Activities & Events
Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival
The 32 Annual Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival is this weekend, March 20 & 21. If you want a beautiful background for springtime photos, this is a must, mamas! Go here for more information.
Today, several of our bloggers have posted their own daffodil photos.
Here’s a list of links:
Check back later for more links!
Don't miss it!
Discover your backyard
March 15 – 31
“Backyard Science”
Museum of Discovery
There is a world of science in your own backyard!
Backyard Science makes science personal and accessible to everyone. Come and discover the diversity of life and the dynamic range of scientific processes that happen every day all around you.
Step into our backyard and discover that it contains a large, diverse population of living things within different habitats and ecosystems. Experiment with scientific processes that teach about the sky, rainbows, weather, geology, patterns in nature, and latitude.
Learn about the invertebrates and vertebrates that inhabit a backyard, see their backyard habitat, and discover how they interact in a backyard ecosystem.
This exhibit includes:
Species diversity. Compare the species diversity and biomass of insects to other species of animals. Why the sky is blue. Learn about a phenomenon called “Ryleigh Scattering” and experiment with the properties of scattered light. Rainbows. Make your own rainbows and learn that rainbows in sunlight are actually circular. Backyard astronomy. What stars are visible from your backyard? Learn about the complexities of celestial navigation. Weather. Learn about different conditions of the air during various weather phenomena. Latitude. Learn how the angle of the North Star can be used to determine latitude in the Northern Hemisphere. Plant life in the back yard. Learn about plant pollination and how insects work to perform this necessary task. The patterns found in life that live in the backyard. Discover patterns that fireflies create during different weather and temperature conditions. Learn why fireflies flash, and that each species has a different signal pattern.
Schools, youth groups, and other organizations interested in group reservations should call Beth Nelsen at 501-396-7061 for more information.
Admission fees to the Museum of Discovery are $7 for children 1-12, $8 for adults and $7 for adults 65 and older. Annual memberships are available for as low as $45.
For more information on the Museum of Discovery, visit www.museumofdiscovery.org.
Little Rock Mamas at Duck Duck Goose
Make sure to drop by our booth for a chance to win several fab prizes — everything from a Cosmetique facial to jewelry to design appliques to salon visits! We’ll also have coffee on hand for those in need of caffeine!
Duck Duck Goose opens today at 7 a.m. and runs through Saturday.
Ferdinand the Bull arrives
March 8 – 21
“Ferdinand the Bull”
Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre
Children and parents alike will adore the heart-warming story of Ferdinand, the cuddly bull who enjoys spending sunny afternoons smelling flowers in the shade of his favorite cork tree. Experience the sights, sounds and culture of Spain in this wonderful Children’s Theatre musical!
Admission: $14.00 for adults; $11.00 for children.
For more information, call 501-372-4000, e-mail info@arkarts.com or go to www.arkarts.com.
Weekend events, March 5-7
March 5 – 21, 2010
“Ferdinand the Bull” Opens
Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre
Opens this weekend
Children and parents alike will adore the heart-warming story of Ferdinand, the cuddly bull who enjoys spending sunny afternoons smelling flowers in the shade of his favorite cork tree. Experience the sights, sounds and culture of Spain in this wonderful Children’s Theatre musical!
Admission: $14.00 for adults; $11.00 for children.
For more information, call 501-372-4000, e-mail info@arkarts.com or go here.
March 6, 2010
2010 Mardi Gras Celebration
1 PM – 4 PM
Old State House Museum
Make masks, beads!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
The Old State House Museum is the site for festive family fun! Children will enjoy traditional Mardi Gras-themed games and hands-on activities like decorating masks and making bead necklaces. In addition, everyone will have a chance to join in a Mardi Gras parade on the museum grounds at 2pm and again at 3pm.
Admission is free.
For more information, call 501-324-9685 or visit www.oldstatehouse.org.
March 6, 2010
Beauty Pageant and Baby Contest
4 PM
Park Plaza Mall
Registration: 3pm.
Excitement fills the air as America’s Cover Miss® and Cover Boy®, USA pageant returns for the 26th consecutive year. There will be 8 age divisions for girls age 0-25 years and 3 age divisions for boys 0-6 years. The contestants will be eligible to compete for great prizes such as Gorgeous Rhinestone Crowns, Savings Bonds, Winners Sash, Beauty Fee Paid to the State Finals, plus other prizes. Each contestant receives their $200 beauty fee paid to the state finals plus a crown for girls and scepter for boys just for participating. No one goes home empty-handed.
America’s Cover Miss is proud to have made it possible for many young people to further their college education with cash scholarships on both state and national levels. Over $2,000,000.00 in cash and prizes awarded in over 40 states annually.
