Your week ahead: Live! at Turnbow is back
⚾️ Baseball games — Catch an Arkansas Razorbacks baseball game against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock at 6:30pm Tuesday or 5pm Wednesday at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville. Get tickets starting at $28.
🎤 Live! at Turnbow — This free community event in downtown Springdale is back for the season with live music starting at 6:30pm Thursday.
🍽 — Have dinner in the dark at this event hosted in collaboration with Little Rock-based World Services for the Blind. 6pm Thursday at Mockingbird Kitchen in Fayetteville. Get tickets for $100.
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