1st Annual The Eurekan non-traditional multi-sport festival will take place August 12-14 this year in Eureka Springs.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a chat with 93-year-old Arkansas native and artist Charles Banks Wilson, the city of Johnson announces the date for Johnson Switch Festival Day, presidents and chancellors of 11 public universities, colleges and university systems in Arkansas jointly announce a 16-point pledge, and Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg speaks with guitar prodigy Julian Lage.The City of Johnson announces the celebration of Johnson Switch Festival Day on June 11.
On this edition of Ozarks, Walmart tests the concept of smaller stores, we hear opening arguments in the Act 1 case in the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the Arkansas House and Senate agree to a $35 million package made of six tax-cuts. Plus, Kevin Kinder talks about this year's South by Southwest highlights and other music festivals.Kevin Kinder from the Northwest Arkansas newspapers talks about South by Southwest and other music festivals.
Robert Mueller, the conductor of the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, discusses tonight’s concert at Walton Arts Center.
More information is available at waltonartscenter.org.
The Walton Arts Center has created a new program to help teach local students about instruments in an orchestra.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large we'll hear five members of the Bentonville Orchestra play live in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Plus the latest plan to raise severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas and more.
A quintet of young musicians from the Bentonville Orchestra play in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large a conversation with the mayor-elect of Rogers, Greg Hines, about what his priorities are for 2011. Plus Fayetteville plants more than 200 new trees and we get a preview of a new orchestra.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Plus, we have a report on regional accents.
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.
