North Little Rock Places

The Official Facebook page of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

This is the official Facebook page for Heifer International. Visit the Heifer Blog: http://heifer.org/blog, visit us at http://www.heifer.org/, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/heifer, or watch our videos: http://youtube.com/heiferinternational

One of two city-owned convention centers, physically connected to the Doubletree Hotel and anchored by the 2,609 seat Robinson Center Music Hall, home to traveling Broadway productions, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra [27], and Ballet Arkansas [28].

The second city-owned convention center, adjoins the Peabody Hotel.

The River Market is the place in Central Arkansas to eat, shop, play and stay. Come visit us!

There are more than a dozen permanent vendors, and Farmer's Markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays 7AM-3PM May-Oct.

Plays in Dickey-Stephens Park, a new (2007) ballpark in North Little Rock just across the river from downtown.

Welcome to the official Facebook page of Little Rock Air Force Base, the Home of C-130 Combat Airlift!

The Little Rock Film Festival is an international film festival that highlights the American South. www. littlerockfilmfestival.org

Plays basketball in the Jack Stephens Center on the UALR campus.

M-Sa 9AM-5PM, Su 1PM-5PM. Oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi. It is now a state history museum, where you can see the old House of Representatives Chamber. The museum also has a permanent collection of history-related exhibits, and temporary exhibits are shown occasionally. If you have kids, don't miss Grandmother's Cottage, a hands-on room where visitors can examine with a variety of objects from the 1920s-30s. Free.

The largest ethnic festival in Arkansas, according to the February 3, 2010 episode of Jeopardy!. Despite the name, the fare also includes Palestinian, Israeli, Russian, and Lebanese flavor to name a few.

The original headquarters of the Mosaic Templars (a black fraternal organization, now defunct save for a single chapter in Barbados), destroyed by fire in 2005, has been reconstructed to house a cultural center dedicated to the history and culture of black people.

World Fest 2012 will be held on September 28th from 9:00 a.m.-2:00p.m. / www.rcdcworldfest.org

Excellent Southern barbecue and winner of many awards (including some from the renowned Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest)

No Skinny Steaks!

Also seen in Designing Women, as Suzanne Sugarbaker's home. No admission fee for tours, but they must be scheduled in advance.

Preserves four historic antebellum homes, also has a gallery with changing exhibits. General admission free. Guided tours: adults $2.50, children $1

This 1916 building is the only surviving remnant of Little Harlem, an African American community that saw its heyday during the segregation era. By 1992, it was vacant and had a huge hole in its roof, and was subsequently restored to house Arkansas Flag and Banner. There is currently a movement to restore the Dreamland Ballroom [30] on the building's top floor, which once saw the likes of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, and many others, to its splendor.

Science and history museum with interactive exhibits. Great for kids. M-Sa 9AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM. Adults $6.35, children $5.85.

Gatson Bates Dr., +1 501 374-1957, [11]. M-Sa 9AM-4:30PM, Su 1PM-4:30PM. Free. This National Historic Site is dedicated to the Central High integration crisis of 1957. The visitor center houses a permanent exhibition on the event and the iconic facade of the school can be viewed from across the street. Reservations are mandatory to tour the school as it is an operating school, and you are asked not to enter it on your own.

Famous for having been in the introductory scenes of the movie Gone With the Wind (for about six seconds).

The Little Rock Marathon, started in 2003, is an annual marathon held in Little Rock, Arkansas. The event is intended to encourage better health and fitness and to raise funds for Little Rock Parks Recreation.

Live stage performances.

Located next to the Clinton Presidential Center, a nonprofit dedicated to caring for the earth and ending hunger and poverty. Visit their internationally recognized Green Headquarters building that has earned the highest LEED award. This is a great place to visit for everyone of all ages. Heifer Village [14], located behind the Heifer International Center, is an interactive museum and learning center designed to educate the public about a pristine, unspoiled world without poverty and hunger, the stated goal of Heifer International.