by - March 15, 2020 7:52 pm
With help from a $70 million building project and $128 million overall capital campaign, the Arkansas Arts Center is undergoing a massive transformation in Little Rock’s MacArthur Park. The renovated…
by - March 14, 2020 3:32 pm
The Old State House Museum will open a fully re-designed Governors of Arkansas exhibit to the public during 2nd Friday Art Night from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on April…
by - March 10, 2020 4:15 pm
Fort Smith city directors will take a look at entertainment districts at the March 17 regular board of directors meeting. Directors pondered entertainment districts during a July 9 board study…
by - March 9, 2020 10:12 am
Northwest Arkansas’ music ecosystem produces a $389 million economic output and is responsible for 3,972 jobs in the region. That’s according to new research released Monday (March 9) by the…
by - March 6, 2020 12:10 pm
Organizers of the Bentonville Film Festival announced Friday (March 6) they will postpone the 2020 festival date from late April to early August out of concern for the safety of…
by - March 5, 2020 8:34 pm
Speaking at the grand opening ceremony Thursday (March 5) for the Embassy Suites Red Wolf Convention Center on the Arkansas State University campus, Gov. Asa Hutchinson touted the value of…
by - March 5, 2020 4:47 pm
United Airlines flights between Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) will be suspended as a result of the coronavirus, or COVID-19. XNA has yet to…
by - March 5, 2020 2:08 pm
Nashville, Tenn.-based CraftWorks Holdings, which operates 10 full-service restaurant and brewery chains, including Logan’s Roadhouse, Old Chicago, Rock Bottom and Gordon Biersch, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. At…
by - March 3, 2020 10:26 pm
The Levon Helm Project won one of the top Arkansas tourism awards and Eksplor Gaming won the Ark Tank pitch competition. The winners were named Tuesday (March 3) during the…
by - March 3, 2020 6:22 pm
The Unexpected has brought recognition to Fort Smith from across the world. It brings visitors to the city. It introduces builds a community of art while acclimating the community to…
by - March 3, 2020 2:35 pm
Those attending the 46th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference of Tourism had the treat of a sneak peek of “Indians, Outlaws, Marshals & the Hangin’ Judge” at the conference networking breakfast…
by - March 2, 2020 5:52 pm
Oaklawn, Choctaw and Expedia Group were just a few of the many vendors at the 46th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism handing out small bottles of hand sanitizers. It…
by - March 2, 2020 4:24 pm
The Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame has two new members. Renee Robison, executive director of the Grand Prairie Center, and Wayne Woods, co-founder of CJRW, were inducted into the Arkansas…
by - March 2, 2020 12:13 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue in 2019 was up 7.2% compared with the same period in 2018. June and July were the first two months the collection was above $1.8…
by - February 29, 2020 5:17 pm
With dedicated entertainment districts popping up across the state, new attractions set to open and more trails being developed to showcase some of the best of The Natural State, tourism…
by - February 27, 2020 6:29 pm
The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau is returning to an old marketing slogan during its 50th anniversary year: “Big on Little Rock.” The slogan is the same as the…
by - February 26, 2020 4:20 pm
The James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for its coveted annual awards Wednesday (Feb. 26) and a Bentonville chef is among the nominees. Rafael Rios, founder and executive chef of Yeyo’s Mexican…
by - February 26, 2020 3:44 pm
Metroplan, the central Arkansas infrastructure planning organization, announced a $55 million “strategic commitment” to developing a regional multi-use path network over the next 10 years. Between now and 2030, Metroplan…
by - February 25, 2020 5:14 pm
An expensive western bypass was one idea James Arbuckle, vice president with Halff Associates, reported to the Fort Smith Board of Directors from a downtown traffic and truck study conducted…
by - February 25, 2020 4:31 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a change to the five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) for the city’s parks and recreation department at a special meeting held prior to…
