Arkansas RuPaul's Drag Race Winner Symone Speaks on the Need for Queer Visibility

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Arkansas Drag Royalty Speaks on Need For Queer Visibility

Daniel Caruth

Arkansas-native and international drag performer Symone, says recent threats to drag performance in the state comes from a place of fear.

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Eurekans Protest Political Attacks on Arkansas' Drag and Trans Culture

Jacqueline Froelich

A proposed bill in the Arkansas legislature that would have classified drag performance as "adult entertainment" was amended last week to exclude the term "drag." On Saturday, a large crowd gathered in Basin Park in Eureka Springs to protest ongoing bias legislation by Arkansas lawmakers specifically targeting drag enthusiasts and trans Arkansans.

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Colson Whitehead Coming to UAFS

Kyle Kellams

Two-time Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead will be on the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith campus tomorrow night. Members of the campus community and residents around the region having been reading his novel "The Nickel Boys." An Evening with Colson Whitehead is Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Stubblefield Center on the UAFS campus.

Archives from the Pryor Center

Razorback Band: Marching Across History

Kyle Kellams

Last week's winter weather altered our usual schedules, so we don't have a new visit with Randy Dixon to explore the archives of the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. But we do have a previous segment from last August as we examine the history of the Razorback marching band.