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Your St. Patrick’s Day Roundup

With the green holiday being this Sunday, we’ve worked to make it easy for you to find fun things to do with a few of our favorite events this weekend:

• ShamROCK: March to downtown Saturday for the 23rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade presented by the Irish Cultural Society of Arkansas.

• Traditional Luck: Stick around Saturday post parade for "Dancing at the Crossroads”.

• 3rd St. Celebration: There is a weekend-long celebration as the businesses on 3rd Street come together to throw the ultimate St. Patrick's Day block party.

• Shamrock Soiree: Experience Authentic Irish Vibes at BoBrook Farm's River Bottom Winery during their St. Patrick's Day Celebration on Sunday.

• Shamrock Shuffle: The Ronald McDonald House of Arkansas is celebrating with the annual “Shamrock Shuffle 5k” at Two Rivers Park.

• Dirty Tricks: The LR Rail Yard and Outlaw Beer will have their Chuggin & Buggin classic with beer and crawfish to celebrate the occasion.

Have a great weekend and see you Monday! ☘️

Community

The Downtown Little Rock Master Plan Enters its Final Phase

A plan that started brewing last September and has since gone through two full planning phases is now about to go through its third and final round of input from he community.

• DT;LR: The Downtown Little Rock Master Plan is the first of its kind planning effort for Downtown Little Rock to create a strategic vision for growth and development in order to create a better future for downtown and its users.

• Your Voice Heard: Today is the final to submit your feedback, thoughts, opinion for the survey on the emerging strategies and focus areas.

Learn more about the process and master plan HERE.

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Events

Fashion & Philanthropy: Little Rock’s Best Dressed Ball

What might be Little Rock's finest fundraiser includes food, music, dancing, and a runway show announcing the city’s best dressed.

• And the Honoree’s are…: This year, the American Cancer Society and Little Rock’s Best Dressed recognized 20 community members for their contributions to red carpet and research.

• Fashion Forward: The fundraiser event, which isn’t until later this summer - June 14th - celebrates the work by American Cancer Society and local leaders who are ambassadors for the event.

Learn more about the gala and the fab 20 HERE.

Nonprofit Highlight

Firehouse Hostel Offers a Scavenger Hunt & Tour Through History

Built in 1917, old Fire Station 2, now The Firehouse Hostel and Museum sits in the oldest park in town. This weekend you can experience the new and the old.

• Join Our Little Rock for a historic neighborhood scavenger hunt and tour of the Firehouse Hostel and Museum. You can use an interactive map to take photos of your discoveries, share input on new construction in the district, find hidden historic streetscape features.

• The Firehouse Hostel and Museum will also be offering 30 min tours “to provide a sharing environment where cultures blend in learning about ourselves and the history of firefighting within the walls of a hostel.”

Read more about the weekend scavenger hunt and the historic site HERE.

Little Rock Daily Picks

In other news…

• Evening Entertainment: Celebrate Women’s History Month with an empowering list of movies at the CALS.

• The Planks: The new boardwalk addition to the Margaret Clark Treehouse in Riverfront Park is officially open.

• Highs and Lows: After a OT thriller last night against Vanderbilt, yesterday the Arkansas mens basketball team was knocked out of the SEC tourney.