Next month's madrigal dinner presented by the Bentonville High School Chamber Choir is the last such concert. We hear a preview from inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.Ozarks At Large
Next month's madrigal dinner presented by the Bentonville High School Chamber Choir is the last such concert. We hear a preview from inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
We know it's not yet Thanksgiving…but lights are getting turned on all over the place this week and next. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.Two food drives with a twist were recently held to benefit Fayetteville food pantries.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses three Fort Smith structures possible scheduled for updates. he also discusses better home sales numbers released this week.More than a quarter of the 250,000 Arkansans eligible for participation in the state's expanded Medicaid program have enrolled. duck hunting season opens tomorrow across the state, and hunters may find a larger population of ducks this year. The city of Alma gets ready to use a recently announced federal grant to expand the city's senior center. And thousands of Northwest Arkansas
On this edition of Ozarks, we speak with the creator of "Arkansas' second most unreliable news source,"and no, we are not the first. Plus, we visit with the middle school explorers of an abandoned cemetery, learn about adoption and foster care in Arkansas, and more.
Becca says that even though the concert this week by the Arts Center of the Ozarks Chorale is titled as such, there will be some holiday music performed.
A Harrison Middle School EAST class, under the direction of teacher John Henderson, is researching Fick Cemetery, purported to be the town’s first burial ground—some believe for African Americans. And while all artifacts and stones have long been removed, the students are determined to unearth the truth.
The Rock City Times offers up a daily dose of satire…with the parody aimed at all things Arkansas.At any given time, there are around 4000 children in foster care in Arkansas. Of those, 500 will never return home. Sebastian County has the second-largest number of foster kids and children available for adoption behind only Pulaski County though its population is much less. We learn more about adoption in Arkansas…
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Ahead on Ozarks, Downtown Bentonville launches its new Notes at Night series, and Candy Lee stops by the studio to discuss and perform some songs off her new album.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville is starting a new outreach program designed to heighten arts engagement at the collegiate level. Sara Segerlin is the museum’s public programs coordinator. Ozarks at Large’s Timothy Dennis talked to her about the museum’s College Ambassador For Art Program.
The Last Night celebration will send the old year out with fireworks and a pig drop. Yes, a pig drop.
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" by The Orioles
There are just a few days left until Christmas, but still plenty of things to do connected to yuletide entrtainment.
Local musician/songwriter Tony Presley's musical project is called Real Live Tigers. For Presley, who self-releases and self-books tours, music a labor of love. He's got a show coming up at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville Saturday night before embarking on a Southeast tour. He stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance studio recently to play us a few songs and discuss why he plays music with "Ozarks at Large's" Katy Henriksen.
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Moscow Classical ballet have two different takes on the holiday season and will deliver them from the stage in Baum Walker Hall this week.
