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8 “I’ll have the chocolate salad, please.” 9 Jokers are wild, so they’re
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11 Cool ads for cold beer 14 Lost and Found 18 Bet you won’t go to sleep at
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Since 1970, Eureka Springs has been on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal record of districts, buildings, sites and structures worthy of preservation. Most of the city is on the list, specifically as the Eureka Springs Historic District. Eureka Springs is also one of America’s Distinctive Destinations on the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which empowers local preservationists to revitalize notable neighborhoods. Eureka Springs is a tourist town and artists’ mecca with legendary healing springs, a tight religious community, thriving gay and lesbian populace, healthy retired citizenry, and sound business atmosphere. Our history includes Paleoindians, who left distinctive spear points and arrowheads they chipped from stone at least 10,000 years ago, and Osage and Cherokee, warring tribes that shared the area 200 years ago. White people were sparse, but Dr. Alvah Jackson reportedly discovered healing power in the water in 1856. He set up a cave hospital above Basin Spring where he treated soldiers wounded in the Civil War. The town’s population has been cyclical in the past 141 years, but the magnetism remains the same. Eureka Springs attracts those who want to be here and made the effort to get here. That includes you. Welcome. + Blakeley Wilson has always been fanciful with her paintings and that’s what makes them so interesting. On this Fun Guide cover we have sprinters headed up Spring Street in the Victorian Classic, which will be on the Spring Equinox, March 21. They’re dancing more than they’re racing. Shop names are real, and buildings are depictions of Romanesque and Italianate architecture, which is both accurate and whimsical. That describes Blakeley. How many people do you know who pick up their Ethiopian donkey and hug it? To Blakeley,
Story ideas and information for Eureka Springs FUN GUIDE can be emailed to Editor Mary Pat Boian EurekaFunGuide@gmail.com D(sigh)n Perlinda Pettigrew-Owens perlinda@gmail.com Proofreader Jeremiah Alvarado What’s fun in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, cobbled together by the staff of The Eureka Springs Independent, Inc. Post-it Notes: Event submissions, reviews and contests EurekaFunGuide@gmail.com, 479.253.6101 Advertising Sales Michael Owens MOwensESiSales@gmail.com, 479.659.1461
holding Dandelion as she checks her spring garden growth is normal procedure. A Bentonville instructor said it perfectly in a holiday note to Blakeley: “Good morning. I’m an 8th grade art teacher and we are doing paintings that have been inspired by an artist of their choice. Two of my students chose you to create their paintings from. “They were not to copy your work but create something similar. I think they did great.” + (See ad on p. 12) EurekaFun.com
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If you’re hungry, love dressing in festival clothes, and don’t want anyone to know who’s behind your beaded and feathered mask, this is the event you need reservations for, so make them early! The Krewe du Kork Harlequin Ball at the Grand Taverne in the Grand Central Hotel, 37 N. Main, Saturday, Feb.1 starts at 6. Great food (fish, filet or vegetarian entrees), upbeat music, and an evening of total celebration and generosity, as proceeds go to the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, providing writers from around the world uninterrupted time to contemplate if writing is torture or fun. (479) 253-6756 for further data, and eventbrite.com for tickets. +
Beignet. It’s not a fritter. Not a donut. Not a zeppole.
Beignet’s name is derived from the French “bump.” It’s a deep-fried square of dough, and merci to the Acadians who remembered to bring beignet recipes to Louisiana when they were booted out of Canada. It’s sprinkled with confectioner’s sugar and designed to eat hot out of the pot. A beignet has yeast, eggs, flour, milk, shortening and salt, just like every other fabulous no-no we’ve eaten in the last 300 years, but the kneading and lightness is what sets it apart from other fun Champagne soaker-uppers. BTW, a zeppole is round. Has ricotta cheese. Sometimes custard. Italian. Delicious. +
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Gumbo shooters are the size of a shot glass, but have shrimp, sausage, pecans, chicken, yaya, crawfish, grits and (or) other scrumptious bits, sautéed just right so you can dip them and kiss your fingers. Yes, yaya is the chatter you have discussing the ingredients, so a Bloody Mary would go well with that. We’re not having the blues. Just New Orleans American-roots-swinging, hornblowing jazz. Saturday, Feb. 1, 1 – 3 p.m. at the Grand Central Hotel & Taverne on N. Main. +
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Thursday, Feb. 6, 5:30–6 meet everybody, then paint from 6 – 8 with professional guidance from Rigdon, who will deconstruct an abstract Mardi Gras painting and explain color placement, spatial value and why you, too, really should paint. $40 gets you canvas, paint, brushes, wine and nom-noms as you sprout the deep artist in you that’s ready to be acknowledged. In the Crescent Hotel Conservatory, a delightful high-ceilinged, glassed in room on the highest hill in town. (479) 253-5384 for more of what you want to know. +
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When the dentist says you need a crown, say
“I Know, Right ?!”
