The 32nd annual Crawdad Days festival takes place this weekend at the Northwest Arkansas District Fairgrounds in Harrison. The annual festival includes a car show, live music, a carnival, petting zoo, lots of crawdads to eat, and more. more

• May 11 Arkansas Quilt Trail informational meeting. 2 p.m., Heritage Society Depot in Yellville. Learn more about the Marion County Quilt Trail and how to get involved. more

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MALMO, Sweden — Get out the glitter ball and put on your dancing shoes: It's time to find out who will be crowned the 68th Eurovision Song Contest champion. more

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 13 FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. more

THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, MAY 13 TH FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE. more

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• May 4-5 Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star at Lyric Theater. Two one-act plays that will be performed back to back, as they present a glimpse into the life of the same small town in Texas. www.thelyric.org — click on "Buy Tickets" for tickets and showtimes. more

May 4th is National Star Wars Day. It's about as official as an unofficial holiday can be. Once just a silly little pun, the wordplay on the most famous phrase in the Star Wars universe has, in recent years, become recognized by city and state governments throughout the United States. more

Lone Star, Laundry, and Bourbon will be performed at the 1929 Historic Lyric Theater on the Harrison, Arkansas Square May 2, 3, 4 at 7 p.m. and May 5 at 2 p.m. Tickets are on sale at TheLyric.org. more

The outside of the library will soon get a new coat of paint. Currently they are washing/bleaching the outside, so please be careful. We will have areas blocked off – Please use caution when entering and exiting the library. more

The return of "Hacks" and a new Jerry Seinfeld movie are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. more

Cave Region Review and North Arkansas College Host Music and Art Festival Saturday, April 27. Music, arts and crafts, free food, activities for kids, and door prizes can all be found at the Cave Region Music and Art Festival, Saturday, April 27, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the Pioneer Pavilion, located at Northark’s South Campus in Harrison. more

This week's new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's eagerly anticipated album "The Tortured Poets Department," a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie "Migration" and Conan O'Brien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new travel show "Conan O'Brien Must Go" for Max. Fresh off her Oscar nomination, Lily Gladstone stars in a new limited series for Hulu called "Under the Bridge" with Riley Keough, and writer-director Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver" lands on Netflix. more

Earth Day — April 22 “The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” —Lady Bird Johnson more

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the “Eclipse on the Street” last Monday. I hope everyone enjoyed the view. Thank you to our vendors for helping us make the event a hit. Thank you to everyone who came to the Friends of the Library Book Sale! more

This week's new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary "Food, Inc.," Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and "Dora the Explorer" gets a reboot on Paramount+. In music offerings, Linkin Park will release their first career-spanning greatest hits collection, titled "Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000 – 2003)" and The Piano Man has a concert special titled "The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden — The Greatest Arena Run of All Time" airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Plus, Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal play cowboys and former lovers in Pedro Almodóvar's "Strange Way of Life." more

Communities across Arkansas are gearing up as the eagerly anticipated 2024 total solar eclipse approaches. On Monday, April 8, the Natural State will play host to a display of cosmic alignment, drawing spectators from far and wide to witness the sun's temporary disappearance behind the moon. more

The Library will be closed on Monday however we will still be having the Eclipse on the Street! “Eclipse on the Street” is coming — april 8—12, Noon—3 p.m. Join us for a fun filled day! We will have vendors, food trucks, games for kids, and we will have the planetarium open. Bring your lawn chairs and spend the afternoon with us watching this spectacular event. more

The Addams Family, A New Musical will be performed at the Harrison High School Performing Arts Center April 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. and April 14 and 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are on sale at HHSPAC.org. more