Pageant participation will build character in our young people, provide life long friendships, and provide unlimited opportunities for education which is so very essential in life today. If you have a beautiful child with a great smile, just dress them in their Sunday best or pageant attire and arrive at the time and place indicated below. Anyone may enter, no experience needed.
For more information or to receive a brochure by mail call: 870-342-5152 or email arcovermiss@gmail.com. Brochures available online at www.arcovermiss.com.
PAGEANT LOCATION: PARK PLAZA MALL, SOFT SEATING AREA, 2ND LEVEL NEAR DILLARD’S EAST.
March 6, 2010
George Strait & Reba w/ Special Guest Lee Ann Womack
7 PM
Verizon Arena
Tickets: $93.45-$104.75. Tickets available at the Verizon Arena Box Office, any TicketMaster location, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or online.
March 6, 2010
Little Rock Marathon 5K Fun Run/Walk
8 AM
River Market District
For more information, go here, or call 501-371-4770.
March 6, 2010
Little Rock Marathon Little Rockers Final Mile
12 PM
River Market District
For more information, go here or call 501-371-4770.
March 6, 2010
Packing for Hicking 101
1 PM – 4 PM
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Visitor Center
Meet a park interpreter to learn how to pack your backpack for safe and enjoyable hikes along Arkansas’s trails. This workshop will feature gear with samples on hand for you to see and try out, and end with a hike on a short section of trail.
$5.00 advance payment required.
For more information, visit www.arkansasstateparks.com/PinnacleMountain or call 501-868-5806.
March 6, 2010
Spring Craft Show
8 AM – 3 PM
Grace Lutheran Church, Hillcrest and Kavanaugh
Held in the Grace Lutheran Church Family Life Center at the corner of Hillcrest and Kavanaugh (by Mt. St. Mary). This is a spring craft show featuring crafters and vendors selling everything from award winning peanut brittle to quilts to baby items. Over 30 crafters are represented. Come look for spring decorating items, Mother’s Day gifts and Easter crafts.
For more information, call 501-954-9281 or e-mail ram0220@aol.com.
March 7, 2010
Little Rock Marathon
Downtown Little Rock
For information on the Little Rock Marathon, go here.
Friday: Schoolyard Habitat for K-12
March 5, 2010
Schoolyard Habitat Hands-on, Educators’ Workshop
9 AM – 3:30 PM
The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center
For Level K-12.
It’s FREE, but registration is required. Project WILD will pay your substitute fee for the day (up to $50).
Please call Hollie Lisk at 501-907-0636 to register or email hrlisk@agfc.state.ar.us. The workshop is limited; so register today.
This workshop is designed to teach about developing outdoor classrooms on the school site. It is a six hour workshop, during which participants receive information, guides and resources to assist in developing an outdoor classroom or for use in the outdoor classroom.
The outdoor classroom workshops are Arkansas specific. All the curriculum you recieve at this workshop is completely different than what you get at a WET/WILD/PLT workshop.
Topics will include:
Make and take sessions
Hands-on activities
Networking opportunities
Free resources, including curriculum correlated to state frameworks
Be sure to ask about the substitute reimbursement. Up to $50 is available.
Lunch: Bring a brown bag lunch.
This workshop provides six hours of Professional Development credit.
For more information, please call 501-907-0636 or visit www.centralarkansasnaturecenter.
Hillcrest Sip & Shop this Thursday
March 4, 2010
Hillcrest Sip & Shop
5 PM – 9 PM
Hillcrest
Hillcrest Sip & Shop is a family filled neighborhood event that takes place the 1st Thursday of each month. Spearheaded by the Hillcrest Merchants Association, all the local shops, restaurants, and venues are open after hours until 9pm with discounted prices, promotions, appetizers and drinks. Have fun strolling the sidewalks, listening to local bands, window shopping, browsing the stores or relaxing on the promenade. This event is sure to have you coming back each month.
For more information visit the website here.
Weekend events, Feb. 26-28
February 25 – 27, 2010
Junior League of Little Rock Bargain Boutique
Junior League of Little Rock Building
The Junior League of Little Rock presents Bargain Boutique 2010! BB is a women & children’s consignment sale held annually at the League building. Hours: Friday – 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday – 8am-1pm.
For more information, contact Amelia Lewis, 479-903-6998 or e-mail ameliahalllewis@yahoo.com.
February 26, 2010
Friday Night is Family Night
Aerospace Education Center
Friday nights are special around here! It is family night! Get free museum entry, a small popcorn and coke with each movie ticket purchase at our special family night price of $5.75 per ticket! Show time varies.
For more information, call 501-376-4629 or go here.
February 26 – 28, 2010
19th Annual Arkansas Flower & Garden Show
Statehouse Convention Center
Show hours: Friday-Saturday, 9am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Join us for “A World of Gardening.” This show is the premier horticultural event in the state. Event includes 100 vendors and 9-10 display gardens, speaker presentations, gardening how-to presentations, the Big Backyard Family Learning Center, silent auction, “Dreaming in Technicolor” advanced standard flower show and professional florist’s table-top competition.
