
A grant of $1,272,000 from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council (ANCRC) will provide the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum (STFM), an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, with the funding needed to complete an ongoing project.

Will Reaves has been added as the new director of two Arkansas State University Heritage Sites.

The Foundation of Arts (FOA) will kick off summer with a family-friendly classic, “Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical.”

A recent production at a Jonesboro school has been nominated for several awards, with the choral director calling it “a big honor.”

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.