Registration is now open for the fifth running of the Northwoods Mullet Trail Run and Beaver Bash, scheduled for May 9 on the Northwoods Trail System in Hot Springs. The event features a 25-kilometer and a 10-kilometer trail run, with separate start times for runners with dogs in each division. The Beaver Bash is a post-race celebration featuring live music, great food, and beer. The Mullet Trail Run and Beaver
Clip this offer, bring a friend, and savor a premium experience at Café Mi Amor from March through May. Cafe Mi Amor is bringing “a little bit of love nestled in the mountains” to Central Avenue with Cuban-inspired comfort food, handcrafted drinks, and a farm-to-table promise guests can taste. Cozy, eclectic, and family-run, the boutique café leans into hospitality and intentional cooking. Artfully crafted with love. Mindfully crafted with intent.
Playground Prep offers a free Montessori-inspired curriculum. Easy to sign up with your GC Library Card. By Annie Gerber Families in Garland County now have a new, free resource to support early childhood learning at home. Through a partnership between Playgarden Prep and the Garland County Library (GCL), parents and caregivers can access Playgarden Online, a high-quality virtual preschool program for children ages 2–4, at no cost with a library card.
Illusionist Jonathan Erlandson debuts a massive, technologically advanced new production of Jonathan Erlandson: Magic & Illusion for the 2026 season at the Historic Malco Theatre. Photo credit: Steve Helms and Jim Miller The Historic Malco Theatre has officially launched its highly anticipated 2026 season with a groundbreaking new production of Jonathan Erlandson: Magic & Illusion. Reimagined from the ground up, the venue’s resident show pushes the boundaries of the art form with an
Team USA’s Kevan Hueftle, proof that comeback is a decision, not a moment. By Rick Bontkowski In early March, the world will turn its eyes to Italy as the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games open on March 6, 2026, and run through March 15. Over ten days, the best winter Para athletes on earth will compete across six sports and 79 medal events, carving speed and precision into snow, ice,
By Erin Wood Central Arkansas Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants Christine Lin and Elizabeth Waldrum have decades of combined experience working with young kids, many of whom experience periodic or permanent absences of important figures in their lives. When Lin and Waldrum found no literary resources to start conversations with these children about their complex emotions around these losses, they decided to write their own book to serve the purpose. I
Timothé Girard has created an illustration that embodies the raw energy and untamed spirit of DOOM. Get ready to sink your gears into the Doom 2026—one of the country’s most fearsome and hotly contested bikepacking races. The race moves to a new host city: Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Friday, March 13, promising fresh terrain in the rugged Ouachita Mountains. A full-scale Ouachita epic. Over 100 miles of singletrack link the Northwoods
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Our cover features the King and Queen of the First Ever 23rd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade®. The 2026 monarchs are King Monte Everhart and Queen JoAnn Mangione, who will greet their subjects as they ride down 98-foot Bridge Street at 6:30 p.m. on March 17. Everhart, a
Happy Hollow sticker adapted from a vintage 1960s postcard. Don’t sleep on this cozy hotel in the heart of Hot Springs – sleep at it! As travelers map out their spring and summer destinations, Happy Hollow is ready to receive visitors from near and far. Locally owned and operated, the
Cootie Catcher, a Toronto-based band, will be featured at Valley of the Vapors Music Festival. Photo by Colin Medley Low Key Arts is excited to announce the return of the 22nd Annual Valley of the Vapors (VOV) Independent Music Festival, taking place March 13–15 at Whittington Place (301 Whittington Avenue).
By Peggy Lindsey There comes a time in your life, usually when you are older, when you stop trying to find your place out there in the world. Many of us have been lifelong people pleasers. We have hidden behind masks, modified our behavior, and even side-stepped our own path for
