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<title>J&amp;P Ranch Hayrides</title>\
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<title>Ben Whitehouse--Observation</title>\
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<title>Carry On</title>\
<description>June 6 - September 26, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Springdale, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History</description>\
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<title>First Saturday Flea Market and Bean Supper</title>\
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<title>Fruit Tours at Suzanne's Fruit Farm</title>\
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<title>Bridging the Gap</title>\
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<title>Star Spangled 4th of July Special</title>\
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<title>1968 in America</title>\
<description>June 26 - August 8, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Rogers, Rogers Historical Museum </description>\
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<title>Dripstone Trail Tour</title>\
<description>June 26 - September 7, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fifty Six, 15 miles northwest of Mtn. View, 1 mile east of Fifty Six</description>\
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<title>Discovery Trail Tour</title>\
<description>June 26 - September 7, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fifty Six, 15 miles northwest of Mtn. View on Hwy. 14, 1 mile east of Fifty Six</description>\
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<title>Wild Cave Tour</title>\
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<title>Dance in the Park After Dark</title>\
<description>June 26 - October 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Basin Spring Park</description>\
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<title>Friday Night Hootenanny</title>\
<description>June 26 - December 18, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Berryville, 302 On the Square, inside the Grandview Hotel</description>\
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<title>Ozark Mountain Hoedown Music Show</title>\
<description>June 26 - December 19, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Ozark Mountain Hoedown Music Theater</description>\
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<title>McGehee Farmer's Market</title>\
<description>June 26 - December 31, 2009&lt;br /&gt;McGehee, Gazebo Park</description>\
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<title>Fayetteville Farmer's Market</title>\
<description>June 27 - November 21, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fayetteville, Historic Downtown Square</description>\
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<title>Sunday Markets Long's Old Orchards &amp; Farms</title>\
<description>June 28 - November 1, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Highfill, 15210 Aubrey Long Road </description>\
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<title>Farmers Market -- Forrest City</title>\
<description>June 29 - November 30, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Forrest City, Forrest City Civic Center</description>\
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<title>City of Caraway 63rd Annual 4th of July Picnic</title>\
<description>June 30 - July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Caraway, City Park</description>\
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<title>35th Annual River Market Farmers' Market</title>\
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<title>65th Annual Rodeo of the Ozarks</title>\
<description>July 1 - 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Springdale, Parsons Stadium / Rodeo of the Ozarks</description>\
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<title>Movies in the Park</title>\
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<title>Rogers Farmers Market</title>\
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<title>Four Days Of Fun for Independence Day</title>\
<description>July 2 - 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Dardanelle, </description>\
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<title>60th Year Linda Stair Art Exhibit</title>\
<description>July 2 - 25, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith Art Center</description>\
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<title>4th of July Celebration</title>\
<description>July 3 - 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fairfield Bay, Village Mall and Marina</description>\
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<title>Old Time Gathering on the Square </title>\
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<title>Holistic Healing Weekend</title>\
<description>July 3 - 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, 86 Holiday Island</description>\
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<title>Free Music in Basin Spring Park</title>\
<description>July 3 - 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Basin Spring Park on Spring Street in historic downtown</description>\
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<title>July 4th Celebration</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Horseshoe Bend, Diamond B Mall, fireworks atop Turkey Mountain</description>\
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<title>Food, Fun and Fireworks</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Holiday Island, On the Island at Holiday Island</description>\
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<title>8th Annual Ventris Trail's End Resort's Fireworks Display</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Garfield, Marker number &quot;8&quot; on Beaver Lake</description>\
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<title>St. Benedict Church Picnic and Carnival</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Subiaco, Church parking lot</description>\
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<title> 5th Annual July 4th Blowout</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Perryville, Harris Brake Lake</description>\
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<title>4th of July Fireworks at Iron Mountain Lodge and Marina</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Arkadelphia, DeGray Lake</description>\
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<title>Independence Day with the Hartley Family on Mt Ida's Frontporch Stage</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mount Ida, On the courthouse lawn in beautiful Mt Ida</description>\
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<title>Fireworks &amp; Festival </title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Melbourne, Izard County Fairgrounds</description>\
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<title>Pops on the River</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, Riverfront Park Amphitheatre</description>\
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<title>Old West Film Fest</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Springdale, Shiloh Museum of Ozark History</description>\
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<title>4th of July Parade</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Spring Street in historic downtown.</description>\
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<title>Pangburn's Annual 4th of July Parade, Celebration &amp; Fireworks</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Pangburn, 800 Second Street</description>\
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<title>Greenwood Chamber of Commerce 5K Freedomfest Run</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Greenwood, 25 W. Center</description>\
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<title>Altus Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Altus, City Park on Highway 64</description>\
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<title>Rodeo of the Ozarks 4th of July Parade</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Springdale, Downtown Springdale - Emma Avenue</description>\