Instead of enjoying a long, romantic walk to the fridge, spend Valentine’s Day watching someone get crowned. Friday, Feb. 14 is the day to top off the king and queen’s head so they can preside over Eureka Gras activities through Feb. 25. Krewe of Krazo sponsors the Grand
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Royal Procession and Coronation Ball at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center starting at 5:30 and lasting ‘til the sax player has blown all his C-notes. Costumes, dinner, dancing, and plenty of people to laugh with as you make the night bright with your toes so light. Tickets at eurekaspringsmardigras.org. +
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What could be more fun than a chocolate festival held in a gym with weight machines and basketball nets? Our community center provides something for everyone, that way we’re all together. The Chocolate Festival & Emporium offers dayafter-Valentine’s Day Belgian, organic, dark, boutique, nutty chocolates from those who made them. From 10 – 3 on Saturday the 15th, the community center is on US 62 at the corner of the historic loop. Tix and info at eurekaspringschamber.com +
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Did you know that chocolate comes from the seed of a fruit tree and each cacao tree produces about 2,500 beans? You do now. It takes 400 beans to make one pound of chocolate, and if you’re desperate to justify your craving, remember that chocolate is actually a vegetable. Kind of. It’s related to okra and cotton, treewise, but really, we’ve never craved cotton. +
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If a red float follows a blue float it doesn’t mean you’re marooned
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If your favorite colors are black, dark black and pitch black Be sure to wear white.
“Night and Light,” the Eureka Gras Night Parade, starts partying down Spring Street at 6 in the evening, Saturday, Feb.15. Floats, prancers, and plenty of music. Stick around for the After-Parade 2nd Line Street dancing, where even if you don’t dance you’ll dance. And you’ll work off the truffles you bought a couple of hours ago at the Chocolate Festival. +
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Levity is the only rule from 6 – 10, Friday, Feb. 21, at the Jokers’ Masquerade Ball, the most fun a $35 bill can buy. If you have a $70 bill, take a friend. Or a librarian, since piety is the tinfoil of pretense and those who wear a mask become their true selves. Right? Elaborate isn’t strong enough to describe the Jokers’ Ball. Staggering comes closer. Royal Parade, buffet dinner, dancing, contests, and no one will know who you are. Be sure to act the way your costume picks out for you. Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. eventbrite.com for tickets. +
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Once Upon a Time This annual event at Chelsea’s, slightly off Center, has body artists ready to give you glimmer at the Black Light Ball on Saturday from 7 to midnight. Whaaat? A black light is a bulb that emits mostly ultraviolets rather than faint violets, so it enhances your glow. Fun to do, fun to watch, silly to miss. Main Street Eureka Springs sponsors the BLB and provides a DJ to keep your twirling and whirling on point. Plan to sleep in tomorrow. Remember, glow necklaces pair well with whatever you wear. Tickets at eurekaspringsdowntown.com or at the door. +
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Fairytales, Fables and Folklore is the theme of this year’s Eureka Gras, and on Saturday, Feb. 22 be sure to get your good spot on Spring St. before the Day Parade gets rolling at 2. Krewe of Barkus leads this long line of animals, bands, dancers, walkers and outrageous floats. Everybody knows parades make traffic more exciting, so see how you can add to it. +
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The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state that makes art inevitable. – Robert Henri
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“Budweiser spells Temperance”
Americans were early into beer. By 1700, colonial farmers were planting huge fields of barley and hops. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both had breweries on their land, and Jefferson’s wife brewed 15 gallons every two weeks. People drank beer from growlers, tumblers, beakers, bumpers, brimmers, tankards, pewter or glass mugs, and leather, stone or wood vessels. Some drank from their boots. Collectors have picked up on the beer buzz and now vintage ad blurbs and paraphernalia are as popular as craft beers. Sunday, Feb. 23 Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Erin Jones (479) 531-4146 for more info, sponsored by ArCAN-Sas Chapters & Missouri Ozark Chapter. This is a free event for shoppers and gawkers, $5 a table for vendors. +
1914 ad designed to curb Prohibition, claiming beer is “light, happy”
Didja know this? Official birthday of the beer can is Jan. 24, 1935 when Krueger’s Finest Beer and Cream Ale went on sale in Richmond, Va. Then Pabst went nationwide with a can that weighed 4 ounces, a curling stone compared to today’s aluminum. In 1963, Pittsburgh Brewing introduced tab pull cans, christened Pop Top by Schlitz. +
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Art isn’t what you see, it’s what you make others see. – Edgar Degas
Artists Galleries
Scope out where you’ll go on your next visit If you come to Eureka Springs between April and November, we offer Second Saturday strolls downtown where you meet gallery owners, artists, and people who think the way you do. You also get a glass of wine and cube of cheese. But this is the middle of the winter! Many galleries are open but forget about the wine for a couple of months.
