QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve lived next to this river all my life.They make it look like we’re not looking out for our own streams.”
Jason Henson, one of three co-owners of C&H Farms,
a hog-farming operation near a tributary of the Buffalo National River Article, 1BToday’s happenings
Homeschool Friday fun: Celebrate Black History Month, 2 p.m., Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville
Gospel Fest 2013, 7 p.m., Arkansas Best Corp. Performing Arts Center, Fort Smith Convention Center
Book forum: Literature from the cultures of U.S. official enemies, 7 p.m., OMNI Center, 3274 Lee Ave., Fayetteville
Sons of the Prophet, 7:30 p.m., Nadine Baum Studios, Fayetteville
9 to 5: The Musical, 8 p.m., Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers
HAIR, 8 p.m., Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville
Hickory Dickory Dead, 8 p.m., Fort Smith Little TheatreLooking ahead
State Legislative Forum, 9 a.m. Saturday, Shewmaker Center for Business Development, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Bentonville
Birds and breakfast, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, near Rogers
Great Northwest Arkansas Model Train Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas Convention Center, Springdale
Ozark Wireless Society, 10 a.m. Saturday, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Springdale
Act!vated Story Theatre performance, 10 a.m. Saturday, Rogers Public Library
Washington Regional Day of Dance, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Northwest Arkansas Mall Center Court, Fayetteville
Black History Month story time, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Fayetteville Public LibraryAdvocates to host Soup Sunday
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families will host its 12th annual Soup Sunday from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center at the Springdale Holiday Inn.
The event will feature soups from more than 25 local restaurants. Bread, cheese and desserts will also be served.
Restaurants featured include Cafe Rue Orleans, Vetro 1925, Tavola Trattoria, Table Mesa, Bordino’s, the Springdale Country Club and more. Musical entertainment will be provided by the McFedridge Jazz Combo.
Tickets cost $20 in advance or $25 at the door for adults.
Children ages 5 to 12 get in for $5.
More information is available by calling (479) 927-9800.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEArchitecture lecture is Monday Thomas Woltz will present Narratives of Ecology: Recent Work of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects at 5:30 p.m. Monday in Hembree Auditorium on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The auditorium is located in the Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Building.
Woltz, a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, is owner of the firm, which has offices in Charlottesville, Va., and New York. The lecture is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
More information is available at architecture.uark.edu or by calling (479) 575-4704.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 11 on 02/22/2013