Online Movie Club
Let's face it, social distancing has many of us watching a lot more TV and movies than usual, so why not try to make the best of it--together!
We will all watch a movie on our own time, and then get together through a video conference to chit chat about it. The films we pick will all be available through Kanopy.com, a free online streaming service made available through the public library. And our friend, and Movie Night host, Felipe Pruneda would be the moderator.
If this sounds like something you would be interested in participating in, register for the Movie Club and receive a special goodie package in the mail https://forms.gle/5ZLrh7vziLrXb1ZS7 before each meeting--you must participate in the meetings to continue receiving the packets.
Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 25th at 830pm. For this month's movie club we will be watching Miss Juneteenth.
Tensions between Turquoise and her daughter Kai erupt when they prepare the young woman for Texas' Miss Juneteenth pageant. Turquoise, a former winner and single mom working as a waitress at a bar and a beautician in a mortuary, pushes Kai to follow in her footsteps, but might be confusing what she wants with what her daughter needs. As the contest approaches, Turquoise will begin questioning her choices for her family and wonder if her idea of her future is all that clear.
Director Channing Godfrey Peoples's eloquent, lucid portrait of a resilient Black woman celebrates personal and historical forms of liberation while bringing the community around the pageant to vivid life.
Watch the movie on your own time and join the discussion via Google Meet (https://meet.google.com/dah-jtha-rks).
School/Community Garden Grants
The Locals wants to help get a couple local gardens ready for this year's growing season. The Locals will be awarding two $500 grants for school or community gardens in Faulkner County, AR. To apply please fill out this application by March 31st, 2021 https://forms.gle/8Wxp11xbGfbkKE8E7 Please help us spread the word about this grant!!
For questions contact [email protected]
The Locals Statement of Inclusion
The Locals is committed to cultivating a strong community that is inclusive and diverse. We believe each person is different and can contribute their unique gifts in terms of ideas, abilities, opinions, perspective, culture, education, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, languages, color, religion, sexual orientation, and beliefs, and any other manifestations of being human.
Our goal is to help people develop their particular skills and pursue their passions by connecting them with other people, projects, and groups with shared interests.
We do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.
If you believe there is something we can do to stay true to our values, please contact us at [email protected] and we will do everything we can to honor our commitments.
Student Short Film Showcase
Buy tickets to the show at https://www.thelocals.be/movienight
On February 26th, 2020 The Locals Movie Night will feature a selection of short films directed and produced by local students (high school, college, and others welcome!) After each film, students will have a chance to talk about their piece and answer questions from the audience. After all the movies are screened, the audience will vote for their favorite one and the winner will win a prize!
If you are interested in submitting a piece for selection please fill out this form (even if your project is not finished yet).
https://forms.gle/w5KF2VVvp294wzCy9
All submissions are due on February 10th, 2020
Movies should be a maximum length of 10 minutes, and should be submitted in DVD format by mail to:
ATTN: The Locals. 2125 Hickory St, Conway AR 72034.
If you need help converting your film into DVD format please contact us at [email protected] and we can help you sort it out.
If you have any questions please contact Felipe Pruneda at [email protected]
Conway Home Brewers Club
Do you brew your own beer, or are you interested in learning how?
The Locals is helping start Conway's Home Brewers Club. The purpose of this club is to promote fellowship, mutual support, and share knowledge amongst brewers. Anyone interested in the craft is welcome.
We will meet every third Thursday of the month at 630pm, at TBA.
Join our Facebook Group by visiting https://www.facebook.com/groups/conwayhomebrewers/
If you would like to sign up for the Conway Home Brewers email list, please email [email protected]
Past Programs
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Donate Monthly
La Lucha Space is a 501(c)3 non-profit that coordinates projects benefiting the community of Conway. Our work represents the contributions of many diverse community members. Your donations support our staff's work to organize programs and projects such as The Locals and the Faulkner County Urban Farm Project.
