Hundreds of thousands of people used the Overland Trail to migrate west. Elliott West, distinguished professor of history at the University of Arkansas, will discuss the route next week and gave us a preview of the lecture.

A group of young professionals called 16B, which is affiliated with Fort Smith's 64.6 Downtown organization, will be holding a block party this weekend aimed at ending period poverty. Attendees are encouraged to bring a box of tampons in exchange for two raffle tickets. All tampon donations will be distributed to Next Step Homeless Services, Riverview Hope Campus and Fort Smith Crisis Intervention Center.

The new exhibition, "Crystals in Art: Ancient to Today," opening this weekend at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, reveals how quartz crystals have been used to create functional objects as well as artworks through the ages.  

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert will feature a live symphony orchestra. The show is at the Walmart AMP Saturday night (doors at 5:30 p.m., film at 7) and Conductor Shih-Hung Young helps us get ready.

Foggy Bobcat is a four-piece rock band from Fayetteville. They've been around for a few years and in that time they've played in different corners of Arkansas and beyond. And although they've previously played at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, tonight they'll headline a show there for the first time. This week, David Miller, Sawyer Henson, Matthew Cunningham and Kyle Hunter came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio at KUAF to give us a sampling of their music.

Caitlin Ahrens talks about a compound foreign to Earth, that so far we've only discovered on Saturn's largest moon, Titan.  

Today on Community Spotlight, Pete talks with Amber Lacewell of the Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter about an upcoming event, Fresh StART.  Fresh StART will take place this Saturday, October 12th, from 6:30 to 8:30 in the evening at the Peel Mansion Museum in Bentonville, and will feature music, hors d'oeuvres, beverag