The I Love Fayetteville Big Party takes place this weekend at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. The event is organized by the Junior Civic League, and more than a dozen area nonprofits will benefit from money raised at the event. We speak with event co-chair Katy Hunt to get a preview.

In The Hate U Give, author Angie Thomas explores the life of Starr Carter, a 16-year-old living a dual life with her home in the majority-black neighborhood Garden Heights and her school the majority-white private Williamson Prep. Last week, Thomas sat down for a public conversation about the book at Fayetteville Public Library as part of this year's One Book, One Community initiative. Here's much of that conversation.

Starting Tuesday, Fayetteville residents will vote on ten questions pertaining to a proposed bond package that would fund various projects throughout the city. If approved by voters, question six would put $3.2 million toward economic development bonds. We learn how those bonds could be used to attract employers to the city.

Our Militant Grammarian Katherine Shurlds gives us a special quiz for All Fools Day. We get some variety in our vocabulary with alternatives to the familiar "fool," such as "dolt," "lubber," "baffoon" and others.

Becca Martin Brown, features editor at the Northwest Arkansas-Democrat Gazette , gives us a preview of visual arts events happening throughout the month.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business and Politics catches us up on some of the week's news. He says two city officials in Fort Smith are moving on to new opportunities, and we hear about a new life for a historic theater in the city's downtown.

A conference dedicated to the Jewish Contributions to Middle East Music is taking place this week on the University of Arkansas campus. Yesterday two of the scholars involved, Jonathan Glasser from William and Mary and Chris Silver, from McGill University, stopped by to tell us how they became interested in the subject.

This year's selection for the One Book, One Community initiative is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Thomas was in Fayetteville this week for several events, including a public talk yesterday at Fayetteville Public Library. Here's part of that conversation.

City and Transplace company officials yesterday celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 150,000 square-foot facility in Rogers. We learn more about the expansion and how local and state government worked with the company to keep the company and its hundreds of jobs in the region.

Opera Fayetteville will present Dark Sisters, a 2011 English-language opera by Nico Muhly, Friday and Saturday at Walton Arts Center's Starr Theater. The story centers around a polygamous family whose children have been removed by government agencies. We speak with several people involved with the production to learn more about the play.