2/04/26 - 2/04/26 - Extension Homemakers Council Community Coffee, Celebrating 110 Years! - 9:30am-11:00am
2/04/26 - 2/04/26 - UAHT Chancellor Meet & Greet - 9:00-11:30
Meet the new Chancellor at University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana
2/05/26 - 2/05/26 - Black Sheep Plumbing Ribbon Cutting - 10:00am
2/05/26 - 2/05/26 - Sip, Shop, & Share the Love "Ladies Night Out" - 4:00pm-6:30pm
Downtown retailers will offer in-store shopping & sipping fun! HDN is encouraging everyone to dine dowtown as well. There will be 3 opportunites to gain entries into a drawing for a prize basket.
2/05/26 - 2/05/26 - Republican Candidate Forum - 6:00pm
2/09/26 - 2/09/26 - New Event -
2/11/26 - 2/11/26 - ROCOH Day Services Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
2/12/26 - 2/12/26 - The Cottage House of Beauty Ribbon Cutting - 10:00am
2/12/26 - 2/12/26 - NAACP 117th Founders Day Recognition - 3:00 p.m.
117 years strong. 117 years of fighting for justice. 117 years of shaping history.Today, YOUR LOCAL NAACP 6012B HOPE-HEMPSTEAD CO. BRANCH celebrates the legacy, resilience, and power of US & @NAACP. #FoundersDay #blackexcellence
2/14/26 - 2/14/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
2/14/26 - 2/14/26 - Backyard Birding - 10:00 am
The birds of a feather must flock together. Join us for a free introductory birding class, during which a ranger will help guide participants through making an organic birdfeeder.This is a free event and all ages are welcome!
2/17/26 - 2/17/26 - Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church Spaghetti Lunch & Supper - 11:00am-7:00pm
2/18/26 - 2/18/26 - Unity Baptist Church Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
2/19/26 - 2/19/26 - The Discovery Center Ribbon Cutting - 2:00pm
2/21/26 - 2/21/26 - Fulton volunteer fire department fundraiser - 5:00pm
Fulton Arkansas volunteer fire department fundraiser!! Meal donation minimum 15.00Meal includes:Fish fry with trimmingsPinto beansColeslawHush puppiesDessert DrinkCondimentsThere will be an auction during the meal! If you want to donate please contact Teena Elmore 870-331-6911Or come to the Fulton VFD at: 4252 HWY 355 South in Fulton, Arkansas! Looking forward to seeing you there!
2/26/26 - 2/26/26 - Yerger presents Celebrating History Through Education - 4:00pm-5:30pm
2/26/26 - 2/26/26 - Beads, Bags, and Beachin' Good Time - 6:00-9:00 pm
BBB presents Beads, Bags, and Beachin' Good Time. It's the 19th annual fundraiser for the UAHT Foundation.Contact the UAHT Foundation for more information at 870-722-8516.
2/28/26 - 2/28/26 - Trial by Jury Dinner - 6pm--9pm
Experience 19th century justice in Washington as you take part in our "Trial by Jury" series. This vibrant re-enactment of a murder trial from 1844 is one to remember! The evening will begin with a meal at Williams' Tavern Restaurant and then you will proceed to the trial drama. Reservations are required. Guests will be seated family style with other guests. $35 per person. Reservations required. Contact the park visitor center at 870-893-2684.
3/04/26 - 3/04/26 - KMHA Community Coffee -
3/06/26 - 3/07/26 - 2025 Paul W. Klipsch Birthday Bash - Various
Klipsch Museum of Audio History Celebrates Milestones during
PWK Birthday Bash Fund Raiser
Join the Klipsch Museum of Audio History on March 6 – 7, 2026, in Hope, AR, for
the Paul W. Klipsch (PWK) Birthday Bash Spring fund raising event. This year the
Museum celebrates 80 years of the Hope Klipsch Factory producing the world-
renowned Klipschorn loudspeaker and ten years since the Museum formed as a non-
profit organization.
The Museum’s celebration begins Friday, March 6, by honoring PWK with a
wreath laying ceremony at his gravesite within Rose Hill Cemetery, 1005 N. Hazel St.
The festivities continue Friday afternoon with speaker demonstrations and listening
sessions at the Klipsch Museum Visitor Center, 403 W. Division St, and the Paul W.
Klipsch Auditorium, 206 W Avenue H, all free to the public. That night, the Museum
serves a BBQ dinner for $20 per person and conducts its annual membership meeting
at the Visitor Center.
