Daily Archives: March 12, 2018

What’s Next for Our Buffalo River?

 in Community / Current Events / Ecology

“Now- More Than Ever, We Need To Network!” Lin Wellford with the Ozark Resource Watchdogs What’s Next for Our Buffalo River? Saturday April 7 – Mount Sequoyah – 6:00-8:00 pm Hello Everyone- The past year seems like one continuous wake-up call, with threats to our planet, our health, our institutions, our resources, our very quality of life. Well-funded special interest groups flex their influence and power everywhere we look. Never before have grassroots groups been so vital. On April 7th, Terry Spence with Socially Responsible Agriculture Project will be in Fayetteville to speak, along with other presenters, at an evening […]

NWA’s Homeless Population

 in Community / Current Events

NWA’s Homeless Population: Understanding and Addressing Their Complicated Needs Thurs March 15 – 5:00-7:30 – Genesis Church, 205 MLK Blvd. Featured Panelists: Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick, UA Jones Chair in Community, Capt. Josh Robinett, CEO Salvation Army, Solomon Burchfield, Ops Director 7 Hills Day Center and Housing, Joy Shirley, Director of Student Services Fayetteville High School. Moderated by Kyle Kellams, photos on display by Andrew Kilgore Light refreshments at 5:00, program begins at 6:00. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

Prizewinning Author to Read from The Moor’s Account

 in Community

Prizewinning Author to Read from The Moor’s Account Her Pulitzer Prize Longlisted Novel Weds March 14 – Giffels Auditorium, UA – 6:00 pm Laila Lalami, novelist, essayist and professor of creative writing at University of California at Riverside, will read from her novel The Moor’s Account on Wednesday, March 14 at 6:00 p.m. in Giffels Auditorium (MAIN 201) on the University of Arkansas Campus. Refreshments will be served, and copies of The Moor’s Account will be available for signing and purchase after the reading. The Moor’s Account was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It imagines the […]