See demonstrations and hear lectures from many of the
SAVE THE DATE
Arkansas Visionaries profiled in this week’s issue of the
Arkansas Times. The Festival of Ideas will run from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Old State House,
SEPT. 21
Historic Arkansas Museum, the Clinton School and Heifer International. The festival is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. Go to arktimes.com/ festivalofideas to reserve your seat.
OLD STATE HOUSE
Noon COURTNEY PLEDGER Movie producer, festival organizer “The glue: Secrets of producing big budget movies and small budget film festivals”
1 p.m. MUNNIE JORDAN Festival organizer
2 p.m. SEN. DAVID SANDERS, LITTLE ROCK MAYOR MARK STODOLA AND LITTLE ROCK CITY BOARD DIRECTOR KEN RICHARDSON
“What King Biscuit means for Helena”
“Rehabilitate or Incarcerate?: Crime and parole in Little Rock”
3 p.m. ANN ROBINSON Gifted education expert “What should we do with the children from Lake Wobegon? Innovative education for talented learners.”
HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM
11 a.m. MARK CHRIST Civil War historian “Civil War Arkansas 101”
Noon BARBARA SATTERFIELD Potter
1 p.m. AJ AND MARJORIE SMITH Artists
“Fascination with fragility”
“Two artists/two visions”
2 p.m. GARBO HEARNE Art collector/dealer
3 p.m. MARLON BLACKWELL Architect
4 p.m. THEO WITSELL Botantist
“Why collect art”
“No ideas, but in things”
“Arkansas’s native grasslands: natural history, conservation and recreation”
CLINTON SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
11 a.m. EPIPHANY Rapper “I’m not down: community development through hip-hop”
Noon TRISH FLANAGAN AND CHAD WILLIAMSON Social entrepreneurs
1 p.m. CAROL REEVES Entrepreneurship ambassador
“Making a Noble Impact through social entrepreneurship”
“Teaching innovation”
4 p.m. PANEL DISCUSSION “Fostering a start-up culture in Arkansas” 2 p.m. LUTHER LOWE Expert on intersection between public policy and tech “The open data revolution”
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
Noon GEANIA DICKEY Early childhood education advocate “Early childhood education: much more than bubbles, blocks and babysitting”
1 p.m. ANNA STRONG Health care policy expert
2 p.m. ELIZABETH YOUNG Immigration lawyer
“Taking Care: Looking out for kids and families as the healthcare landscape changes”
“An education in immigration: teaching law through practice”
3 p.m. GRANT TENNILLE Arkansas Economic Development Commission director “Economic development in Arkansas: where we are, where we’re going”
4 p.m. JOHN ROGERS Photo archivist “From baseball cards to the biggest collection of photos in the world”