Education
8 months ago
Windgate Foundation grants over $9.4M in support of Arkansas State University

The Windgate Foundation has awarded new grants totaling $9.49 million directed for scholarships, arts education initiatives and community outreach at Arkansas State University.

Arts & Culture
8 months ago
First Gee Street Art and Craft Fair scheduled in Jonesboro

Open Studio and the Field and Light Design Co. will host their first-ever Gee Street Art and Craft Fair at the end of May, which will feature local artists, vendors, food trucks and more.

Arts & Culture
8 months ago
2 A-State Heritage Sites to host summer Community Scholars Training Program

This summer, the Community Scholars Training Program will be held at two of the Arkansas State University Heritage Sites.

Students during a previous Spanish Camp.
Arts & Culture
8 months ago
Jonesboro’s El Centro Hispano to host summer language camps for kids

As summer approaches, El Centro Hispano (The Hispanic Center) will be providing educational programs for kids with the center’s Spanish Camp and its free La Escuelita Summer Program.

Business
8 months ago
‘Meet Me on Main’ celebrates upcoming reopening of downtown Jonesboro roads

Downtown Jonesboro celebrated the upcoming reopening of Main Street with “Meet Me on Main,” a festival filled with vendors, food and fun.

Nothin' Fancy members (from left) Chris Sexton, Mike Andes, Jacob Flick, Curt Gausman and Jenkins.
Entertainment
8 months ago
Nothin’ Fancy to take over Bluegrass Monday stage

Nothin’ Fancy will present a concert of bluegrass music at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 19, at the Collins Theatre, 120 W. Emerson St., in Paragould.

Abilities Unlimited adult clients perform during the LEAP Showcase.
Arts & Culture
8 months ago
LEAP Showcase lights up Forum stage in Jonesboro

Abilities Unlimited adult special needs clients showed off their talents Thursday during the Foundation of Arts’s annual Spring LEAP Showcase at the Forum Theater.

Arts & Culture
8 months ago
Arvest Foundation awards $5K grant to support FOA

The Arvest Foundation recently announced a $5,000 grant to The Foundation of the Arts in Jonesboro.

Participants in the 2023 Juneteenth parade.
Arts & Culture
8 months ago
KLEK to celebrate Juneteenth in Jonesboro

KLEK 102.5 FM is planning its eighth annual Juneteenth celebration, which will feature a community fair, parade, fireworks display and more.

Arts & Culture
8 months ago
“Meet Me on Main” to celebrate upcoming reopening of downtown roads

As months of demolition detours come close to an end, the Downtown Jonesboro Alliance (DJA) will celebrate the upcoming reopening of Main Street and Washington Avenue, preceding the project’s completion with “Meet Me on Main.”

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