Ozarks At Large

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July 4th Weekend, 2014
For this holiday weekend we listen again to music recorded inside Firmin-Garner Performance Studio during the first six months of 2014. We hear from: Pearl Brick Cletus Got Shot Sweetwater Gypsies Isayah Wofford The Riverblenders Xcluded Sons of Otis Malone Finvarra's Wren Dick Johnson Elephant Revival And a weekend update of things to do from Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
Author Michael Downs talks about his book “The Greatest Show” which is a collection of short stories based on the 1944 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus fire. To listen to more of this conversation, click here.
“Hartford Circus Fire, 1944” by Curtis Eller
Last autumn, Arctic Snowy Owls began to move south of their usual winter range. The brilliant white-feathered raptors, with five-foot wingspans, flew as far south as Hot Springs. Our essayist Joe Neal describes an encounter with the bird. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center discusses upcoming Walton Arts Center programming.
The University of Arkansas’ Full Circle Campus Food Pantry came in second in a nationwide contest launched by the White House called “Campus Champions of Change Challenge.” Representatives from the pantry will visit the White House tomorrow to be honored for innovation and determination. Tomorrow’s events will stream live at www.whitehouse.gov. Students will also tweet about their experiences at their Twitter page @UAFullCircle.
The River Valley Food Bank in Fort Smith now has a new logo, and a new facility.
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Humble Pie