The Ouachita Speaker Series
brings inspiring and stimulating guest speakers to Hot Springs Village several times a year. It offers open, thought-provoking forums for intellectual and educational enrichment and the exchange of ideas to adult and student audiences in Arkansas.
The Ouachita Speaker Series was launched September 2012, in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. It is presented in conjunction with the Ponce de Leon Center, the Village’s cultural center.
The creation of the Ouachita Speaker Series was inspired by other communities across the country that offer speaker series as open, thought-provoking forums for intellectual and educational enrichment, and the exchange of ideas. Distinguished speakers covering an exciting range of topics are invited to share their knowledge and observations, introduce new ideas, and inspire conversation.
Named in honor of Hot Springs Village’s mountainous geographic location, the Ouachita Speaker Series is held appropriately in the Ouachita Activities Building at 1101 DeSoto Boulevard. The public is invited to attend.
The project is envisioned as a way to bring inspiring and stimulating guest speakers to Hot Springs Village several times a year to complement the outstanding musical and theatrical performances offered throughout the year.
Tickets are available online at www.hsvticketsales.com or at the Ponce de Leon Center office, 1101 DeSoto Boulevard, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Ouachita Speaker Series is a proud member of the Hot Springs Village Area Chamber of Commerce.
The series is produced in collaboration with the Hot Springs Village POA and the Ponce de Leon Center in Hot Springs Village, AR.
Our Spring 2026 March Speaker…
March Speaker
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
Shayleen Richert & Sara Richards will cover who they are as an organization, their current accreditation and how they came to be. They will discuss some of the larger rescues which will include images and videos of some of the rescues and animals. They will also go over powerful success stories of some of the animals to see where they came from to how they are now, and what they did to get them there. They will show and discuss how they have been able to expand their facility by building more habitats, a hospital, a commissary, and in the future an Education Building. With the expansion they will discuss how these successes have changed their entire operation by being able to rescue more animals, give them better care, creating the Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance, and being the sanctuary other GFAS accredited Sanctuaries reach out to when they need to re-home their animals.
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