Arts and Culture

On today's show, Arkansas’ third congressional district has been held by a Republican for 58 years— Will that trend end any time soon? Also, House of Songs in Bentonville celebrates seven years. Plus, it was a productive summer for musician Drew Hutson Rogers.

Many yarn stores in Arkansas, including two in northwest Arkansas, will participate in the 2024 Arkansas Yarn Crawl. Beginning tomorrow, we have nine days to visit all eight stores, and nine days may be enough to travel from Fayetteville to Paragould to Malvern to Hot Springs and beyond. Yesterday, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams visited with the owners of the two Fayetteville yarn store participants.

On today's show, building energy efficient houses in northwest Arkansas. Also, artists helping artists. Plus, a dip into the Ozarks at Large archives to recall what was happening in July 18 years ago.

Oklahoma Humanities is the state’s affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts. The group has issued a call for applications for Oklahoma organizations to create or share programming with up to $10,000. Senior program manager Kelly Burns spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the program and says the money could be used for events that help people learn about the human experience.

On today's show, a new leader for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Northwest Region. Also, we hear from an organization helping Arkansans who are providing care for loved ones with dementia. Plus, Oklahoma Humanities is helping us find new perspectives.

Local comic and visual artist Chad Maupin is releasing a new creative project. "Rant" is a zine, or self-published magazine, with rotating themes and content. The first edition of Rant is centered around Fayetteville folklore, and features local legend Chris “Clunk” Selby, or Flavor Clown.

The Walton Arts Center is now accepting submissions for their fourth annual "Our Art, Our Region, Our Time" group art exhibition. Curated by local artist Kathy Thompson, the exhibit will feature and celebrate works exclusively from Northwest Arkansas visual artists.

"Transfigure" is a reoccurring exhibition at the Fenix Art Gallery on Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville. Sophia Nourani recently hosted a roundtable discussion with some of the displayed artists, discussing inspirations and motivations behind their work.

On today's show, we discuss property insurance rates being on the rise and the impact that natural disasters are having on those costs. Also, celebrating the Arkansas tomato. Plus, the relationship between transformation and art.

Amanda Churchill’s debut novel, "The Turtle House," is about a grandmother and granddaughter who get to know each other and discover things about each other that few other people know.