Thursday The 22nd Annual Big BOO!-seum Bash sponsored by Little Rock and North Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureaus and Target Printing & Office Centre starts at 5:30 p.m. It’s a free, family-friendly event that provides people the opportunity to visit many of Little Rock’s museums and cultural attractions for a night of…
Jill Rohrbach, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism What is it about that dark that can make a pleasant place take on a foreboding feel? At Lake Fort Smith State Park in Mountainburg, it’s the telling of authentic Ozarks ghost stories during a nighttime water cruise from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on…
When Vic Snyder left office, he left behind a treasure trove of political papers and mementos from his seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives – enough to fill 700 large cardboard boxes. There are programs from events Snyder attended, invitations, letters and postcards, scrapbooks and photo albums, newspaper clippings, photos of school groups…
Katherine Stewart, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism In the pantheon of all-time most-loved kids’ holidays, Halloween is right up there with Christmas—and for some little pirates and princesses, this creative and candy-filled time is tops. Trick-or-treating is traditional, but there are tons of other ways to get into the spooky spirit. Here…
Jill Rohrbach, travel writer Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Ready, set, go folks to Mountain View on Oct. 27-28 for the 35th annual Beanfest and Great Arkansas Championship Outhouse Races. You don’t want to miss this outrageous fun of outstanding outhouses, high performance porta-potties, and jetting johns racing down the street. Each is unique…
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…
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.…
Thursday The Arkansas State Fair Kicks off this Thursday and will run through October 22. This is the 78th year for the state fair. It officially opens on Thursday at 4 p.m. and that’s when the midway opens. Tickets range from $2.99 to $30 with separate prices for premium concert seating. Musical acts…
Keys handed over to Marine Sgt. Marshall Kennedy at War Memorial Stadium Submitted by Arkansas State Parks Farmington resident Sgt. Marshall Kennedy lost both of his legs and sustained severe damage to his left arm while in Afghanistan in 2011. At War Memorial Stadium on August 12th, this Purple Heart recipient was given the…
Thursday Thursday evening the American Heart Association of Arkansas is hosting the Festival of Wines: Cocktails & Cuisine, which takes place at Dickey-Stephens Park. Head to 400 West Broadway St. in North Little Rock from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to attend the largest wine festival in central Arkansas. It features food from more than…
