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== Arts and culture == === Annual cultural events === Every year on the last weekend of June, Malvern City Park hosts Brickfest, an event that fills the city with music, food and activities that include a brick toss, brick car derby, and a best-dressed brick contest. Malvern also hosts Malvern Cruise Nite once a month, and the Hot Spring County Fair and Rodeo each fall.<ref>{{ Cite encyclopedia |last= Schultz |first= Marvin |title= Malvern Brickfest |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2122 |encyclopedia= [[Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture]] |publisher= Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System |date= August 4, 2009 |access-date= May 2, 2014 }}</ref> === Tourism === History in Malvern can be found throughout the central city, including ten [[National Register of Historic Places]] listings.<ref name="nris" >{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> Located at 210 Locust Street in downtown Malvern, the [[art deco]] Hot Spring County Courthouse has been the center of county government since its construction in 1936.<ref>{{ cite web |author= Barry, Helen and Arkansas Historical Preservation Program |title= National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hot Spring County Courthouse |url= http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/!userfiles/HS0008.nr.pdf |date= November 7, 1996 |access-date= May 2, 2014 }}</ref> Also located downtown is the [[Bank of Malvern]] building, historically notable both for its distinct variation of [[Richardsonian Romanesque]] architecture and its importance in transitioning Malvern from an agricultural-based economy to one based on industry. The Hot Spring County Museum is located in the Boyle House at 302 East Third Street in Malvern.<ref>{{ cite web |title= Hot Spring County Museum/The Boyle House |url= http://www.arkansas.com/attractions/detail.aspx?id=18799 |publisher= Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism |access-date= May 2, 2014 }}</ref> Malvern hosts one of two whitewater parks in the state of Arkansas, located on the Ouachita River. (The other park is in [[Siloam Springs, Arkansas|Siloam Springs]].) Used for training Olympic kayakers and river rescue teams, the river-wide ledge runs year-round, and is dam-released. A [[zip line]] and nature hike are available along Ouachita Bend.
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