The Walton Arts Center continues its expansion with the purchase of the outdoor musical pavilion at the Northwest Arkansas Mall, the AMP. This new partnership will provide a vast embrace for Brian Crowne, General Manager, to expand and promote the potential lineup for the AMP. Shows announced for the 2011 season: Pretty Lights (April 22), Lucinda Williams (May 1), The Band Perry (May 26) and Primus (May 27).
More Outdoor Music
Osage Creek Performing Arts Center is gaining ground as roads are widened, stage walls poured and alcohol permits approved. The outdoor music pavilion is set in Benton County, about six miles south of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Willie Nelson will be the opening act on July 3. Willie Nelson tickets will cost $53-$103. “Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown & Picnic,” tickets $53 to $103, will feature guests Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Lee Brice, Jack Ingram and more. It will be a daylong music festival on multiple stages. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit osagecreeklive.com. What a way to ring in Independence Day!
School On Saturday
Most schools in this area have five snow days built into their calendar. Most years, that is enough, but with the number of consecutive snow days these last few weeks, students will need to make up those missed days. Fayetteville school district has announced that Saturday, March 5, will be added as a day of attendance. The last day of school will now be Friday, June 10. Students will also attend on March 11, April 1 and April 29, days they were scheduled to have off. The continuous learning schools (Asbell and Happy Hollow) will not have to attend on March 5 and their last day will be Wednesday, June 15.
Cookie Time
It’s Girl Scout cookie time of year again. Is it just me, or do they start selling cookies at the six weeks past New Year’s resolutions potential breakdown and give-me-a-cookie time? Well, if ever there is a cookie that’s worth it, it’s one of the Girl Scouts! If you missed early sales, keep some extra cash in your pocket when you go to the grocery store where girls will be at storefronts. Or you can purchase online at girlscoutcookies.org.
Four Diamond State
Congratulations to some of Northwest Arkansas’ finest restaurants and hotels: James at the Mill in Johnson, and Pratt Place Inn in Fayetteville. These locations were awarded a “four diamond” rating in AAA tour books. Based on anonymous AAA field inspectors, the top rating is “five diamonds.”
AMPed Up
More Outdoor Music
Osage Creek Performing Arts Center is gaining ground as roads are widened, stage walls poured and alcohol permits approved. The outdoor music pavilion is set in Benton County, about six miles south of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. Willie Nelson will be the opening act on July 3. Willie Nelson tickets will cost $53-$103. “Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown & Picnic,” tickets $53 to $103, will feature guests Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Lee Brice, Jack Ingram and more. It will be a daylong music festival on multiple stages. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit osagecreeklive.com. What a way to ring in Independence Day!
School On Saturday
Most schools in this area have five snow days built into their calendar. Most years, that is enough, but with the number of consecutive snow days these last few weeks, students will need to make up those missed days. Fayetteville school district has announced that Saturday, March 5, will be added as a day of attendance. The last day of school will now be Friday, June 10. Students will also attend on March 11, April 1 and April 29, days they were scheduled to have off. The continuous learning schools (Asbell and Happy Hollow) will not have to attend on March 5 and their last day will be Wednesday, June 15.
Cookie Time
It’s Girl Scout cookie time of year again. Is it just me, or do they start selling cookies at the six weeks past New Year’s resolutions potential breakdown and give-me-a-cookie time? Well, if ever there is a cookie that’s worth it, it’s one of the Girl Scouts! If you missed early sales, keep some extra cash in your pocket when you go to the grocery store where girls will be at storefronts. Or you can purchase online at girlscoutcookies.org.
Four Diamond State
Congratulations to some of Northwest Arkansas’ finest restaurants and hotels: James at the Mill in Johnson, and Pratt Place Inn in Fayetteville. These locations were awarded a “four diamond” rating in AAA tour books. Based on anonymous AAA field inspectors, the top rating is “five diamonds.”