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.
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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.
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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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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.
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership is organizing the fifth annual Riparian project in six cities in Arkansas and Oklahoma this Saturday.
More information is available at www.irwp.org.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
This weekend, the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas and the Fayetteville Jazz Collective will perform together at Walton Arts Center. The Director of SoNA Paul Haas and Fayetteville Jazz Collective’s Rick Salonen talked with Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen about the upcoming performance.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center discusses upcoming events including Peking Acrobats, Circuz Oz and the SF Jazz Collective.
To better accommodate imported western elk, the U.S. Forest Service and state game officials are constructing special wildlife habitat on the Ozark – St. Francis National Forest. And some locals are very concerned.
“Canyon Breeze” by Montana Skies