Shiloh Museum

Butterflies

Gail Pianalto and Joyce Mendenhall, authors of "Calla and the Caterpillar" and "Lilly and the Lightning Bug," will discuss the importance of butterflies at a program for kids of all ages at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 15, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The program is part of the museum's Third Saturday series for families.

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History

118 W. Johnson Ave.

Springdale, AR 72764

479-750-8165

shilohmuseum.org

Butterfly Gardens

Members of Springdale for Monarchs, a community group dedicated to saving the monarch butterfly, will present a program on creating a home butterfly and pollinator garden at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

Folk Encyclopedia

Ethel Simpson, retired archivist with the University of Arkansas Special Collections Department, will discuss "Otto Ernest Rayburn and his Ozark Folk Encyclopedia," at noon Wednesday, April 19, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Rayburn, an author and educator who moved to the Ozarks in 1917, spent years amassing newspaper clippings, magazine articles, letters and photos related to Ozark lore and life, eventually organizing his collection into a 229-volume "encyclopedia." Today the collection is housed in the Special Collections Department at the University of Arkansas's Mullins Library.

Storytellers

The Tellers of Tales storytelling group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. All tellers and listeners are invited.

LifeWriters

LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, April 3, and Monday, April 17, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588 or visit shilohmuseum.org.

Sacred Harp Singers

The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

Wireless Society

The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

Civil War Roundtable

The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

Community on 04/05/2017