Environmentalists and scientists worry that a proposed Federalsburg salmon farm could inundate the shallow Marshyhope Creek with surges of cold water that could make it inhospitable for its spawning population of Atlantic sturgeon.
A proposed indoor salmon farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore is poised to clear a key regulatory hurdle over critics’ fearsthat its discharges will threaten the state’s only Atlantic sturgeon spawning
Because there's so much going on in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley y'all really know how to come out of quarantine! we're adding a new Thursday edition of our FYI arts calendar. To submit items to it, email Features Editor Becca Martin-Brown at bmartin@nwadg.com.
"The Juke Joint Project: An Exhibit" opens at 2 p.m., followed by a performance by Tony Redman from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Pryor Center at 1 E. Center St. on the downtown Fayetteville square. Music Education Initiative Executive Director Orson Weems says that people are "going to be surprised to see that it's actually something that they can touch and walk through." Musical performances to accompany the exhibit will be posted to the Pryor Center's website, pryorcenter.uark.edu, as information becomes available. The exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday and regular hours to visit the exhibit will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday through the end of June. "The Juke Joint," built of period-aged cypress and tin, was originally created by designer Kaki Hockersmith.
Travel to the Texas frontier with your library
Deborah Tarsiewicz
Frontier Texas! is a museum that celebrates the Texas Frontier located just a short 10 minute walk from the Abilene Public Library Main location. You’ll want to check it out this summer in particular as the library’s own Tony Redman will take part in special live reenactments this summer in the Frontier Texas! courtyard.
A short drama will bring to life the shootout at the Cattlemen’s Exchange. Free, and open to the public, shows begin Saturday, May 29 at noon and continues every Saturday thereafter (except June 12) until July 10. For more information, head to the website abilenevisitors.com/Historic-Saturday-Shootouts.