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Not one but TWO great concerts take place in Paragould tonight.  Bluegrass Monday and Blue Monday.   Bluegrass Monday at the Collins Theatre features the Claire Lynch Band. And Blue Monday at the Red Goose features Beale Street musician Eric Hughes. Both concerts start at 7 p.m.   

If you are looking for something that your children can do this summer, the Foundation of the Arts has numerous suggestions.  KASU's Marty Scarbrough talks about these with Kristi Pulliam in this Spotlight On the Arts Feature.

After last year's historic river flooding, Pocahontas brings back the Founders Day Festival Saturday, May 5th.  KASU's Johnathan Reaves tells more in this report. 

Award-winning bluegrass band Dailey and Vincent will headline a benefit concert for the Helping Hands Foundation, an organization working to meet short-term financial needs of students in the Rector, Arkansas public schools.  KASU's Marty Scarbrough features this band during this Spotlight On the Arts feature.

The Farm Bill, closures of post offices and new rules from the National Labor Relations Board are all topics KASU's Mark Smith discussed with US Senator John Boozman during this month's congressional interviews.

Jonesboro Public School's Health, Wellness and Environmental Studies magnet school has an outdoor vegetable garden where science lessons are "hands on".  KASU's Johnathan Reaves explains in this report. 

The Hemingway-Pfieffer Museum and Educational Center has numerous events year round that bring a lot of people to Northeast Arkansas.  New Assistant Director Adam Long tells KASU's Johnathan Reaves about what is going on and what is coming up at the museum.

After 48 years of service to Williams Baptist College, 17 of those years as President, Dr. Jerol Swaim is retiring.  KASU's Johnathan Reaves features Swaim in this report.

This year's Pulp Ark 2012 in Batesville takes place April 20th through April 22nd.  Marty Scarbrough features this event in this Spotlight On The Arts.

The 18th Annual Delta Symposium at Arkansas State University takes place Wednesday, April 18th through Saturday, April 21st.  KASU's Johnathan Reaves features some of the big events of the festival in this report.   

The Second Annual Paint the Town Green week takes place starting Saturday, April 14th.  The highlight of the event will be on April 18th when Robert F. Kennedy Junior speaks in Jonesboro.  KASU's Johnathan Reaves tells more.

The 18th Annual Delta Symposium takes place April 18th through the 21st, with a majority of the events taking place at Arkansas State University. KASU's Johnathan Reaves talks with Dr. Gregory Hanson and D. Carrol O'Conner about this year's theme and performers of the Symposium.

Washington D.C./SEMO – Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson discussed the President's Jobs bill, the economy, farming issues and more in her monthly visit with KASU...but like many people in Missouri's 8th District, she has been closely watching the St. Louis Cardinals in the baseball playoffs....