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<title>Fantastic Fourth Celebration</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;El Dorado, </description>\
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<title>4th of July Education Program</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith National Historic Site</description>\
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<title>65th Annual Rodeo of the Ozarks Parade</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Springdale, Downtown, Emma Avenue</description>\
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<title>Children's Patriotic Craft-making Event</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith Museum of History</description>\
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<title>Freedomfest</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Greenwood, On The Square</description>\
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<title>Fireworks Extravaganza</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Heber Springs, Sandy Beach</description>\
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<title>Community Fireworks Display</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Russellville, Old Post Road Park</description>\
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<title>11th Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Display</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, 7 miles south of Eureka Springs, on Scenic Highway 23</description>\
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<title>Fire Works Display</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Pocahontas, Riverfront Park</description>\
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<title>65th Annual Homecoming Picnic</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Corning, Wynn Park</description>\
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<title>Fireworks in the Park</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Salem, Salem City Park</description>\
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<title>Fun on the Fourth</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Paragould, Meet at Lake Ponder beach area.</description>\
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<title>Independance Day Celebration</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Bull Shoals, </description>\
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<title>10th Annual Sherwood's 4th of July Family Celebration</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Sherwood, Sherwood Forest</description>\
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<title>July 4th &quot;Celebrating Freedom&quot; Fireworks Display</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Booneville, Booneville High School Stadium</description>\
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<title>5K Freedom Run</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Jonesboro, Craighead Forest Park</description>\
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<title>Stand Up For America</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Nashville, City Park</description>\
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<title>Gentry Freedom Fest</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Gentry, Gentry City Park on West Main Street</description>\
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<title>Fireworks Show on the Lake Cherokee Village</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Cherokee Village, Lake Thunderbird Marine</description>\
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<title>Fire in the Sky</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Siloam Springs, Siloam Springs Airport</description>\
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<title>82nd Annual 4th of July Homecoming and Picnic</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Piggott, Picnic Grounds</description>\
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<title>Island Festival at DeGray Lake</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Arkadelphia, DeGray Lake</description>\
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<title>City of Van Buren Fireworks Show</title>\
<description>July 4, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Van Buren, Field of Dreams, just off I-40 at Exit 3</description>\
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<title>Fourth of July Celebration </title>\
<description>July 4 - 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fairfield Bay, Lakewood Mall and Fairfield Bay Marina</description>\
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<title>Concerts on The Frontporch Stage in Mt Ida</title>\
<description>July 4 - October 17, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mount Ida, Courthouse lawn in beautiful, rustic, downtown Mt Ida</description>\
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<title>Lucky 13 Outdoor Cinema</title>\
<description>July 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, One North Main</description>\
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<title>Webb Civil War &amp; Antique Collection</title>\
<description>July 5, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Prairie Grove, Hindman Hall</description>\
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<title>Commemoration of Execution</title>\
<description>July 6, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith National Historic Site</description>\
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<title>Adventure Day Camp</title>\
<description>July 7 - 9, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Greenbrier, </description>\
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<title>Bike Tours of Arkansas Post National Memorial</title>\
<description>July 7 - 14, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Gillett, Arkansas Post National Memorial Visitors Center</description>\
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<title>Bringing Nature Home with Doug Tallamy </title>\
<description>July 8, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fayetteville, Botanical Garden of The Ozarks</description>\
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<title>Dr. Jon Comedy Hypnosis </title>\
<description>July 8, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Little Rock, The Afterthought</description>\
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<title>Summer Scholars program</title>\
<description>July 8 - 24, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Pine Bluff, Arts &amp; Science Center for Southeas Arkansas, 701 Main St.</description>\
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<title>Bart Rockett-Up Close &amp; Personal </title>\
<description>July 8 - August 12, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Eureka Springs, 1905 Basin Park Hotel </description>\
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<title>Picture the Past Film and Lecture Series</title>\
<description>July 9, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Morrilton, Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, Petit Jean Mountain</description>\
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<title>Commemoration of Execution</title>\
<description>July 9, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Fort Smith, Fort Smith National Historic Site</description>\
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<title>Family Nature Photography Workshops</title>\
<description>July 9 - 16, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Gillett, Arkansas Post National Memorial Visitor Center</description>\
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<title>Colonial Kids Day -- Arkansas Post National Memorial</title>\
<description>July 10, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Gillett, Arkansas Post National Memorial Visitor Center</description>\
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<title>Kayak Koving</title>\
<description>July 10, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Mountain Pine, Marina Boat Ramp</description>\
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