Ezra E. Manes is an accomplished author specializing in science fiction novels, including “Entangled Species”, “Entangled Awareness”, “Transformations”, the four-book “Third Moon Rising” series and more. Manes brings his knowledge and experience writing about space exploration in futuristic settings from having worked in the technology sector as program director for design and development of numerous advanced digital image and signal processing systems. After losing his wife to cancer, he has dedicated the proceeds of his books to benefit the American Cancer Society.

Piece Makers is group of local ladies who love getting together sharing time quilting, learning from each other.

Traveling Theater

In this ever-changing world, we need some things to be constant, steady, and strong. The question is asked more and more: what can I watch and enjoy with my entire family? Answering that question is Lion and Phoenix Productions, whose mission is to bring families together (all generations) for creativity, entertainment, and personal development!

Enjoy Our Unique Style of Live Theater

Lion and Phoenix Productions is now on the road visiting communities that enjoy our unique brand of live theater. We do a show with or without the dinner theater element. Invite us to your town! There's nothing like bringing the family around the table for a meal and enjoying a show that won't embarrass your grandma! We bring the human element back into entertainment.

Academy

Strengthening rural communities by molding the leaders of tomorrow.

Our Flagship Program for At-Risk Youth in Small Town Arkansas.

We help kids from high-risk small-town communities in Arkansas. Based on a highly selective process and combining arts, life lessons, and personal development, Leadership Academy helps them become well-rounded, self-assured individuals.

Overcome Obstacles

When these children are confronted by drugs, when they are confronted by issues that could make them choose teen suicide, when confronted with the bullying of any kind, Leadership Academy kids are guided to choose not to participate, because they have the strength, the education, and the support to make the right decisions. 

Long-term Personal Development.

This long-term program continues to follow them past graduation, changing communities over time through these children. We believe Leadership Academy will help to prevent incarceration, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, violence, depression, and isolation, and stop the cycle of generational learned habits and behaviors.

They also do school tours with interactive enactments to help teaching lessons on such things as anti- bullying, meaningful discussions, and promoting unity.

Their outreach includes:

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GUEST SPEAKERS

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ENTERTAINMENT

BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT SERVICES