February 27, 2023

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Yoga: Benefits of Plow Pose

Karen Reeves demonstrates Plow Pose from one of Hot Springs’ most panoramic vistas. Photo: Fred Padilla By Karen Watson ReevesWhen I began thinking what to write about Plow Pose, I wanted to express the complete opposite of the idiom, “head over heels,” because, in this yoga posture, the body is more heels over head. As I thought about it more, I realized I am often entirely too literal.  The meaning

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2nd Ever Zero-K – World’s Shortest St. Paddy Footrace Returns

Stephen “O’Inman-Crawley” dazzles the crowd at last year’s parade.  The World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Footrace, the Second Ever Zero-K, returns to Hot Springs on March 18 as part of the two-day revelry surrounding the First Ever 20th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade on 98-foot Bridge Street. “Finally – a race we can all do,” Visit Hot Springs Marketing Director Bill Solleder said. “The Zero-K returns on Saturday, March

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$48K in Single Parent Scholarships To Be Awarded

ASPSF Volunteer Sally Pierce celebrates with Fall 2022 Scholarship recipient Jelishia. (Photo Courtesy ASPSF) Thanks to the support of local donors and state funding, Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund Ouachita Region (ASPSF) will award nearly $48,000 in scholarships to 46 single parents.  The Single Parent scholars will be honored at two awards ceremonies: Monday, Feb. 27, 5:30 PM, at Dawson Education Service Cooperative, Arkadelphia, and Monday, March 6, 5:30 PM,

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Valley of the Vapors To Rock Cedar Glades Park

Back for its 19th year, Arkansas’s longest-running underground music festival! Low Key Arts is pleased to present the 19th annual Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival (VOV), taking place Friday-Sunday March 17-19, 2023 at Cedar Glades Park (461 Wildcat Road) in Hot Springs.  JUST ADDED! THE FOREIGN RESORT (Copenhagen, Denmark), CONSTANT SMILES (Sacred Bones Records), JOHNNY GERM AND THE MEMBRAINS (NJ), MOTHERHOOD (New Brunswick, CAN), MODELING (Fayetteville, AR), WEIRD

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Lupus 5K Set for May 20

Save the date for the Norma Lampert Lupus Springers 5K Race and Walk to End Lupus.  On Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 8 AM, at National Park College, at 101 College Drive, in Hot Springs. Registration is from 7:00 AM to 7:45 AM. Please register before April 1, to receive a T-shirt.  Competition – Winner of the Lupus 5K Race – trophy awarded. Non-Competition Walk to End Lupus – no

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Party Gras 2023

2023 Queen and King, Dona Pettey and David Higginbotham. The Hot Springs Jazz Society partnered with The Vapors Live and The Musical Notes Foundation to host Party Gras 2023 on February 18 at The Vapors Live. Dona Pettey and David Higginbotham were crowned the Jazz Society Mardi Gras Queen and King XI. Entertainment included music by The Masqueraders and The Blues Brothers, as well as a silent auction and a

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Haiku Club Invites Poets to Monthly Meetings

The Hot Springs Haiku Club is meeting at the Garland County Library the first Friday of every month from 2-4 PM, immediately before Gallery Walk. This is a small group of haiku poets who enjoy sharing ideas and composing short poems. The club was founded by the late Michael Murray following the 25th South Region Conference of the Haiku Society of America held at the Arlington Resort and Spa in

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Entries Open for 3rd Annual Glover Awards for Songwriting

Chloe Capaci competes for the Glover Award at the 2022 Arts & The Park festival. The Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance (HSACA) will host its 3rd annual Glover Awards, formerly known as the Henry Glover Songwriting Competition, as part of the 10-day Arts & The Park spring arts festival. The contest pays homage to local music industry pioneer, Henry Glover, a Langston High School alumnus.  Songwriters can enter their submissions

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Infinite Health: What Is Your Rhythm?

By Mala Daggett“Growth is the only evidence of life.” Every life wants to be a little more… whether via long, consistent strides or small, staccato steps, just a little more. Even the most fearful want at least some small expansion through the years because life innately seeks to find its ultimate nature.  The nature of life is to grow, to expand… relax and expand some more. This is the rhythm

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Exhibit Comes to Hot Springs

The Gateway Community Association (GCA) and Ouachita Speaker Series (OSS) are proud to sponsor this wonderful exhibit and welcome Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in Kansas City, MO back to Hot Springs.  The Negro Leagues “BEISBOL” Exhibit was developed by the NLBM in 2014 to honor and explore the connections of African American baseball history to Hispanic cultures, communities, and countries. This is a deep,

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Meet & Greet for Author of What the Children Told Us

Author Tim Spofford will discuss What the Children Told Us, his sweeping biography of pioneering Black psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Phipps Clark (a Hot Springs native), at noon, Tuesday, March 21, at the Garland County Library. The Clarks developed the famous doll test, the path-breaking experiment that played a key role in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling against segregated school systems. For the Clarks, this was just the opening

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Easy-To-Use Remote Book Lockers At GC Library

GC Library Remote Lockers are for more than just books. By Erin BaberThe Garland County Library now offers Remote Book Lockers – item pick-up and drop-off services in three new locations in Garland County with extended hours at a fourth location. Remote Book Lockers are free-standing devices that library staff stock with a patron’s requested and available items. Patrons can visit the device at their leisure within a seven-day period

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Yoga: Benefits of Mermaid Pose 

Can you tell where this mural is located? The First person to snap a selfie in front of the same mural and text it to 501-651-0545 will receive a free drop-in class! Photo by Missy Conry & Melissa Stevens  By Missy Conry & Melissa Stevens Yoga offers countless opportunities to build strength, improve flexibility, and create

Happy 150th Birthday, Hot Springs!  

Each person attending the birthday gala will receive this special commemorative coin.  Hot Springs’ 150th birthday gala will be held August 11 in Horner Hall at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Funds generated by the celebration will be given to the Garland County Historical Society.  “Although our city’s history goes back hundreds of years

Melissa Carper Will Open Inaugural Birding Festival of the South 

Singer Melissa Carper. — Courtesy Visit Hot Springs  Melissa Carper, the nationally acclaimed country singer with deep ties to Arkansas and a profound commitment to nature, will open the inaugural Birding Festival of the South Presented by Oaklawn Hot Springs, with a concert October 8 on Bridge Street in downtown Hot