While it’s too late for Halloween and too early for Christmas, the Magnolia Arts Center has arranged for local entertainment that it will deliver the gift of horror online this week – Tim Kelly’s stage version of “Dracula, The Vampire Play.”
Christmas holiday traditions will return to Historic Washington State Park on December 5 and 12.
The South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announced the cancellation of the November 28 performances of “The Nutcracker.”
The “Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular” is scheduled for El Dorado’s Murphy Arts District on March 13.
The City of Camden is planning a month-long "North Pole Fantasy” 2020 Christmas celebration.
Comedian Ron White’s scheduled performance in El Dorado has been pushed back almost a full year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 El Dorado Christmas Parade theme is “Winter Nights & Holiday Lights!”
Ice skating will return to the Murphy Arts District in El Dorado November 20-January 3.
Saturday is Halloween, and many events are planned in the Magnolia area.
The El Dorado Film Festival has announced the festival’s full schedule of independent films from around the world.
Scares over COVID-19 have meant adjustments for this Halloween, but there are still activities that would light up the smile on a Jack-O-Lantern.
The El Dorado Film Festival, presented by the South Arkansas Arts Center and sponsored by Suddenlink, has announced the festival’s full schedule of independent films from around the world.
Magnolia Arts is taking its All Hallows Art Gala to a virtual setting this year.
The Murphy Arts District in El Dorado has announced plans to host a Halloween-themed movie night featuring the cult classic film, “Hocus Pocus,” starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
TEXarkana’s Ace of Clubs House will celebrate Halloween with a movie and costume party full of suspense and murder.
The South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announces that the 2020-2021 Season of Harmony will begin with two performances of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” on November 28, at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, featuring the Arkansas Festival Ballet. SASO is offering a matinee and evening performance.
Recent arrests made by the Magnolia Police Department. Many, but not all, these arrests have previously been listed in our daily report Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility bookings and releases.
The South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado announces its current art exhibition, "A Lifetime at My Easel,” by well-known Magnolia artist Ann Downs.
The South Arkansas Arts Center has announced scheduled dates and social distancing protocols for the El Dorado Film Festival.
Here’s something to count on: Despite the cancellation of the official Bikes, Blues & BBQ rally, additional motorcycles will be in the Northwest Arkansas area later this week.
Market on the Rails, a special craft show sponsored by Growing McNeil Together, will be followed Saturday evening by a fireworks show.
The 2020 Ouachita County Fair will have four days of fun September 23-26 at the Ouachita County Recreational Center, 2708 Mount Holly Road in Camden.
The 6th Annual Cruisin' Against Bruisin' Car Show will be held Saturday in the parking lot at Immanuel Baptist Church.
The South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado is featuring the paintings of Pine Bluff artist John Good in the Lobby and Price Galleries during the month of September.
The Magnolia Arts Center has issued its September Art Challenge, titled, “A ‘Fair’ to Remember.”
Registration is now open for the South Arkansas Arts Center Arts Academy's fall 2020 semester.
The South Arkansas Arts Center welcomes El Dorado artist Marla Tomlinson and her exhibit entitled "Cult of Color" to the Lobby Gallery, now hanging through August 28.
On behalf of the Junior League of Texarkana and after careful consideration, the Board of Directors has officially cancelled the annual Mistletoe Market set for November 19-22 at the TexARKana Convention Center.
The visual arts committee of the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado has named the award-winning entries its exhibition, “Under Quarantine: Art During Unprecedented Circumstances.”
“Frozen II” will be the feature film during Drive-in Movie Night tonight in the parking lot of Asbury United Methodist Church, 1300 E. University.
There will be no Columbia County Fair in 2020.
The Four States Fair and Rodeo in TexARKana has been postponed until April 2-11, 2021, according to a post on the fair’s Facebook page.
The 2020 Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock has been cancelled.
Confirmation of two large diamonds found at Crater of Diamonds State Park made for a busy week last week at the Murfreesboro site.
The 2020 Festival on the Rails in McNeil has been cancelled.
“A Dog’s Journey” will be the feature film during Drive-in Movie Night tonight in the parking lot of Asbury United Methodist Church, 1300 E. University.
Editor’s Note: magnoliareporter.com special correspondent Jen Kilgore recently spent the night at Columbia County’s newest bed and breakfast – Moe & Willie’s B&B in the Calhoun community. This is her report.
The summer of 2020 started with a sparkling surprise for one western Arkansas woman.
The 72nd annual Crossett Riding Club PRCA Rodeo will be held Wednesday through Saturday at Cap Gates Arena in Crossett.
The annual Star Spangled Spectacular will be held at the Camden Municipal Airport on Saturday, July 4.
The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce board and executive director along with additional community leaders, came to a consensus this week that the 44th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival should be canceled.
Texarkana Cinemark Theater will reopen on July 3 according to the company.
There will be fireworks, but there will be no “Sparks in the Park” celebration at Magnolia’s East Side Park.
The 2020 Emerson Purplehull Pea Festival and World Championship Rotary Tiller Race has been cancelled, according to chairman DeeAnne Meyer.
The diamond search field at Crater of Diamonds State Park has reopened, with certain restrictions.
The summer production of “Mamma Mia!” planned by the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado has been cancelled.
The registration period is open for the South Arkansas Arts Center’s virtual Zoom Corks & Canvas “Little Fields of Lavender” Watercolor Workshop, hosted by artist Kelly Campbell.
Stars Cinema 6 in El Dorado plans to reopen Monday, May 18 under guidelines to discourage the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
According to the Pink Tomato Festival page on Facebook, the Warren festival's Pink Tomato 5K will be a virtual race in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Magnolia Arts and the Rotary Club of Magnolia have cancelled a drive-in movie night at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 28.
Due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss Arkansas Board of Directors has announced the postponement of the 2020 State Pageant.
