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On today's show, using data, photos, and videos to map historical wildfires in the Ozarks. Also, a multi-million dollar gift to Hendrix College. Plus, celebrating the tenth anniversary of Valley Inn.
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On today's show, a new conservation center is being built in east Fayetteville. Also, it’s been thirty years since “Gang Wars: Bangin’ in Little Rock.” Plus, a legendary Arkansas radio station that reached millions of listeners.
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Award-winning filmmaker Larry Foley visits the Carver Center for Public Radio to discuss his new documentary, "Cries from the Cotton Field." The film, which premieres May 8, follows Italian immigrants who move to Arkansas to work the Sunnyside cotton plantation.
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On today's show, a nature center in Fort Smith is getting some much-needed improvements. Also, learning more about Italian immigrants who left harsh conditions on a southern plantation to establish Tontitown. Plus, a trip through the world of ballads on a new edition of "Sound Perimeter."
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The new documentary “We Have Just Begun” about the 1919 Elaine Massacre and Dispossession in Phillips County, Arkansas, will be screened a week from tonight at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams visited with film creators Michael Wilson and Tonga Eisen-Martin about how this tragic incident of violence on Black citizens still acts as a continuing influence on the present.
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On this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, host Paul Gatling discusses how the arts power Northwest Arkansas' economy, another record-setting year for the Walmart AMP and a documentary from Bentonville outdoor apparel company LIVSN.
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Makenna Cofer made a pair of short documentaries while attending John Brown University. One was called “Part of the Kingdom” and shared the stories of queer students attending southern religious schools. Now based in New York, Cofer is creating a feature-length film of the same name. She spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about how old projects are informing her new film.
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"The Arkansas Accent Project" by Ben Corbett will be screened this autumn at film festivals in Hot Springs, Fayetteville and across the country. Corbett, an Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting in the University of Arkansas Theater Department, initiated the project four years ago.
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On today's show, filmmakers explore accents across Arkansas and what they mean. Also, the NWA Business Journal dives into why certain areas experience economic success. Plus, Little Rock Public Radio has a conversation with Maureen Corrigan.
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Maliya Gurel will be among those representing Arkansas next month at the National History Day National Competition in Washington D.C. Her documentary about Louise Thaden, an aviation pioneer and Bentonville native, won first place in its division in Arkansas.