A free, online discussion tomorrow will focus on telling stories away from Hollywood and New York. The Arkansas Cinema Society is presenting the seminar featuring Jeff Nichols, writer and producer of films like Mud and Loving , and Emily Best, found and CEO of Seed & Spark.

This week's Sound Perimeter with Lia Uribe explores tango and features music from Anibal Troilo and Astor Piazzolla with "Volver," Chapeau (Valeria Martin and Daniela Mercado) with "Rhapsodia Bohemia" and "Ruta 40," and Carlos Gardel with "Por Una Cabeza."

Governor Asa Hutchinson delivered Wednesday's briefing from Russellville where he announced there were an additional 787 cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths. The number of hospitalizations also increase once again to 508. The governor said the testing numbers from the most recent monitoring period were lower than he would like to see with just more than 4,500 tests administered. Chicot County recorded the most new cases with 152, of which 145 are in a correctional facility. Sebastian County

On Tuesday, lawmakers on the Arkansas Legislative Council convened a special meeting to consider two funding requests from the Department of Health. One of the requests for $7 million dollars would be allocated to the Northwest Arkansas Council to carry out testing, contact tracing and case management programs that specifically target the Latinx and Marshallese communities. The funding comes from the $1.25 billion the state received from the federal CARES Act.

Arkansas Beverage Control has issued a citation to the Peacemaker Festival in Fort Smith, which took place over the weekend. According to ABC, the festival violated Health Department guidelines when some attendees failed to wear masks and practice social distancing.

Ever since Governor Asa Hutchinson issued an emergency order requiring the wearing of face coverings in public places to help stop the spread of COVID-19, signage and social media threads reveal a growing number of Arkansans are claiming both medical and constitutional grounds to remain mask-free.

Last night, the Springdale City Council decided to continue its discussion of creating a downtown entertainment district at its next meeting on Aug. 11. The proposal allows alcoholic beverages to be carried outside of participating businesses to be consumed within the downtown Springdale Outdoor Dining District between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily, so long as the beverage is in a designated cup.

After a string of cancellations this summer due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Mount Sequoyah Center in Fayetteville has been offering 'staycation' packages. The special rates give locals a chance to have a vacation without the risk of traveling far from home.

Most movies scheduled for summer release are on hold. Accomplice , however, will be screening at the 112 Drive-In tonight. It's a film about mountain biking that producers are slowly rolling out across the country.

Today's suggested reading features selections from Invisible Man , the 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison. The book addresses many issues faced by Black Americans and won the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction.