It’s off to the races as Oaklawn starts their season. From art and cooking classes, to live music and food trucks, this week in Little Rock has it all!
JANUARY 24, FRIDAY
10pm-1am: Four Quarter Bar, NLR
$8/cover. Be guided through space with their blend of riffs, sounds, vocals, and grooves.
7pm: Board & Brush Little Rock
11am-5pm: Oaklawn Racing Casino
Fonky Donkey feat Gil Franklin
8pm: Market Street Grill & Pub; Blues music
Sustainable Gardening Conference
8am: Southern SAWG – 1 Statehouse Plaza
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s 29th annual conference provides practical information and tools for new and experienced organic and sustainable producers, young farmers and ranchers, value-added food producers, and those creating more vibrant community food systems in the South. The event offers pre-conference courses and field trips, concurrent conference sessions, a poster session, networking opportunities, and a lively trade show. Attendants go home with information that helps improve farm operations.
JANUARY 25, SATURDAY
Paint Like Van Gogh Night (age 18+)
7-9pm: Painting with a Twist, Tickets Required
1-3pm: UA Pulaski Tech Business & Industry Center
Learn how to make an 8inx8in framed mosaic photo. Ages 8-17. Class cost: $65 and registration is required. Learn the skills of mosaics and all materials are provided.
JANUARY 27, MONDAY
5-7:30pm: Dee Brown Library
JANUARY 28, TUESDAY
6-8pm: Art is in Cakes
10:15-10:45am: Riverfront Park Bring the kids for some sensory and pretend play while you mingle with other parents.
How to Invest in Yourself as a Woman Business Owner: Save 10 Workshop
11:30a-1pm: Little Rock Tech Park
Are you saving enough for retirement? As business owners, it’s hard to think about exiting the workforce when we’re building our businesses and have lots of people to pay–employees, landlords, suppliers…and the list goes on and on. But, are we ensuring that our personal finances are secure first? Most of us aren’t; we delay saving for the perfect time, but that perfect time never arrives.
We kick the can down the road and don’t pick it up until it’s too late. As entrepreneurs, saving for retirement is even more challenging without an employer-provided retirement account or company match. Save10, an initiative of the Women’s Foundation of AR, is a campaign to empower women to save for life and retirement. It is a specific call to action for women to commit to saving at least 10% for retirement.Join us (an operations and strategic communications consultant and a CPA) to discuss why we need to save at least 10% of our income for retirement, the types of accounts available to business owners, and how we as women leaders can empower others to invest in their future selves.
JANUARY 29, WEDNESDAY
6:30pm: Petit & Keet * call to reserve your spot. $45/person
5-6pm: Statehouse Convention Center
Elizabeth Eckford helped change the course of American history as a member of the Little Rock Nine, the nine African-American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The situation at Central High resulted in the nation’s greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War. Federal troops were sent to Little Rock to ensure that Eckford and other students could attend the school.
In 1958, she and the other members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the prestigious Spurgeon Medal. In 1998, Little Rock Central High School became Little Rock Central National Historic Site. At a White House ceremony in 1999, Eckford, along with other members of the Little Rock Nine, received the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian award. — This event is free and open to the public, but you will still need to reserve a seat.
JANUARY 30, THURSDAY
6-7:30pm: Witt Stephens Nature Center
8pm: South on Main
