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The new documentary “COLBERT: All Students Can Learn” is dedicated to recently-retired Fayetteville School District superintendent Dr. John L. Colbert. Last week, the film’s director, Mike Day, came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to talk with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about how he turned hours of interviews and footage into the movie while he and his wife welcomed their third child into their home.

Small businesses, nonprofits and residents in western Benton County will soon be able to visit a temporary Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Decatur. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis contacted the agency to learn more about the services available at the location.

The first issue of “The Queer South” will be published soon with the deadline for submission approaching. Sophia Nourani speaks with Reid Pinckard, founder of the zine and a senior at the University of Arkansas, and Bryland Cole, the publication’s visual director, to discuss the zine’s mission and content.

College classes are starting back up, and enrollment is holding strong at institutions across the region.

Cody Yancey is the proprietor of Yancey’s Dickson Street Dogs in Fayetteville. But he’s also well known for being a beacon of safety for anyone in the area who needs a helping hand. He recently spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Caleb Burkholder and says, like a lot of good things, the hot dog stand happened organically.

On today's show, college classes are starting back up, with enrollment holding firm at institutions across the region. Also, we learn the "Queer South" zine wants to uplift and empower queer Southern voices. Plus, northwest Arkansas-based DJ SH33P is ready to perform on a big stage.

Saturday night, one of the biggest names in electronic music and DJing, deadmau5, will be at The Momentary Green in Bentonville. Opening for deadmau5 will be northwest Arkansas-based DJ SH33P. He earned the opening slot through a selection process of both deadmau5 and local fans. Last Friday, the morning after he found out he had earned the gig, he came to the Carver Center for Public Radio.

The annual Explosion Chinelera is a vibrant, daylong festival that fills northwest Arkansas traditions of Morelos, Mexico. This year's event featured a band that filled Shiloh Square in Springdale with energetic music and dancers in colorful costumes whirling to the beat. Ozarks at Large invited Alma Altimirano, with dance group Chinelos Morelenses, to the Carver Center for Public Radio.

Next month’s Funk Festival will be held at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. From 3-8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22, bands like Funk Factory and Rodney Block Collective will bring the funk to raise money for Arkansas Support Network. It’s ASN’s inaugural Funk Festival, and Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams asked Terri Pegue about the event and the organization.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" celebrates music inspired by children, where innocence and playfulness meet the genius of skilled composition. We hope you feel the joy and wonder of a child’s world and the profound depth of the music we chose to represent it.