On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a savings program hopes to help the state’s high-school students save for post-high school education; and Walmart works to corner the lucrative e-commerce marketplace. Also on the show today, we find out more about the upcoming concert in the fourth annual KUAF-Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival.Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a savings program hopes to help the state’s high-school students save for post-high school education; and Walmart works to corner the lucrative e-commerce marketplace. Also on the show today, we find out more about the upcoming concert in the fourth annual KUAF-Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival.The upcoming concert in the fourth annual KUAF-Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival on Thursday will feature pieces by Haydn and Beethoven. Dr. Er-Gene Kahng from the University of Arkansas Music Department tells us more.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about the upcoming Art of Wine Festival and more.
Ozarks at Large's Jon Schleuss tells us more about the happenings at the 2012 Wakarusa Music Festival at Mulberry Mountain.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, highlights from Walmart’s 2012 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held this morning. Ozarks at Large intern Jon Schleuss has an update from Wakarusa Music Festival; and the Mountain Street Music Stage series returns this weekend.Ozarks at Large intern Jon Schleuss gives us an update from the Wakarusa Music Festival being held at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us about the upcoming Art of Wine Festival, the Artosphere Chamber Music Series, the Artosphere Festival Orchestra performances and artists at the AMP.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a photography exhibition celebrates the life of Springdale artist Michael Clarke Donat; and a party that combines friendship with fine art and fun. Also on the show today, the effect Wakarusa Music Festival has on Franklin County; and our bird expert Joe Neal returns with a recording of crows from one of his expeditions.
Wakarusa, the four day festival running May 31 through June 1, will bring about 20,000 people near the city of Ozark, Ark. in Franklin County. Some local businesses are preparing for the large crowds that spent almost $14 million during last year’s festival.Professor Stephen Gates from the University of Arkansas Music Department tells us more about the second concert in the 4th Annual KUAF Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival.
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Friday, June 27, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, can e-cigarettes help smokers reduce their nicotine consumption? More than 20 vapor shops have recently opened in northwest Arkansas alone. We take a look at the phenomenon, and Johnathan Story talks about his upcoming concert in Fayetteville, and sits down at the Mary Rumsey Baker Steinway piano in our studio.
The Arkansas Highway Transportation Department received much criticism of how it handled cleanup of the recent winter storm. Karen Tricot Steward from our Content partner KUAR checked in with AHTD' in this report.
We visit a Knit Night and visit with local knitters about the ways to knit both old and new.
A Pulaski County judge dismisses a lawsuit against Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin. A New York based food company looks to acquire Siloam Springs-based Allens Canning Company. Tyson Foods is cited by OSHA for a June incident at a Kansas processing facility. The dean of the UA Honors College announces retirement, while the UA Full Circle Campus Food Pantry wins an award. And the vice chancellor of advancement at UAFS gets a new job.
"Little Drummer Boy" by Pentatonix
The Springdale School District yesterday was awarded several million dollars in Race to the Top federal grant funding. It was only one of five school districts in the U.S. to be awarded one of the grants.
Last Thursday, a preliminary hearing was held before Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza on a lawsuit filed last summer to strike down an Arkansas constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, approved by seventy-four percent of voters ten years ago. Jacqueline Froelich spoke with attorneys on both sides of the case, as well as a plaintiff and brings us the story.
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