True Lit—Fayetteville Literary Festival—is back at the Fayetteville Public Library beginning tomorrow, Oct. 11, and lasting through Oct. 19. On Tuesday night, Nic Stone will speak. Stone is the author of the New York Times bestsellers "Dear Martin," "Dear Justyce," and several other YA novels, including her latest "Chaos Theory." She talked with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the event earlier this week.

April Wallace of the "Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to suggest local happenings this weekend, like the Arkansas State Chili Championship, a revival weekend at the newly reimagined Luther George Park in Springdale, a slew of craft fairs and the NWA Book Swap.

This weekend, The Momentary will host KaniniFest. The festival runs from Friday afternoon through early Sunday evening, and in addition to the plays, there will be a Pacific Island dance workshop, West African drum and dance workshops, youth acting workshops and more. Moja Productions, led by Chris Chukweuke and Tenisi Davis, created the festival. They both came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio.

LatinX Theater Project seeks to inform social change through ensemble-produced art designed to uplift and unite underrepresented communities in northwest Arkansas. While the creators work year-round, their performance schedule definitely picks up in autumn. Recently, Martin Garay and Patricia Rodiguez, members of the ensemble, came to the Carver Center for Public Radio.

Sophia Nourani speaks with KUAF music director Robert Bishop about an upcoming fundraiser at Mount Sequoyah's pool called "Sweater Weather Swim Club".

It’s a busy year for Andrea Rogers. The author’s 2022 collection of horror short stories, Man Made Monsters, is out this week in paperback. Her picture book “When We Gather” came out in the spring. Another picture book, “Chooch Helped,” has been recently released, and her new YA novel, “The Art Thieves,” an apocalyptic time-travel love story about art, is celebrating a book launch Friday night at Pearl’s Books. She returned to the Carver Center for Public Radio yesterday to discuss the books.

Becca Martin-Brown returns to discuss modern events with a deeper history with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams. This week, the two talk with actor Robert Peters about the film industry and his role in "Pass the Ammo," which Escape Room 13 is screening alongside "The Rocky Picture Horror Show" at the Eureka Springs City Auditorium this weekend and Oct. 19.

To commemorate Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month, the University of Arkansas is hosting a juried art exhibition titled "Sanctuary/Santuario." The gallery is on display in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center through Oct. 18.

TheatreSquared is not making predictions about November's presidential election, but its current production, "Twenty50," focuses on politics 26 years into the future. This is just the second-ever production of the play written by Tony Meneses. Last week, two cast members came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio. Orlando Arriaga portrays Andres Salazar, a first-time Congressional candidate, and Alyssa Martinez, his daughter, Jenny Salazar.

Ozarks at Large's Sophia Nourani speaks with northwest Arkansas based band Mr. Orange about the NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2024: Arkansas Showcase.