🎈 Soarin’, Flyin’: The 7th Annual SOAR NWA, a hot air balloon festival, will fly into the Benton County Fairgrounds in Bentonville on tonight, Aug 14, and Sat, Aug 15, from 5p-10p.

🎨 Aisle Be There: Northwest Arkansas's first-ever Michaels store will open in Rogers, with a grand opening celebration planned for today, Aug 14, from 9a-2p.

🧼 Bubble Trouble: Downtown Pea Ridge will host the Pop Up & Play Bubble Bash today, Aug 14, from 10a-11a.

🧑‍🌾 Peas Go With Me: Downtown Pea Ridge will host its second-ever Farmers Market this Saturday, Aug 15, from 8a-11a.

🎀 Rush Hour: University of Arkansas's annual Bid Day will take over the Greek Theater in Fayetteville on Saturday morning, Aug 15.

🚗 Rev Heads Rejoice: Check out the Ruddington Cars & Coffee car show happening at the Rogers Convention Center on Saturday, Aug 15, from 8-11a.

🎒 Thrift Happens: The Fayetteville Town Center in Downtown Fayetteville will host the FayetteVINTAGE Back-to-School Market on Saturday, Aug 15, from 10a-4p.

🧺 Blanket Statement: Downtown Springdale will host its second Picnic in the Park community event on Saturday, Aug 15, from 11a-2p.

🎉 Doors Wide Open: A new creative space will celebrate its grand opening in Downtown Springdale this Saturday, Aug 15, from 11a-2p.

💥 Crushing It: Crush Zone, a monster truck showdown, will roll into Parsons Stadium in Springdale on Saturday, Aug 15. Doors open at 5p, with the main event starting around 7p.

🎡 Fair's Fair: The Carroll County Fair in Berryville will continue through this Saturday, Aug 15.

🐾 Paw-some Deals: The Bella Vista Animal Shelter will hold a Charity Sale starting this Saturday, Aug 15, through Saturday, Aug 22.

☀️ Park It: TrailMix NWA's Park and Splash Pad Day is set for Ward Nail Park in Lowell on Sunday, Aug 16, at 10a.

🍕 Shell Shocked: Enjoy pizza and a live screening of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem at the Momentary in Bentonville on Sunday, Aug 16, from 3-5p.

🏈 Tiger Tales: Enjoy a community tailgate and the premiere of Bentonville High School's "Because of the Tigers" football documentary on Sunday, Aug 16, at 5p.

🌅 Sunday Funday: Sunset Sundays will take over Downtown Bentonville on Sunday, Aug 16, from 5-8p.

🎤 Wayne's World: Lil Wayne will play a live show at the Walmart AMP on Sunday, Aug 16, at 8p.

🍽️ Pretty Big Deal: Bentonville Restaurant Week will kick off this Sunday, Aug 16, offering special menus and exclusive deals from restaurants across the city.

AMPing Things Up: City filings show a two-story, 9,432 sqft front-of-house addition and a north addition at 9,153 sqft.

More Room to Rock: The project hasn't been approved yet, and no specific details are available to be shared yet.

Back for Seconds: The restaurant’s owner shared photos of the space to Facebook, saying the team is working hard to open Herman’s up again.

Well Done: The well-known restaurant first opened its doors in 1964 and became Fayetteville’s first-ever Arkansas Food Hall of Fame inductee in 2024. In the past, the menu featured ribs, steaks, burgers, homemade salsa with crackers, and more.

The Million Dollar Club: So far in 2026, roughly 50 homes within Bentonville city limits have sold for $1 million or more.

11 Years Later: For context, back in 2015, only two homes in the city sold for $1 million or more.

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⚾️ Take a Swing: Do you work for a Northwest Arkansas business or organization? NWA Daily and Generations Bank are hosting an invite-only networking event at an NWA Naturals baseball game on Thursday, Aug 27, at 7p. Reply NATURALS with your local business name, email, and title for a chance to win a free ticket to the networking event.

🥵 Fried by the Heat: Expect more summer heat in and around Northwest Arkansas this weekend, with heat indexes expected to be between 105-110.

🏢 Keys to Success: According to recent data, Northwest Arkansas’s office vacancy rate sits at roughly 5%, compared with a national average near 20%.

🤝 Let’s Connect: Get to know the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Class.

🍽️ Ed, Edd, N Eddie’s: NWACC will provide on-campus dining service in the Student Center this fall. The culinary concept is called Eddie’s.

🧱 Demolition Derby: Two well-known buildings on College Ave in Fayetteville, Mong Dynasty and Play It Again Sports, were demolished earlier this week.

📚 Keeping Up With The Joneses: Jones PREP Academy opened in Springdale this week to support Kindergarten through eighth-grade students with education and services that will address challenges they may face in a day-to-day classroom.

🎂 Times A’Changin: A Northwest Arkansas baker and bridal company were featured in a New York Times article recently.

✏️ Adulting 101: The kids aren't the only ones going back to school this week! Read this back-to-school guide to survive August for adults.

🐗 WPS: Catch up on the University of Arkansas’s Greek Life scene in this guide.

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