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.
Ozarks At Large
Governor Mike Beebe proposes his 2013 budget to state lawmakers today, a budget that is expected to include cuts to Medicaid. The Air Force continues talks of ending the flying mission of the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith. Schools in Washington County will receive money for outdoor programs from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and a new festival is coming to Mulberry Mountain next year.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, Voters in Benton and Madison counties say they’re ready for the legal sale and distribution of liquor. So what’s next? Jacqueline Froelich maps out the next steps for newly-voted wet counties. And the Mont Alto Orchestra gives sound to silent films.The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra specializes in performing music for films of the silent era. During a recent visit to the University of Arkansas, a founder of the ensemble explained their work.
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Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers previews a performance by the Mont Alto Orchestra. The performance will take place in Giffels Auditorium as the orchestra accompanies the silent film "The Vanishing American."
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a Fayetteville book club celebrates its centennial with a visit to a local cemetery. Plus, the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra begins its season with an emphasis on the cello. We speak with cellist Stephen Gates about his favorite instrument.Alma High School’s tech team is a four time national champion in the International Thespian Festival’s Tech Challenge. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited the Alma Performing Arts Center to meet with the team.
Mountain Sprout is one of several bands performing at Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Festival, which is scheduled for Oct. 11-13.The 13th Annual Arkansas Insect Festival is Thursday at the Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Center at the University of Arkansas. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas gives us the preview.
Seedling Film Association prepares for the third year of its Offshoot Film Fest next week.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a roundtable discussion on workforce education in the state. And, and an effort to expand the footprint of Gulley Park.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, offers a preview of this weekend's film festival in Eureka Springs.
"Faber College Theme" by Elmer Bernstein
NWA TechFest , set to happen next week in Fayetteville, has changed much over the years. We talk to one of the event's organizers about its evolution.
Three brothers, based in Eureka Springs, make up the rock, folk, bluegrass band SX Rex. The trio will play Saturday evening at 6:00 during The Ozark Mountain Music Festival inside the Basin Park Hotel. We meet Josh, Nick and Chris Bower.
The latest results released from the Talk Business Arkansas-Hendrix College poll show that the chief concern among Arkansas voters is the economy as this mid-term election year gets underway. Crews with the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad continue to make repairs and determine the cause of failure to certain equipment on the railroad bridge crossing the Arkansas River at Van Buren. Cargill is ordered to pay more than $2 million in a settlement of hiring discrimination allegations, and the state of Arkansas is clawing back nearly a half million dollars from Hewlett-Packard after the company failed to meet employment projections at its facility in Conway.
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Though the plans are in the early stages, The University of Arkansas Fort Smith may begin offering its first Master's degree in a few years.
