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🌱 Could you match this Hot Springs duo’s 52-park adventure?
Hot Springs, Arkansas Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Hot Springs! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could you match this Hot Springs duo’s 52-park adventure?
- How Hot Springs’ documentary festival became a global film destination
Also on today's calendar: Rotary Means Business November Event - Arkansas Central and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Monday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 74 and low of 68 degrees.
- Tuesday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 73, low: 53.
- Wednesday: Cloudy and less humid, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Hot Springs Pair Visits All 52 State Parks in 52 Weeks (arkansasradio.com) — Two Hot Springs residents, Steve Campbell and Erin Baber, just completed visits to all 52 Arkansas state parks in a single year, earning a spot in the free Club 52 rewards program. Their journey highlights how locals can use the Arkansas State Parks Passport to collect stamps, earn prizes, and explore parks from the Ouachitas to the Ozarks, many within easy driving distance of Hot Springs. 
• 2026 Hot Springs International Documentary Film Festival Recap (cinemascholars.com) — Hot Springs just wrapped up the 35th annual Hot Springs International Documentary Film Festival, the long-running all-documentary event that’s put the town on the global film map. This year’s lineup ranged from music-focused stories like the Darlene Love documentary to hard-hitting films about Gaza and social issues, underscoring how this hometown festival has grown into a major international showcase for truth-telling cinema.
📸 Around Hot Springs
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Arkansas State Championships →
Hot Springs
Thursday November 5
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Other local events
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Basketball: (8 | 9 | HS) Blue v Gold Scrimmage | Complex
Lakeside Primary School Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
6:00 pm -
SMART Start | School Day Begins at 8:30 am
LAKESIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (GARLAND) Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
8:00 am -
Cross Country: (HS) State Meet | Oaklawn
Lakeside Intermediate School Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
8:30 am -
I Can! Dance | MS Multipurpose Room
Lakeside Middle School Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
4:30 pm -
Rotary Means Business November Event - Arkansas Central →
Courtyard By Marriott, 200 Marriott Court, Hot Springs
5:30 pm -
FB vs Two Rivers
Cutter-Morning Star Sch. Dist. Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
7:00 pm -
Gavin Harper at J&S Italian Villa →
J&S Italian Villa, 4332 Central Ave B, Hot Springs
7:00 pm -
Career Fair
Cutter-Morning Star Sch. Dist. Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
7:30 am -
Choir (JH) All Region Clinic | FBC Hot Springs
Lakeside Primary School Hot Springs National Park, AR 71901
4:30 pm -
Gavin Harper at Jose's Mexican Grill →
Jose's Mexican Grill, 5361 Central Avenue, Hot Springs
5:30 pm -
Jazzoetry on Vinyl DJ Set →
Static, 246 Ouachita Avenue, Hot Springs
7:00 pm
Tuesday November 3
Wednesday November 4
Thursday November 5
Friday November 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- We're pumped for trick-or-treaters this year!
We'll be ready whenever you swing by, even late. We will start at 6p.m and go til the candy is gone. Happy Halloween and be safe! #TreatMap (Nextdoor Midtown) - There is an emergency vehicle on Malvern Ave...
There is an emergency vehicle on Malvern Ave reported at 3:55 PM. "Ambulance on scene" (Nextdoor )
- SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser Team Lead in Hot Springs Village. Apply here.
- Systems, LLC posted a job opening for Custodian and Facilities Maintenance Associate - 2nd Shift in Malvern. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hot Springs here.
🗞 Nearby News
Malvern
- Leopards tough play falls short on the road to unbeaten conference rival Nashville (malvern-online.com)
Arkadelphia
- Southeastern Snags Road Win over Henderson State, 35-27 (d2football.com)
- A pox on them all (arkansasonline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "You're in a room with a mirror and a table, but no windows or a door. How do you get out?" — Look in the mirror and see what you saw, take the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, climb out of the hole. (Thank you Mary K. for sending it in!)
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