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5:46 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

Maplewood Barn Theatre opens in rebuilt space

Credit Erin Margaret2 / Flickr
The Maplewood Barn Theatre's previous space was destroyed by a fire in April 2010.

The Maplewood Barn Theatre put on its first live show on Thursday evening in a newly rebuilt barn.

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Off the Clock
4:02 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

Como Gadget Works: Columbia's own hackerspace

When you imagine a hacker, you’re probably thinking of someone banging away at a keyboard, doing something shadowing and illegal on the internet.  These days a lot of hackers are banding together, and it’s far from illegal.  They’re forming groups called hackerspaces--community workshops where hackers (some of whom prefer the term “makers”) get together to build robots, modify electronics and socialize.

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Global Journalist
6:19 pm
Thu May 24, 2012

South African youth learn advocacy through journalism

Credit Photo courtesy of the Umuzi Photo Club
Students enrolled in the Umuzi Photo Club learn how to use their photography to document social and economic problems, like high unemployment and teenage pregnancy.

In poor areas of South Africa, trainers from a small organization called the Umuzi Photo Club give disposable cameras to high school students and teach them basic photography.

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The 40/40 Project
11:10 am
Wed May 23, 2012

KBIA visits Centralia, Missouri

Credit Ryan Famuliner / KBIA

Centralia is the second largest town in Boone County, with a population of about 4000. A small part of the today also stretches east into Audrain County. An employee at the unique one-stop-shop, Kinkead Pharmacy, tells us more about the town.

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Arts and Culture
3:59 pm
Tue May 22, 2012

Ragtag holds special screening to benefit Joplin

Credit Photo courtesy of Ragtag

To mark the one-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado, tonight Columbia’s Ragtag Cinema is screening a documentary that relives the days following the disaster.

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Arts and Culture
11:17 am
Mon May 21, 2012

Mapping our town with sound

Credit KBIA
A screenshot from the interactive Sonic ID map

Have you heard our Sonic IDs on KBIA? They are short audio portraits of life in and around mid Missouri in the form of stories, anecdotes and sounds of the community.

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CoMo Weekender
6:03 pm
Fri May 18, 2012

Still in CoMo ft sculptures, music and trails

No need for a mid-month slump here. Spend some time at Ragtag or Shakespeare’s. Or head to the trail. That’s what my whole summer is going to look like and so is your weekend. See below:

Gizmos n' Gadgets (Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.)

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