by - August 10, 2017 9:17 pm
A group of local and international artists have been selected to create individual works of art for Fayetteville’s upcoming public art project, “Green Candy,” the city’s tourism bureau Experience Fayetteville…
by - August 9, 2017 12:30 pm
El Dorado Festivals & Events Inc. has waged a big bet that the Murphy Arts District, or MAD, will make the southern Arkansas town a tourist hotspot for visitors statewide…
by - August 9, 2017 12:09 pm
Springdale Parks and Recreation has been awarded a $13,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation as part of its Northwest Arkansas giving program, the city announced in a press release. The…
by - August 9, 2017 9:29 am
It was envisioned as another tourism draw for Northwest Arkansas. But the Osage Creek Amphitheater, situated in southwest Benton County’s hills and valleys, never reached the finish line. It was…
by - August 8, 2017 4:40 pm
Arkansas Tourism Director Joe David Rice has compared Arkansas to a 58,000-square-mile theme park. Adding “new rides” each year is the key to continually drawing in visitors, he said. In…
by - August 8, 2017 12:27 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville unveiled on Tuesday (Aug. 8) its temporary exhibition schedule for 2018. The schedule includes the U.S. debut of Soul of a Nation:…
by - August 8, 2017 10:50 am
Historic theaters as anchors for cultural hubs and downtown arts districts will be a topic of conversation at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute’s Historic Theaters Conference this week, Thursday (Aug. 10)…
by - August 7, 2017 10:31 am
The Arkansas Health Department has created an online portal for food safety inspection data for the estimated 15,000 retail food establishments. After about a two-year process of transitioning from a…
by - July 31, 2017 12:54 pm
Downtown neighborhoods in Northwest Arkansas have increasingly become centers for businesses and activities related to holistic health and exercise. Downtown Bentonville, for example, has a number of businesses that focus…
by - July 31, 2017 11:52 am
Nationwide, the hotel industry showed record-setting occupancy rates in June, according to the industry statistics resource STR. The same cannot be said for the Northwest Arkansas, Jonesboro, Fort Smith and…
by - July 31, 2017 7:38 am
American Idol winner Scotty McCreery will be the headline act at the 9th annual Downtown Jonesboro BBQ and Music Festival slated for Sept. 30, in downtown Jonesboro. Thousands attend the…
by - July 29, 2017 12:29 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday (July 28) that murals created by artist Lakwena in the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) as part of The Unexpected Project provide inspiration for…
by - July 27, 2017 10:51 pm
There is a scene at the end of the Oscar-winning film High Noon where retired U.S. Marshal Will Kane — having disposed of the bad guys in his last act…
by - July 27, 2017 4:04 pm
In the heart of the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center, there is a triangular atrium known as “the rec yard.” Thirty feet of cement brick climb into the air, allowing…
by - July 27, 2017 12:40 pm
A different district of the city will be featured each week in August for Little Rock Restaurant Month, the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau announced this week. This year…
by - July 26, 2017 4:52 pm
The busiest airport in Arkansas also had the cheapest average fare for domestic flights in the first quarter of 2017, according to data released Tuesday (July 25) from the U.S….
by - July 26, 2017 11:03 am
The Levon Helm Legacy Project has launched a GoFundMe page to fund a memorial statue in downtown Marvell of musician Levon Helm, an Arkansas native who died in 2012. The…
by - July 25, 2017 1:13 pm
The Clinton House Museum this fall will launch the Atkinson Speaker Series, featuring talks on Arkansas culture, history and politics from noted leaders in their fields, according to a press…
by - July 23, 2017 12:49 pm
The large crowd gathered Saturday night in downtown Fort Smith to ceremonially open the third year of The Unexpected Project learned that one art work will not be public and…
by - July 21, 2017 11:23 am
Texas-based hotel fund manager Phoenix American Hospitality (PHA) has acquired three Arkansas hotels for a combined $37.6 million. PHA paid $15.4 million for the Aloft Hotel in Rogers, $11.8 million…