Saturday, March 7, all events happen at the Visitor Center. Klipsch Heritage
Brand Ambassador Mike Dyer presents PWK’s sound of science with speaker
demonstrations. Klipsch historian and Museum Curator Jim Hunter leads van tours ($50
per person) with stops at the Museum, the Southwest Proving Ground where PWK
worked for the Department of Army and began designing loudspeakers, and the Hope
Municipal Airport where PWK debuted the Klipschorn in 1945 during a World War II
victory dance.
The A-State Corvette Association hosts a car show free for the public Saturday
afternoon at the Visitor Center. The celebration culminates with the Hope Lions Club
fish fry dinner and concert by Hope-area rockers Hazy Jayne ($25 per person).
Purchase tickets from the Museum’s website – klipschmuseum.org.
All proceeds support the Museum’s mission to maintain PWK’s collections and
archives and to use PWK’s science of sound to encourage science, technology,
engineering, art, and mathematics education. The Museum hopes to raise $5,000
during this annual fund-raiser.
In 1946, PWK founded Klipsch and Associates in Hope, AR, now Klipsch Group,
Inc. Klipsch remains a leading loudspeaker company in the United States and a world
leader in premium quality audio products. The company’s official motto, “A Legend in
Sound,” has also been applied to PWK who was eulogized as “a great inventor,
engineer, scientist, pilot and legendary eccentric.”
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Granted twelve patents in acoustics along with eight in geophysics and three in
ballistics, PWK had a revolutionary vision for audio design. He established acoustic
principles that pioneered American hi-fidelity sound systems and created the longest-
running loudspeaker produced in the United States with the Klipschorn.
In 2016, a group of Klipsch devotees including PWK’s former associate and
historian organized as the Klipsch Heritage Museum Association doing business as the
Klipsch Museum of Audio History, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Since then, the
Museum has shared PWK’s science of sound and loudspeakers with thousands of
people from around the world in downtown Hope, AR, helping boost tourist spending in
the area.
Need more information about the celebration? Interested in taking a tour? Want
to volunteer at the Museum? Email the Museum at info@klipschmuseum.org.
The Museum’s mission and vision is to foster interest in science, technology,
engineering, arts, and mathematics using Paul W. Klipsch’s science of sound and to
restore, preserve, maintain, and display Klipsch and Klipsch-related artifacts and
archival materials for research and educational purposes.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, March 6 – Some of Today’s Events Require Pre-Purchased Ticket
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Paul W. Klipsch Grave Wreath Laying - Rose Hill Cemetery – Free
Public Event
2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Speaker Demonstrations and Listening Sessions – Klipsch Museum
Visitor Center and Paul W. Klipsch Auditorium – Free Public Event
5 p.m. BBQ Dinner – Visitor Center – Dinner Ticket Required $20 per person
6 p.m. Annual Museum Membership Meeting - Visitor Center Home Theater Room –
Free Public Event
Saturday, March 7 – Some of Today’s Events Require Pre-Purchased Ticket
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. PWK’s Science of Sound Presentation by Klipsch Heritage Brand
Ambassador Mike Dyer – Included with Tour Ticket
1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Van Tour starting from Visitor Center with Museum Curator Jim Hunter of
the Klipsch Museum of Audio History, Southwest Proving Grounds, and Hope Municipal
Airport – Tour Ticket Required $50 per person
12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Speaker Demonstrations and Listening Sessions at Visitor Center and
A-State Corvette Association Classic Car Show – Free Public Event
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Hope Lions Club Fish Fry and Hazy Jayne Concert at Visitor Center –
Dinner Ticket Required $25 per person
3/07/26 - 3/07/26 - Plowing Workshop - 9am--3pm
Experience a taste of 19th century agriculture with Historic Washington’s Plowing Workshop. This hands-on event will put our visitors behind a real horse and plow where they will find out if they have what it takes to make a straight row like people did 150 years ago. Free admission.
3/11/26 - 3/11/26 - Brazzel Oakcrest Funeral Home Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
3/11/26 - 3/15/26 - Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Facebook Auction -
3/12/26 - 3/12/26 - Celebrating History Through Education Yerger Museum/Yerger EAST Open House - 10:am-12:00pm
3/14/26 - 3/14/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
3/14/26 - 3/14/26 - A Homestead Garden Workshop - 10am--3pm
Learn how to prepare a Spring garden like historic homesteaders. Join our park gardener in a hands-on workshop geared toward basic historical gardening techniques. $25 per person. Reservations required. Contact the park visitor center at 870-983-2684.
