City Year Little Rock is hosting its first-ever Red Jacket Luncheon this spring. City Year helps students and schools find success, and this annual fundraising event supports the nonprofit’s mission to build educational equity. “For nearly two decades, City Year Little Rock and our AmeriCorps members have partnered with the Little Rock School District…
The Momentary, a satellite of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, has announced the headliners for FreshGrass 2022, as well as the first half of the 2022 outdoor concert series. Presented by The Momentary in collaboration with the FreshGrass Foundation and No Depression, FreshGrass, a two-day bluegrass and progressive roots music festival sponsored by…
Roscoe Willis, president of the Port City Blues Society, has announced a monthly blues concert series, in collaboration with MK Distributors and RJ’s Grill & Bar, to take place on the first Saturday of every month in historic downtown Pine Bluff. The series, “Blues By Budweiser,” will take place at RJ’s Grill & Bar,…
Odds are you’ve heard of the cookie store taking the state by storm — one pink box at a time. Crumbl Cookies has more than 300 bakeries in 36 states across the country, and Arkansas currently has two of those, with two more expected to open this spring. The Benton location opened at the…
Arkansas child actress Hendrix Yancey has been cast in a main role for Peacock’s new true-crime series, A Friend of the Family. The news was first reported by Variety. The show is based on the true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter, Jan, was kidnapped multiples times over a period of years by…
Calling all Hog fans — there is a special watch party at Bud Walton Arena Saturday for Arkansas’ Elite Eight game. The Razorbacks take on the Duke Blue Devils at 7:49 p.m. (CT), with the winner advancing to the Final Four. The Hogs made history Thursday in the upset victory against the overall No.…
Mountain Bike Action magazine, a publication dedicated to all things mountain biking out of Valencia, California, has named Bentonville as one of the 10 best places to ride mountain bikes in North America for 2022. Northwest Arkansas has recently created spaces for biking enthusiasts to do what they love. For example: The Razorback Greenway…
Catherine Townsend, a writer and licensed private investigator, has announced the fourth season of Hell and Gone — an iHeartRadio and School of Humans podcast. Townsend hosts the podcast, delving into mysterious deaths and cold cases. In the past three seasons, Townsend has walked listeners through her investigations of the cases of Rebekah Gould…
There are always great things to do in the Natural State, and AY About You has compiled some of the most exciting events in Arkansas this weekend. Click here to listen to Heather Baker’s Weekend Plans as heard Friday mornings on 103.7 the Buzz. Thursday, March 24 What: Bigfoot Does It Where: Crowley’s Ridge…
Time for the toppers! The Arkansas Derby, hosted by Hot Springs’ Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, takes place the weekend of March 31. Dress up, dress down — but know that the word derby is synonymous with hats. No worries, the Hot Springs Hat Company, the state’s largest hat store, has hats that rival the thoroughbreds…