Art Colony, 185 N. Main, www.theartcolonyeurekasprings.com or Facebook, (479) 981-2626. Canvas & Lens Gallery, 1 Center Street, upstairs inside Eureka and Company, (479) 856-3578. Cherokee Mountain Gallery, 5307 US 62E www.mcallistergallery.com, (479) 253-5353. 83 Spring Street, www.83springstreet.com, (479) 253-8310. 85 Spring Street Gallery, www.melshipleysculpture.com, (479) 244-7190. Eureka Fine Art Gallery, 2 Pine St., www.eurekafineartgallery.com, (479) 363-6000. Eurekan Art Studio, 150 N. Main, (479) 253-0928. Fantasy & Stone, 60 Spring, www.FantasyandStone.com and Facebook, (479) 253-5891. Fire Om Earth Art Studio & Retreat Center, 872 Mill Hollow Rd, www.fireomearth.com, (479) 244-6273. Fusion Squared, 84 Spring , www.eurekafusion.com, (479) 253-4999. Iris at the Basin Park, 8 Spring, www.irisatthebasinpark.com, (479) 253-9494. J. Foster Art/Photo Gallery & Studio, 217 N. Main – Unit B, www.jfosterphotography.net, (479) 244-7179. J.A. Nelson Gallery, 37 Spring (upper level), www.janelsongallery.com, (479) 253-4314. Jewel Box, 40 Spring, www.thejewelboxgallery.com, (479) 253-7828. Keels Creek Gallery and Winery, www.keelscreek.com, (479) 253-9463. Lady Bug Emporium, 51 S. Main, www.ladybugemporium.com, (479) 319-3117. Larry Mansker Studio, 711 Mill Hollow Road, www.larrymanskerstudio.com, (479) 253-5751. Lost Penguin, 14 Center St., (479) 244-5287, www.lostpenguineureka.com, or The Lost Penguin on Facebook. Mitchell’s Folly, 130 Spring, (479) 253-7030. Mosaic Studio, 123 Spring, www.eurekaspringsartists.com, (479) 244-5981. Muse, 12 S. Main Street Paradise Pottery, 320 CR 210, see Facebook, (479) 253-1547. Phyl Arte Art Studio and Gallery, 164 North Main St., PhyllisPlumleyArt.etsy.com, (480) 286-6745. Quicksilver Art / Fine Craft Gallery, 73 Spring, www.quicksilvergallery.com, (479) 253-7679. Regalia Handmade Clothing Studio / Showroom, 16 White Street, regaliahandmadeclothing. com, (479) 253-2202. Roxy’s Upper Room Local Art Expressions, 95 Spring, (479) 981-6205, Facebook. Sacred Art Center, Passion Play grounds, www.greatpassionplay.org, (800) 882-7529. Sacred Earth Gallery, 15845 US 62 W, www.ecr3.com, (479) 253-7644. Serendipity at the Crescent Hotel, www.serendipityatthecrescent.com, (479) 253-2769. Statton Gallery and Madison’s Garden, 137 Spring Street, www.StattonGallery.com, (479) 363-6848, (817) 903-3301. Studio 34, 34 Main St., www.facebook.com/teresapelliccioart/ Studio 62, 335 W. Van Buren (62W), www.studio62.biz, (479) 363-9209. Susan Morrison Gallery, 1221 Hwy. 187, www.susanmorrisongallery.com, appointment only, (479) 253-8788. Sweet Spot Art Gallery, 125 Spring, (479) 981-9111. Teresa Pelliccio Art @ Ragazza di Volo Studio, 34B N. Main, Facebook, appointment only, (479) 253-6807. Treehouse Gift Shop, 165 W. Van Buren, www.treehousecottages.com, (479) 253-8667. Viso Gallery, 63 N. Main, Facebook, (479) 363-4446. Wilson & Wilson Folk Art, 23 Spring, www.wilsonandwilsonfolkart.com, (479) 253-5105. Zarks Fine Design Gallery, 67 Spring, www.zarksgallery.com, (479) 253-2626, (877) 540-9805. + 12
