Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: when you think of fertile ground for jazz you may think of New Orleans, Europe, New York City…but, Azerbaijan? Amina Figarova grew up listening to jazz in her childhood home in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s released a dozen albums and will close the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series this weekend. We'll hear from her later on the show. Plus…that extra "A" in Lake Atalanta in Rogers. Why the lake is called that isexplained in the latest edition of our series "What's in a Name?" And a wilderness water trail inside the Fort Smith city limits.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: when you think of fertile ground for jazz you may think of New Orleans, Europe, New York City…but, Azerbaijan? Amina Figarova grew up listening to jazz in her childhood home in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s released a dozen albums and will close the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series this weekend. We'll hear from her later on the show. Plus…that extra "A" in Lake Atalanta in Rogers. Why the lake is called that isexplained in the latest edition of our series "What's in a Name?" And a wilderness water trail inside the Fort Smith city limits.
Amina Figarova has 12 recordings and has performed with her quintet on the main stage of the Newport Jazz Festival. Friday night she closes the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series at Walton Arts Center.
The annual Secchi Day on Beaver Lake is this weekend. Events include a crowd-sourced process to test the clarity of the lake.
In the latest installment of our What's in a Name series, we explore the history of Lake Atalanta.A water trail along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith allows canoeists and kayakers a chance to experience some wilderness inside the Fort Smith city limits.
The goal of the Arkansas Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is that by 2020 all students will read at grade level by the third grade.An area school district that intended to arm teachers and other staff can no longer do so, after the board that issued a private security firm license to the Clarksville School District has revoked that license. The Arkansas State Police rolls out a fleet of new, more discreet cruisers. One of Springdale's farmers' markets closes, but could potentially reopen in the future. A non-profit aimed at serving women from disadvantaged situations gets ready to open in Rogers. And a new state law taking effect tomorrow means drivers will have to move over for more than just emergency personnel.
Ahead on the show: If you have a child anxious about attending a new school in a few days, we have three things that can help you ease a child into a new school year. Lynne Webb, a professor of communications at the University of Arkansas explains how skills that help reduce anxiety about school can be used the rest of your life. Plus the desire for a new fish hatchery in northwest Arkansas and Zeek Taylor explains why painting a simple black cat is harder than you might think. He’s the featured artist at the Norberta Philbrook Gallery in Bentonville for a new show opening tomorrow.Zeek Taylor discusses preparing for an art show in Bentonville, why he likes animals in his work and the difficulty involved with painting a black dog or white cat.
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the author of "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind." Plus, a report on recent changes for Kendrick Fincher Hydration for Life.
Joe Pitts has been digesting the blues for almost his entire life. This weekend he’ll play twice at Legacy Blues in Fayetteville and preside over a workshop at Bentonville Public Library.
Web Exclusive: Three More Questions With Joe Pitts
Beginning tonight, the world comes to Walton Arts Center.
Governor Beebe is in Rogers today making a big jobs announcement, warehouse workers were in Bentonville yesterday petitioning Walmart for better working conditions, and the city of Fort Smith officially wraps up expansions to its water treatment plant at Lake Fort Smith.
“All or Nothing (Jensen Sportag Remix)” by Au Revoir Simone
The Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas is commemorating the Morrill Act of 1862, which created land grant colleges across the U.S. We visit the UA’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center to talk with the director about the act, other enabling ag legislation and a celebration scheduled at the UA October 20th.
