{"id":269773,"date":"2025-11-07T22:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269773\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:57:10","slug":"events-across-arkansas-celebrate-veterans-cycling-local-arts-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269773\/","title":{"rendered":"Events across Arkansas celebrate veterans, cycling, local arts this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re probably getting close to the bottom of the trick-or-treat candy in your house \u2014 it&#8217;s been a week, after all. We are now fully involved with November, and there is plenty to do to keep you away from the last of that Halloween candy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1451-n-curtis-ave-pea-ridge-ar-united-states-arkansas-72751\/pea-ridge-harvest-market\/778865771521013\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pea Ridge Harvest Market<\/a> kicks off tomorrow morning at 8 with a chance to shop local, drink some cider and engage in a scavenger hunt. It\u2019s in downtown Pea Ridge and will last until 2 tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>If sipping cider and scavenger hunting don\u2019t have enough, I don\u2019t know, physical exhaustion for you, there\u2019s tomorrow\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinkapinhollowgravelgrinder.com\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chinkapin Hollow Gravel Grinder<\/a> bike races at Lake Wedington in Fayetteville. The races start and finish at Lake Wedington Recreation Area. How many miles you and your bike take in between the start and finish is up to you. There are courses of 24, 40, 64, and 96 miles. The three longer races start at 8 tomorrow; the 24-miler at 8:15. If you\u2019re just finding out about the Chinkapin Hollow Gravel Grinder, you can still enter at the event\u2019s website. According to the site, registration is open until midnight tonight.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren\u2019t ready to let the Halloween spirit vanish, take in Northwest Arkansas Ballet Theatre\u2019s production of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwaballettheatre.org\/dracula2\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dracula: Here. Now. The Sequel<\/a>. It\u2019s at The Auditorium in downtown Eureka Springs tomorrow night at 7. This is a rescheduled performance \u2014 even the most famous of vampires has to bow to thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans Day is approaching, and the city of Fayetteville will observe with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fayetteville-ar.gov\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3578\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Veterans Day parade<\/a> tomorrow morning at 11. The route begins on Northeast Avenue, proceeds onto Dickson Street, continues to West Avenue, and concludes at Spring Street. There\u2019s an accompanying veterans trade show taking place in the Upper Ramble along Dickson tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Robinson Theater in Little Rock is making you an offer. The Godfather screens at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ronrobinsontheater.simpletix.com\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ron Robinson Theater<\/a> tomorrow afternoon at 3. All three Godfather movies will be shown there this month. Tickets for tomorrow are $5.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of movies, <a href=\"https:\/\/operaintheozarks.com\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opera in the Ozarks<\/a> will show a filmed version of the Gordon Getty opera Goodbye, Mr. Chips Sunday afternoon at 2. The film\u2019s lead is Nathan Granner, an alum of Opera in the Ozarks. He\u2019ll be there for the screening. The opera is based on James Hilton\u2019s book about Mr. Chips, who devoted his career to Brookfield, an English all-boys school, through 48 years as a teacher. Tickets for the screening at Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point \u2014 and the live appearance of Nathan Granner \u2014 are just $20.<\/p>\n<p>Monday night, the Northeastern State University Community Band presents its <a href=\"https:\/\/academics.nsuok.edu\/music\/music-events.aspx\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Music Around the World<\/a> concert. The ensemble is made up of NSU students and community members. The concert includes Strauss\u2019 \u201cBeautiful Blue Danube\u201d and Chance\u2019s \u201cVariations on a Korean Folk Song.\u201d The concert begins at 7 in the NSU Center for the Performing Arts in Tahlequah, and it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n<p>Also on stage Monday night, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, led by Wynton Marsalis, performs at the <a href=\"https:\/\/waltonartscenter.org\/tickets\/series\/concert-series\/big-bands-holiday-tour\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walton Arts Center<\/a> at 7. As of this morning, there were about 10 tickets left for the main floor, but several dozen seats remain in the balcony \u2014 and honestly, those might be the best tickets to see the entire orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, today is the day the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum releases the new Tusk VII <a href=\"https:\/\/store.bobbleheadhall.com\/collections\/bobbleheads\/products\/arkansas?variant=45866290086041\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bobblehead<\/a>. Tusk VII is the next live mascot of the Arkansas Razorbacks. He is, as of today, 51 days old. The little guy was 2 pounds, 8 ounces when born on Sept. 17. Tusk VII \u2014 not surprisingly \u2014 is the son of Tusk VI. He won\u2019t travel this year while he grows up on the Stokes family farm in Dardanelle. Since the new mascot is so young, his bobblehead is much more cute than menacing. And you know, that\u2019s a pretty apt mascot bobblehead for the current football season.<\/p>\n<p>Ozarks at Large transcripts are created on a rush deadline. Copy editors utilize AI tools to review work. KUAF does not publish content created by AI. Please reach out to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuaf.com\/show\/ozarks-at-large\/2025-11-07\/mailto:kuafinfo@uark.edu\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">kuafinfo@uark.edu<\/a>\u00a0to report an issue. 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