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Trolley Schedule FEBRUARY – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday Red Route – Historic District and West side of town Blue Route – Hwy. 62 Eastbound to Kettle Camp Ground & North Main Street (Hwy. 23S and Passion Play Road by request only) MARCH – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday Red Route – Historic District Blue Route – Hwy. 62 Eastbound to Kettle Camp Ground & North Main Street (Hwy. 23S by request only) Yellow Route – North Main Street & Magnetic
Turtle Back Ridge Family Fun Park
...sleep a while, wake up beautiful
Mud St. Annex
Mud St. Café
Please note: After 6 p.m. Saturday, US. 62 E will be serviced by a Blue/Yellow combination route that will serve Passion Play Road by request only and return to the Downtown Depot via Hwy. 62 Westbound. There will be no Magnetic Road service after 5 p.m. Transit office will be closed President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 18. Fares Adult All-Day Pass: $6 Adult Two-Day Pass: $10 Child’s Pass (7 – 11): $2 One-Ride Pass: $4 Late Rider Special: $4 (Unlimited rides during last two hours, or pay $6 and ride next day, too) 30-Day Pass (General Public) $27 30-Day Pass (Seniors 65+, with ID) $17 30-Day Pass (Disabled, with Medicare Card) $17 30-Day Pass (Students 16/younger) $17 NOTE: All-day passes are good on all routes. One-Ride Pass allows one board, ride and disembark.
Road to Passion Play to Hwy. 62 Westbound Purple Route – West side of town
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Tram Tours starting in March Daily at 1 and 3 p.m. Adults: $15 +tax, Children under 12: $7 +tax Tours start at and return to the Eureka Springs Transit & Welcome Center Parking Parking at Transit & Welcome Center or at Planer Hill Park & Ride Welcome Center is $5 for all day. (If you park at one of the two centers and buy an All-Day Adult Trolley pass, you will receive a $3 discount on parking.)
Park and let someone else drive
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This country swing band has played our Aud numerous times, but not nearly enough. They’ve jammed and fretted on stages with Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Alice Cooper, Bob Dylan and George Strait, and played around with Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Dixie Chicks, Lee Ann Womack, Lyle Lovett and everybody who’s anybody. Oh, and Willie Nelson, the unelected President of Everything That’s Good about this country. 9-time Grammy Award winning Asleep at the Wheel shares the Aud stage with Red Dirt Rangers on Saturday, March 7 at 7. cityofeurekaspringsauditorium.thundertix.com for tickets. +
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for more than 18 miles of hiking & mountain biking trails. Visit the Bible Museum and Gift Shop, and enjoy the Holy Land Tour or the Backstage Tour. Advanced reservations required for both tours. Stand beneath the 67’ tall Christ of the Ozarks or in front of a section of the Berlin Wall.
