Craft fairs:
Frisco Station Mall Arts & Crafts Fair
Dates: May 2-4
Time: Varies
Location: Frisco Station Mall, Rogers
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Ozark Regional Arts & Crafts Fair
Dates: May 2-3
Time: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn Convention Center, Springdale
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Spanker Creek Farm Arts & Crafts Festival
Dates: May 2-4
Time: Varies
Location: Bentonville
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Spring Celebration at the (War Eagle) Mill
Dates: May 2-4
Time: Varies
Location: War Eagle Mill, Rogers
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Other events:
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at FPL, Saturday, May 3
Sat, May 3 10:30am
Come celebrate Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 3 at your Fayetteville Public Library! From 10:30 to noon in the Wal-Mart Storytime Room, children can enjoy all kinds of superhero-themed fun! Free comics, face painting, superhero crafts, super snacks, balloons, games, and cartoons on the big screen!
TEEN COMIC BOOK DAY EVENT:
Sat, May 3 from 12pm to 2 pm
Teens can receive a free comic and snacks as well as play superhero-themed video games, participate in a “take a comic, leave a comic” swap table, take in a free screening of The Avengers, and enter a drawing to win tickets to see Marvel’s new summer blockbuster, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Comic & Graphic Novelist – Nate Powell:
Sat, May 3 at 2pm
FPL will host a special appearance by comics artist Nate Powell. Powell will discuss his work on the Coretta Scott King Honor Book March as well as titles such as the Ignatz Award and Eisner Award winning Swallow Me Whole and the soon-to-be released graphic novel adaptation of Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero. An autograph session will follow and Powell’s books will be available for purchase.
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Touch-A-Truck
Date: May 3
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Pinnacle Hills Promenade Mall (JC Penney parking lot)
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Humane Society of the Ozark’s Annual Dogwood Walk
Date: May 3
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Gulley Park, Fayetteville
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Fayetteville Foam Fest (21 and over)
Date: May 3
Time: 5 – 9 p.m.
Location: Walton Arts Center parking lot on Dickson St.
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The Adventures of Alfred Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, WAC
Date: May 13-15, 7 p.m.; May 17, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Time: See above
Location: Walton Arts Center (Starr Theatre)
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Chalk Fest at Crystal Bridges Museum
Date: May 18
Time: Noon-4 p.m.
Location: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
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Block Street Block Party
Date: Sunday, May 18
Time: Noon to dark
Location: Block Street, Fayetteville
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Spring Carnival, Springdale
Date: May 22-25
Time: Varies
Location: East Emma, Springdale
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NWA Vintage Market Days
Date: May 23-25
Time: Varies
Location: Pauline Whitaker Arena
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Monster Trucks
Date: May 30-31
Time: Varies
Location: Rodeo of the Ozarks, Springdale
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