Ozarks at Large

Mervin Jebaraj, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Univeristy of Arkansas, discusses the state of the labor force and more as part of this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report.

Courtney Lanning says a new, independent movie is silly...but there are cute animals. The Wolf and the Lion is coming to theaters this week.

This week, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe brings us a soundtrack for the snow with music by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Astor Piazzolla and Irving Berlin, featuring performances by Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Astor Piazzolla’s Quintet and Billie Holiday.

On today's show, a conversation with the youngest participant in the Selma March. Plus, weather updates from the National Weather Service, the imagination involved in set design, and much more.

At the top of today's show, we prepare for winter weather across the listening area and an update on COVID-19 data across the state.

Lynda Blackmon Lowery was the youngest participant in the Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, marking her 15th birthday during the event. Her story inspires the musical Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom. Even though the national tour was canceled, patrons of the Walton Arts Center can view a production virtually. We talked with Lynda Blackmon Lowery about telling her story.

Severe winter storm conditions are approaching our region this week. The National Weather Service in Tulsa predicts significant amounts of snow, ice and sleet through Friday morning.

On the most recent episode of Undisciplined, host Caree Banton talks to Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley about cultural competency, how to categorize it, and how to help understand it.

Creating the right set for a theater production takes imagination, cooperation, art, carpentry, and science. We talked with two set designers...Tanya Orellana and Kimberly V. Powers...who have created multiple sets for TheatreSquared.

This week's chronicle of the University of Arkansas' first 150 years is about a pioneering student, James McGahee, whose names was lost and/or forgotten for many decades.