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Kelly Holst Memorial

 in Current Events

MAY 4, 2024 at 7PM OMNI CENTER 3272 N. Lee Ave Steve Holst and Burnetta Hinterthuer invite Omni friends to share memories of Steve’s mother, Kelly at her musical memorial service. You’ll remember her from Open Mic and many other Omni events during the years she lived with Steve and Bur in Fayetteville. Come and share this time with her family to remember what she meant to us all. She was a remarkable woman who lived a full life for 95 years. It will be an Open Mic format. Songs, poems, stories and memories are all welcome. If you have […]

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Earth Day Festival

 in Earth Day

We celebrate Earth Day each year with a family-friendly festival, complete with interactive activities, crafts, games, and live music. Guests are invited to celebrate our common home, the earth, and to commit to protecting and preserving it! Join us in our mission to enhance education and environmental awareness by celebrating Earth, our common home, and committing to its protection and preservation at our annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 21, from 3 to 6 pm.  Tickets here.

2nd NWA Labor Spring Tackles Inequality, Outsourcing, Marginalization

 in Labor

The program is free, and the public is welcome. The 2024 NWA Teach-In will highlight the ways that labor unions and collective action can lessen the most pressing problems facing working people in the Ozarks and across the nation: low wages and the persistence of poverty, especially among children; economic inequality; privatization and outsourcing; and the growing marginalization of working people in public life. Topics on the schedule include “Labor Struggles throughout the Nation,” “Fighting for Arkansas Workers” and “Worker Rights at the University of Arkansas.” Speakers include: “The goal is to bring together working people who want to make […]

Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville. What’s next?

 in housing

City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Next steps: Help Mayor Jordan form a STRONG Task Force to to the job. There are specific groups the city is seeking task force members from: government agencies, nonprofit agencies, renters groups, developers, landlords and community members. Do you fit into any of those categories? If you’re in one of those groups and you’d like to serve on the Housing Task Force and help this town fix its housing problem, then please go to this link to fill out […]

Housing crisis declares a victory in Fayetteville

 in housing

City Council Voted “Yes” Tuesday April 2 Thank you Omni folks for your support! Wed, Apr 3 2024 at 8:55 AM Dear Housing Action Community, This is Billy with Arkansas Renters United, and I have the pleasure of delivering some fantastic news for you all! Last night, the Fayetteville City Council voted UNANIMOUSLY to pass our resolution to declare a housing crisis. The counter-resolution first proposed by Council member Mike Wiederkehr was tabled indefinitely and will never be considered again. We should all take this moment to celebrate the power of community organizing to make change happen. While this resolution […]

Open Mic April CANCELED ‘CAUSE OF ECLIPSE !

 in Open Mic

After much discussion, we have decided to cancel OMNI Open Mic for April 7th. The Eclipse, the next day, is looming large, and it seems most everyone has a plan that conflicts with that Sunday, including us!  We will resume in May on the first Sunday as usual.   By the way, Donna and I will be performing a whole set of peace songs this coming Saturday March 30th, at the Omni Center to raise funds for Gaza relief. Doors open at 6:30. Concert at 7:00.   Kelly Mulhollan