The exhibit, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is coming to a close soon. But not before a packed weekend of events tied to the art.

Sweatfest is a DIY event tomorrow that brings bands from Fayetteville and Little Rock to fans.

Dozens of Arkansas crisis pregnancy centers are on call to assist teens and women unable to obtain surgical or medical abortions, now banned under state law after the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. Earlier this year, Arkansas lawmakers appropriated a million dollars to be distributed to centers to offset anticipated increased operating costs.

Danny Simmons is a poet, writer, artist and co-founder of Def Jam Poetry. He'll be performing tomorrow night at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art with Vernon Reid and Dwayne Dolphin.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes a conversation with State Senator Jonathan Dismang about what to expect in next month's special session of the Arkansas Legislature.

The new anime film The Deer King is in Fayetteville and Fort Smith for a very limited run. Courtney Lanning says it is a movie worth seeing.

A team from the Springdale-based Marshallese Educational Initiative traveled to Vienna last month to participate in a nuclear weapons ban conference hosted by the United Nations.

Dirt is staple of long road trips on the side of vehicles, the grime collecting on shoes and is used under projects such as driveways and buildings in Northwest Arkansas. Residents voicing environmental and safety due to some quarries is a reccuring conversation in public meetings. This material is common in the region and dump trucks carry tons of dirt daily to meet the area's demand.

Suzanne Woods Fisher often sets her novels in Cape Cod, Pennsylvania and Maine. Her latest novel, The Sweet Life, serves as an inspiration for her talk Monday evening on July 18th at Fayetteville Public Library about the history of ice cream.

The Amazeum is collaborating with two new makers this summer. Dayton Castleman and Tyler Altenhofen are helping create a new exhibit at the facility.