Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has details on today’s gallery tour and Skyspace discussion at Crystal Bridges, and a sci-fi book club meeting in Bella Vista.
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Two book talks will be held at the Fayetteville Public Library today. You can also attend a gallery talk at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, or audition for “Web of Murder” at Fort Smith Little Theatre.
Jon Woodward is the executive director of 7 Hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville. He spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams regarding the center’s plans for 2012.
More information is available on www.7hillscenter.org.
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.
Little Rock rapper 607 will perform tomorrow night at Smoke and Barrel in Fayetteville. He spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Meredith Martin-Moats about his music, his fondness for Tupac Shakur and Fiona Apple, and his banjo-playing ability.
You can find his music at http://iam607.bandcamp.com/album/yik3s and http://earfear.bandcamp.com/. Be advised, his music contains language that may be offensive to some.
A Daisy of a Christmas at the Rogers Historical Museum will be shown through this week and the Science Fiction Book Club will be held at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
Kyle, Iti and Rhonda Dillard, KUAF’s underwriting director, give away gift certificates from New Design School, Live on Stage, the University of Arkansas Bookstore, Rogers Historical Museum and Dog Party U.S.A.Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen was at the Improved Lighting Reading Series that was held at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville this past weekend.
Sarah Leer, the managing director of Trike Theatre, talks about the classes being offered next spring, Diggin’ Up Arkansas and the Dramatic Book Club.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, more details on a housing project known as “Mutual Self-Help Housing,” and author Kristin S. Kaufman discusses her book “Is This Seat Taken?” The University of Arkansas hosts its first fall commencement in four decades, and the Springdale Municipal Airport plans to expand to accommodate larger planes.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we talk with one Huntsville resident whose four-legged friend has learned to recycle. Plus, we have our weekly conversation with Becca Martin Brown from Northwest arkansas Newspapers and more.
John Brown University has been named the top regional college in the South, according to rankings released this week in the U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2012 edition.
Walton Arts Center officials announce a $500,000 grant from the Fayetteville A & P Commission, season tickets for the University of Arkansas’ men’s basketball team go on sale, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Flippin’ the Lid” by Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
Dallas, Tulsa, Kansas City and St. Louis offer something for everybody throughout this month and the next.
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.
KUAF’s Generic Blues Show host Paul Kelso interviews blues singer and guitarist Jimmy Thackery who performs this Friday at George’s in Fayetteville.
“Blues ‘Fore Down” by Jimmy Thackery
