This autumn, North Arkansas College, a public community college in Harrison is offering an enhanced arts curriculum — including art therapy — with foundation grant support to both students and surrounding community residents.

This week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report includes aconversation with John Erck. He'll be leading UAMS fundraising efforts.

The Peacemaker Music Festival returns to the River Valley this weekend, but there are many other options to catch live music throughout the coming weekend. Thur Jul 29 Ponder the Albatross at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $8 adv, $10 day of, 7 p.m. Abbey Pierce at Prairie St. Live (Fayetteville) - 6:30 p.m. Hogtown Hot Club at Walmart Museum (Bentonville) - 5 p.m. Lucero, Tanner Usrey at Majestic (Fort Smith) - 7 p.m. Ozark Bluegrass Association open jam at Chelsea's (Eureka Springs)

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe explores contrasts, with selections by Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina and by Cuban composer Miguel Matamoros.

We conclude our preview of Walton Arts Center 's 30th anniversary season with a child-friendly series and the 10X10 offferings...shows for ten dollars.

Dr. Huda Sharaf, Chief Medical Director of the University of Arkansas Pat Walker Health Center in Fayetteville, as well as a key Fayetteville City Health Board member, explains why the new even more life-threatening COVID-19 Delta variant is spreading so quickly through the unvaccinated population in Arkansas.

Canopy of Northwest Arkansas , the state's only refugee resettment agency, has started a 13-week entrepreneurship program to train and mentor aspiring refugee and immigrant business owners in the region. The free program, helps entrepreurs develop a business model and identify funding opportunities.

Charlie Alison, the executive editor with University Relations at the University of Arkansas, contiunes our trip through the first 150 years of the U A by recalling the first Olympic gold medal won by a Razorback.

We continue our preview of the 30th season at Walton Arts Center by discussing the Family Fun series and the scheduled arrival of Fran Lebowitz to the WAC stage.

Courtney Lanning, a film critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , tells us Jungle Cruise is a throwback summer blockbuster. It is fun, charming and goofy. Just ignore the plot holes big enough for a submarine.