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1 week ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
A barbecue restaurant on the east side of town will soon close its doors. According to a social media post on Wednesday, Girls Gone BBQ at 2630 E Citizens Drive will permanently close on Saturday, June 14. “Our location, high rent, & lack of consistent community support have made it impossible to keep our doors open. This decision wasn’t easy, & it hurts deeply,” the post read.
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1 week ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
A self-guided tour of some great local gardens around the region is happening in and around Fayetteville next month. Washington County Master Gardeners will host their annual Garden Gate Tour of local gardens on Saturday, June 14 this year. This year’s tour will include six privately owned gardens in Fayetteville and near Elkins, along with the Elkins Community Center Master Gardener project, and the Beaver Watershed Alliance riparian and prairie restoration project at Bunch Park in Elkins.
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1 week ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
An annual Juneteenth celebration by local non-profit Music Moves will return for year five in 2025. The organization’s annual Freedom Festival is set for Saturday, June 21 at Luther George Park in Downtown Springdale. This year’s event will include performances by Grammy nominated soul artist and singer/songwriter, MAJOR, along with hip hop artist Mike Jones, funk band ConFunkShun, along with several local and regional acts to be announced at a later date.
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1 week ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
Opera in the Ozarks is set to kick off its 75th anniversary season in a brand new theater this summer. The organization, which has performed each summer for the better part of the last century and served as a training ground for some of the most talented singers in the country over the years, will perform 21 staged and costumed operate performances in their new theatre near Eureka Springs between June 27 through July 25.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
A restaurant chain offering customizable protein plates, salads, and bowls has a new Fayetteville location in the works. According to press release issued earlier this week, Sweetgreen has plans to open in the South Yard development at 542 West Streamside Bend, Unit 200. The Fayetteville location will be the first in the state for the company. In addition, the company also announced plans to open their second Arkansas location inside the new Walmart headquarters in Bentonville.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
You know a good way to tell how an upcoming weekend is going to be better than the average weekend? When said weekend has 50% more days in it. Like this one. It’s Memorial Day weekend, y’all. It has been a pretty great season for softball fans, and that will continue this weekend as the Razorback softball team is set to take on Ole Miss in NCAA Regional action at Bogle Park this weekend. The Hogs will need to take the series to advance to a super regional next weekend.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
Summer is here, and pool season starts this weekend. The Wilson Park pool will officially open for the 2025 season on Saturday, May 24, Fayetteville Parks, Natural Resources, and Cultural Affairs officials announced this week. In addition to open swim and lap swimming, the public pool offers youth and adult swim lessons, youth recreation swim team programs, dive-in movies and private pool party reservations. Concessions are also available.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
A new restaurant and bar has opened on the south side of Fayetteville. The new business, called Apt. 7, is located at 1641 W. 15th St., Suite 7, in the space formerly home to Wine U. Owner Cody Gragg told us earlier this year the idea behind the bar was to recreate a “third space” between home and work that has the feel of a friend’s apartment. “Every bartender and service industry worker knows, one of the best places to hangout is a bartenders home/apartment,” Gragg told us back in December.
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2 weeks ago | 
fayettevilleflyer.com | Dustin Bartholomew
An Italian restaurant that has served guests in central Fayetteville for the last couple years has closed its doors. According to owner Lance Corbin, Pestos by Lance held their last dinner service on Saturday, May 17, and the restaurant has permanently closed. The restaurant served a variety of pasta dishes, pizzas, and other entrees. Corbin said a combination factors, including personal issues, economic issues, rising costs and others led to the closure.
