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Arts

The Arkansas Arts Center has a collection of drawings and sculpture from both highly acclaimed local artists and popular artists from all over the world. The Arts Center shows both traveling and permanent exhibits. Additionally, the Center hosts fabulous children’s theater that not only introduces culture and arts to young people, it also invites them to participate in special activities. The Center holds classes for adults also who have an interest in the theatre. This Center draws in thousand of people each year from both the United States and also abroad.

The Blue Springs Heritage Center is 33 acres of lush green grass formerly known as the Eureka Springs Gardens. These botanical gardens are a historic tourist attraction containing native plants and hardwood trees in a setting of woodlands, meadows and hillsides. The Blue Springs Heritage Center draws more than a million visitors each year, most of which are botany enthusiasts. Blue Springs has been a tourist attraction since 1948, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. because of its associations with the traveling Cherokee people during the Trail of Tears.

In a new development, the Warren Stephens family has offered the Arkansas Repertory Theatre land between Second and Third Streets on Main Street for the construction of a new theater. Stephens is also rehabilitating the long-closed Center Theater as an upscale, first-run movie house.

Festivals

The Riverfest music festival in Little Rock is perhaps the most popular festival in all of Arkansas. There are hundreds of bands that have come from all over the country to play simultaneously across 6 stages. There is also a diversity of great food available at the festival. Guests can also check out the excellent art exhibits including wares by potters, painters and caricaturists. Hundreds of firefighters set up an outstanding fireworks display that sets off at the close of Riverfest every night.

The holidays bring special meaning to the predominantly Christian residents of Little Rock. Lightshows and decorations adorn homes and office parks across the city. For example, Burn Park hosts a drive through light show that leaves the residents in awe every year. There are hundreds of different themes and millions of lights that have been put up all over the park, making it a true destination for thousands of families in the region.

Christmas Carols are a huge traditional part of the holiday season. The Saint Mark's Episcopal Church puts on a show that can be heard for miles, featuring the Arkansas Chamber.