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MONICA HOOPER NWA Democrat-Gazette T heir music is for the birds — and Still on the Hill is proud to make it. Kelly and Donna Mulhollan, known for their prolific catalog of Ozark music, will perform their "Words on Birds" set 6 p.m. May 7 at the Bailey Center at Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. It's a fundraising event for Arkansas Audubon Society Halberg Ecology Camp and Northsong Wild Bird Rehabilitation, and the evening will also include a silent auction for the needle-felted birds Donna started creating during their pandemic hiatus. "When we were quarantined here and couldn't go anywhere, do anything. I wanted to learn how to do this needle felting, and so I watched YouTube videos and got all this stuff," she explains. "I was concerned about the homeless population during that, because for years Kelly and I have done a lot of stuff with 7hills Homeless Shelter." She started a project called "Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bird," during which she would auction off a needle- felted bird she created and then donate the proceeds to 7Hills. Her needle felting also led her to do a project with the International Crane Foundation where she made felted cranes and donated 15 of them to friends around the world to help educate people about the foundation's mission. She then turned her focus to endangered birds. "I like to call myself a 'craftivist," she explains. "I like to use my craft for a cause. And since I wanted to find a bird cause and since we are so involved with the Audubon camp, it just seemed like the natural fit." "Donna is, first of all, an incredibly prolific artist in so many ways. She is constantly making art and writing songs, and writing poems, and it just never stops," Kelly Mulhollan beams about his wife. MAY 1-7, 2022 WHAT'S UP! 3 FAQ Music on the Mountain: Words on Birds WHEN — 6 p.m. May 7 WHERE — The Bailey Center at Mount Sequoyah, 150 N. Skyline Drive in Fayetteville. TICKETS — Free. Check bit.ly/3vEc13b for seat- ing availability. INFO — For more infor- mation on Still on the Hill, visit stillonthe hill.com; on Halberg Ecology Camp, visit arbirds.org/Ecology Camp; or for North- song Wild Bird Rehab, northsongbird.org. COVER STORY Love Birds Craftivist musicians support nature scholarship Donna (left) and Kelly Mulhollan of Still on the Hill are getting out and performing again but staying closer to home. "We're slowing down just a little bit. I call it 'retirement in slow motion,'" Kelly quips. He says that they are looking forward to celebrating the Buffalo River's 50th anniversary of national river status and performing their songs in rural schools through work with the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Learn more about their upcoming shows, their youth programs, Kelly's book on Ed Stilley and, of course, listen to their songs at stillonthehill.com. (Courtesy Photo) See Birds Page 4