Come early to see the 2nd Annual Art in Opera Group Show in the AUD and it features the art of 31 local artists in the themes of this season’s opera performances. Enjoy the opera and view all the beautiful local art at the Auditorium for this special performance.
Doors open at 6:00 pm. Avoid the long line and purchase tickets on-line or call the box office at 253-8595.

Summer is really here, but at least the weather has been cooler the last few days, making outdoor activities more enjoyable. Some things going on in July are the Second Saturday Gallery Stroll, Fat Tire Festival and Opera in the Ozarks will be playing until July 17th, so don’t miss your chance to catch a fantastic performance this year. There will also be an art display at the AUD for the final performance.
We’ve added a few new summer dessert recipes to make your stay with us even better. A light, cool dessert is so refreshing after a day out shopping or sightseeing. The Oreo Cookie Dessert is so good – you have to try it!

Come relax and rejuvenate in Eureka Springs, your extraordinary escape. We still have vacancies for July, so take advantage of a great Summer Getaway. Reserve your dates today!

SPECIAL

Unwind On A Budget
Yes, You Deserve A Getaway

* Stay Two Nights in a King Jacuzzi Suite (Maylie, Matalyn or Sabrina)
* Enjoy a Full Breakfast in your room each morning
* Homemade Desserts in your room each afternoon
* A Dinner for Two at one of Eureka’s Fine Restaurants ($50 voucher)
* Two Tickets to a Music Show
* $379.00 plus tax
* Exchange Music Show Tickets for a One-Hour Couple’s Massage for only $79 extra!
Good Thru July, 2010
No other discounts apply

RECIPE

Oreo Cookie Dessert Recipe
* 1 (18 ounce) package Oreo cookies, divided, crushed (save 3/4 cup)
* 1/2-1 cup butter or margarine, melted
* 16 ounces Cool Whip, divided
* 8 ounces cream cheese
* 1/4 cup powdered sugar
* 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant chocolate pudding mix
* 2 cups milk (3.4 ounce)
* 1 (14 ounce) can eagle brand sweetened condensed milk

1. Pour crushed cookies in 9×13 glass dish.
2. Melt butter, pour over cookies.
3. Mix 1/2 of the cool whip, cream cheese and powdered sugar, spread on top.
4. Mix pudding with milk and sweetened condensed milk; beat until thick, spread on top.
5. Spread on other 8 oz Cool Whip.
6. Sprinkle with leftover cookies.
7. Refrigerate over night.

15 min | 15 min prep
SERVES 6 -8

JULY EVENTS IN EUREKA SPRINGS
July
FREE Music every Saturday from 1pm-5pm and every Sunday from 11am-3pm in Basin Spring Park

July 4
Independence Day Fireworks celebration at Turpentine Creek. For more information call Clif Jackson at 479-253-3790

July 5-9
ESSA Session Six-Youth Session: For Ages 11-17 Classes 9am-4pm. Comic Book Art with K. Michael Crawford; Painting with Carol Peacock; Beginning Sewing-Making a Lap Quilt with Suzanne Tourtelot; Fun with Clay with Sally Gorrell & Donna Doss; Stained Glass with Mike Gibson. For more information call 479-253-5384.

July 7
John Michael Talbot benefit concert at the Auditorium. Benefit is for the “Green” Monestary at Little Portion. For more information contact Rachel at 479-253-8909.

July 9-11
Inner Hermit facilitated by John Michael Talbot. This retreat is based the new book being written by John Michael. “The World is My Cloister – the journey of the hermit within” describes the care and feeding of the solitary within each of us, known only to God — An opportunity to change your life with guidance from a spiritual friend. For more information contact Little Portion Retreat Center at 479-253-7379

July 10
2nd Saturday Gallery Stroll. The City’s art galleries are joining forces to stage a monthly “Celebration of the Art of Eureka” 6pm to 8pm. For more information call Quicksilver at 479-253-7679

July 12-16
ESSA Session Seven: Right Brain/Left Brain with Peggy Kjelgaard; The Wisdom of the Hands with Doug Stowe; Shaman Doll Making with Valerie Damon. For more information call 479-253-5384

July 15
Poetluck is a potluck dinner and literary salon held the third Thursday of every month, March-October at The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs.

