Newport Chamber of Commerce Upcoming Events
Jubilation Jazz will be performing at the Arkansas Steel Associates Bluesday Tuesday Concert on Tuesday, September 18, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Front Street park. Free admission, concessions will be provided by the Downtown Newport Farmers Market. In the event of...
Upcoming Davidsonville Historic State Park Events
Upcoming Davidsonville Historic State Park Events September Nature Writing Workshop Saturday, September 22nd, 9:00am-3:00pm Admission: $10 There's no place quite like the outdoors to get creative. Grab your inspirational muse and join park staff for a seminar day of...
FilmFest to welcome featured entertainer
BATESVILLE -- The Ozark Foothills FilmFest, a Batesville educational nonprofit organization, will present Fayetteville singer/songwriter Shannon Wurst at a fundraising event at 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at Elizabeth’s Restaurant, 231 E. Main, Batesville. The first Ozark...
The second annual Race for Hope 74 is scheduled for September 25-29 at the Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust
Reproduced in part with permission from Jeanni Brosius, AY magazine For more information go to RaceForHope74.com. When legendary NASCAR driver Mark Martin retired in 2014, he came back to his hometown of Batesville, with a desire to help others in his community,...
The Oklahoma Fancy Dancers will perform in the Tomlinson Art & Science Center at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. TOMORROW!
It may be raining outside, but the Native American Heritage Events are in full swing INSIDE the Calico Rock Museum! Tour our re-created Native American Village, view the Quapaw Pottery and Native American Art , and watch the Oklahoma Fancy Dancers inside the...
Native American Heritage Weekend Still Scheduled
Native American Heritage Weekend is still going to happen. All events have been moved inside. The Oklahoma Fancy Dancers will be dancing at 11 and 1:30 at the Tomlinson Center on Main Street. There is a lot going on so come one down. Calico Rock Museum Foundation 104...
Library sets free genealogy program
BATESVILLE -- The Independence County Library is continuing its genealogy presentations at noon Friday, Sept. 21 inside the Main Street Batesville Loft, located at 267 E. Main St. Guest speaker, Thea Walden Baker, will be presenting, “Targeted DNA Testing Delivers Two...
Mountain Man Rendezvous canceled due to weather
Mountain Man Rendezvous canceled due to weather Due to the impending impact of Tropical Storm Gordon and weather forecast in our area, the Early Arkansaw Reenactors Association have decided to CANCEL the Mountain Man Rendezvous in Rand City Park. -- Calico Rock Museum...
Hand-crafted gift comes to regional museum
BATESVILLE -- Visitors looking for remnants of family history, or other historical information, find a number of resources in Old Independence Regional Museum’s archival research room. These resources include dozens of local newspapers over the past decades that have...