Arts

The Northwest Louisiana Haiku Society will host an open mic for Haiku readings at the Shreve Memorial Library's Broadmoor Branch on Tuesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m.

Designers from the likes of Apple and Nike will be in Magnolia, Arkansas, April 3 to discuss this question: Are the arts necessary in a depressed economy? The forum is at Southern Arkansas University's Foundation Hall at 2 p.m.

The Barbershop Harmony Society's "Harmony on the Red" will draw choruses and quartets from four states with more than 300 singers participating in the district contest.