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.
In this month’s music review, we revisit an album of summer’s past. Abra Moore’s “Strangest Places” was released in 1995, but the whimsical folk vibes have us rolling down our windows and driving to the tunes again this year.
at end of show: "I'm Wiley Post" by Shannon Wurst
Governor Mike Beebe has joined other governors in a call on Congress to forgo certain cuts to the National Guard. And although three Arkansas counties were issuing marriage certificates this morning to same-sex couples, others were not and instead are waiting on a ruling from the state Supreme Court.
"Same Love" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (featuring Mary Lambert)
After Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza overturned the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage late Friday, dozens of couples rushed to the only courthouse open in the state on Saturday to obtain licenses—in the “Wedding Capital of the South”--Eureka Springs. Jacqueline Froelich was there. (UPDATE: As of 10:45am May 12th, the Carroll County Clerk's office stopped issuing licenses to same-sex couples, until further notice.)
Roby Brock discusses the president's business to Arkansas, Verizon bringing jobs to the state, and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
"1904" by The Tallest Man on Earth
Becca gives us the rundown of Trike Theatre's upcoming summer camps.
