If you are unsure of what Zumba Fitness is, you'll soon have a chance to find out...and for a good cause.
Ozarks At Large
Don't let anybody tell you there is nothing to do. Six times a week, including this conversation, Becca Bacon Martin offers up possibilities for entertainment.
We spend time in the Cafe Rue Orleans kitchen as we prepare for Thursday's Chefs in the Garden at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks.
From last week's debate between the major party candidates for US Senate, a question about tax cuts.
Eleven architecture students and their professor, spent a portion of their summer vacation in Fayetteville repairing and documenting the family home of noted architect Fay Jones, who passed away in 2004.
For their effort they won a coveted prize and the knowledge they've helped preserve an icon. Jacqueline Froelich brings us their story.
To learn more about the work and life of Fay Jones visit the University of Arkansas Mullins Library special collections section on line at libinfo.uark.edu--many thanks to curator Ellen Compton.
Democrat Blanche Lincoln and Republican John Boozman respond to the first question from last week's debate in Little Rock.
All week long on the air and on the web we'll hear more from the debate in Little Rock. Here are the candidates' answers to another question from that debate.
All week long on the air and on the web we'll hear more from the debate in Little Rock. Here are the candidates' answers to another question from that debate.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large we find out about a new, faster way to send out alerts about missing children. Plus, we get ready for a packed weekend with Becca Bacon Martin of What's Up, learn about those hot air balloons over Harrison and welcome Mike Block and his cello into the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Mike Block has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Darol Anger, Mark O'Connor and many other great musicians. He's helping the world re-think the cello. He performs tonight on the University of Arkansas campus and Thursday he came to KUAF to talk and perform inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. For more about Mike, www.mikeblock.net.
This week's Saturday Market in Fayetteville has art, local food, live music and a new cookbook.
Amber Alerts, "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" are issued by law enforcement when a child is abducted. But even more expedient rapid response alert systems are emerging, pushed by smart phones--to help save even more children. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
To learn more visit achildismissing.org and to sign on to the AMBER alert wireless system go to amberalert.gov.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, December 2, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, a united effort to protect the single largest source of drinking water in northwest Arkansas. The Beaver Watershed Alliance wants to use information, muscle and policy to protect the water around us. Plus the Fayetteville Jazz Collective is getting ready for a big holiday concert.
Robert Ginsburg talked to Marian McPartland when she visited Fayetteville in 1990.
"I Love You" by Mariam McPartland
A mother-daughter duo turned a hobby into a business, then turned a need into an economic incubator. Christina Thomas has more on the locally made clothing line From Jane.
"Cups" by Anna Kendrick
Becca Martin Brown’s daughter will participate in the Second Northwest Arkansas Angel’s Pageant in Bentonville.
KUAF's Katy Henriksen recently traveled to Chicago for the annual Pitchfork Music Festival. Here's some of the sound she found there.
Opposing sides give their views on the safety of oil pipelines. Central Park-Morning Star Elementary in Bentonville is named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School, while the Sebastian County Quorum Court appoints members to the Hartford School Board. And the city of Fort Smith replaces a record number of sidewalks this year.
"Waiting For That Call" by Parachute
