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On this edition of Ozarks: The 2012 Fayetteville Roots Festival is approaching, and this year’s menu includes a deep commitment to local food, John Prine and a live, world-wide webcast. Plus, John Jeter, the music director of the Fort Smith Symphony will explain what we can expect when he raises the baton on the new season this fall. And the first day of business for the new Jean Tyson Child Development Center on the University of Arkansas.Ozarks At Large
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On this edition of Ozarks: The 2012 Fayetteville Roots Festival is approaching, and this year’s menu includes a deep commitment to local food, John Prine and a live, world-wide webcast. Plus, John Jeter, the music director of the Fort Smith Symphony will explain what we can expect when he raises the baton on the new season this fall. And the first day of business for the new Jean Tyson Child Development Center on the University of Arkansas.John Jeter, the music director for the Fort Smith Symphony, explains the upcoming season includes Holst, Beethoven, Mozart and a first-ever concert across the border in Poteau.
The Fort Smith Symphony Concert season includes:
All concerts are at the Arkansas Best Corporation Performing Arts Center and begin at 7:30. Visit the symphony’s website here.
- Sounds of the Universe, September 29th
- A Swingsational Classical Makeover, October 20th
- A Simply Sinatra Christmas, December 1st
- Evening Serenade, January 26th
- The Musical Magic of John Williams, April 20th
- Sonic Boom!, May 4th.
All concerts are at the Arkansas Best Corporation Performing Arts Center and begin at 7:30. Visit the symphony’s website here.
Last week Tyson Foods and Dillard’s released their latest earning figures, while a new project designed to help small business in Arkansas online was launched. Roby Brock from talkbusiness.net has his weekly review.
The Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center officially opens today on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. More information is available at children.uark.edu.
The Kids in Need Foundation has 27 warehouses around the country that allow teachers from qualified schools to shop for supplies for free. Work is underway to bring a 28th center to northwest Arkansas.
The informational meetings for the Kids in Need Foundation are at the Springdale Chamber of Commerce on Monday at 2pm and 4pm and Tuesday at 9am, 11am and 2pm. For more information, call 479-464-0701, or you can visit the foundation's website here.
If you’ve traveled winding Highway 112 through Cave Springs in Benton County, you’ve passed by a pretty little forested lake. It’s a private place, with tons of history, natural features and a secret trove of unique creatures. That’s why members of the Illinois River Watershed Partnership hope to purchase it—and install a public sanctuary.Supporters of alcohol sales in Madison County turn in petitions for a ballot measure, the drought in Arkansas worsens, Benton County government may have to begin paying for rural ambulance service and more.
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.
Bentonville schools will have an unusually large number of new students this school year, Fayetteville will hold a ribbon-cutting for a new city trail, Springdale mayor Doug Sprouse was honored by a local community clinic and more.
Tyson Foods announced declining income in its third quarter earnings call, a section of Lake Fayetteville trail could potentially be moved, three Razorbacks move on to semifinals in London, and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, February 3, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with authors Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady. Plus, Mercy Fort Smith opens its new breast center.
Route 66 Playhouse brings together actors and musicians from the region to recreate the “Golden Age of Radio.”
“Green Hornet” by Link Wray
Today, violinist Boujidara Kouzmanova and guitarist Virginia Luque perform together at 7 p.m. at Covenant Church in Fayetteville. In today’s conversation, Boujidara talks about how a balance between the intense sound of violin and the easy sound of guitar is achieved.
Admission to the concert is free. For more information, call 442.5267.
For a video of Boujidara playing a love song, click here.
More than 400 of Arkansas’s 1081 public schools are listed as needing improvement under “No Child Left Behind.” But critics say the federal law is sorely in need of improvement so will provide waivers to applicant states.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com discusses Arkansas metros’ income gains, the review of water, sewer efficiency in Fort Smith and First National Bank’s Sam M. Sicard’s passing.
“After” by Joshua Redman
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we make a stop in Galena, Kansas and meet Melba the Mouth.
