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The NWA Black Heritage Association will hold a community gathering Friday night at Walker Park to offer a chance to learn more about the effort to establish a Black Historic District. The association is also partnering with Bike POC and Pedal Kids USA to provide bike youth courses and a bike safety clinic.

A $431,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will go to fund contraceptive services and reproductive health education for women in rural parts of the state.

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils are embarking on their final tour, named after their 1974 album, "When it Shines." Next year, the band will retire from touring altogether. Sophia Nourani speaks with bassist Mike “Supe” Granda on how it feels to reflect on over 50 years of performing live.

The University of Arkansas’ Master of Music in Black Sacred Music, a unique three-year, summer-only program, will conclude its second summer with a concert on Aug. 1 at The Meteor in Fayetteville. Geoffrey Allen Murdock and Jake Hertzog discussed the event and the Arkansas Center for Black Music at the Carver Center for Public Radio.

For the first time in 10 years, the Cave Springs community gathered in full force at the Illinois River Watershed Partnership sanctuary this weekend to celebrate the Bats and Bluegrass Festival. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis spoke with organizers and attended the event to get to know the people and causes behind the festival.

On today's show, the Illinois River Watershed Partnership combines bluegrass and bats for a conservation-themed event. Plus, the second summer for the University of Arkansas’ Master's program in Black sacred music is nearing the end. Plus, a non-profit radio station with a mission of community and music is ready to show off its new home.

The Tjuana Byrd Summer Internship Program for Arkansas women of color in STEM and finance fields is ending for the season soon. Partnered with companies like Acxiom and Southwest Power Pool and the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, it's named after the foundation’s first Black president. This week, Ozarks at Large will feature recipients like Indu Sen of Bentonville, who earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas and will start her master’s at Oklahoma State this fall.

Today's "Sound Perimeter" explores music echoing other artists. Pieces in today's episode include Mario Lavista’s "Lament" for flute, which is inspired by a poem by Wang Wei, and Bora Yoon’s "The Houses we carry Within", which engages with artist Do Ho Suh's concept that "home is everywhere and nowhere".

Gospel, blues, jazz, hip-hop, soul, and more can be heard every day in Fayetteville on nonprofit radio station KDIV 98.7 FM. The station is getting ready to re-introduce itself to the community with an open house on July 29 at its new space on Sunbridge Drive. Reggie Brasfield, the station’s executive director, and Ryan Versey, a volunteer at KDIV and KUAF’s underwriting director, talked with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the mission of KDIV.

Mount Sequoyah is hosting a concert and showcase with folk singer Willi Carlisle. Coined as a night of protest songs and public theater, proceeds from ticket sales will go toward the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, or PCRF, and Mount Sequoyah’s Rainbow Art Camp.