July 15 & 16
ESSA Session Seven (continued): Stained Glass/Mike Gibson. For more information call 479-253-5384

July 16-18
12th Annual Eureka Springs Fat Tire Festival Mountain Bike Festival. Competitive and non-competitive cycling events. Cross country, downhill, short track, observed trials, bike parade, film fest and fun rides. Largest event of its kind in the central United States. Cash and prizes. Great fun for the whole family. For more information contact David Renko at 479-363-6146

July 17th
Opera in the Ozarks 60th Anniversary performance in the Auditorium. For more information call 479.253.2586

July 19-23
ESSA Session Eight: Acrylic/Oil Painting with Jody Stephenson; Wood Working with T.J. Brown; Metal Memory Boxes with Mary Springer. For more information call 479-253-5384.

July 23-25
Reflections of St. Francis facilitated by John Michael Talbot. John Michael Talbot’s new based on his new book by this title offers an accessible entrance into the Rule and Testment of St. Francis, sheds light on Francis as a saint, a founder, and a reformer, and provides unique observations as a source of inspiration for all states of life today. For more information call 479-253-7370

July 26-30
ESSA Session Nine: Watercolor with Richard Stephens; Hand-Built Clay Forms with Terry Russell; Beginning to Intermediate Enameling with L.J. Smole; Wood Turning with Kip Powers. For more information call 479-253-5384.

July 28-Aug 1
5th Annual Renagade Rally for Cruiser Scooters. For more information contact Jane at 316-708-4159
AUGUST EVENTS IN EUREKA SPRINGS
FREE Music every Saturday from 1pm-5pm and every Sunday from 11am-3pm in Basin Spring Park

August 2-6
ESSA Session Ten: Bookmaking with Dolph Smith. For more information call 479-253-5384.

August 5-7
ESSA Session Ten: Advanced Basket Weaving with Leon Niehues. For more information call 479-253-5384.

August 6-8
Inner Hermit facilitated by John Michael Talbot. This retreat is based the new book being written by John Michael. “The World is My Cloister – the journey of the hermit within” describes the care and feeding of the solitary within each of us, known only to God — An opportunity to change your life with guidance from a spiritual friend. For more information contact Little Portion Retreat Center at 479-253-7379

August 6-7
16th Annual Yards & Yards of Yard Sales. Bargains all around town. For more information call 800-6EUREKA

August 13-15
The Gospel of Amazement facilitated by Michael Card. This retreat is based upon Michael Card’s study of Hesed, the defining characteristic of God, in the Old Testment: ‘Radical Reversal’ is rooted in hesed and central to Luke’s presentation of the gospel. For more information contact Little Portion Retreat Center at 479-253-7379

August 14
2nd Saturday Gallery Stroll. The City’s art galleries are joining forces to stage a monthly “Celebration of the Art of Eureka” 6pm to 8pm. For more information call Quicksilver at 479-253-7679.

August 13-15
2010 Luke, the Gospel of Amazement Retreat with Michael Card. This retreat is based upon Michael Card’s study of Hesed, the defining characteristic of God, in the Old Testment: ‘Radical Reversal’ is rooted in hesed and central to Luke’s presentation of the gospel. For more information call 479-253-7370

August 19
Poetluck is a potluck dinner and literary salon held the third Thursday of every month, March-October at The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs.

August 19-22
8th Annual Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival. Local, regional and national talent performing bluegrass all around town. Festival includes workshops, band contest and a lot of pickin’. For more information, call 479.253.2586
August 21
Colgate Country Showdown National Talent Contest at 2:00 p.m. at the Pine Mountain Theater

August 27-29 17th Annual VW Weekend at the Inn of the Ozarks. For more information call Dave Heilmann at 479-253-9768

August 28-Sept 4
Carroll County Fair at the Carroll County Fairgrounds, Hwy. 21 N. Berryville, AR. For more information contact Becky Harp at 870-438-7255.

Contests include ‘Best Decorate House’, ‘Best Decorated Business’ and a Photography competition with over a thousand dollars in cash and many other great prizes up for grabs.

The Eureka Springs Grand Illumination lasts through May 16th,  and is only one of the events that are part of the May Festival of Art in Eureka Springs. Come visit us at our Eureka Springs Bed and Breakfast and enjoy all our extraordinary escape has to offer.

