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KUAFOn today's show, HB1103 would create a universal newborn home heath program in Arkansas if the bill is signed into law. The local of jazz band Circle of Thirds perform a few songs, weekend plans, development in Fort Chaffee and more. -
KUAF's Community Spotlight Series features the work and events of local nonprofits. Pete Hartman, KUAF's operations manager, spoke with officials from the Elizabeth Richardson Center, a member from the Northwest Arkansas Bee Keepers Association and others in the state this week.
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Stages at Walton Arts Center, Fort Smith Little Theater, TheatreSquared, Arts Live and beyond are busy this weekend. We asked our favorite theater fan, Becca Martin Brown with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, to give us a rundown. -
The New York Times Best Seller, "Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Influence" is now available in paperback. We spoke with author Dr. Anna Lembke about addiction, the body and mind for a short conversation on today's show. A longer version will air on Weekend Ozarks at Large, Sunday at 9 a.m.
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Our Militant Grammarian, Katherine Shurlds, comes back to our show next week with a new collection of facts, tidbits and quizzes about language. We get ready for her return with a visit she made to our studio last May to talk about the fun of punctuation.
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Our latest batch of archives from the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History help us trace how FedEx got a start in Arkansas.
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Guitarist Virginia Luque and vocalist Jubilant Sykes have admired each other's work for years. This week, for the first time, they are performing together. The will be at Butterfield Trail Village Sunday at 3 p.m.
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A24, the studio that delivered Courtney Lanning's favorite film of 2022 (Everything Everywhere All at Once), is starting 2023 with "When You Finish Saving the World." Courtney said this movie includes great performances, but doesn't reach the heights of previous A24 films.
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Jared Philips grew up around Ozarks folk practices. Philips, a farmer, historian and international studies professor at the University of Arkansas, brought in a couple folklorists to speak about the expanding world of Ozark traditions.
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The 9th edition of the Ozark Mountain Music Festival opens soon, and one of the bands on the schedule is The Haymakers from Wichita. We caught up with two members of the band for a conversation.
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The IDEALS Institute at the University of Arkansas serves as a hub for training, research and support for diversity, equity and inclusion. The institute works both on and off campus. As the new year starts, there are new opportunities for organizations to be involved with the work.
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This week 60% of Buddy Shute and the Motivators (Buddy along with Brenda and Steve Baskin) came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Their CD, "You Gotta Move" is the Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas' selection to represent the region in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Buddy and others will be playing at the Meteor Guitar Gallery tomorrow night in support of sending this year's OBS artist reps, Downtown Livewires, to Memphis.
