Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
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Jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller will perform inside Starr Theatre at Walton Arts Center this Friday. Fuller spoke with KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg about her career and music.
“Look before You Leap” by Derrick Morgan
Megan Bassing, who teaches English at Gravette High School, volunteered time last year to help clean up Joplin after the deadly tornado. Bassing shares her thoughts about her experience.
(Music used in the essay, in order: “Brothers” by Ry Cooder; “Exit Music” by Brad Mehldau; “Aragon” by Brian Eno; and “Spritual” by Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny)
We end our four-part series on the important role of social workers in our lives--from education to end of life. We visit with two hospice social workers and hear from Buddy Hawkins (photo), who lost his wife, Cindy, to ALS last summer.
The National Child Protection Training Center on the Northwest Arkansas Community College campus received $500,000 from the Walmart Foundation last Friday.
“New Chautauqua” by Pat Metheny
