
Ozarks At Large


Jason Smith from Walton Arts Center discusses this year’s Artosphere Festival Orchestra.
To listen to more from this conversation, click here.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us more about the upcoming events at this year’s Artosphere Festival and the AMP.
An experimental theatre project by Artists Laboratory Theatre will launch today as part of the 2012 Artosphere Festival. Becca Martin-Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has other suggestions for things to do as well.

The 4th annual KUAF/Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival returns Thursday with a free performance at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus.
For more information: FulbrightSummerMusic.uark.edu.
One of the plays at the Arkansas New Play Festival that is still a work-in-progress is The Football Project. It will be read Sunday at 3:30 p.m. More information is available at Theatre2.org.
Two installations associated with the Artosphere Festival are taking shape and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas recently visited with the artist of the structure located near Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville. Details are available at ArtosphereFestival.org
As part of the the Arkansas New Play Festival, Janelle and Troy Schemmer will share their play about siblings who grew up in Texas, but now both live in New York. More information is available at Theatre2.org.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.
The University of Arkansas has just completed its first year of a new autism intervention education program. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the curriculum is part of statewide initiative to assist children and families dealing with autism spectrum disorders.
"Red Paper Lanterns" by Maybeshewill
Becca says free concerts featuring music from “Once a River” are scheduled throughout the listening area.
This month's featured artist for Springdale Public Library's Art in the Park program is Katryna Wade.
"The Rivers That Run Beneath This City" by The Calm Blue Sea
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert discusses the annual trip the monarch butterflies make from the northern United States to Mexico. He also suggests planting milkweed to help to nourish them as they make their way through your yard.
at end of show: "Johnny's June" by Gable Bradley Band
Ozark Regional Transit is launching it's new route 620 today, which will connect small towns throughout Washington County to one another, and to the larger transit system in the region. The two GOP candidates for Lieutenant Governor that will face off in a runoff election later this month sound off on their views regarding medical marijuana. And, ArcBest Corporation announces its plans to build a new headquarters at Chaffee Crossing, an investment worth $30 million.
“To Althea From Prison” by Fairport Convention