The weekend agenda will fill up the stomach and the eyes. Becca Martin Brown, the features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , helps us determine what to do for a mid-May Saturday and Sunday.

Within a week of the governor announcing the first case of COVID-19 in the state, Arts Live Theatre began offering virtual programming for kids. More than a year later, the nonprofit children’s and youth theatre company is preparing to host virtual and in-person summer camps.

The University of Arkansas' Honors College forum on vaccines uses many disciplines to facilitate understanding of vaccinations. There is science, economics as well as literature. Casy Kayser, an assistant professor of English and direcotr of the Medical Humanities program at the U of A, says literature and history can offer powerful insight into how we approach vaccines.

A memorial to three men murdered in Fayetteville more than 150 years ago will be unvelied Saturday. The marker was created through efforts of the Washington County Remembrance Project .

New Beginnings , a bridge housing community, is planning on the completion of a capital project with a major gift. The story is part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal .

An NIH grant is designed to help get vaccines to underserved populations throughout Arkansas.

This Sunday at sunset marks the beginning of Shavuot , which commemorates revelation of the Torah on Mt. Sinai to the Jewish people. Observants prepare for the two-day holiday seven weeks in advance with special prayers and blessings. We visit with Rabbi Emeritus Jacob Adler about the origins of Shavuot, and its profound relevance.

On today's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe highlights the Dover Quartet, who will be featured during a live broadcast May 18 on KUAF 91.3. We hear their takes on compositions by Toto, Barber, and Ellington.

Arkansas will receive around 5 billion dollars from the American Rescue Plan. Governor Asa Hutchinson has established a steering committee to help direct the funds. He discussed that and other matters at his weekly briefing yesterday.

Ibiyinka Alao is a United Nations art ambassador from Nigera participating in a 6-week residency in Northwest Arkansas. His 100 foot by 12 foot canvas painting called "Eternity" is on display at the Rogers Experimental House . Local dancers and singers will perform in front of the artwork May 13 as part of the Art on the Bricks Art Walk .