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.
Roby Brock from Talk Business & Politics talks to the CEO of St. Vincent Health System about a recent acquisition and merger.
We asked a librarian, a book store owner and a writer how they find new books and new authors to read.
The Principal Fellows program at the U of A yesterday announced it had received a $1.9 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation. A recent report suggests that in coming years, the northwest Arkansas economy will be among the fastest growing in the U.S.. And the Bentonville City Council gets ready to fill two vacancies.
Governor Mike Beebe talks to Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics, about the possibility of a special session of the Arkansas Legislature.
The board of directors of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport recently approved a new long-range master plan for the airport. That plan contains a variety of projects for the short, near and long term future.
