The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra is opening its season with a concert on “The Three B’s,” i.e., Beethoven, Bruch, and Berlioz. The concert is this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Arend Arts Center in Bentonville.
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See films you might not see otherwise at the Offshoot Film Festival in Fayetteville. More details are available on www.seedlingfilm.com.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Sister Mary Jo Swift, a human-trafficking activist, talks about why this form of modern-slavery goes unnoticed. Also, singer-songwriter Emily Kaitz has details on her 60th birthday pajama party, and a preview of tomorrow’s Chile´ Pepper Cross Country Festival.The 23rd Annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival will take place tomorrow in Fayetteville.
For registration and other information, visit www.chilepepperfestival.org.
Fayetteville voters vote in favor of one cent sales tax renewal, a four-year federal investigation into drug trafficking and corruption in the Arkansas Delta comes to an end, area schools receive checks from the organizers of Chile Pepper Cross-Country Festival, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Jason Suel and Jules Taylor with the Seedling Film Association visited KUAF to discuss their upcoming “An Affair to Remember” gala later this week and Offshoot Film Festival later this month.
From mule jumps to Corvettes, this weekend has interesting festivals in store for our listeners. Becca Bacon Martin with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, details on the Arkansalsa Festival, Moving Planet Day, Eurekapalooza, and the Eureka Springs Artists Studio Tour. Also today, Kyle Kellams talks to Arkansas Razorback Volleyball Coach Robert Pulliza about tonight’s game against Mississippi State.…to talk about their upcoming performance at this weekend’s Eurekapalooza festival in Eureka Springs.
Trout Fishing in America will give a world-premiere performance of their latest CD-book “Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important” at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville. Also, it’s time to buy your tickets to this year’s Yonder Harvest Festival.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Jacob Kaufman from KUAR provides a recap of the state legislature's recently concluded special session.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is stepping up enforcement this weekend on the state's lakes and rivers in an effort to decrease incidents of boating while intoxicated. Plus, the Rogers Fire Department embraces new technology with a smartphone app that informs people in public of nearby incidents of cardiac arrest.
Earthquakes in Oklahoma have dramatically increased since last autumn, likely linked to gas and oil development the U.S. Geological Survey says. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, larger quakes there could shake western Arkansas. We hear from both the director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey in Norman and an Arkansas seismologist.
The Legislature began discussing the items on the special session agenda yesterday in Little Rock.
The Beaver Watershed Alliance has been working on assessing ways to improve water quality of the West Fork of the White River. As part of the project, the group is holding public meetings to engage residents and landowners alike.
