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The TheatreSquared production of Kim's Convenience opens this weekend. Nelson T. Eusebio and Eileen Rivera, the play's director and associate director, explain why they love this "small, but mighty" work so much.

On today's show, Arkansas has the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation, and teen pregnancy and infant mortality are nearly the highest, according to Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI). The center's officials raised awareness this Monday for the state ranking last in maternal health. Also, $240 million of the $1.1 billion spent on the region’s Medicare enrollees’ healthcare were spent on services outside region in 2019, according to an analysis from ACHI. Plus, the Fort Smith Symphony prepares for a busy few weeks, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal and an update of bills from the Arkansas Legislature.

Senate Bill 197, sponsored by Sen. Joshua Bryant, R-Rogers, proposes to prohibit local restrictions on short-term rentals to allow the industry to flourish. If approved, the measure will nullify municipal ordinances enacted in a growing number of Arkansas cities and towns that require short-term rental licensure, permits and safety inspections — and also work to control short-term rental sprawl.

Annie Leibovitz and Diego Rivera are a couple of artists whose work will be featured in upcoming exhibitions at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Austen Bailly, chief curator at the museum, said preparing for headliner exhibitions at the museum can take years.

An Arkansas-based workforce education program is expanding and trying to get more students to invested in trade labor fields.

On today's show, the "Undisciplined" podcast recorded an episode on Black erasure live from the Squire Jehagan Outreach Center in Fayetteville. An Arkansas senate bill aims to prohibit local restrictions on short-term rentals. Plus, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art sets up for its new exhibitions, the Black-Owned NWA Business Expo is scheduled for next week and more.

The coming week's musical attractions features multiple metal and hard rock shows, a much-celebrated guitarist from the UK, and more.

Dr. Sharmila Makhija is the founding dean of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. Paul Gatling talks with her as part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report.

This week Randy Dixon, from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings us archives that may sound familiar. Each is a voice (or bark) of a celebrity who visited Arkansas in the 1960s, '70s or '80s.

Last week, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders revealed some of the details of the Arkansas LEARNS education reform package. Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business & Politics, asked Jacob Oliva, Arkansas secretary of education, about some of the aspects of the plan.