As a motorcycle enthusiast, I’d spent weeks looking forward to attending the Wild Hog Festival in Helena-West Helena. However, my wonderful weather app indicated rain. It was then that my husband, Jay, reminded me that “there are Harley owners and…
The Fairfield Four and The Martins Headline Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival in Helena-West Helena
Music is a very important part of the culture of the Arkansas Delta, but no genre more so than gospel. Back in 2000, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena-West Helena hosted the first Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Festival in an…
Safe Boating Week Begins May 18
Lately it’s been a little hard to believe it’s almost boating season with the weather confusing us from one day to the next, but the time is drawing nigh. Governor Mike Beebe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the…
95-Year Old Chairmaker from Royal Named an Arkansas Living Treasure
The Arkansas Arts Council just sent a great news release about a 95-year old chairmaker from Royal who has been named an Arkansas Living Treasure by the council. Below are more details that they sent on this fourth generation artist.…
Rock, Rhythm, and Blues Fest this Saturday
Put on your dancing shoes, this Saturday, May 11 is the Rock, Rhythm, and Blues Fest in Leslie. The Buffalo River Blues Society is pulling the festival together to help raise funds for “Operation Kindness,” the Searcy County Humane Society.…
