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Events

Weekend Roundup

Happy Friday, Northwest Arkansas! Here's your Weekend Roundup:

• 🏍️ BBBBQ: Bikes, Blues and BBQ continues throughout the weekend in Rogers.

• 📣 Cheer squad: Come downtown for a party the morning of Square to Square. Cheer on the riders during their 30-mile trip that travels from Fayetteville to Bentonville on the Razorback Greenway. Enjoy food, drink & music.

• 🍂 Harvest time: The Cane Hill Harvest Festival, one of Northwest Arkansas's longest-running events, returns Sep 21, with live music, food trucks, crafts, and family activities celebrating Ozark culture and history.

• 🖼️ Feeling artsy? Enjoy a free Tour of 8 Fayetteville Art Galleries! Great artwork, refreshments, raffle prizes, and shuttle buses running in between the galleries. Saturday, Sep 21, 1-5p.

• 🍖 BBQ for good: BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich Lunch or Pulled Pork by the pound in the Greenland Schools parking lot starting at 10:30a on Sep 21 until sold out!

• 🚴 Square 2 Square: Break out the helmets and tune up your bikes for the 2024 Fall Square 2 Square Bike Ride, hosted by Bentonville and Fayetteville Parks & Rec teams on Saturday, Sep 21.

Find events like these and more on our Events Calendar HERE.

Nonprofit

Casa Dos Alas Launches Fundraising Campaign After Successful Pop-Up Market

Casa Dos Alas, a local nonprofit combating food insecurity in Hispanic communities, celebrated the success of their first pop-up market and is launching a fundraising campaign to raise $500,000 by 2025.

• Community-driven: The pop-up market served 370 individuals, with 84% being Hispanic, and distributed over 500 pounds of fresh produce donated by local companies. 

• Giving back: The organization's fundraising campaign offers various tiers for donors to contribute and support their mission, with benefits such as VIP tickets to events. 

Stay updated on Casa Dos Alas' events and initiatives on their website HERE. 

Sponsored by Best Friends Animal Society

Don't Miss The 3rd Annual Plant Powered Pop-Up at Best Friends Pet Resource Center

Join Third Space Coffee and Speakeasy Truffles for the 3rd Annual Plant Powered Pop-Up at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center on Sunday, Sep 22, from 11a-7p!

• Flower Power: This market strives to provide you with quality plant-based or plant-focused products. Stop by and browse goods by twelve different creators or vendors for the holiday season. And, while you're there, be sure to meet Best Friends' adorable dogs and cats who are looking for homes.

• Fall Flavors: Third Space Coffee, the independent vegan coffee shop located inside the pet resource center, will release its new fall-flavored beverages and debut new menu items like fall-themed toasts (vegan and gluten-free) and a special autumn soup from Chef Matt Cooper of Conifer.

Find more info HERE.

This Week’s Top Stories

• In case we haven’t told you or you haven’t heard the engines yet…Bikes, Blues and BBQ is in town.

• The annual Cane Hill Harvest Festival is back this weekend.

• Alan Jackson is coming to Bud Walton next week.

• Canopy NWA is aiming to have 150 welcome kits by the end of September.

• McGarrah Farms’ Fall Festival kicked off this week.

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Cool Jobs In NWA

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• Buffington Homes is hiring a Field Manager in Training. They also have several other great opportunities available HERE.*

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