The Arkansas Arts Council-organized event "Small Works on paper" is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year; plus, some fly-fishing, an antique show and HOWL for women and men make the weekend look very promising. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
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Tuesday afternoon, Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda took a tour of the new Tyson Founder’s Room. Here’s her story.
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.
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.
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Newspaper columnist Ben Bouldin is the author of the new book “Hidden History of Fort Smith, Arkansas.” Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spoke with him regarding the book and some of its most interesting chapters.
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Yesterday afternoon, Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda took a tour of the new Tyson Founder’s Room. Here’s her story.
The San Francisco Jazz Collective will perform Thursday night at Walton Arts Center. Each year, the group chooses one artist’s music to highlight in their tour. This year it’s Stevie Wonder.
KUAF’s Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg spoke with Eric Harland, a drummer and member of the group, to find out more about the Collective.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about a book talk and a drawing class at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Democrat Darrin Williams was elected as the Speaker of the House in Arkansas last week. Representative Williams is the first African-American to be elected to the post. He spoke with Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net after his election.
American farmers are aging, the average is around 60.
But a new crop of young farmers is emerging across the American landscape. We travel to the foothills of the Ozarks in eastern Oklahoma to Three Springs Farm operated by Emily Oakley and Mike Appel.
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Ahead on Ozarks, Mercy Hospital continues its commitment to sustainability with a new recycling program. Also a conversation with the author of “Sharecropper's Troubadour.”
One half of the Still on the Hill duo Donna Stjerna will perform inside Clapp Auditorium on Mount Sequoyah on June 5th as part of the Music on the Mountain series.
"La Valse D'Amelie (Orchestra Version)" by Yann Tiersen
Northwest Arkansas Community College’s Board of Trustees continues its search for a new president; Senator John Boozman hopes Congress can extend the current student loan interest rates soon; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Kutambarar” by Kronos Quartet
Seeds that Feed, a new organization in Fayetteville, hopes to donate fresh food to area food banks instead of going the traditional canned food drive way. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas has this report.
For more information or to donate, find them at the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market or at www.seedsfeed.org.
Kyle Kellams recently visited Walton Arts Center where stick-work artist Patrick Dougherty is building his new stick sculpture.
More of this conversation can be found here.
The Ozark Society, established by conservationist Neil Compton to prevent the damming of the Buffalo National River, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” by Glenn Miller