Such great History! Love to support historical artistic museums. Check it out! A crazy murder story…read moreand mining back in the day.

A true 5 star independent underground music festival, the VoV is now in its 11th year. I first…read moreattended this ultra cool, original underground grass roots music festival in March 2009 - it was in its sixth season. The brain child of local legend Bill Solleder, what started out as an outlet for local and area talents has grown into a vibrant festival with dozens upon dozens of acts from all around the world performing over multiple days and locations and drawing venue goers of all ages in the thousands. Most shows are all ages welcome. Held at several venues now within the city, it all goes back to it's starting point - the low key arts building - a dark green industrial two story building with a red door, that sits off Arbor nestled up against the side of Hot Springs mountain. This unassuming concrete structure, for a week in the spring, becomes the hub for this eclectic and awesome event. The days always start off pretty easy and mellow, with blue grass, instrumental or chamber music for example early and builds in intensity throughout the day, the groups or acts during the evening hours are usually more rock and alternative and definitely louder! Since it's beginning it has been a volunteer driven event - where many community members have worked and helped support this amazing event every year since it's inception. And each year, it grows more adds more talent and more people find out about this awesome festival. Great independent music of all kinds, over a week in mid March (always the week of spring break there), with good food, cold beer, trail shows, cool venues to listen and enjoy said music at and lots of really nice folks for helping out - the VoV - the way an underground independent music festival should be... Well worth the effort to attend - buy your event wrist band early and make to journey to the Valley of the Vapors. 5 Starts 00179

I think it is great that Malvern has it's own museum. My family donated some antiques when it…read morefirst opened. Haven't been there in a long time but enjoyed my visit years ago.

Arkansas is known as "The Natural State," it is a Southern state distinguished by its diverse…read moregeography, affordability & natural beauty. Its terrain includes the Ozark & Ouachita mountain ranges, forests, and eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River. With over 3 million residents, it is the 33rd most populous state. Little Rock, the capital is located in the central part of the state.

I lived in Fayetteville, Arkansas for about a year, and I enjoyed the laid back atmosphere…read more Some things that I loved about the place: - Friendly people - the beautiful change of seasons - it's the birthplace of Walmart - lots of thrift stores with clearance items as low as 25cents! - headquarters of Tyson Foods (love that chicken) A couple of my favorite tourist sites: - Botanical Garden of the Ozarks - Crystal Bridges Museum Of American Art According to the U.S. News, Fayetteville is one of the top ten places to live. Here are a few stats: Metro Population 538,063 Median Home Price $369,179 Median Monthly Rent $927 Median Age 34.4 years old Average Annual Salary $51,590 Unemployment Rate 4.7% Average Commute 20.7 minutes Average High Temps 67.98° F Average Low Temps 44.96° F Average Rainfall 47.9 inches

This might be the best hidden gem in the entire state of Arkansas! Hiding in plain sight in their…read morebiggest city of Little Rock, you might drive right past this beautiful building on Highway 70. Enter the free museum and witness the story of an organization founded to provide black families with health and burial insurance when no other company would. Walk through the poignant displays of the impact of black business owners, the struggles of their families, the strength and resilience of freed slaves, and the origins of urban renewal. It's a fascinating display spanning 8,000 square feet. And don't miss the black hall of fame and ball room on the third floor.

Toured this wonderful space to learn about the rich civil rights history of Little Rock. This is a…read moremust if you want to learn about all the great work that went on during the civil rights era up until now. Multiple floors of history in a historic building culminating with the restored hall on the top floor. This is a must for anyone visiting Little Rock for the first time.

I would recommend the Gangster Museum if the history is interesting to you. It's a very…read more"tourist-y" place but it's also historically accurate and the staff is good at what they do. I have been 3 times total. Once as a tourist myself, and twice taking others after I moved here. Some loved it and found it very interesting and others were bored to tears, visibly yawning as we walked from room to room. I think it's terrific, but again, subjective. /Gangster

I cannot say this place is amazing but I will say they try very hard. It's amazing to me how much…read morehistory there is that ties the mob to Hot Springs and yet there's only this tiny little place capitalizing on it. So many cool stories that could be capitalized on. They don't have a ton of paraphernalia but the tour guide is very knowledgeable and the videos share a great deal of history and neat tidbits. If I was a millionaire, I'd be all over marketing this as the original vacation spot to the mob and bootleggers... so much that could be done. It's worth the hour here to check it out.

Amazing, super fun and pretty terrifying. I took my friends for their first haunted house and they…read moreabsolutely loved it, one of my friends tried to pick up one of the actors and Michael Myers was super funny and nice.

As an old school documentary filmmaker, received my MFA in Documentary Film from the San Francisco…read moreArt Institute, I adore this festival. In 2021 I worked as a volunteer at the Malco Theatre screening venue which also happens to have one of the coolest, underground wine and beer bars in town. Last year Maxwell Blade dropped in everywhere and did instantaneous magic throughout the festival. Many of last year's entries went on to become hugely successful commercial films. Prior to COVID I met Werner Herzog, my film school idol for "Aguirre The Wrath of God", and actually hung out with him for awhile. That is the nature of this Small-But-Big event. Before becoming a repeat volunteer I always purchased a FULL ACCESS TICKET as there are so many parties, screenings, work shops, pop-up events and opportunities to meet the filmmakers in person, it is really an event best experienced via total immersion. Wouldn't miss it for the world!

The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival is considered the Grand Daddy of Documentary Film…read moreFestivals by many. This amazing event just finishing its 23rd season this past October, has been through many changes over the years, and preparation for this years festival is already underway. This 99% volunteer staffed event is a true community event that draws documentary film fans from all over the continent and world, and documentary film makers from around the globe enter submissions of all kinds for a chance just to show their film at this wonderful festival. As an attendee, you can view films individually for around 5$, with a by the day ticket or with a pass for the whole event - I recommend the festival pass if you are a serious doc fan as it gives you unlimited viewing access throughout the entire event - you can often view 8+ films a day if you are a mind to, as well the VIP passes have perks including private after parties with some of the film makers. The HSDFF screening committee has been bringing literally hundreds upon hundreds of fine quality documentary films of various lengths to this festival for decades now. These dedicated volunteers peruse 1000's of films every spring season and spend hundreds of hours months in advance preparing for the fall - watching the good, the bad and the ugly - searching for a handful of true gems worthy of this grand festival. Only about 2-3 out of every 100 films screened make the cut for this awesome festival, and screening committee members must watch and review and minimum of 250+ films individually in order to have a vote and say on the final films allowed into the festival. This process makes the quality of films viewed usually very high for festival attendees. I have enjoyed this festival for years - attending it over 15 years ago for the first time in 1999, and have been an attendee of it a half a dozen times since then over various years. It has been a couple seasons since my last trek to this grand event and I hope to attend it again in the near future. This is a true documentary film gem and definitely worth the trip at least once and well worth the effort to attend if you are a true documentary film fan. A Solid 5 Star festival 00192