Happy Birthday...
Rachel Carson...
The Rachel Carson Birthday Celebration and Sustainable Feast will observe the centennial of the activist-author's birth Sunday in Springdale.
Fiona Fisher, coordinator of the homestead where Carson grew up, says the event will play host to 30 eco-friendly vendors, conservation and environmental organizations and a farmers market. Also, area chefs will showcase local sustainable agriculture.
Carson (1907-64) was the author of several books, including "Silent Spring," a look at the dangers of pesticide use in farming.
The celebration also will include the staging of a one-woman play about Carson, "A Sense of Wonder." Fisher warns that the play, featuring actress Kaiulani Lee, is aimed at those older than 16 as it deals with the last years of Carson's life, when she was dying of cancer.