Ozarks At Large

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.
A Christmas snacks program for teens at the Rogers Public Library is at 6 p.m. tonight. Also, another performance of “It’s a Wonderful Life” at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville.
KUAF’s Mike Shirkey visited the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio along with his band the Block Street Pickers to perform for us. He also spoke about being honored by the Governor, his “house-parties” and more.
To hear today's Writer's Almanac, visit their website here.
“Good King Wenceslas” by Wynton Marsalis
Musician Kelly Mulhollan will perform at the Mount Sequoyah Retreat Center as part of the Music on the Mountain series at the start of the New Year. He visited the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio along with Effron White, the curator of the series, to have a conversation with us.
Members of the Last Night Fayetteville organizing committee have a rundown of events that evening, and other details that we need to know.
“Winter Song” by Sara Bareilles