You haven’t tasted corn tortillas until you’ve sampled the extraordinary, organic version created by Mamma Z’s Tortilla Factory in Bentonville. These tortillas aren’t created from cornmeal from a sack. They’re made from masa ground on-site from organic whole corn, and they are the tortilla you need for your next taco.
What are you guys doing Oct. 20? We ask, because there’s a pretty sweet show happening up in Bentonville that evening.
NWA Council and Walton Family Foundation officials today announced they’ll be bringing artists Leon Bridges, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats along with Little Rock band Amasa Hines and locals Smokey and the Mirror to the region for a free concert on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Buckeyball Field near Crystal Bridges in Bentonville.
The concert is part of a three-day gathering hosted by NWA Council and Walton Family Foundation called the Heartland Summit, set for Oct. 18-21 in Bentonville. According to a website for the summit, the invite-only event is a “gathering a small group of investors and instigators across sectors, geographies and generations” with a “shared sense of purpose…to make the middle of the country…read more
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Bringing awareness to Autism, all while staying active!
Autism Involves Me Northwest Arkansas will host the Puzzle Run 5K on Saturday, September 29 at Bentonville West High School from 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Registration:
Online: $25 per runner for 5k/ $15 for 1000 meter dash(closes on Friday morning) Day of race: $30 per runner for 5k/ $20 for 1000 meter dash, running from 6:00 – 7:00 a.m.
Shortly after her first runway show, Northwest Arkansas fashion designer Alyssa Graves joked that maybe someday she’d make it to New York Fashion Week.
Just six months later, she was showing her designs on one of the biggest stages in fashion.
“It was just one of those things I joked about, but it was a wonderful experience that hasn’t hit me yet,” Graves said. “It happened so fast. But I got to walk out at the end of the show and say thank you to the crowd, and it was a very humbling experiencing.” …read more
In only her second show, the 25-year-old Bentonville native presented six pieces in a combined show with emerging designers from around the world. Her line of formalwear geared toward spring and summer 2019 included a trumpet-style
Hello Local in downtown Springdale recently opened to sell a variety of products that are made in Northwest Arkansas. The shop offers area product makers and small-business owners a brick-and-mortar location at 101 E. Emma Ave.
Co-owners Dana Schlagenhaft and Mark Cloud have planned a grand opening for Sept. 22. The shop, known as the Experience Store, has been operating for about a month.
“Most small businesses in their initial growth stages can’t foot the bill for a downtown retail lease or are wary of taking on that kind of risk, but they need the exposure and foot traffic that comes with being centrally located,” Schlagenhaft said. “Hello Local was created with the idea that local makers and small businesses can work together, support each other and grow together in a bustling downtown location.”
Hello Local sells new products from more than 30 small businesses, including Onyx Coffee Lab, Pozza’s Pasta, Simkins Brothers’ Sweets and The Foundry read more…
