Thursday The 5th Annual Fountain Fest at the Arkansas Arts Center is Thursday evening from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 501 East 9th Street in Little Rock. Tickets are $25 and proceeds are used to support efforts to expand the Arkansas Arts Center Collection and “provide exceptional programming for young professionals…
The 2017 Arkansas Cornbread Festival kicks off Saturday in Little Rock’s SoMa district. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., attendees will celebrate Southern tradition all along downtown’s South Main Street. Amateur and professional cornbread makers will compete for a $1,000 prize in their category. In addition to the cornbread competition, the event features a day…
Jill Rohrbach, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism For more than 50 years, the Ozark Mountains in Northwest Arkansas have called to arts and crafts lovers. Some of the finest, juried shows take place here annually. Thousands of shoppers will flock to the area in mid-October for fall color and goods and wares.…
Who doesn’t love saving money? I’ll be the first to tell you, I love a coupon! I love leaving Kroger and looking at my receipt to see how much money I saved with my Kroger Plus card. I know I’ve blogged about being able to afford cosmetic procedures on a budget. Three of my favorite…
Saffron-Pecan Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns Ingredients Cinnamon buns 1 Pumpkin, roasted (instructions below) 1 Sprig of Rosemary Oil 1 dash Kosher salt 1/2 stick unsalted butter 1 Cardamom, clove, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, grated for spice mixture 1 tablespoon Brown sugar 2 to 3 threads of saffron, soaked in water 2 Egg whites 1 cup whole pecans…
Time is running out to nominate your favorite restaurants, industry insiders and food-focused events for the Department of Arkansas Heritage Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. The final date to nominate for this year’s hall of fame class is Oct. 31, 2017, according to a news release from the Department of Arkansas Heritage. Submit your favorites…
You can see the Tony Award-winning story of 19th-century France from your 21st century seat in the Robinson Performance Hall. A news release for the touring production of Les Miserables describes the musical as “an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of…
In our Lunching in Little Rock blog series, Michael Kirkpatrick will explore and review the city’s best restaurants – all in time to get back to the office. This week, Michael ate lunch at Maddie’s Place. Click here to read more in this series. Photo by Maggie McNeary. Good seafood in landlocked Arkansas – is it even possible?…
Country singer Miranda Lambert is set to perform in North Little Rock next year. The Grammy Award-winning artist will stop at Verizon Arena on Saturday, March 10, 2018 during her Livin’ Like Hippies Tour, according to a new release from the venue. Tickets for the show go on sale Friday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m.…
Our content partner KARK reports that a well-known private investigator has taken on the case of missing woman Ebby Jane Steppach. Ebby disappeared nearly two years ago. Since she went missing from Little Rock in October of 2015, the Little Rock Police Department and private investigator Monty Vickers have explored her case. T.J. Ward, the…
