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.
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses the increase in home sales in northwest and central Arkansas, and the multifaceted unemployment numbers in the former region.
Every day, over 5,000 acres of land are developed in the United States.
But many landholders are using land trusts to protect their farms and forests for future generations. We visit with the executive director of the Northwest Arkansas Land Trust to find out how it works.
“Do You Know It Means to Miss New Orleans?” by Pete Fountain
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about her ongoing trip to New Orleans, plus things we can do in northwest Arkansas today.
Pianist and composer Aaron Goldberg speaks with KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg in advance of his trio’s performance this Saturday at Walton Arts Center.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center gives us a preview of what to expect at Walton Arts Center over the 2012-13 entertainment season.
“Mississippi Mud” by Red Nichols