STAY LATE for play performances May through October with Special Good
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St. Patrick’s Feast Day is always lucky in Eureka Springs – packed with merrymaking, a parade, shamrocks, corned beef and cabbage, shenanigans, whiskey, and if you must, green beer. On St. Patricks’ Day, if you’re not Irish, pretend to be – kind of like pretending to be good at Christmas, you know? Our most notable parade keg-rolls its balancing act down Spring St. on Saturday, March 14 at 2. Wear green, tell really long stories, laugh ‘til your eyes water. It’s all so Piscean. +
When life gives you lemons ask for more protein
Don’t just sing to car music. Commit. Adult musicians and choirs perform with students, showing them how music can be a career. Voice, instrumental, orchestra, dance – the whole scale of talent and possibilities. Many students find out for the first time that being on stage is exactly where they want to be, and they learn what it takes to be a pro. Performers from Northwest Arkansas play 3 hours of varied genres at the Aud on Sunday, March 15 at 2:30. The Music Group’s 7th Annual Fundraiser provides summer music camp scholarships to Carroll County students and fills auditorium seats with enthusiasts, aficionados and supporters. (479) 981-2659 for specifics, tickets at the door. +
Saturday, March 21 is that ‘Yes I Can’ day when anyone with rubber soles and a willing heart can take a number and head for the hills. People have been running in The Victorian Classic since 1981 because the 10K course is challenging and certified. Careful, you could get sidetracked by the view and bliss out. The up-and-down 10K is $25 to enter, $20 for 17 and under, same prices for the 2-mile run. The 2-mile walk is always a big draw because camaraderie at completion is simply runderful. Race starts at 9 a.m. at Inn of the Ozarks and wraps up at the SATURDAY same place around 1. First 250 entrants are guaranteed a t-shirt. +
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Diamonds and Denim Ball is our annual fundraiser for MARCH dogs and cats that have temp homes with the Good Shepherd Humane Society but need forever homes. $60 will get you a BBQ buffet and dessert. There’s a cash bar, and live and silent auctions. No one has GSHS realizes people should always get ever become something back for their generosity, and this year you poor by giving get live music by the Greasy Greens, the most famous musicians in Arkansas since Johnny Cash, Al Green, – Anne Frank Glenn Campbell, Jimmy Driftwood, Charlie Rich, Sister Rosetta Tharpe or Levon Helm. Greasy Greens played at Bill Clinton’s 50th birthday party in the White House. This is a good deal for people and a great deal for animals. Saturday, March 21, starts at 6. Limited seating, Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. ReserveEureka.com for tickets, or $65 at the door if available. +
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Without music the world would B♭
Charlie Daniels started playing North Carolina Pentecostal Gospel music in the early 1940s, then mastered guitar, banjo, fiddle and mandolin. He moved on up to international stardom, where he resides now. After quality time of musical romping with Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, B.B. King, Willie, Elvis Presley, Marshall Tucker Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and even some famous people, the Charlie Daniels Band won a Grammy for “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.” The Charlie Daniels Band owns the Aud stage on Friday, March 27 at 7:30. Each ticket will get you $5 change from a hundred dollar bill. Get tickets at theaud.com. +
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A pessimist complains about the wind. An optimist says it will change.
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The most compelling reason to construct a kite is to see something you made go 300 ft. up in the air, then reel it in. Here’s what you do: go 7 miles south of Eureka Springs to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Rescue at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, March 28. Find the Kaleidokites booth. They offer kite parts and accessories. Choose what you want your kite to look like. Buy and build right there, right now. Kaleidokites will help you out. Have someone take your picture and send it to EurekaFunGuide@gmail.com. We’ll take it from there. If you’re a devoted non-kite builder, there’s food, vendors, music and contests. You’ll still be out in the wind, and that’s part of it. You’ll look good. + 22
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Angler’s Restaurant, 14581 US 62W just 3 miles from town. Great food includes catfish – among other grilled or fried fish, burgers, soups and vegetarian options. Wine and craft beers, excellent service and atmosphere. Watch the games and have a cold one. Live music on weekends. See Facebook for specials and music. Open Weds.- Mon. 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Closed Tues. (479) 253-4004. Opens in March. Aquarius Taqueria, 91 S. Main. Gluten free fare inspired by Mexico’s street food. Locally sourced ingredients, specials, handmade tortillas, Mexican beers, fruit margaritas and 15 types of tequila! Tacos and more with steak, shrimp, pork,
chicken, fish, or vegetarian. Menu at Aquarius Taqueria Tequila & Mezcal Bar on Facebook. Dine in or out. Noon-9 p.m. Thurs. and Sun., and 10 p.m. Fri./Sat. (479) 253-6888. Bombadil’s Café, 580 W. Van Buren (62W). Half price bottles of wine on Monday evenings. Gorgeous, healthy fare served Thurs.-Mon. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and 5-9 p.m., Sun. brunch 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Menu at www.bombadilscafe.com, (479) 363-6024. Opens in March. Brews, 2 Pine, corner Spring & Pine. Arkansas craft beers, Arsaga’s coffee, hot teas, wine and savory or sweet small fare. Enjoy pints, flights, and growlers on the patio or by big front windows
