Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."Ozarks At Large
Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."
Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication. Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala Sunday night at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that the latest tax revenue report for the city of Fort Smith has some good news, and the latest hospitality numbers in Northwest Arkansas look promising.We continue our series previewing this weekend's poetry festival at Nightbird Books. Katie Nichol grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and says she started writing poetry when she was about 12 years old:
For the past few months there have been meetings, open to the public, to discuss making Fayetteville a city of compassion. We met with two of the organizers of the meetings to find out what it might take for a more compassionate place.
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Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication.
This weekend more than 20 poets, both local and from out of town, will read their work during the Burning Chair Readings at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.Katy Hneriksen gives us a preview of this week's KUAF Sunday Symphony, as well as a look at this month's Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Wildlife biologist and nature recordist, Joe Neal, provides a lesson in upside down birding. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir, is published by Half-Acre Press. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us how we can view Venus in transit later today or watch a free movie at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Collaboration between northwest and central Arkansas interests hopes to promote film production in the state. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has the details.
“Venus” by John Coltrane
Our history doctor Bill Smith joins us to explain the origins of “Lin-sanity,” why Tim Tebow is really a rebel and how his popularity can be connected, in sorts, to periods of American history more than a century ago.
The state is the first in the country to implement a smart 911 system. The adoption of the new system across the state was announced yesterday at the state capitol by elected officials and representatives of Arkansas’ fire, police and EMS first responders. Nathan Vandiver from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock filed this report.
Gas prices in Arkansas fall; dry conditions have Arkansas Forestry Commission on high alert for forest fires; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Comptine D’un Autre Ete L’Apre” by Yann Tiersen
