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Weekend Roundup
Happy Friday, Northwest Arkansas! Here are 15 things to do this weekend:
All Weekend Long
🕰️ Tale As Old As Time: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast continues with more shows at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, tonight, Feb 6, through Sunday, Feb 8.
Friday
🥌 Winter Games Warm Up: Kick off the Winter Olympics spirit with the Jones Center’s Learn to Curl event, happening today, Feb 6, at 5:30-6:30p.
☕️ Espresso Yourself: Third Space Coffee, located inside Best Friends Animal Shelter in Bentonville, will host a thrift shopping & coffee sipping event today, Feb 6, from 11a-3p.
❣️ Girls Night Afternoon Out: Mayfield Mercantile Boutique in Elkins will host a Galentines Girls Day today, Feb 6, from 3-8p.
🤸 A Bud Walton Battle: The No. 10 nationally ranked Gymbacks will take on the No. 6 Georgia Bulldogs inside Bud Walton Arena today, Feb 6, at 5:45p.
Saturday
🥾 The Pain Fun Cave: 37 North Expeditions will lead a Cave Tour through the Ozarks on Saturday, Feb 7, from 9a-3p.
🃏 Show All Your Cards: Confluence, a card collector-focused exchange, heads to the Heartland Whole Health Institute in Bentonville on Saturday, Feb 7, from 10a-8p.
🍷 Wine-ing Down: Honeycomb Kitchen Shop will host a Wine Pairing Workshop on Saturday, Feb 7, from 11a-1p.
🍻 Ole’ Cold Beer: Fossil Cove Brewing Co’s Frost Fest rolls into the Washington County Fairgrounds this Saturday, Feb 7, starting at 1p.
🫖 Spill The Tea: The Fayetteville Tea House will host a Galentine’s Night on Saturday, Feb 7, at 6:30p.
🫶 Swipe Right IRL: The Momentary and Queenie Be have teamed up to host Blind Date Live, a free singles event, happening on Saturday, Feb 7, from 7-10p.
🕺 Stayin’ Alive Tonight: Grab your wig and disco attire for Danger Dave’s 80s Disco Party, happening in Bentonville on Saturday, Feb 7, at 8p.
Sunday
🧑🧒 Heart Work: Pinspiration Bentonville will host a Daddy Daughter Valentine’s Date on Sunday, Feb 8, from 12-3p.
🏊 Sunday Funday: There will be free ice skating and indoor swimming at The Jones Center this Sunday, Feb 8, from 1-5p.
🏈 The Big Game: The following businesses will host a Super Bowl Watch Party on Sunday, Feb 8. Dave & Buster’s in Rogers, Tin Roof in Fayetteville, Springdale Country Club in Springdale, and The Botanical in Bentonville
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For reference, find a previous Weekend Roundup newsletter HERE.
Development
Next Steps Begin At Former Walmart Home Office
NWA Daily
Next steps are underway at the former Walmart Home Office in Bentonville, where a STEM-focused university and a mixed-use development are taking shape.
STEMming With Potential: The school officially named its first President, Dr. David Mazyck, who hails from Penn State, to prepare students to excel in an AI-and-tech-forward workforce. The inaugural class is expected to begin in 2029.
More To Come: Site work has already begun, with plans to transform the property into the STEM university, along with office space, a hotel, retail offerings, and more.
Study the details HERE.
Restaurants
ChoKolata Dessert Lounge Opens In Springdale
ChoKolata Dessert Lounge by Ola Dubai Chocolate officially opened in Springdale earlier this week.
What Are They Selling? The lounge specializes in Dubai Chocolate, which is a creamy pistachio-tahini filling mixed with crunchy phyllo dough and wrapped in milk chocolate.
They’re Selling Chocolates! Enjoy it in a crêpe, brownie, waffle, or cheesecake, plus the lounge’s famous Dubai Strawberry Cups and premium chocolate bars.
See the dessert lounge from our friend @hangrypedelarnwa HERE.
Health & Wellness
Adult Rec Center To Open In Bentonville
Bentonville is preparing to welcome residents ages 50 and up to its brand-new Adult Recreation Center, set to open this summer.
All-In-One: The two-story, 45K sqft facility features social lounges, a coffee and snack bar, activity rooms, a full-size strength and cardio area, group fitness studio, indoor track, basketball courts, a warm-water therapy pool, and more.
Active In Community: Modeled after similar spaces in Fayetteville, Springdale, and Rogers, the center offers a dedicated place for older adults to stay active, connect, and help ease pressure on other gyms in the region.
Read the full story from The Bentonville Bulletin HERE.
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Meet Sweets, who is about 1 years old and weighs 54 pounds. She is house-trained and crate-trained and loves her chew toys. Sweets is playful and friendly and loves water. She will happily splash in a pond or puddle, or river. She will even jump in the shower to splash around and play in her foster home! She will make a great hiking or kayaking buddy.
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In other news
🌷 Tiptoe Through The Tulips: A flight from XNA to Amsterdam is Going for 40% off.
🤠 Tune In: Several Northwest Arkansas musicians were nominated for the Arkansas Country Music Awards, including Abbey Pierce for Album of the Year.
⛳️ Only Birdies Here: Arkansas golfers boast the lowest average handicap in the United States, sitting at 10.6. Can you guess which state had the highest?
☕️ A Kupp Of Joe: Cooper Kupp, a wide receiver for the Super Bowl Seattle Seahawks, was spotted on Travis and Jason Kelce’s New Heights podcast wearing a Dodo Coffee hat, the brand behind a Fayetteville coffee shop and cafe that he co‑founded.
🤝 Passing the Baton: Doug McMillon officially retired as CEO of Walmart Inc. earlier this week.
👀 All Eyez On Me: Saturday’s Arkansas vs. Kentucky men’s basketball game became the most-watched college basketball matchup of the season so far, with 2.4M viewers.
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