Lia Uribe, associate professor of music at the University of Arkansas, says the U of A Community Music School is offering classes for children 4 to 6 years old. Registration is open through Jan. 21. Classical music concerts are also starting up again throughout Northwest Arkansas. Thursday, Jan. 16 Robert Mueller, composer at Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall (Fayetteville) - free, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 Felix Olschofka Masterclass at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) - free, 11 a.m.

Fayetteville's Code Compliance Department is reminding residents that it's against the law to feed and bait deer within city limits. Feeding causes deer to congregate, which furthers the spread of diseases such as Chronic Wasting Disease, a fatal neurological disease that affects members of the deer family.

Fort Smith City Director Keith Lau has recommended a new workforce initiative that would create a partnership between city hiring and organizations that help residents living in poverty. Lau says the city employs about a 1,000 people and some of those positions can be earmarked for residents seeking higher paying jobs.

As the House of Representatives gets ready to transfer the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate, Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics , discusses the matter with Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, R-District 3.

The Cherokee Nation and Rogers State University Public TV launched their first televised Cherokee language learning course this week. The telecourse consists of 48 episodes, each about 50 minutes long. They air at 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday on RSU Public TV. The lessons are also available online.

bell hooks was born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952 in Hopkinsville, Ky. to a poor working class family. As a child, she performed poetry readings for her church community and was heavily influenced by her great-grandmother Bell Hooks. hooks attained degrees from Stanford, the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of California-Santa Cruz. In her first major book, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, hooks explored the intersection of race, sex and class at the core of black

Hard rock, a harmonica virtuoso, and Celtic music are among the many choices available this weekend. Thursday, Jan. 16 Earl and Them, The Odds at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - 6 p.m. The Steel Woods, Tennessee Jet at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $12 adv, $15 day of, 9 p.m. Becky Adams and Jacob Campbell at Mickey Finn's (Fayetteville) - 8 p.m. Amy Ray at Walton Arts Center (Fayetteville) – tickets start at $32, 7 p.m. OzMoMu at various venues (Eureka Springs) – tickets

As tensions between the United States and Iran escalate, we turn to our archives for a story first reported by Sara Burningham in 2015 about a convenience store and cafe in Crosses, Arkansas with an unusual tie to Iran.

Arkansas Tech University-Ozark offers a cardiac sonography program at its Chaffee Crossing location in Fort Smith. Students practice echocardiograms on volunteers as part of the two-year program, which helps them earn an Associate of Applied Science in Cardiovascular Technology.

After officially expressing his support for the resettlement of refugees in Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson went before GOP lawmakers Monday morning to defend his decision. John Brummett, political writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , and Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics , discuss the session in their weekly segment.