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A smattering of places to drink and dine until (or past) nine for crowd watching. See Brews on Facebook for live music, rotating art exhibits. Sun.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri./ Sat. 8 a.m.-midnight. (479) 244-0878 Cathouse Lounge, 82 Armstrong Street. Famous for Reubens, fish & chips, burgers, and Irish dishes! Full bar, cold beer, lots of parking, and friendly faces. Smoke free, full menu and live music on Tues., Thurs., Fri. and Sat. Restaurant open 11 a.m.-midnight daily. Kitchen open late. Menu at www.cathouselounge.com (479) 363-9976 Chelsea’s Corner Cafe, 10 Mountain Street. Large selection of beers, full bar and excellent food. Live music every Fri./Sat. and most weeknights, open mic on Tues. – and Drink and Draw every Weds. at 8 p.m. The Café upstairs has pizza and more. Menu and music calendar at www.chelseascafeeureka.com. Cafe open Sun.Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Fri./Sat. until 11 p.m. (479)-253-8231. Bar open Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 a.m., Sun. until midnight. (479) 253-6723. Cottage Inn, US 62W (the quiet side of town) Mediterranean comfort-shrimp, salmon, filet, duck, divine sauces from world-traveling longtime chef Linda Hager. Excellent wines. Check her website, www.cottageinneurekaspgs.com for special wine dinners. (479) 253-5282. Opens Valentine’s Day. Ermilio’s, 26 White St., Italian home cooking in a historic district home on top of the town. Exceptional consistently award-winning food, old family recipes, it’s like eating at grandma’s except there’s always a line – plenty of wine and lively conversation. Nightly specials. (479) 2538806. Eureka Springs Brewery is like an Arkansas diamond – not on the beaten path but worth finding. Get on US62 and head east, then after the ECHO Clinic watch for an abandoned Ramada Inn that looks like an abandoned Ramada Inn, and turn right. The brewery releases small batch craft beer every Thursday, serves local wine, you can take your kids and your dog, play disc golf and BYO food. (479) 363-6066. Grand Taverne in the Grand Central Hotel on N. Main. Elegant, upscale, delicious, from fried green tomatoes to grilled Maine lobster. Open for lunch and dinner. (479) 253-6756 Grotto Wood-Fired Grill & Wine Cave, 10
Center. Elegant, inviting atmosphere. Wine on tap and select from around the world. Classic cocktails with a fresh spin. Grill features appetizers, entrees and desserts. Weds., Thurs., Sun. 5 – 9 p.m., Fri., Sat. 5 – 11 p.m. Facebook or www.grottoeureka.com. (479) 363-6431 Jack Rabbett’s Whisky Bar, Basin Park Hotel, 12 Spring Street. Located on the second floor of the 1905 Basin Park Hotel. Cocktails, craft beer, bar food, spacious interior, and two pool tables. Legends Saloon, 105 E. Van Buren. Full-service bar/restaurant. Great food w/frequent specials, full bar and DJ Karaoke on Fri., live music on Sat. (and a large dance floor!). Great for large parties, plenty of parking. Texas Hold ‘Em on Sun. plus Tues. poker and pool tournaments. Open Mon.Fri. 1 p.m.- 2 a.m., Sat. 11 p.m.- 2 a.m., Sun. 11 a.m.- midnight. (479) 253-2500. Local Flavor, 71 S Main, a favorite of ours. Consistently excellent food, wine and cocktails, dine inside or out. Lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch. Steaks, chicken, vegetarian, Italian, be sure to have at least one meal here. Each. (479) 253-9522. Midtown – 184 N. Main. Beer, wine, pool table, table games, air hockey. Sometimes a movie, and on Hunter Thompson’s birthday if you wore a Hawaiian shirt you got a dollar off a beer, so it comes highly recommended. Kid and pet friendly. (479) 239-2052. Missy’s White Rabbit Lounge, On the Rainbow Stairs, 19 ½ Spring St. Live music, karaoke, and open mic nights. Full bar and fantastic menu. (479) 265-7100 Nyx Café Restaurant and Bar, 85 S. Main. Eclectic American Fusion cuisine with unique Nyx Hot Rox™, your choice of steaks or fish delivered to your table sizzling. Gourmet burgers and dogs. Full bar and classic cocktails, craft beers and domestic or imported wine and Jones Sodas. See Facebook. (479) 363-6856. Rockin’ Pig Saloon, 2039 E. Van Buren (US 62), in Gaskins Switch mall. Barbeque, ribs, steaks, salads and sandwiches. You’ll find 22 beers on tap and a fully stocked bar. Biker friendly and non-smoking; kids welcome. Open daily until 9 p.m. and until 10 p.m. on Fri./Sat. See www. rockinpigsaloon.com, (479) 363-6248. Rogue’s Manor, 124 Spring Street. Rogue’s
Manor at Sweet Spring is a fine dining restaurant and lounge in the downtown Historic District with romantic overnight rooms for couples. Full menu and extensive bar. Seating from 5-9 p.m. Weds.-Sun., lounge open 3-9 p.m. Menu at www. roguesmanor.com, (479) 253-4911. Sparky’s Roadhouse Café, US 62E. An eclectic menu of American and international fare paired with one or more of 25 beers on tap can’t go wrong. Eat indoors or on large deck or covered outdoor patio. Extensive menu includes creative burgers and baskets, gyros, vegetarian options and daily specials. Tues.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri./Sat. until 9 p.m. (479) 253-6001 +
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Images on this page from N. Scott Momaday’s The Names: A Memoir. (Tucson, Arizona: Sun Tracks / The University of Arizona Press, 1976).
