Steve Fisher came to KUAF this week for a conversation with Mike Shirkey of the Pickin' Post. He sang a few new tunes, and we have one of them as a preview of Saturday night's edition of the Pickin' Post.
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Valentine's Day is a holiday, for some, that embraces attraction and love, but usually in the popular form of chocolates or a card, but as Katy Henriksen reports, a new book explores love on a much deeper level.
Thanks to a new program, Arkansas Children's Hospital patients will receive Valentines whose messages were personalized by people from around the country. If you want to send a Valentine to a patient for free, visit the hospital's website here.Members of Arkansas' Congressional delegation react to President Obama's State of the Union Address earlier this week, as well as the President's pick to lead the Department of Defense. And, Fort Smith city and Sebastian County officials plan their next step inn moving forward with a regional aquatics center following public dissatisfaction with recently revised plans.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the results of the Walton Family Foundation's latest survey. Plus, a preview of TheatreSquared's latest production, “Sons of the Prophet,” which opens later this week. Also, we continue our series on OAL-inspired dishes with a new crepe.
Saturday night, the Starrlight Jazz Series will continue with two performances by the Grace Kelly Quintet in the Walton Arts Center's Starr Theater. 
As our series continues, we pay a visit to Crepes Paulette in Bentonville to watch the creation of a KUAF-inspired crepe.Arkansas legislators move forward with a bill that would cap annual growth of the state government, and the controversial bill that would allow some to carry concealed firearms on college campuses in the state moves forward as well. Plus, John Brown University in Siloam Springs gets a gift to help renovate the oldest dormitory on the school's campus.
Ahead on Ozarks: the continuing evolution of charter schools in Arkansas. Plus, our monthly survey of visual arts in the area, including a visit with three architecture students at the University of Arkansas about their photographic studies of different places in Northwest Arkansas. And for Fat Tuesday, we go inside the kitchen of Maudie Schmidt to make a Cajun classic: the beignet.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, FEMA and the American Red Cross are familiar names when it comes to emergency relief organizations, but have you heard of the Mennonite Disaster Team? We meet the Ozarks Mennonite team, as well as the brothers behind Two Brothers Canoes in the latest installment of our "Locally Made" series.
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.
