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When Life Throws You Curve Balls

By Peggy Lindsey It hits when you least expect it. Everything is moving along nicely, yet you never see the brick wall fast approaching! Our immediate response is disbelief followed quickly by panic or even fear. A million questions flood your thoughts as you try to make sense of what just happened . . . and the most agonizing one of all . . . “Why?” What do you do

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Hot Springs Jazz Fest Makes Changes to September Schedule

Taylor Smith & the Roamin’ Jasmine will perform at Jazz in the Streets. With careful consideration and in order to assure the highest safety for our community, two of the five Hot Springs JazzFest programs have been canceled – Jazz Night at The Ohio Club and Jazz Workshops. But! Still scheduled are the Classical & Jazz Blow Out, Jazz in the Streets, and Stardust Big Band Tea Dance. The Classical & Jazz Blow Out,

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Hot Springs Will Host the 25th Haiku Conference

The South Region Conference of the Haiku Society of America (HSA) will meet at the Arlington Resort and Spa in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas the weekend of November 5 – 6, 2021. John Stevenson, of Ithaca, New York, will be the featured poet. A former president of the HSA, Stevenson is a haiku poet who is loved and admired by many. The Haiku Society of America was founded at

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Borrow Free MASM and Garvan Gardens Passes at GC Library

Your library card is also a one-time pass to Mid-America Science Museum and Garvan Gardens. The Garland County Library continues to find new ways to serve as the community’s ‘Connection Point.’ Most recently, the Library and Mid-America Science Museum announced a new partnership allowing local library cardholders to borrow a family pass to the museum. With this pass, a family of five can attend the museum one time for no

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Stars for Best of Broadway: 80s Edition Announced

Sarah Haman and Ken Goodman star in The Best of Broadway: 80s Edition Sarah Haman and Ken Goodman, two local professional entertainers well-known to area audiences, will star in The Best of Broadway: 80s Edition. The one-night-only show on the Woodlands stage Thursday, September 30, at 7:00 PM, is sponsored by Everett Buick GMC. This fundraiser showcases all live music from Broadway shows from the 1980s including Les Miserables, Phantom

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What Can Ten to Fifteen Minutes of Sun Do for You?

Since this vitamin plays such a vital role in our well-being, making sure our diet includes foods that contain vitamin D is essential. By Alison CraneVitamin D insufficiency affects almost 50% of the population worldwide. This fat-soluble vitamin is naturally present in some foods and is added to several other foods. Vitamin D is also known as the Sunshine vitamin because our bodies can naturally produce it when the sun’s

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Tarot: The Fives

In the fifth of her ten articles focusing on the Ace through Ten Cards, Michelle Crandell reviews The Fives. By Michelle CrandellIn Tarot, fives represent challenges, reversals, unplanned changes. Associated with Major Arcana cards: Devil, Tower, and Hierophant, fives symbolize struggles resulting from change and upheaval. FIVE OF SWORDS: One’s beliefs about change determine emotional response and behavior. Believing a change is a threat or a loss brings suffering. Perceiving

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Nutcracker Ballet Costume Design Workshop

A costume design class under the direction of professional costume designer, William Henshaw, will be presented in conjunction with Emergent Arts, offering an opportunity to experience how the incredible costumes of live theater are designed and created. Students, ages 12 and up, interested in costuming will experience the process of designing and creating costumes for this year’s performance of The Nutcracker by the Hot Springs Children’s Dance Theatre Company. The

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C&D Crafts Changes Hours

C&D Crafts and Treasures is open for business with new hours. Due to the current pandemic, they have adjusted their store hours accordingly. New hours are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10AM-5PM until further notice. They are currently accepting vendors and consignments and have new consignment furniture arriving weekly, so stop by and find your treasures. “Last year was hard on businesses around town but we were able to survive,” observed Debbie

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Blues, Food, and Brewski at Labor Day Blues Fest

BB Queen The Hot Springs Blues Fest returns to the Spa City on Labor Day Weekend, September 3-4, with a great lineup of free music plus food trucks and brewski. “We’re inviting all blues lovers to bring their lawn chairs down to Hill Wheatley Plaza for two days of great music, food trucks, and beer,” said Visit Hot Springs Marketing Director Bill Solleder. “Our headliners will be the chart-topping Ghost

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Arkadelphia to Host October Arts Festival

Rodney Block Collective will headline the Friday night schedule at the Arkadelphia Festival of the Arts. For over 35 years, the Caddo River Art Guild has celebrated local artists in Clark County. This fall, the City of Arkadelphia is expanding the guild’s annual event to what organizers say will soon be, “one of the finest arts & entertainment festivals in the region.” The two-day curated art, music, and culinary event

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Save the Date for Six Bridges Book Festival Oct. 21-31

By Erin WoodAuthors and presenters for the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival have been announced. The event, which will take place virtually from October 21-31, features nearly 70 national authors including Lauren Groff, Margaret Renkel, Charles Yu, Jaqueline Woodson, and local authors including Kevin Brockmeier and Crystal C. Mercer—among a robust roster of others. Many formerly knew this celebrated festival as the Arkansas Literary Festival. The new name, Six Bridges

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“Moku Playland”   Photo of Kate Zunick Courtesy of Hot Springs Sister City  Kate Zunick relaxes in one of the most beloved features of the Moku Playland exhibit — a giant wooden “hot springs” tub filled with hundreds of smooth wooden balls inspired by the bubbling thermal waters of Hot Springs.  Hidden somewhere among the

A One-of-a-Kind Wooden Play Experience Arrives in Downtown Hot Springs 

Moku Playland Pop-Up Opens June 1 with Interactive, Screen-Free Fun for Families  Families and visitors to downtown Hot Springs will have the opportunity to experience a unique style of hands-on play this summer as Moku Playland opens June 1 for a special month-long pop-up at 831 Central Avenue.  Open Thursday-Tuesday

World Championship Bathtub Races Set for June 6 

The Hot Springs Fire Department entry nears the finish line in the 2025 Running of the Tubs. — Courtesy Visit Hot Springs  The lineup is complete for the 2026 Stueart Pennington World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races through historic downtown Hot Springs. The race starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday,

Yoga: Two Months at The Yoga Place 

Where are we?” Missy Conry and Melissa Stevens  By Missy Conry & Melissa StevensCan you spot where we took this picture? Take a selfie in front of the same mural and text to 501-651-0545 for a free drop-in class! You can also text us for hints if you need a clue.  As we reflect