Performing Arts

Montreal-based skating troupe Le Patin Libre brings Murmuration to the Jones Center Ice Arena for four shows Nov. 22-23. Murmurations are synchronized mass flights of starlings that resemble living clouds. Alex Hamel, the founder of and a skater in Le Patin Leeb, told Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams he’s been obsessed with murmurations since childhood.

On today's show, an NIH grant has been awarded to Arkansas Children’s to better understand childhood asthma in the state. Also, a field trip to research understudied animals in the Ozarks. Plus, Roby Brock brings us a new edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal.

Bill Blagg will bring his Family Magic Show to Jones Center in Springdale on Oct. 26. He recently spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about his life as a magician, how he prepares for shows and how he keeps his shows a mystery.

The annual Explosion Chinelera is a vibrant, daylong festival that fills northwest Arkansas traditions of Morelos, Mexico. This year's event featured a band that filled Shiloh Square in Springdale with energetic music and dancers in colorful costumes whirling to the beat. Ozarks at Large invited Alma Altimirano, with dance group Chinelos Morelenses, to the Carver Center for Public Radio.

On today's show, college classes are starting back up, with enrollment holding firm at institutions across the region. Also, we learn the "Queer South" zine wants to uplift and empower queer Southern voices. Plus, northwest Arkansas-based DJ SH33P is ready to perform on a big stage.

The Medium is celebrating any and almost all kinds of media early next month. The venue is a partner with Live in America in Springdale to present “60 in 60”. The concept: give 60 people just 60 seconds to do what they want on stage with only a few restrictions. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams talked with Carra Martinez, the co-artistic director of Fusebox, the nonprofit leading the Live in America Festival and a Springdale residency connected to the program, and Amber Perrodin, artist and community manager at The Medium, to find out more.

Professional juggler Jay Gilligan will perform his show “Reflex” at the Jones Center in Springdale this weekend. It is a presentation of Hideaway Circus, based in Brooklyn. He and Hideaway co-founder Josh Aviner spoke with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the show and life in circus arts.

On today's show, how an idea from a magazine became a system of Friendly Fridges in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, a guide to becoming a sustainable runner, updates from the latest Illinois River Watershed stakeholders meeting and TheatreSquared's new season opens with a nefarious plan.

TheatreSquared is more than performances in a theater. Its educational outreach takes actors across the state.

Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, is back after a two-week hiatus. She said people don't have to leave the region this weekend to travel to different worlds. Also, she offers entertainment opportunities.