WHAT'S
GOING ON?
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE: Little Rock residents, be sure to put May 9 on your calendar - that's the date of the Little Rock School District Special Election Learn more.
 
NEW COFFEE SHOPS JOIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: Downtown is fast-becoming the go-to place for great coffee. Blue Sail, Zetêo, and Nexus join local favorites like Community Bakery, Andina's, and others to ensure everyone is sufficiently wired. Learn more.
FIRST LOOK AT THE ARKANSAS CINEMA SOCIETY: Acclaimed director and Little Rock native Jeff Nichols and his new passion project the Arkansas Cinema Society were profiled by FORBES and the ARKANSAS TIMES.
SPEAKING OF MOVIES: The lineup for Movies in the Park was released. La La Land is up first on June 7. It continues every Wednesday through July. Wax on, wax off! Learn more.
INSIDE K-LOFTS: About You has an inside look at the recently-revived K-Lofts apartments project. The dwellings are scheduled to be available for lease in mid-May. Learn more.
 
ZIN OPENING SECOND LOCATION: Downtown's own Zin Wine Bar is opening up a new location soon  - in the Market Place Shopping Center off North Rodney Parham Road. Learn more.
AND FINALLY: Gird yourselves for the return of Midtown! Historic Midtown Billiards is opening back up on June 1. Who's hungry for a cheeseburger? Learn more.
Main Street Creative Corridor
Main Street, Markham south to I-630
 
May 5 : Wine and Wags 2017 Cinco de Doggo!, Rescue Road, Twin City Limos & Events Center, 901 Main Street, 6:30 p.m-10:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 10: FinTech Accelerator Cohort Announcement & Kickoff, The Venture Center , The Little Rock Technology Park, 417 Main Street, 4:30 p.m-6:15 p.m. Learn more.
May 19: Press Conference: Announcement of 2017 List of Arkansas's Most Endangered Historic Places , Preserve Arkansas, Historic Fulk Building (CJRW Offices), 300 Main Street, 10:00 a.m. Learn more.

May 20: Modern Pioneering Get Together, Georgia Pellegrini and Downtown Little Rock Partnership, Parking Deck at 6th and Scott, 9:30 a.m. Learn more. 
Ongoing: Tuesdays, Lift the Rock, The Venture Center , The Little Rock Technology Park, 417 Main Street, 9-10 a.m. Networking for the startup and business community. Doors open at 8:30. Learn more.
Ongoing through June 23: Main Street Food Truck Fridays , plaza at corner of Main and Capitol, 10:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Weekly food truck lineups on Facebook.
MacArthur Park Historic District
  
