The Riverfront Blues Festival takes the stage this weekend in Fort Smith. Becca Martin Brown has more.
Ozarks At Large
Jodi Beznoska has more on the Walton Arts Center’s Art of Wine festival, which begins this evening, as well as the second half of the Artosphere festival.
Becca's weekend entertainment suggestions include Lombardi at Rogers Little Theater, the Bentonville Art and Culinary Festival and Thunder on the Mountain.
The Walton Arts Center's biggest fundraiser, Art of Wine, is next week. Jodi Beznoska has more on the three evenings of wine tasting, plus the second half of Artosphere.
A festival organizer discusses the process that happened behind the scenes to prepare for Thunder on the Mountain.

The 10th anniversary of Wakarusa was full of live performances and rain. Check out our photos of the festival here.
We hear sounds from yesterday’s Artosphere Festival Natural Movement Series event at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks.
Sun Boxes, an installation by Craig Colrousso, is an audio art piece that will be scattered through Artosphere and will greet festival-goers, provided the sun is shining, that is.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Also, Walmart hosts its first open call for hundreds of U.S. suppliers.
Our history doctor says allies spying on each other is nothing new.
School may be out for most, but educational opportunities still abound.
Today we listen to samples from "Half the City," the debut album from St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
"Shine On" by Carolyn Wonderland
The Fort Smith city Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss a potential election that could mean more millage for the city's Public Library. The Greenwood Police Department gets more connected to the public with a new smartphone app. And Rogers Public Schools gets ready for summer with its free summer meals program for youths in that city.
"Gin, Smoke, Lies" by Turnpike Troubadours
We have 19 public enrollment charter schools in Arkansas, two-thirds are independent, the rest operate under charter management organizations. Jacqueline Froelich reports on the difference—and controversies.