By Rebecca J. Becker 13 February 1913: Mayme Natachee Scott was born in Fairview, Kentucky. In her son’s memoir, he remembers her telling him, “Kentucky is justly famous for three things in particular, her women, her horses, and her tobacco.” Her family were tobacco growers, but for a time, her father was also the sheriff. He and Natachee became very close after her mother’s death in 1918, during the influenza pandemic. Natachee’s family background combined English, French and Cherokee. When she was 16, she “began to see herself as an Indian. That dim native heritage became a fascination and a cause for her as it enabled her to assume an attitude of defiance, an attitude which she assumed with particular style and satisfaction; it became her. “She was already a raving beauty. She had very black hair and very blue eyes; her skin was clear and taut, of an olive complexion, and her bones were fine and well-shaped. She moved gracefully and directly, with certain confidence. Above all, she expected the world to be interesting; she would not stand to be bored. Her cousins, who were plain, called her the Queen of Sheba, which pleased her mightily. But she was more particularly Natachee, or ‘Little Moon,’ and she drew a blanket about her and placed a feather in her hair.” Natachee arrived at Crescent College in 1932 intending to become a journalist, hoping to focus on Native Americans. She was an astute and observant student. While at Crescent College, she had an idea that the Ozarks might be a good place for her family’s business. Toward the end of the school year the following brief notice appeared in the Huntsville newspaper, The Madison County Record 24
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23 March 1933. “Mr. Theo Scott of Alabama and son of Kentucky, father and brother of Miss Natachee Scott, who was recently connected with Crescent College, are due to arrive here soon with a view of obtaining cut-over land to be cultivated in high grade tobacco.” Natachee herself, however, had other plans. In 1933, the year she graduated Crescent College, she married Kiowa artist Al Momaday. It was a stormy and passionate marriage. Her husband’s family were often cruel to her, her son recalled: “As far as they were concerned, she was an outsider who had insinuated herself into their midst, and they set out to make her life miserable. My mother stood up to the Kiowas; it was not in her to be run over.” The summer after her marriage, Natachee accepted a job offer with the Detroit, Mich., Camp Fire Girls! The following year, she gave birth to their only child, future Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, painter and poet, N. Scott Momaday, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer. That summer the young family was making headlines in South Dakota, Rapid City Journal 26 June 1934: Talented Indian Couple and Their Papoose Decide to Spend this Summer at Devil’s Tower “Natachee and her husband, Al Momaday, and their little Papoose Scotty, age three months, have arrived recently to spend the summer at the Devil’s Tower National Monument, about 100 miles from Rapid City. Natachee is a splendid looking Choctaw Indian woman and Al Momaday is a handsome Kiowa. He is an accomplished artist and will make sketches of the tower. She has been an Indian councilor at Camp Fire Girls’ camps and private camps near Detroit and Kansas. She is well versed in Indian lore and will lecture on the geological origin of the Devils’ Tower and at evening campfires will tell Indian legends concerning the Tower, the Black Hills and various parts of the western country. She will also entertain tourists with Indian songs and chants.” In 1936, Natachee began a 25-year career teaching at the Jemez Day School on the Jemez Springs Reservation in New Mexico. Her son wrote, “She loved it there; she loved every moment of that long time.” The United States government awarded her the Bureau of Indian Affairs Service Medal for outstanding achievement at the Jemez school. While she was teaching on the reservation, she earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles − and 25 years later, she edited the first collection of stories by Native American writers, American Indian Authors. Natachee was an accomplished artist whose paintings won prizes throughout the country. She also wrote and illustrated children’s books, including Owl in the Cedar Tree. In it, Haske, a Navajo boy, faces a dilemma in choosing between his rich Native American heritage, legend and myth, and the very different world of reason and education. In 1975, the University of New Mexico awarded her a Doctor of Human Letters. Three years later the American Association of University Women named her as one of 13 women in New Mexico whose cultural contributions to the state and the Southwest were exceptional. Natachee lectured at New York University, Oxford