Admission: Adults, $7.50; Senior Citizens (60+), $5.00; Ages 6-12, $1.00; 3-day pass, $10.00 and children under 6, free.
For more information, call 501-821-4000, e-mail krista.quinn@yahoo.com or go here.
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February 26 – 28, 2010
58th Annual Home Show
Verizon Arena
Friday, Noon-7pm; Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-5pm. Admission: Adults, $8.00 (children 12 and under admitted free with adult). For more information, go here.
February 27, 2010
Chili with a Kick
9 AM – 10:30 PM
Dickey-Stephens Park
“Chili with a Kick” is an adult kickball tournament and family event. The Little Rock Kickball Association is one of the largest independent adult kickball leagues in the country and has become an epicenter for the growth and development of kickball nation-wide. This two-day national tournament will attract kickball teams from around the region and will offer a chili cook-off competition for the local community.
Kickball teams will battle it out at Dickey- Stephen’s Park. As the tournament rolls on, local bands will play and a fun chili competition will take place, featuring many of Little Rock’s most well-renowned restaurateurs.
Entry to the cook-off is $30 for one chili and $50 for two chilies.
Admission to the event will be $10 and entry in the tournament will be $30 per player. Team captains will place sealed bids for selection priority; highest bid get 1st draft pick and so on. The tournament and Chili Cook-off will be heavily publicized in the central Arkansas area.
The Big Red Ball Charitable Foundation is a non-profit 501 c (3) and all proceeds from this event will benefit Youth Home, Inc, a therapeutic treatment facility and family therapy clinic where teens and families find hope and healing.
For more information, visit www.chiliwithakick.com, call 501-590-8298 or e-mail ejester@spp.org.
February 27, 2010
Dodgeball Tournament
2 PM
Arkansas Children’s Hospital, East Campus Fitness Center
Benefiting Arkansas Children’s Hospital, sponsored by Phi Delta Epsilon. $5.00 per player, 6 or more players per team. To register contact Paul Bobryshev at phidedodgeball@yahoo.com or call 870-723-1595.
February 27, 2010
Survivor Skills Weekend
Pinnacle Mountain State Park
Start or build on your knowledge of surviving in the great outdoors. This weekend is filled with survivor skills workshops such as map and compass, fire starting, shelter building, and more! Contact the park for a workshop schedule. Advance payment required. Admission: $10.00 per workshop or $20.00 for all three. For more information, visit www.arkansasstateparks.com/PinnacleMountain or call 501-868-5806.
February 28, 2010
LANTERNS! Outdoor-Winter Festival
5:30 PM – 10 PM
Wildwood Park for the Arts
Admission: $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for kids, free to kids under 5. LANTERNS! brings eight different cultural vistas to light in the winter woodlands of Little Rock’s Unique Botanical Gardens. Visitors travel paved walkways lit by lakeside fire pits and cultural luminaries to enjoy a warming selection of international foods for purchase and entertainments from Shakespearean England, Mexico, Venice, old Americana, Asia, Morocco, Egypt and even the Moon. For more information, go here or call 501-821-7275 or e-mail
kvandaveer@wildwoodpark.org.
February 28, 2010
Map & Compass Workshop
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Visitor Center
Learn how to use a map and compass to find your way around the park and the opportunity to try out the park’s brand new orienteering course. Advanced payment required. Admission: $10.00, $20.00 for all 3 workshops. For more information, go here or call 501-868-5806.
Chili with a kick
February 27, 2010
Chili with a Kick
9 AM – 10:30 PM
Dickey-Stephens Park
“Chili with a Kick” is an adult kickball tournament and family event. The Little Rock Kickball Association is one of the largest independent adult kickball leagues in the country and has become an epicenter for the growth and development of kickball nation-wide. This two-day national tournament will attract kickball teams from around the region and will offer a chili cook-off competition for the local community.
Kickball teams will battle it out at Dickey- Stephen’s Park. As the tournament rolls on, local bands will play and a fun chili competition will take place, featuring many of Little Rock’s most well-renowned restaurateurs.
Entry to the cook-off is $30 for one chili and $50 for two chilies.
Admission to the event will be $10 and entry in the tournament will be $30 per player. Team captains will place sealed bids for selection priority; highest bid get 1st draft pick and so on. The tournament and Chili Cook-off will be heavily publicized in the central Arkansas area.
The Big Red Ball Charitable Foundation is a non-profit 501 c (3) and all proceeds from this event will benefit Youth Home, Inc, a therapeutic treatment facility and family therapy clinic where teens and families find hope and healing.
For more information, visit www.chiliwithakick.com, call 501-590-8298 or e-mail ejester@spp.org.
