Ahead on this post-Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks, a discussion with the author of this year's selection for the "One Book, One Community" program in Fayetteville, and two Grammy nominees play inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this post-Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks, a discussion with the author of this year's selection for the "One Book, One Community" program in Fayetteville, and two Grammy nominees play inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.This fall Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, both Grammy nominees, came to northwest Arkansas to play a few shows. Their tour included a session inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
Pete Earley's book Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness was this year's One Book, One Community selection at the University of Arkansas. Earlier this month Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams., talked to him about the book in front of a live audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Ahead on this Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks: music, shopping and a holiday cocktail. We find out how local businesses work to attract shoppers in the midst of the Black Friday weekend. For music, we talk to Fort Smith native Josiah Hawley about his career after being a finalist on NBC's The Voice and his homecoming concert this weekend. Plus, Rosanne Cash discusses the work on her father's childhood home in Arkansas and get a preview of Aaron Diehl's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And our cocktail comes from a house in Fayetteville dedicated to creating unique drinks.
Rosanne Cash recently performed in Arkansas and discussed her upcoming album and the work to restore her father's childhood home.
We visit an owner and craft cocktail connoisseur of PH Alchemy who mixed up a couple of holiday drinks.
Aaron Diehl has earned accolades from Wynton Marsalis, The New York Times and Chicago Tribune. He'll perform twice December 7th at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Josiah Hawley has had quite a year. He was a finalist on the fourth season of NBC's The Voice, released a new single and recorded an original Christmas song. He's back home for a few days and will perform a benefit concert for the River Valley Food Bank.
The Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Rogers, and Nightbird Books are all participating in events designed to support local shopping this weekend including Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday.On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital. And we experiment with a new app that selects a color palette based on a song.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how the Office of Human Concern is helping low-income residents stay warm this winter. Plus, a conversation with a cast member of I Love Lucy Live on Stage.
The ground beneath your home, farm or forest is known as a mineral estate and in many cases someone else owns it. And those surface landholders on lucrative ground, such as the Fayetteville Shale, may be at risk. We hear from a mineral estates expert, affected landholder and state political activist seeking to pass a landholders bill of rights.
Students will be charged 25 percent more this year for health insurance compared to last year. Mary Alice Serafini, the director of the Pat Walker Health Center, and Pam Delaney, the student health insurance representative, explained these changes.
For more information: www.health.uark.edu/insurance.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net recaps runoff elections in Arkansas and more in our weekly business update.
Becca Martin Brown tells us about Monday Movie Mania at the Rogers Public Library and a few other inexpensive ways to keep ourselves entertained today.
Festival organizer Steven Gates and trumpeter Richard Rulli recently spoke to Kyle Kellams about the fifth concert in the KUAF/Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival. The performance is scheduled for 7:30 Thursday night inside the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
More information is available at http://www.fulbrightsummermusic.uark.edu