May 5: 10th Annual MacArthur Park 5K, MacArthur Park, 7 p.m. Benefits MacArthur Park. Presented by MacArthur Park Group. Register here.
May 6
: Tabriz - The Silver Anniversary Gala, Arkansas Arts Center, 6:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 9: The Modernist Legacy of Noland Blass, Arkansas Arts Center, Lecture Hall, 6:00 p.m. Presented by Architecture and Design Network as a program of the June Freeman Lecture Series.  Free.
May 11: Art of Motion: Tango, Arkansas Arts Center, Lower Lobby, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
May 12: Feed Your Mind Friday, Arkansas Arts Center, Lower Lobby Lecture Hall, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Free.
Ongoing:  Stone's Throw Brewing, 402 E. 9th,  April Calendar--Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Better with Beer free movie series. Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Arkie Pub Trivia.
Robinson Center
For tickets, unless noted otherwise, link here.
June 21-25: Motown the Musical
Verizon Arena
In Downtown North Little Rock,
1 Verizon Arena Way. For ticket information link here 
( Verizon Arena ) or here (Ticketmaster).
May 4-7 Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Enchantment 
June 1 Maxwell
June 5 Brit Floyd - Pink Floyd Tribute
June 9: Luke Bryan
September 16: Janet Jackson
August 3 Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
October 22 Bruno Mars
November 16: Chris Stapleton
December 2 Joe Bonamassa
River Market District .
May 6: Kevin Delaney Day , Museum of Discovery , 500 President Clinton Avenue, 10:00 a.m-3:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 6: 2017 Blues on the River , First Security Amphitheater, 3:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 8: An Informal Discussion with Jeff Nichols and the Arkansas Cinema Society , Arkansas Cinema Society, 2nd Floor, Cache Restaurant, 425 President Clinton Avenue, 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. The event is $50 per person. Learn more.
May 10: HIPAA Check-up! Webinar, Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.,CGWG Director Amber Wilson Bagley will focus on areas to help you avoid HIPAA pitfalls in your policies and procedures, implement training for employees, and manage breaches if / when they occur. Learn more.
May 11: Red Jacket Ball , City Year Little Rock, Statehouse Convention Center, 6:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 19: A Concert by Jazz Icon Bob Dorough , Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Avenue, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 23: " Cyber Crime: Defend Against Your Next Nightmare" A Complimentary Seminar on Cyber Threats to your business , Meadors, Adams & Lee Insurance, Ron Robinson Theater, 100 River Market Avenue, 10:00 a.m. Learn more.
June 7 through July 26: Movies in the Park , First Security Amphitheater, every Wednesday, movies begin at sundown. Learn more.
Ongoing through September: Little Rock Farmers Market , River Market Pavilions, Saturdays, 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Learn more.
Ongoing through September: The 'Lil Farmers Program at Little Rock Farmers Market , River Market Pavilions, every 2nd Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. This program is aimed at kids 12 and under. Learn more.
Ongoing:  The Arts @  Christ Church  presents John Kushmaul Art Exhibit in the Sixth Street Library at Capitol & Sixth. 501-375-2342.
Around Downtown
For Live Music in the Metro (Little Rock Soiree), link here.
May 6: Dunbar's Garden's 3rd Annual Pig Roast Fundraiser , Dunbar Garden, 1801 South Chester Street, 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 7: Arkansas Artifact Fair , Old State House Museum, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 8: Monday Happy Hour at Dugan's: Benefiting families at Ronald McDonald House , Dugan's Pub, 401 East 3rd Street, from 5:00 p.m-7:00 p.m. Dugan's Pub will be donating 10% of all purchases to help families at Ronald McDonald House.
May 11-14, 18-21: "Life is Short" by Craig Pospisil , Community Theatre of Little Rock, The Studio Theatre, 320 West 7th Street, curtain rises at 7:30 p.m and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays.  Learn more.
May 12: Second Friday Art Night , various locations, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 12 : Opening Reception for Dawn Holder and Melissa Cowper-Smith: Traces Remain and Dani Ives: Portraits of Friends Exhibits, Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 East Third, 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 13: 44th Annual Territorial Fair , Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 East 3rd Street, 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 13-14: 53rd Spring Tour of Homes , Quapaw Quarter Association. The tour returns to the Governor's Mansion Historic District, featuring six homes on Arch, Gaines, and State Streets. Learn more.
May 18: A Most Endangered Places Bicycle Ride , Preserve Arkansas, beginning at the River Market and ending at Stone's Throw Brewing, 6:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 19-26: Ditch the Keys Week , an awareness-building campaign that encourages central Arkansas residents to protect air quality by using alternate modes of transportation and to reduce outdoor activities on high-ozone days. Learn more.
May 22 : Women's Luncheon featuring guest speaker Gretchen Hall, The Little Rock Club, 400 W Capitol, Ste 1601, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Learn more.
Ongoing: Sleep Studies , Gallery 221 Original Fine Art, 221 W. 2nd Street, Suite 102. By Kasten McClellan Searles. Thru April 31. 
Ongoing:  True Faith, True Light , Old State House Museum. The Devotional Art of Ed Stilley. Learn more.
Ongoing:  The Great War - Arkansas in World War I, Thru August 16. Also on temporary exhibit are All of Arkansas - Arkansas Made County by County; Paintings by Glenda McCune; and Modern Mythology by Luke Amran Knox & Grace Mikell Ramsey, Historic Arkansas Museum, 200 East 3rd Street.
Ongoing : PaintNite, most Saturdays at Zin Urban Wine & Beer Bar, 315 Rock Street, 4-6 p.m. Link here for 40% discount and enter "Zin" in the promo code.
Little Rock (LRCVB) event listings also posted here.
East Village 
East of I-30, from Clinton Center south to 9th Street
May 3: "Advancing Safer Chemistry: Technology Innovation, Investment, and Deployment for a Stronger Economy and Safer World" Panel Discussion, UA Clinton School of Public Service, Sturgis Hall, 6:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 9: "Medical Marijuana Legalization in Arkansas" Panel Discussion, UA Clinton School of Public Service, Sturgis Hall, 6:00 p.m. Learn more.
Ongoing through July 23 : Xtreme BUGS Exhibit, Clinton Presidential Center. Learn more.
Nearby Member Events
May 5 : Wild Wines VIP Reserve Room, Little Rock Zoo, Café Africa at the Little Rock Zoo, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 6 : Wild Wines Grand Tasting, Little Rock Zoo, War Memorial Stadium, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 8: National Travel and Tourism Week: Travel Rally Day , Join the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, City of Little Rock, Friends of Fourche Creek, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Audubon Arkansas for the ribbon cutting, new signage unveiling and a brief introduction to one of the largest urban wetlands in America. Benny Craig Park, 4610 Gum Springs Road, 10:00 a.m. Learn more.
May 15 : NLR Young Professionals Annual Four-Man Golf Scramble, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, The Greens at North Hills, 7400 Highway 107, Sherwood, 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Learn more.
Argenta Arts District
In Downtown North Little Rock. For more information link here.

May 13: North Little Rock Mini "Maker Faire", Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, North Shore Riverwalk Park, 398 Riverfront Drive, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 17: Rock Paper Scissors Tournament, The Lymphomaniac Society, Flyway Brewing, 314 Maple Street, 6:30 p.m. Learn more.
Ongoing : Join the fun this season at Dickey-Stephens Park for the Arkansas Travelers! Learn more.
SoMa & 
South Main Neighborhoods

May 5: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta!, Sharp: Young Professionals of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, The Bernice Garden, 1401 Main Street, 5:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 6: Class: Mosaic Birdbath , South Main Creative, 1600 Main Street, 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 9-August 27: Take Your Purse With You: The Reimagined Work of Katherine Strause , ESSE Purse Museum & Store, 1510 Main Street. Learn more.
May 10: Class: Hand-Stamped Cuff Workshop by Bella Vita Jewelry, South Main Creative, 1600 Main Street, 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 13: Class: Hypertufa, Basics and Beyond (Mother's Day Special), South Main Creative, 1600 Main Street, 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 14: Little Rock's "Downtown Abbey" Presents Mother's Day High Tea , The Empress of Little Rock Small Luxury Hotel and Conference Center, 2120 South Louisiana Street, 3:00 p.m. Learn more.
May 20: Class: Needle-Felted Wool Butterfly, South Main Creative, 1600 Main Street, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Learn more.
June 10: Class: Save the Bees! Needle-Felted Wool Bee, South Main Creative, 1600 Main Street, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Learn more.