by - June 28, 2023 9:43 am
Fayetteville performing arts venue TheatreSquared (T2) will undergo a leadership transition in September. Longtime executive director/producer Martin Miller will depart to become the executive director for McCarter Theatre Center in…
by - June 21, 2023 12:01 pm
The developers of Greensborough Village in Jonesboro recently announced the addition of Divots Golf Lounge to the development. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, nor was a timeline for…
by - June 19, 2023 10:21 am
The Arkansas Humanities Council, an Arkansas non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for Humanities, announced the promotion of Ann Clements to Director of Education and Adrienne Jones to Associate Director….
by - June 18, 2023 10:43 am
YT Industries, a direct-to-consumer German-based bike manufacturer, will open a customer experience center next year in downtown Bentonville. Known as a “YT Mill,” it will be the second U.S. location….
by - June 17, 2023 9:18 pm
A children’s museum may grace Fort Smith’s ever growing landscape by the Arkansas River in the next few years. Costs for a planned 20,000-square foot facility are unknown, as is…
by - June 15, 2023 6:10 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees tabled further discussion of Deer Trails Golf Course for another month in order to give all parties another chance to negotiate a…
by - June 15, 2023 12:43 pm
Friends of Recreational Trails (FORT) in partnership with Park Partners of Fort Smith announced a $250,000 commitment to the Maybranch Trail at the Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission meeting…
by - June 12, 2023 9:38 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders appointed Marty Ryall as the Director of the Division of Arkansas Heritage on Monday (June 12). He replaces Jimmy Bryant, who is retiring at the end of…
by - June 12, 2023 10:31 am
Former KLEK radio host Qubilah Jones’s goals when she joined the non-profit station was to organize a Juneteenth celebration in Jonesboro. The host of “Community Conversations” got her wish and…
by - June 12, 2023 7:47 am
The University of Arkansas released a report Monday (June 12) showing that Northwest Arkansas’ cycling industry contributed $159 million to the economy in 2022 through cycling-related jobs, tourism revenue and…
by - June 7, 2023 11:04 am
Following a four-year national search, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has appointed Geoffrey Robson as music director to lead the performing arts organization into its 58th season. Robson has been…
by - June 5, 2023 12:44 pm
The Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University has hired a new director. Ann Prentice Wagner will take over July 1. “I am deeply honored to have been chosen…
by - June 2, 2023 10:46 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced late Friday (June 2) that Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Mike Mills would be stepping away from her administration. In the interim, Shea Lewis, director of…
by - June 2, 2023 11:47 am
Arkansas Tourism Director Travis Napper is leaving the post in June after more than three years of helping manage the state’s leisure and hospitality sector survive and pull through a…
by - May 31, 2023 8:18 am
The 14th annual Delta Arts Festival will be held this Friday (June 2) and Saturday in Newport, but there will be significant changes this year, Jon Chadwell, executive director of…
by - May 28, 2023 10:18 am
The renovated Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock is the centerpiece of a new Forbes travel review, in which the former Arkansas Arts Center is referred to as…
by - May 25, 2023 6:59 am
A total solar eclipse is slated to occur April 8, 2024, and parts of Northeast Arkansas will be in the direct viewing path. Civic and business leaders are anticipating that…
by - May 24, 2023 12:07 pm
Fort Smith’s Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Reinert will leave the city June 9 to take the position of city administrator for Fairfield, Iowa. Reinart started as the director…
by - May 22, 2023 8:43 pm
Riverfront RV Resort on Riverfront Drive in Fort Smith is expected to be open by end of summer. Phil White, who owns the facility with Richard Griffin with Griffin Properties,…
by - May 22, 2023 2:43 pm
Rosanne Cash will headline a new performance series later this summer. The Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle will be held Aug. 12 in Riceland Hall at the Fowler Center on the Arkansas…
