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City officials announce music lineup, new features for Sept. arts festival

ARKADELPHIA – Named Arkansas Festival and Events Association’s 2021 “Best New Festival or Event,” the Arkadelphia Festival of the Arts is coming back for year two! The two-day curated art, music and culinary festival will be held in downtown Arkadelphia September 23 and 24. Presented by Southwest Auto Collection, Music Row will feature a variety of artists specializing in country, rock, R&B, indie, pop and more.
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Community Needs Assessment Arkansas

by Rebecca Hanlin, Community Services Manager YELLVILLE - As part of our Community Needs Assessment, the State of Arkansas’ Department of Human Services and your local Community Action Agency are holding community forums to gather feedback from those we serve. To protect the health and well-being of community members, the community forums will be held virtually.
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Adventures on a Tankful

The Museum of Native American History was established downtown in 2006 as the Museum of Native American Artifacts. The collection quickly outgrew the space, and MONAH opened its current doors in June 2008.
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“Shoeing Horses Not A Lost Art!” Wallie Says

courtesy of the Mountain Echo Archives A sharp, melodious clang of hammer on anvil and Yellville’s only Blacksmith is “back in business!” Actually, Wallie Burleson, 65-year-old Marion County citizen, hasn’t been in any other “business” since he first learned the work under the late “Uncle John” Covington but, like all other professional men Wallie is happiest right at the time when he is pursuing his own trade. With a pair of tongs that’s seen many, many fires in his forge, Wallie grasps a plow and sticks it in the bellow-fire forge.
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