Professional craft men and women offer original, handmade work such as country decorative items, folk art, watercolor and oil painting, pottery, stoneware, wreaths, potpourris, dried arrangements, quilts, miniatures, country clothing, wearable art, candles, homemade soaps, country furnishings, antique broken china jewelry, white oak baskets, bird houses and feeders, collector Santas and much more.

New this year, the Spring Fair (May 7, 8, & 9) will be featuring the culinary arts! In addition to your favorite artisan and craftwares, come out to the fair and enjoy food and cooking demos around the Mill, including baking and pasta making!

This is a wonderful time to visit our Eureka Springs bed and breakfast. The War Eagle Fair is only a few minutes away and we’ll be glad to help you with directions. The War Eagle Fair only happens twice a year, so don’t miss your opportunity.

The calendar for the 23rd Annual Eureka Springs May Festival of the Arts, just released, includes over 130 events – the most ever. The city known as Mid-America’s Art Capital celebrates arts of every kind throughout the month of May. “This year we continue the recent trend of raising both the number and quality of festival events,” according to C.A.P.C. Executive Director Jim Williams. “Our very talented arts community has put together an amazing and exhaustive array – everything from fine art to the ‘artrageous,’ from gallery strolls and studio walks to parades and free music in the park,” he added.

May Festival of the Arts kicks off with what is perhaps the city’s most colorful and festive parade of the year, the ARTrageous parade. It rolls through historic downtown at 2 p.m. on May 1. This year’s parade Grand Marshall is Tusk III, the Razorback mascot. Also on that day, the Queen Anne Mansion House Museum, known for its architectural uniqueness, officially opens following extensive renovations. Gallery strolls are scheduled every Saturday night from 6-8 p.m. In addition to free refreshments at participating galleries, each gallery stroll will include at least six separate artists’ receptions and shows.

Two separate arts and crafts fairs take place the second weekend of the month. Both the Turpentine Creek Arts and Crafts Fair and the War Eagle Mill Antique and Craft Show are set for May 7-9. This year’s May Festival of the Arts also includes the inaugural Grand Illumination, May 13-16. Thousands of Japanese and Chinese paper lanterns will adorn the facades of historic downtown buildings and many of the grand Victorian homes as well.

One of the month’s most festive and well-attended events is the annual White Street Studio Walk, which takes place May 21 from 5-9 p.m. Historic White Street is the working address of a large number of local artists who welcome the public into their homes and studios to view their latest works.

The month-long festival also includes a concert by the Ozarks Chorale a book signing, demonstrations of flute-making and drum-making, a healing water gathering, the season’s opening of the Great Passion Play, Art in the Park, a garden tour, a portrait-painting master class, and dozens of other events. It’s a great time of year to plan a relaxing visit to our Eureka Springs bed and breakfast.

For a complete list of events, see Events Schedule for the May Festival of Arts in Eureka Springs

For the past three years, American Style magazine named Eureka Springs as a “Top Twenty-five Arts Destination.” While Eureka Springs is much acclaimed for its arts and culture landmarks… including the renowned Thorncrown Chapel and the Opera of the Ozarks… you really haven’t seen Eureka Springs until you’ve seen the Eureka Springs Galleries. We’re excited to present the works of local, regional, and international artists in a wide spectrum of media – from photography to raku pottery, smoke drawings, oil paintings, etchings, marble and bronze sculptures, exotic fantasy art, Native American art, fine glass, and more.

Admission to the kite festival is free. Regular admission prices apply for those wishing to tour the refuge. The annual event is one of the refuge’s most attended days of the year. Proceeds help finance the rescue of and sanctuary for the tigers, lions, cougars, leopards and other animals housed there.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own kites. Kaleidokites’ experts will assist children in kite making and flying. A donation to the refuge is requested for kite making assistance. Those who donate one dollar to the refuge will be entered to win a new kite, with proceeds going to benefit the animals.

For more information contact Kaleidokites at 479.253.6596 or 888.836.6251

The 17th Annual St Paddy’s Day Parade will roll out Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 2pm in Eureka Springs.

You can be part of the parade! A call for floats, vehicles of all sorts, bands, walking groups, and any individuals wearing green can join in the gala of fun.

The parade is headed by the Krewe of Blarney Halfast Walkin’ Klub. The Kaptains consists of professionals, business men and political officials, all wearing tuxedos carrying Flower Canes. Any candidate for office is also invited to walk.  Contact Dan Ellis, 479-981-9551 for information.