Don't have a gift for Mom? Take her to a comedy, a concert, an art fair or a vaudeville show before Mother's Day Sunday.
Today (5/9)
Crimes & Clues Book Club -- "Blackwater Falls" by Ausma Zehanat Khan, 9:30 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.
Authors in the Afternoon -- With Steven Massongill, author of "Where the Lions Graze," 4-6 p.m., Fort Smith Main Library. Free. 783-0229.
"Barks" on the Bricks -- A celebration of pets and art, 4:30-7:30 p.m., downtown Rogers. Free. 619-3195; rogerslowell.com.
Cocktail Tour -- Sips in the Salon, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. $25. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org.
"Fat Ham" -- Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it's a Southern spin on Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 2 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, through May 12, TheatreSquared in Fayetteville. $43-$68. theatre2.org; 777-7477.
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Friday (5/10)
Adult Recess -- Index Card Art, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Fort Smith Windsor Library. Free. 785-0405.
Makers Market -- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Main Stage Creative Center in Eureka Springs. Free admission. Part of May Festival of the Arts. VisitEurekaSprings.com.
Southern Strings -- Dulcimers and other stringed instruments, performing for National Music Week, 4 p.m., The Plaza, 1 Highlands Crossing Drive, Bella Vista. Free. andantemusicclub.org.
Social Dance -- 7 p.m.-midnight, Crystal Bridges Museum. $20. crystalbridges.org.
A Good Ol' Corny Vaudeville Show -- Presented by the B.O.M.B. Squad, 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Center Stage in Eureka Springs. $30. Part of May Festival of the Arts. VisitEurekaSprings.com.
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Saturday (5/11)
Downtown Walking Exploration -- With visiting artist Sabine Schmidt, 9 a.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. Register at faylib.org.
Music in the Park -- Hosted by NWA Music, Art, Poetry Students, 10:30 a.m., Loch Lomond Dam Pavilion on Glasgow Road in Bella Vista. Free. andantemusicclub.org.
Second Saturdays -- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 1-4 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. crystalbridges.org.
"Monkeys, Moon and Ice Cream" -- By NWA Audio Theater, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.
Artosphere -- Fayetteville Film Fest: Indie Film Artosphere, 8 p.m., Walton Arts Center. $15. waltonartscenter.org.
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Sunday (5/12)
Mother's Day and "Maman" -- Make art with your mom under the "Maman" sculpture, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. crystalbridges.org.
Artosphere -- Mountain Street Stage with Aaron Smith, Still on the Hill and Friends, 2 p.m., Fayetteville Public Library. Free. faylib.org.
Trillium Salon Series -- With autoharpist and vocalist Stephanie Smittle, 2 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. crystalbridges.org.
Mother's Day Concert -- With the Arkansas Music Works Brass Band, 2 p.m., Eureka Springs City Auditorium. Free. Part of May Festival of the Arts. VisitEurekaSprings.com.
-- Becca Martin-Brown
bmartin@nwaonline.com