As a free, two-night poetry festival approaches, we hear from another participating poet.
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Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us a rundown of all the music festivals happening in Northwest Arkansas in the months to come.
The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra will present a program of Russian concertos tomorrow night. Featured during tomorrow night's show will be "Fayetteville's Piano Man," Johnathon Story.
The Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra will make a stop at Walton Arts Center this weekend. We talk to Christian McBride about the all-star ensemble.Tomorrow's First Friday event in Downtown Bentonville will kick off a series of juggling festivals set to take place over the course of the next week, culminating in the NWA Juggling Spectacular, set for a week from this Saturday.
One worker is dead and others injured after an accident yesterday at Nuclear One in Russellville, unemployment in Arkansas remained stable in February, say officials with the state's Department of Workforce Services, and an annual film festival gets ready to raise the opening curtain this week in Batesville.
A preview of the now-expanded Blues in the Natural State Festival in downtown Fayetteville next month.
The Blues in the Natural State Festival spreads out over two day and multiple stages in downtown Fayetteville next month. 
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, why only certain types of plastic containers can be recycled. And music, from a symphony orchestra to rock and jazz. Prior to South-by-Southwest, many bands will be stopping in Fayetteville on their way to the week-long festival in the Texas cultural oasis. Katy Henriksen gives us this rundown of the line-up that can be seen locally.
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July 4th Weekend, 2014
For this holiday weekend we listen again to music recorded inside Firmin-Garner Performance Studio during the first six months of 2014. We hear from:
Pearl Brick
Cletus Got Shot
Sweetwater Gypsies
Isayah Wofford
The Riverblenders
Xcluded
Sons of Otis Malone
Finvarra's Wren
Dick Johnson
Elephant Revival
And a weekend update of things to do from Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
Caroline Rose and her band stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio on their way to Wakarusa.
A recent study suggests that Arkansas' two racetrack and gaming complexes have a sizable impact on the state's economy. Fayetteville Public Schools prepares to offer free meals to city youths through the summer, and an effort to raise the state's minimum wage gets a groundswell of support.
“Dr. Funk” by The Main Squeeze
The Walmart AMP will host its first concert at its new, permanent home in Rogers Saturday night.
The 21st Cancer Challenge is just one of many ways to support nonprofits in the area this month.
“Marking” by Tropic of Pisces
In case you’re wondering who to see at Wakarusa this weekend, Becca Martin Brown provides some suggestions.
