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The Scots March into the Ozarks

Jun 01, 2024
Lyon College

The Scottish Festival in Batesville is a chance to don a kilt and bring the wee bairns for a joyous celebration of everything Scottish! ScotsFest is one of the biggest Scottish festivals in the S...

A traditional Scottish bagpiping band is leading a procession of graduates down the sidewalk on the Lyon College campus. All wearing kilts, the man in front is wearing a sash and carrying a baton. Three pipers are walking behind and playing, as well as a drummer. Street lamps are adorned with red and blue banners.

Experience the arts in Central Arkansas

Jul 06, 2023
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts

Welcome to the newly reimagined Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA), the largest cultural institution of its kind in the state. Founded in 1937 in the heart of the city’s oldest municipal park (MacArt...

An outdoor setting that shows the façade of a contemporary building. A large walkway with white concrete, block-style benches is in the foreground. The building is raised more than 12 feet off the ground and sits on V-shaped stilts. The front of the building is an all-glass façade and people can be seen inside. The roofline is in a zig-zag shape. The colors are all white and cream with black window panes.

Arkansas Has True Grit…and Roots Tourism

Feb 25, 2020
Jeanne Rollberg

When the Arkansas Governor's Conference on Tourism was staged for Fort Smith this year, organizers emphasized the slogan that “Tourism Takes Grit.” That’s a bow to the area’s literary and frontier jus...

Barn at Ponca

Genealogy Travel

Oct 04, 2019
Jeanne Rollberg

Exploring heritage and family is better if we understand how to set about such travel in the Natural State– and beyond – in pursuit of our rich past while also having fun. We can engage younger family...

Pine Bluff Jefferson County Historic Museum