Recurring donors are a huge help - they allow us to more easily budget and cover overhead so we can better focus on providing programs, and support small local creators.
These funds stay in your community, they support local people doing work that strengthens the local economy and contributes to the vibrancy of our community - help us make change happen!
Creative Coffee Club
These three ladies have been a constant source of support and encouragement. Since the beginning of this project, Pat, Jan and Linda have helped us turn our vision into reality. From their home-studio, the ladies get together to sip coffee and put together one of a kind pieces with materials spanning from cultured sea-glass and kazuri beads from Kenya, to lava hematite and tagua nuts from South America. They believe in sourcing materials with a conscience, making their jewelry not only beautiful but caring and compassionate. Their presence at The Locals always brightens up the space and their creations are constant source of compliments among visitors. Find them at etsy.com/shop/creativecoffeeclub
How can I get involved?
A:There are many ways to get involved with The Locals and help us further our mission.
You can volunteer to help at one of our projects or events. You can help us spread the word, and most importantly you can show up and participate! To check out upcoming events around the community click here
Finally, a great way to support our organization is by making a donation. Every little bit helps us continue offering programs and services to our community. We strongly encourage supporters to be our super heroes and set up a monthly recurring donation. These donations help us with plan for the future and pay for staffing and overhead costs--the things that are most needed but are hardest to fund. Once you set it up you don't have to think about it and you'll automatically send your love to our organization.
Conway Symphony Orchestra
The Conway Symphony Orchestra exists to create meaningful experiences through performances and education. The Conway Symphony Orchestra is unique in many ways. We provide our pre-professional musicians an unparalleled opportunity to play alongside professionals in an orchestra setting.
Independent Living Services
Independent Living Services is a nonprofit agency whose purpose is to assist in making a better life possible for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities in central Arkansas. Independent Living Services recognizes each person as different and provides an array of services to best meet individual needs and maximize choice.
Juicy Lucy
Once upon an amazing time there were 3 women friends who loved the plants and animals and stones of Earth, loved the splashes of color in all the growing, blooming things, loved the music of the sky by day and night and loved to gather weekly to share their dreams and dramas. The 3 women found that this love they had for life began to change them from the inside out. They got bolder and louder and juicier and helped each other think new thoughts and imagine new possibilities.
Tammy Sue's Critters
We are a small family farm on the Pulaski - Faulkner county line. We raise French Alpine dairy goats, honeybees and chickens. We use the fresh raw milk from our goats to make bath and beauty products. We use the wax from the bees to make additional products. It is our desire to create fine quality products using natural ingredients. We have a great passion for what we are doing, and believe in providing an affordable product that will nuture your body.
Maria's Home Made Country Fare
Maria’s Homemade Country Fare offers a product line of fresh jams and jellies, breads baked in a jar and a wide variety of candies. All of Maria’s products are prepared in her certified kitchen using the freshest ingredients. Her focus is on growing their own produce or purchasing from the local market, attempting to maintain chemical-free products whenever possible. There is no corn-syrup used in the making of any of her jams, butters, salsa, chow-chow.
The Twisted Purl
As the owner and fiber artist of The Twisted Purl, Cyndi Minister has been producing handspun yarn and other handmade fiber creations since the start of 2007. Her passion for handmade yarn and fibers began after not seeing the color combinations and textures she wanted to see in the market. Now, The Twisted Purl is on a mission to fill the world with handspun yarn and handmade fiber goodies.
Scratch
A project that began as a summer church fundraiser soon turned into a hobby for me, and now I make and sell my oilcloth aprons and bibs at a variety of venues and craft fairs, one of which brought me to The Locals.
Being in my kitchen is something else I enjoy and am currently selling some of my jams, jellies, and bread here at The Locals. I make my jellies and jams from locally grown fruit, and all of my jelly is made from juice I make myself, with the exception of my wine jelly, which is made from homemade muscadine wine. My breads are made using a sourdough starter that was given to me in 2006.
