Andrew Limbong is a reporter for NPR's Arts Desk, where he does pieces on anything remotely related to arts or culture, from streamers looking for mental health on Twitch to Britney Spears' fight over her conservatorship. He's also covered the near collapse of the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic. He's the host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast and a frequent host on Life Kit.
The Arkansas Teacher Corps received a $5.1 million Walton Family Foundation grant to fund 114 new fellowships, targeting teacher shortages in rural and high-poverty school districts.
Jazz vocalist Michael Mayo, nominated for two Grammys for his album Fly, speaks with KUAF's Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsberg ahead of his Feb. 21 show at Walton Arts Center.
Cindy Quayle's fourth Claire O'Keefe mystery, Lies Are Better at the Lake, brings her scuba-diving sleuth home to a fictionalized Northwest Arkansas for an event at Pearl's Books on April 12.