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Saturday Dec 18 – 2:00 pm – Omni CenterJoin Facebook Live event here tomorrow at 2:00 pm.Livestream the Bees!At this workshop Entomology PhD student and wild bee researcher Olivia Kline will give a presentation on the importance of native bees to the local ecology and agriculture. Olivia will give an overview of the results of her research into the surprising variety of wild bees and their critical role as pollinators. She will discuss ways to promote bee populations through native plants and habitat. We will also look at simple ways to build a wild bee house for your yard. We’re limiting […]
Saturday Dec 18 – 2:00 pm – Omni CenterEntomology PhD student and wild bee researcher Olivia Kline will give a presentation on the importance of native bees to the local ecology and agriculture. Olivia will give an overview of the results of her research into the surprising variety of wild bees and their critical role as pollinators. She will discuss ways to promote bee populations through native plants and habitat. We will also look at simple ways to build a wild bee house for your yard. We might also say that we’re limiting the in-person participants to 20 people (masked and […]
View “The Boys Who Said No” and Roundtable DiscussionView the movie Dec 10-12Gather for the discussion on Dec 12 As Congress debates the future of the draft right now, please join us on Human Rights Day weekend for an online screening of the film and a discussion about how we can take lessons from the past to support today’s resisters. “The Boys Who Said “No” – Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich, The Boys Who Said NO! tells for the first time the inspiring story and impact of the draft resistance movement. REGISTER HERE When you register, you will receive a link to […]
Sunday Dec 5 – 7:00 pmIn Person at Omni!Covid safety in mind! Stay tuned!Greetings Omni folks,Dec. Open Mic is right around the corner. My how time flies! We will be hosting at the Omni Center Sunday, Dec. 5th at 7:00 as usual…at least for as long as everyone feels safe. The numbers of covid cases are climbing here in Arkansas…we hope everyone that comes is vaxxed, for the safety of all. I wish we had the where-with-all to do both LIVE an ZOOM of open mic but we are not that savvy.Maybe sharing songs about winter, solstice, holidays???? (Not specifically Christmas Carols…but along the line […]
Climate Change Forum: Arkansas in the Time of Climate ChangeArkansas Agriculture: Water, and DicambaDec 5 – 1:30 pm – zoom link belowReal issues facing Arkansas today. Continuing the series on environmental issues here in Arkansas. Our choices also impact climate change and environmental damage. This session comes out of the 2021 Audubon EnviroPolicy Summit;AgriPanel held just a couple weeks ago.Two Hot Issues in Arkansas Agriculture: Water & Dicamba 14.5 million acres of Arkansas’s land resources are considered active farmland. One of the state’s most important economic drivers, agriculture, is also directly connected to Arkansas’s natural environment. In this session, the panel will […]
Changes in a Good DirectionIntroducing Alex and Rachel Alex Tripodi has been a member of Omni Board of Directors for over two years now. Maybe you remember the story of how his workplace closed down when covid started and he founded MayDay Community Kitchen for his own sanity and to feed others who were struggling. At the time, Alex told us “Peace will look different in the world my generation is facing. We need to think about how we do our work differently because if my generation is going to be part of this, they’ll want to see practical results.” […]
Sunday Dec 5- 7:00 pmIn Person at Omni!Covid safety in mind! Stay tuned!Greetings Open Mic folks, Dec 5th…first Sunday Open Mic. It’s getting a bit too cold to host out on the OMNI deck so we will be moving it indoors.We know that most of our regulars have been vaxxed and boosted. If there are any of ya’ll who are unable to be vaxxed for whatever reason…it is probably safer for you not to attend. If you decide to attend please take care of your safety needs by social distancing and masking. We don’t want to be the Covid police…Folks can mask or […]
