Rosanne Cash recently performed in Arkansas and discussed her upcoming album and the work to restore her father's childhood home.
Ozarks At Large
We visit an owner and craft cocktail connoisseur of PH Alchemy who mixed up a couple of holiday drinks.
Aaron Diehl has earned accolades from Wynton Marsalis, The New York Times and Chicago Tribune. He'll perform twice December 7th at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville.
Josiah Hawley has had quite a year. He was a finalist on the fourth season of NBC's The Voice, released a new single and recorded an original Christmas song. He's back home for a few days and will perform a benefit concert for the River Valley Food Bank.
The Clarksville-Johnson County Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Rogers, and Nightbird Books are all participating in events designed to support local shopping this weekend including Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday.
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital. And we experiment with a new app that selects a color palette based on a song.
Dutchboy Paintlist App uses favorite tunes to create the perfect colors for your four walls. We talk with Aaron and Alex Lewis of CertaPro Painters.Representatives from Walton Arts Center and Fayetteville Parks and Recreation discuss what's next for their respective projects now that a special bond election resulted in them securing funding.
University of Arkansas and War Memorial Stadium officials yesterday announced a new deal that will see only one Razorback football game to be played in the state capital in each of the next five years. And a new poll shows a still tight race between the party front runners for next year's gubernatorial election.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is four years old. There have been some bumps along the way, but the games of chance have provided hundreds of millions of dollars for scholarships. We'll talk to the lottery's second director, Bishop Woosley. Plus 40,000 students in elementary and middle schools across northwest Arkansas create art in a single day and the marvels involved with a staging of Carnival at the Alma Performing Arts Center. The show has steam punk costuming, puppets and music.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, why hundreds of people will be in Rogers this weekend to trade frags, or sections of coral. Plus, we speak to the former First Minister of Scotland about contemporary education.
High-school graduation rates in the state hold steady; Governor Mike Beebe says state trial court assistants may face layoffs; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Cuban Interlude” by Charlie Hunter
More than 1,800 animals, about 36 percent of intakes, were euthanized at the Fayetteville Animal Shelter last year. A group of residents formed “No-Kill Fayetteville” to pressure city administrators to lower that rate.
Relevant links:
https://www.facebook.com/FriendsWCAnimals
http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/fayettevilleanimals.html
http://www.justoneday.ws/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/200016093452542/
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has the latest Arkansas business and political news.
“Egg Radio” by Bill Frisell
Chad Griffin started his first day on the job as president of the Human Rights Campaign, based in Washington D.C., on the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol this morning, where he released a new landmark survey on disaffected gay youth.
To learn more, www.hrc.org.
Professor Stephen Gates talks about the 2012 KUAF Fulbright Chamber Music Festival that continues this week with the “Flute Sonata” by Prokofiev and the “First Piano Sonata in B-Major” by Brahms.
“Morning Passages” by Philip Glass
