On today's edition, we learn about counterfeit bills, and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame announces its newest inductees. Plus, an increase in Arkansas unemployment, the Walton Arts Center announces new shows, and we preview Film Score Friday.
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PJ Robowski, KUAF's music director, discusses music from the movie Pollock (a biography of abstract painter Jackson Pollock), which will be heard on tomorrow's Film Score Friday.
One of the most vocal supporters of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery, Lt. Governor Bill Halter, talked with us on the one-year anniversary of the lottery's launch.
For the first time in recent memory, six, count 'em, six candidates have filed for the position of Mayor of Eureka Springs -- population 2,300. The winner will replace current Mayor Dani Joy, who is not seeking re-election because she wishes to devote herself full time to her family's restaurant business. Jacqueline Froelich sorts through the list of contenders.This month's First Friday in Bentonville embraces brats, polkas and the chicken dance. More information is available at www.downtownbentonville.org.
On this edition of Friday Ozarks at Large, we talk about the second opera in this season's John Harrison Opera Foundation series, get a preview of tomorrow's Eurekapalooza, and continue our series on great openings.
The inaugural music festival will benefit Clear Springs School. Stevie Tombstone is one of the scheduled performers and he spoke with Ozark at Large's Antoinette Grajeda earlier this week.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.
Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby collaborated on a documentary about their years-long art road trip. They discussed the project while at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art last month.
"Bring Music" by Mark Orton
Becca says that there will be plenty of opportunities to hear about architecture as a new lecture series begins at Crystal Bridges.
Last Friday, the Hope Supply Center, a service of the Breast Cancer Society, opened on Walton Blvd. The center will offer supplies, such as wigs and bras, to those affected by breast cancer.
Sidney's Emporium has been located on Dickson Street for about two decades, and has been located in the old UARK Theatre building for the past 14 years. This month, the business is getting back to its mobile roots with a move to the Yacht Club on College.
