this week’s EVENTS

Editor’s note: Many events have been canceled or postponed due to concern about the coronavirus.

TUESDAY Beef Cattle Webinar

The River Valley Beef Cattle Conference, brought to Arkansas cattle producers by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, is moving online for 2021. The free webinar is set for 1-3:30 p.m. Registration is required. To register, visit http://bit.ly/2021RiverValley-Beef-Webinar. Some discussions will be tied directly to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on beef-market demand. For more information, visit www.uaex.edu.

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY Kiese Laymon, UCA Artist-in-Residence

CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences will host author Kiese Laymon, a Black Southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi, as an artist-in-residence. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Laymon will offer a public reading, an interview and a Q&A via Zoom, with meeting ID number 831 0260 1516 and passcode 992840. At 1 p.m. Wednesday, Laymon will host a craft talk and a Q&A with students, also via Zoom. Laymon is the author of “Heavy: An American Memoir.” For more information, contact M. Shelly Conner at (501) 420-4749 or mconner3@uca.edu.

WEDNESDAY AND MARCH 10 Conway Conversations: ‘This Book is Anti-Racist’

CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas will offer a free virtual seminar, Conway Conversations: “This Book Is Anti-Racist,” at noon Wednesday and March 10. Participants will use selected lessons from the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action and Do The Work.”This interactive book, written by Tiffany Jewell and illustrated by Aurelia Durand, uses a series of workbookstyle lessons to engage readers in understanding race and racism, identity and, ultimately, their own voices and the power to make changes in the world around them.

THURSDAY Fairfield Bay Resort Meeting

FAIRFIELD BAY — A Fairfield Bay Resort meeting will take place at 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room of the Little Red Restaurant. Because of the recent change in venue restrictions, this meeting will be livestreamed only and will not be open to the public.

FRIDAY Pilgrimage to Alabama

The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission’s Pilgrimage to Alabama, a pre-COVID-19 event, will stream at noon. The commission visits the hometown and church of Jimmy Lee Jackson, a martyr for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. The program will stream on the following platforms: Facebook: @AMLKC and @ArkansasED; Twitter: @AMLKC and @ArkansasED; Instagram: @AMLKC and @Arkansas_ED; and YouTube: AMLKC, www.ARKingDream.org and Arkansas Department of Education-ADE.Arkansas.gov.

ONGOING Veterans Food Pantry

NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The Veterans Villages Helping Hand Program Food Pantry, 8325 MacArthur Drive, serves all veterans, including activeduty, Guard and Reserve service members and their families in Faulkner and Perry counties. The food pantry will be open from 8 a.m. to noon every other Wednesday, including this week, Feb. 24. The Veterans Villages of America Program is designed to help in other areas, such as unemployment, health care and housing for veterans and service members. For more information, contact Mark Diggs at (501) 442-1237 or mark@ diggsandassociates.com, or visit www.veterans villagesofamerica.org.

Food Pantry and Thrift Store

MORRILTON — The Conway County Care Center’s food pantry,

at 108 W. Broadway, is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Residents of Conway County may visit the pantry once a month to take home free supplemental food, regardless of household income. The center also operates a thrift store, where clothes and household items are available at a low cost, or free when there is an immediate need. For more information, to volunteer or to make donations, visit www. conwaycountycarecenter.com.

Generational Ties Exhibit

CONWAY — The third annual Black History Month exhibition — Generational Ties. Who I Am. Who We Were. — is on display at UCA Downtown, 1105 Oak St., through March 5. Gallery hours are 2-5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Fridays. The exhibitions are curated by the artists in union with the University of Central Arkansas College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences — the art department and the Division of Outreach and Community Engagement. Social distancing must be practiced in the gallery, and a face covering is required to enter. For more information, call (501) 852-UCAD or (501) 450-3118.

Women With a Purpose Meetings

FAIRFIELD BAY — Women With a Purpose meets at 4:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Cool Pool Cafe, 155 Chelsea Drive. For updates and instructions on how to join the group, visit www.facebook.com/ Womenwithpurposeboston.

COVID-19 Testing

CONWAY — Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway is offering COVID-19 testing for residents of Faulkner County and surrounding areas who have concerns about possible exposure to the virus. The drivethru testing site, located behind BHMC-Conway at

1555 Exchange Ave., is open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Testing is available on a first-come, first-served basis, with no appointment or physician order needed. For more information, visit baptist-health.com or call (888) BAPTIST.

Neighbor’s Table

RUSSELLVILLE — Neighbor’s Table offers a free meal every Saturday at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 501 S. Phoenix Ave. The meal is takeout only and can be picked up from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call (479) 968-3622.

Senior Bingo Days

FAIRFIELD BAY — Senior Bingo Days take place from 10 a.m. to noon every Tuesday and Thursday at the Chamber/Visitor Center, 385 Dave Creek Parkway (the Lions Club building). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Arkansas Department of Health guidelines are followed. Reservations are required. To reserve a spot, call Nancy McGowen at (501) 269-4567.

VFW Bingo

FAIRFIELD BAY — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4513 Bingo Nights take place at 6:30 every Monday and Saturday. Centers for Disease Control and Protection guidelines are strictly enforced.

Cleburne County Cares Food Pantry

HEBER SPRINGS — The Cleburne County Cares Food Pantry, 2016 Arkansas 25 Bypass, is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Those who need food are asked to call ahead at (501) 362-8486 so the pantry can have the items ready for pickup.

Fairfield Bay Rotary Meetings

FAIRFIELD BAY — The Fairfield Bay Rotary meets at noon every Wednesday, with lunch at 11:30 a.m., in the Fireside Room at the Little Red Restaurant at Indian Hills, 337 Snead Drive. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Arkansas Department of Health guidelines will be followed.

UPCOMING Re-enactment of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee

The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission will stream the Re-enactment of the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee, a preCOVID-19 event, at noon March 5. The commission participates with thousands from across the country in the Bloody Sunday reenactment of the Pettus Bridge crossing in Selma, Alabama. The program will stream on the following platforms: Facebook: @AMLKC and @ ArkansasED; Twitter: @AMLKC and @ArkansasED; Instagram: @AMLKC and @Arkansas_ED; and YouTube: @AMLKC, www.ARKingDream.org and Arkansas Department of Education-ADE. Arkansas.gov.

Social Media for Business

RUSSELLVILLE — The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will present Social Media for Business from 10-11 a.m. March 18. A speaker from Rock City Digital will discuss the basics of a great social-media presence, and participants will learn how to promote their brands in a way that will create customers. There is no cost to attend this virtual event. Registration is required by March 17 by calling (479) 356-2067 or emailing asbtdc.org/asbtdc-events.