8165.
Accident School Reunion
The Accident School reunion will be held from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
27, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Accident was a rural school located northeast of Springdale;
classes were held there from the 1870s until consolidation with Springdale in 1949. All former Accident School students, teachers, family, and friends are invited.
The Shiloh Museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main. For information, call 750-8165.
Storytelling Workshop
“Back When I Was Your Age,” a storytelling workshop for adults who want toshare stories with children, will be held from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. The workshop will be presented by storyteller, puppeteer, and former children’s librarian Jan VanSchuyver.
Participants will learn what makes a good story; receive guidance on creating and telling stories from family history; and discover story-filled memories using museum artifacts.
Cost is $12 for museum members and $15 for nonmembers. The workshop will continue through the lunch hour, so attendees need to bring a sack lunch.
Pre-registration is encouraged. To register, or for information, call 750-8165.
Crescent Hotel History
Artist Sean Fitzgibbon will present a program entitled, “The Crescent Hotel: The Norman Baker Years, Documented as a Graphic Novel,” at noon Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Fitzgibbon and writer Kevin Brown are collaborating to create a graphic novel set at the historic Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs in 1938 and 1939, the years the hotel was turned into a hospital under the direction of Norman Baker, a “doctor” claiming to have a cure for cancer. “Though the hotel is known to harbor ghostsof nurses pushing wheelchairs and patients walking the halls at night, nothing in the Crescent’s 123-year history is more bizarre than the events that took place between these two years when the hotel was converted into a cancer clinic,” said Fitzgibbon.
Fitzgibbon will be explaining the process of creating a documentary graphic novel and discuss the steps including research, story development, layout to putting it all together to create an intriguing visual experience of what he describes as “one of the most unusual chapters in the history of Eureka Springs.” Railway Society
The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale. For information, call 750-8165.
Civil War Roundtable
The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
The museum is located at the corner of Johnson and Main in downtown Springdale. For information, call 750-8165.
Community, Pages 7 on 10/17/2012