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.
Ozarks At Large
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.
Joe Pitts has been digesting the blues for almost his entire life. This weekend he’ll play twice at Legacy Blues in Fayetteville and preside over a workshop at Bentonville Public Library.
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Beginning tonight, the world comes to Walton Arts Center.
Governor Beebe is in Rogers today making a big jobs announcement, warehouse workers were in Bentonville yesterday petitioning Walmart for better working conditions, and the city of Fort Smith officially wraps up expansions to its water treatment plant at Lake Fort Smith.
“All or Nothing (Jensen Sportag Remix)” by Au Revoir Simone
The Division of Agriculture at the University of Arkansas is commemorating the Morrill Act of 1862, which created land grant colleges across the U.S. We visit the UA’s Agricultural Research and Extension Center to talk with the director about the act, other enabling ag legislation and a celebration scheduled at the UA October 20th.