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University and the City University of Toulouse, but customarily lived in seclusion in the Jemez Mountains until her death in September 1996. Her granddaughter, Jill Scott Momaday, made weekly drives to the Jemez Mountains to visit Natachee. She remembered, “Grandmother Natachee was a really strong woman − maybe 5’ 2” if that. She was a spitfire, a hellion!” Jill’s documentary film, Return to Rainy Mountain, celebrates her family’s legacy. Jill echoed many of the impulses found in Natachee’s work: “There’s a feeling of urgency about this now. We’re at great risk of moving farther away from Earth, each other, the universe and, ultimately, ourselves. People need hope for the future. I come from a very long line of powerful women. That female voice of incredible wisdom comes from an emotional and intuitive place. My feet are on the ground, touching sacred Earth, my heart is open, and the voice comes from there. I came EurekaFun.com
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into this life with this purpose. It’s everything to me. I can’t not do it. “It came through my Grandmother’s voice. I was clearing the kitchen table after dinner and her voice rang so clear, it stopped me in my tracks. I asked Darren [her husband], who was stirring the fire, ‘Did you hear that?’ He said, ‘Hear what?’ That’s how it began.” [Local Flavor: A Taste of Life in New Mexico, 10 August 2015.] To learn more about the impressive Natachee Scott Momaday, read her children’s books, her excellent anthology, American Indian Authors and her son’s memoir, The Names. You might also watch her granddaughter’s film. + If you’re related to Natachee Scott Momaday or to any Crescent College student or faculty member, please get in touch! We’d love to hear from you. rebecca@ crescentcollegehistory.org February/March 2020
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sport will rack up steps very quickly in a fast paced game. Younger adults, children and grandchildren are often seen having fun, too. Visitors are always welcome to play and use the other varied sports and amenities of Holiday Island, including boating and fishing on Table Rock Lake which extends all the way to Branson, Mo. Hiking and biking trails, basketball, tennis, shuffleboard and putt-putt golf are also available a short distance from the pickleball courts. For more information and to play free on the Pickleball Courts and get free instruction call (479) 253-9890, and the Rec Center staff will be glad to introduce you to this fast growing, fun sport. Come to Holiday Island, Paradise in the Ozarks. www.holidayisland.us www.visitholidayisland.com
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COMING SOON Holiday Island 50th Anniversary Festival JULY 2
Fireworks, activities and fun for all
Photo by Roy Albeck
The fairly new sport of pickleball is really taking off in Holiday Island. The resort community of 2500 near Eureka Springs boasts two courts near the Recreation Center and sees 8 to 12 citizens enjoying games between 8 and 10 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout the year. Individual games can be played with free equipment provided at any time. Pickleball combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong. It is played on a badminton-size court that looks a lot like a larger tennis court. The fiber glass racquets can be purchased online or at any sporting goods store. It’s played using a plastic ball with holes that used to be known as a whiffle ball. The serve is underhand and is a bit easier on the shoulder and body than tennis. It is a nationally popular game that is played by all ages and includes tournament play. States with the most courts are Texas, Florida and Arizona that are home to many “snowbirds”, but Holiday Island has good year ‘round weather, and the courts are often filled with visitors and folks who live here. The game is played as a singles or doubles competition, and games are played until the winner reaches 11 points. For those who like to count steps per day as a way to keep fit, this
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A few more reasons you might want to live here • According to census figures, which will all change this year, as of 2010 there was a population of 2073, and by 2018 there were 18 more residents than that • The median age between 2013 – 2017 was 53.2 • There are about 930 business licenses • 88.3% of students graduate high school • Median household income is not all that great but cost of living is about 4 percent lower that U.S. average • There are 1221 females and 952 males, 200 more than in the official census figure. Go figure. • There are 216 veterans • 104 people are over 85 years old
• There are at least 60 springs in the city limits • There are 130 lions, tigers, cougars, black bears, bobcats, tigers and a coatimundi that live in a wildlife refuge • We have the longest running folk festival in the country, on its 73rd year • Pivot Rock is here, described in 1935 as “a top balanced on its pointed end.” • Jesse James robbed a stagecoach here. Maybe. • We’re good at attracting wineries and breweries • We’ve had an outdoor summer opera since 1950 • There are about 80 restaurants, three of them chains +
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