Community Event

Registration is now open for the Missouri Invasive Plant Council’s Callery Pear Buyback program. Participants who cut down one or more of the invasive trees on their property and provide a picture of it will receive a free native tree on April 21.

Filmmakers from across the country will soon have their work shown in Webb City. The annual Uplift Film Fest expanded this year and will feature films from 18 different states. KRPS’s Raegan Neufeld recently spoke with festival organizer Steve Head about what attendees can expect.

Southeast Kansas residents gathered at the Miners Hall Museum on Sunday for information about the historic walking dragline.

Patrons can now check out materials from the Frontenac Public Library. A ribbon cutting ceremony and open house were held on Nov. 11 to celebrate the opening.

Hispanic Route on September 27 was the fifth event in this year’s Hispanic Music Festival. It started with a block party in the afternoon at the Pritchett Pavilion that featured music and dance performances from local talent, a food truck and vendors.

A Page 618 Walking Dragline, a unique piece of coal mining equipment, will be moved this fall from Cherokee County to Franklin, where it will be preserved by the Miners Hall Museum. The museum held a program on July 26 for attendees to learn more about the machine.

Over 100 years after bison were eradicated in Missouri, a small herd was reintroduced to Prairie State Park in the 1980s. Today, it’s one of the two herds accessible to the public throughout the state. Approximately 50 bison freely roam three-quarters of the park’s land, and once a month, visitors have a unique opportunity to see them.

The Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra will be at the Cornell Complex on April 12, performing their original scores for the Buster Keaton silent films “The High Sign” and “Sherlock Jr.”

Anderson will perform songs from her new album, “Get to Somewhere,” which is inspired by her experience growing up in Pittsburg.

The eighth annual event is a way for the Joplin community to sample food from different cultures and religions.