3/14/26 - 3/15/26 - Introduction to Forging Workshop - 9am--4pm
Join the park smiths at the forge for a hands-on class covering the basic operations of blacksmithing. Participants will make simple art objects and more functional objects with the beauty that only hand forging can give iron and steel! Materials and tools are supplied. The minimum age is 16 (accompanied by an adult). $200 per person. Reservations required. Contact the park visitor center at 870-983-2684.
3/18/26 - 3/18/26 - Hope Auto Ford Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
3/20/26 - 3/21/26 - Debra McMasters Softball Tournament -
High School Softball Tournament
3/20/26 - 3/21/26 - Jonquil Festival -
3/25/26 - 3/25/26 - SignatureCare ER Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
4/01/26 - 4/01/26 - Evening Lions Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
4/02/26 - 4/02/26 - City of Hope Easter Egg Hunt - 5:45 pm
Parks and Rec Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the Soccer Complex this year. Back up location due to weather will be the Hope Rodeo Arena at Fair Park.
4/04/26 - 4/04/26 - Chicken Processing Workshop - 9am--10am
Staff will demonstrate the method used by Washington’s early settlers to prepare a chicken for cooking. This free workshop will be held at the Sanders Barnyard. Free admission.
4/08/26 - 4/08/26 - Junior Auxiliary of Hope Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
4/11/26 - 4/11/26 - Senoritas & Margaritas presented by Junior Auxiliary of Hope - 6:00pm
4/11/26 - 4/11/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
4/13/26 - 4/13/26 - Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting & Banquet - 5:00pm
4/15/26 - 4/15/26 - Tima Brown with Young & Thornton Insurance Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
4/22/26 - 4/22/26 - Garrett Memorial Christian School Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
4/24/26 - 4/25/26 - James Black's Bowie Heritage Festival -
4/25/26 - 4/25/26 - Kids Fishing Derby - 9:00 am
Kids fishing derby 15 years old and under- Fair Park at Huckabee Lake- Free- Registration starts at 8:30 am fishing 9:00 am - 11:00 am
5/02/26 - 5/02/26 - Hope Train & Trade Day - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free Public Event- Kids Activities, Live Music, Car Show, Rib Cook Off, Vendors
5/06/26 - 5/06/26 - Hope Water & Light Water Week Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
5/09/26 - 5/09/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
5/13/26 - 5/13/26 - Heather Manor Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
5/20/26 - 5/20/26 - Townsend Outdoors Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
5/27/26 - 5/27/26 - CPS EAST Community Coffee -
6/03/26 - 6/03/26 - First United Methodist Church Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
6/10/26 - 6/10/26 - Black Sheep Plumbing Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
6/13/26 - 6/13/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
6/17/26 - 6/17/26 - Hope Auto Chevrolet Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
6/24/26 - 6/24/26 - Ana's Grooming Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
7/01/26 - 7/01/26 - ROCOH Children's Services Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
7/04/26 - 7/04/26 - Sparks Fly in July -
Free Admission to the Public- Live Music, Kids Activities, Food Trucks and Fireworks
7/11/26 - 7/11/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
7/29/26 - 7/29/26 - Watermelon Festival Royalty Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
8/03/26 - 8/03/26 - Watermelon Festival Parade - 6:00pm
8/04/26 - 8/04/26 - Watermelon Festival Pageant -
8/06/26 - 8/08/26 - 50th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival -
8/08/26 - 8/08/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:00am
8/19/26 - 8/19/26 - Beryl Henry Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
9/02/26 - 9/02/26 - Hempstead County Fair Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
9/12/26 - 9/12/26 - Hope Evening Lions Food Pantry - 9:30am-11:00am
9/16/26 - 9/16/26 - United Way Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
9/23/26 - 9/23/26 - Leadership Hope-Hempstead County Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
9/30/26 - 9/30/26 - The CALL Community Coffee - 9:30am-11:00am
10/03/26 - 10/03/26 - Taste of Hope - 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
"Taste of Hope" is Hope Downtown Network's signature event. It takes place every year on the first Saturday in October. The event spotlights and showcases restaurants and eateries throughout Hope and Hempstead County. Activities include, Bingo, Mural Painting, Auction, and Voting for the next HDN project. The 4th Annual Taste of Hope theme and all theme-driven activities will be announced at a later date.