After nearly a decade of serving Fayetteville, Apple Blossom Brewing Co. will close for good on Apr 22, but the brewing must go on! Flyway Brewing out of North Little Rock will soon take over the space.

• Fond memories: Apple Blossom opened in 2013 and won over the area with delicious eats like the ABBC Burger and Fayettedaze Beer Cheese-loaded fries. The restaurant closed during the 2020 pandemic and opened under new ownership in 2021.
• Migration: Flyway Brewing began in North Little Rock in 2015 and has grown popular even in various NWA restaurants and bars. We're excited about what they will add to the local NWA brewing community as they migrate north.

Swing by Apple Blossom this week to raise a glass to good times, take down one last plate of loaded fries, and get ready to welcome Flyway Brewing HERE.

There are several opportunities to enjoy the beauty of dance and ballet in NWA, beginning with Visceral Dance Chicago performing tonight at Walton Arts Center, Ozark Ballet Theater's Snow White this weekend, and NWA Ballet Theatre's Radiant, showing six times in four venues over the next month.

• Apples: Ozark Ballet Theater presents Snow White this weekend Apr 22-23, at the Medium in Springdale, a classic fairytale ballet inspired by the Walt Disney animation and featuring choreography by Vadim Fedotov, set design by Katie Stasse and music composed by Bogdan Pavlovsky.
• Gleaming: The Northwest Arkansas Ballet Theatre's spring tour of Radiant, featuring five pieces by new artistic director, Stephen Wynne, will be performed across four cities, the first show set for Apr 29 at the Fayetteville Public Library.

Keep up with the local ballet and dance on social media by following Ozark Ballet Theater HERE and NWA Ballet Theatre HERE.

Multiple schools across Northwest Arkansas have earned top ranks in Niche's 2023 school rankings, adding to the reasons NWA is one of the best places to live.

• Public: In public education, Haas Hall ranked #2 in the state, and Bentonville High School was #5. Eight of Arkansas's top ten public high schools are in Northwest Arkansas, each making the list for their college prep, STEM programs, diversity, and excellent teachers. 
• Private: Niche named Bentonville's Thaden School the best private school in Arkansas for its excellent academics, diversity, teachers, student activities, and college prep.

See where your school ranked on Niche's 2023 Best Schools HERE. 

The Scott Family Amazeum will welcome a new exhibit called LOOP this Friday, Apr 21, which will be free for the public to enjoy in the museum's parking lot from 8a-10p until May 11.

• Loop de loop: Created by Olivier Girouard, Jonathan Villeneuve, and ottoblix, LOOP reimagines the 19th-century technologies of the zoetrope, music box, and handcar, and fuses them into a retro-futuristic motion picture machine powered by human movement. 
• First look: LOOP will premiere during the Amazeum's Ungala on Apr 21, the museum's annual FUNdraiser, where adults 21+ are invited for a night of kid-hearted fun and philanthropy.

Plan your visit to the Amazeum and find tickets for the Ungala HERE.

If engagement is on the horizon, but you don’t know the first thing about buying a ring, the team at Underwood Fine Jewelers can guide you through the process, from planning a ring budget to making your proposal. 

• Where to start: Underwoods’ guide on How To Buy An Engagement Ring walks you through the process of purchasing a ring so you’ll feel more confident walking into the store. It covers the 4 C’s of diamonds, their different shapes, what metal to choose, and even tips to discover your fiancé's style. 
• Getting measured: Once you’ve covered all of that, you still have to figure out the ring size! If you’re trying to keep things a secret, here are some clever ideas on How To Get Her Ring Size. 

Underwoods has been a part of couples’ engagement stories since 1957. Start your engagement story with them HERE. (Or be super bold and forward this email to your boyfriend 😬💍👰🏻‍♀️)