Author Gary B. Agee discusses his book “A Cry for Justice: Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism and Activism, 1854-1933” with Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams. Daniel Rudd was born a slave in Kentucky, but as a young man he founded and edited one of the most successful African-American owned newspapers of his time.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, the Orchid Society of the Ozarks’ annual show returns to Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks; and Director of Concert Bands at the University of Arkansas W. Dale Warren prepares for next week’s performances. A cooking program teaches children the importance of nutritious food; and the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute hosts its first film forum next week.
The University of Arkansas Concert, Wind and Campus Bands are set to perform next week at Walton Arts Center. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spoke with W. Dale Warren, the director of concert bands at the U of A, about the upcoming performances.
Fifth graders at a Springdale elementary school are learning the art of cooking nutritious food under a program called “Cooking Matters.”
Jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller will perform inside Starr Theatre at Walton Arts Center this Friday. Fuller spoke with KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg about her career and music.
The group, “Keep Dollars in Benton County” last month launched a petition initiative to legalize alcohol sales. We talk with the group’s spokesperson, as well as with the mayor of Harrison, in Boone County, which passed a similar measure in 2010.
Sculptor Karen LaMonte spoke to Kyle Kellams from her studio in Prague about her work in glass and bronze. The artist will speak at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
To hear more of this conversation, click here.
The Fayetteville Public Library will read Dr. Suess books to children on March 1 to mark the 107th birth anniversary of author Theodor Suess Geisel.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we look back at the largest student strike in the history of the University of Arkansas. Also on the show today, a conversation with music legend Al Bell, and Fayetteville High School folks attend one last game at the soon-to-be-demolished gymnasium.
February 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the largest student strike in University of Arkansas-Fayetteville campus history, which took place after several dozen prominent students were expelled for publishing a radical underground newspaper.
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Friday, April 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about traditional Native American ecological and cultural practices. Plus, we hear a roundtable discussion about recent political polling data for this year's statewide elections.
Authors Richard Torrenzano and Mark Davis visited KUAF’s Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to discuss the phenomenon of “digital assassination.” The authors approached the subject as reputation experts.
To listen to the authors discuss a wrongful Wikipedia entry that accused Attorney General Robert Kennedy’s long-time assistant John Seigenthaler Sr. of being involved in the former Attorney General’s assassination, click here.
Ozarks at Large’s Sophie Kid spoke with a local musician and an audiologist about a BBC report released this summer warning classical musicians regarding the dangers of suffering hearing loss due to exposure to loud concert music.
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“Run” by Air
A lecture in honor of American Indian Heritage Month is this evening at 6 p.m. in the Giffels Auditorium on the University of Arkansas campus, and a jazz performance by the UAFS Jazz Band and UAFS Jazz Lab Ensemble will be at Second Street Live in Fort Smith.
Blogger and columnist Meredith Martin Moats discusses her observations about how we learn to speak.
You can visit her blog at www.boileddownjuice.com.
“Talk” by Coldplay
Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice visited Blytheville Friday. Johnathan Reeves from our content partner KASU in Jonesboro has this report.