About UA Little Rock
Location: UA Little Rock is located in Little Rock, the state capital and business center. The university is close to internship, employment, cultural, and recreational opportunities such as sporting events at Verizon Arena, excellent hiking, fishing, biking, and other outdoor activities. Also near UA Little Rock is the River Market, with its restaurants, museums, shops, loft apartments, and Farmers Market. The River Market offers exciting nightlife options, including live bands, and concerts in the Riverfest Amphitheatre, central Arkansas’s premier outdoor concert venue.
Campus: The UA Little Rock campus spans 170 acres in midtown and includes more than 45 buildings, many of them state-of-the-art facilities. The library contains more than 400,000 volumes, 700,000 microfilm items, 8,300 audiovisual forms and CDs, and subscribes to 2,625 periodicals. Computerized library services include card catalog, inter library loan, and database searching. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, art galleries, radio station, television station, a wireless network that expands across campus, and speech and hearing clinic.
Little Rock Information:
For information about Little Rock, visit the city web site.
A historic city with lovely neighborhoods, fine museums and scenic parks, Little Rock welcomes visitors from around the world.
Relive the first days of Arkansas’ statehood at the oldest surviving capitol building west of the Mississippi. Take a picturesque drive through the historic Quapaw Quarter and view the Villa Marre, featured in the successful sitcom “Designing Women”. Visit historic Central High School or journey back in time to see how Arkansas’ first settlers tamed the new wilderness. Civil War sites, picturesque river walks, interactive museums and the new William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park are just a few of Little Rock’s many attractions. Also, don’t forget to stop by the Heifer International Center Green Building for a tour.
Tour Little Rock’s art galleries, historic sites, and museums. Take a ride on a beautiful riverboat, restored into an elegant replica of the grand steamboat era. Check out all the great places for family fun and events to see which local venues are featuring concerts, sporting events, the circus, the state fair, and much more!
If you enjoy the night life, Little Rock is the place to be.
Acoustic, techno, alternative, piano bars, rock, jazz, and country-we love music, and we’ve got it all. Open mike night, DJ’s, dance hits from the 70’s and 80’s and every genre in between, make up Little Rock’s eclectic mix of club entertainment. Check out the River Market District with its wealth of live music – conveniently located downtown, all within walking distance of each other. Concerts, live theater, chamber singers, symphony, ballet, children’s theater, Shakespearean festivals, or a dinner playhouse – you won’t be disappointed when you choose Little Rock as your nightlife destination.
Check out the River Market District with its wealth of live music – conveniently located downtown, all within walking distance of each other.
Concerts, live theater, chamber singers, symphony, ballet, children’s theater, Shakespearean festivals, or a dinner playhouse – you won’t be disappointed when you choose Little Rock as your nightlife destination.
Review concerts and performances, movie theaters, and the local music scene – and stay tuned, because things are always happening in Little Rock! And plan to stop by when you arrive in Little Rock. Don’t forget to send a personalized e-postcard to a friend.
Every season is the right season in Little Rock!
Our mild climate, natural beauty, and southern hospitality make Arkansas one of the nation’s most exciting places to visit year round. Plan your trip around a special event (like our popular Riverfest music festival in May or the State Fair in October) or use our Calendar to discover the fun happenings going on every season in the Capital City. The calendar includes concerts, exhibits, children’s events, theater, festivals, arts and crafts shows and more. Whether you are just passing through or planning a more leisurely stay, Little Rock cordially welcomes you.
