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Sunday, April 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with author Joyce Carol Oates prior to her lecture in Fayetteville. Plus, a bit of tinkering before the Amazeum opens to children and the community next fall.
The Tontitown Grape Festival continues tonight, and Weird Sisters opens at Arts Live in Fayetteville. Becca Martin Brown has the details on these stories and more.
"Relay" by The Who
This summer five Republican legislators sent a letter to Governor Mike Beebe and his Medicaid team, asking them to slow down on Medicaid reforms and a possible expansion made possible when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. Roby Brock from talkbuisness.net recently spoke with one of the GOP legislators, Johnny Key of Mountain Home.
The full season for Walton Arts Center is still a few weeks away. However, Jodi Beznoski reminds us that Second City, Miranda Lambert, the final concert in the KUAF Summer Jazz Festival and the Fayetteville Roots Festival are all set for this month. For more information, visit the Walton Arts Center website here.
There are 281 personal weather stations in Arkansas actively uploading data to weatherunderground.com. We talked with three guys who run stations in northwest Arkansas. More information: Jerry Russell in Prairie Grove Colby Ward on Mount Sequoyah Terry Slagle's station in Springdale Weather Station Info
We continue our series focusing on Olympic sports by talking with a coach at the Northwest Arkansas Fencing Center about the sport of fencing. For more information, visit nwafc.org.
“Equestrian” by U.S. Royalty