The third annual KUAF Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival is set to begin this week.
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Becca suggests doing something this weekend. Options include the Twilight Walk, the White Street Walk and the New Play Festival.
On this edition of Ozarks, farms and veterans, and members of the Artosphere Orchestra Festival stop by to discuss their experiences so far and preview their two remaining concerts.Jodi Beznoska, VP of Communications for Walton Arts Center, brings Ed Paulsen and Malavika Godbole, members of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, to the studio this week.
Becca tells us where to catch the Kiev Trio, who is playing at unusual venues this week as part of Artosphere.
As part of the 2nd annual Artosphere Festival, a trail in Fayetteville will be blanketed in music next weekend.
On this edition of Ozarks, preserving stream sides in Northwest Arkansas and a preview of the Artosphere Festival Orchestra. Plus, a look at if e-books really better for the environment.In a little over a week, the first-ever Artosphere Festival Orchestra will begin its residency.
The Hispanic Women's Organization of Arkansas will host its 12th annual Cinco de Mayo Festival May 7. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley of The City Wire tells us about the week's news including Tyson's bid for Hillshire Brands, and the band Xcluded joins us in the studio as they release their new original album and while they have some time off between the eighth and ninth grades.
The musical Chicago opens tonight at Walton Arts Center and includes John O'Hurley in the cast.
In our monthly, music review segment, we listen to Greg Laswell's new album "I Was Going To Be An Astronaut."
The trial of former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner continued Friday with testimony via taped conversations from a bond broker who allegedly received much of the state's bond business after giving kickbacks to Shoffner. And a number of court-related entities in Arkansas are receiving less funding after a decline in court fee and fine collections.
"The Longer I Run" by Peter Bradley Adams
A Texas charter school management nonprofit, Responsive Education Solutions, had been gaining a financial stake in Arkansas—until a complaint filed to the Arkansas Department of Education revealed its science curriculum advances intelligent design. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the controversy raises questions regarding charter authorization.
Roby Brock discusses the retirement of Baptist Health System's CEO, the passage of the private option and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
