TODAY
• Close-Knit Faith Community, 9:30 a.m., interdenominational group of knitters and crocheters who knit for charity. St. Joseph Parish Administration Office, 501 Front St.
• Roses Among Thorns, cancer support group, will not meet today. Linda Dickey, 501-679-2931.
• Conway Kiwanis Club, 11:30 a.m., Chinatown Restaurant. Speaker: The Rev. Larry Pillow and Renewal Ranch.
• Local Emergency Planning Committee quarterly meeting, noon, Faulkner County Road Department Training Facility, 57 Acklin Gap Road. Speaker: Mike Gowan from Arkansas One Call.
THURSDAY
• Conway Rotary Club, 11:30 a.m., Conway Rotary Club. Speaker: Economic forecast from John Shelnutt, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.
• Faulkner County Tea Party, 11:30 a.m., lunch and soapbox, Larry’s Pizza.
• Lenten Luncheon, noon, First Presbyterian Church, devotional and music. $4 suggested donation for soup and cornbread. Co-host, Grace United Methodist Church.
• Stroke support group, noon, Conway Regional Rehabilitation Hospital. 501-514-4925.
• Conway Shakespeare Club, 1:30 p.m., home of Connie DeBoer, Co-hostesses Claudia Davis and Ruth Voss. Program: Linda Rogers on Kate Chopin.
• Cherokee Bingo, 5 p.m., Bob’s Grill in Downtown Conway.
• BACA, Bikers Against Child Abuse, 5-8 p.m., raising funds by waiting tables at Larry’s Pizza.
• CAPCA governing board, 6:30 p.m., administrative office, 707 Robins St.
• Faulkner County Landlords Association, 7 p..m., Faulkner County Library. Howard Warren, the state association’s legislative liaison, will provide an update on the status of pending legislation that has bearing on the rental business. Items include standards of habitability, evictions, along with the recommendations on last year’s commission on landlord/tenant laws in Arkansas.
• Marine Corps League, 7 p.m., City of Hope, 622 E. Robins.
FRIDAY
• Conway Cancer Foundation, 8:30 a.m., West Hall, Faulkner County Library.
• The Museum of Veterans and Military History, 13 S. College in Vilonia, open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Central Arkansas AG Expo, 10 a.m., Conway Expo Center. $5.
• Conservative Forum, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Larry’s Pizza. Speaker: Rose Mims, executive director of Right to Life. 501-733-7796.
• Conway Creative Writers, 2 p.m., “Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer’s Craft,” Faulkner County Library, part of the Great Courses series, continuing at 2 p.m. April 5. Part of The Great Courses series, made possible by a donation from Shirley Barham. 327-7482.
• Family Game Night at the Faulkner County Library, 5-7 p.m. Free.
• Jazz Cats, 6 p.m., Faby’s Downtown Conway.
• La Leche League, 6:30 p.m., nursery of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.
• Jam Session on the Patio, with Preston Palmer Studios, Pitza 42, 2335 Dave Ward Drive.
SATURDAY
• Central Arkansas AG Expo, 10 a.m., Conway Expo Center. $5.
• Animals seeking forever homes, Pet Country, 2665 Donaghey, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Faulkner County SPCA, Lydia Grier, 339-1980.
• Sigma Kappa Easter Egg Hunt, 3 p.m., Laurel Park. Benefits Alzheimer’s Arkansas. Donations welcome. For age groups 0-2, 3-6 and 7-10.
• The Museum of Veterans and Military History, 13 S. College in Vilonia, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SUNDAY
• Palm Sunday
• Spring break ends.
• Central Arkansas AG Expo, 10 a.m., Conway Expo Center.
Staff writer Becky Harris can be reached at becky.harris@thecabin.net and 505-1234. Please send items for Roundabout to Becky Harris at www.thecabin.net/events and click “Create Event.”