On today's edition, we learn about counterfeit bills, and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame announces its newest inductees. Plus, an increase in Arkansas unemployment, the Walton Arts Center announces new shows, and we preview Film Score Friday.
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PJ Robowski, KUAF's music director, discusses music from the movie Pollock (a biography of abstract painter Jackson Pollock), which will be heard on tomorrow's Film Score Friday.
One of the most vocal supporters of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, Lt. Governor Bill Halter, talked with us on the one-year anniversary of the lottery's launch.
For the first time in recent memory, six, count 'em, six candidates have filed for the position of Mayor of Eureka Springs -- population 2,300. The winner will replace current Mayor Dani Joy, who is not seeking re-election because she wishes to devote herself full time to her family's restaurant business. Jacqueline Froelich sorts through the list of contenders.This month's First Friday in Bentonville embraces brats, polkas and the chicken dance. More information is available at www.downtownbentonville.org.
On this edition of Friday Ozarks at Large, we talk about the second opera in this season's John Harrison Opera Foundation series, get a preview of tomorrow's Eurekapalooza, and continue our series on great openings.
The inaugural music festival will benefit Clear Springs School. Stevie Tombstone is one of the scheduled performers and he spoke with Ozark at Large's Antoinette Grajeda earlier this week.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
Springdale moves forward with parks projects tied to a recently approved bond issue, Benton County organizes its own hazmat service, the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas receives top recognition.
"Less" by The Beautiful Girls
A poll conducted just hours and days after the general election gives us a hint of what Arkansas voters were considering when casting votes. Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business has more.
There are several special holiday fairs and sales going on in the coming days and weeks. One such event is the Block Street Christmas Bizarre, coming up this Sunday. Ozarks at Large’s Timothy Dennis speaks with Hannah Withers, president of the Block Street Businesses Association about the event.
Maser, a Dublin native, is creating a series of works in our region. His mural of William O. Darby can be seen in downtown Fort Smith and a exhibit of other works can be seen tomorrow night in Fayetteville.
"Raymond Chandler Evening" by The Aqua Velvets
Sean Jones is a young man, but already his resume includes being lead trumpeter with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and worldwide tours. Saturday night he plays two shows at Walton Arts Center.
