Ozarks at Large

The Netflix movie The Harder They Fall is an old-school western with deep ties to Arkansas and Oklahoma. Courtney Lanning, a film critic with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says it is also enjoyable.

On today's show, the city of Eureka Springs enacted a new ordinance that outlaws privately operated short-term vacation rentals. Plus, fall in the Ozarks with a corn maze, and much more.

Today's show's opening includes a three-month low in COVID-19 hospitalizations in Arkansas, a new Wellness Center under construction in Stillwell, Oklahoma and a brick-and-mortar location for Moosejaw in Bentonville.

Eureka Springs city council recently approved a new ordinance to prohibit hundreds of privately-run short-term vacation rentals in town, commonly listed on sites such as Airbnb. Currently Eureka counts over 180 tourist lodgings including "bed & breakfast" accomodations, cottages, cabins and boarding houses licensed to operate only in certain city zones and required to pay a special city tax.

The Unexpected in Fort Smith unveiled its latest mural from British street artist Ben Eine on Wednesday. The art work, located at 1000 Garrison Ave., was funded by a 2019 grant from the Division of Arkansas Heritage and draws attention to the issue of mental health. Director of The Unexpected Claire Kolberg says the group had to postpone its annual festival in 2020 and scale back operations this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eine will give a public talk about art and mental health Thursday Oct. 28 via zoom.

On this week's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, Paul Gatling talks about new real estate news in Bentonville, plus an interview with Justin Urso of the McMillon Innovation Studio at the University of Arkansas.

McGarrah Farms Rivercrest Orchard is home to Fall on the Farm, which features a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, and countless other activities for all ages. The farm is open to the public every Thursday-Sunday until the end of October.

In today's Sound Perimeter, University of Arkansas music professor Lia Uribe celebrates the voices of African American composers that have documented the history of the USA in and with their music. We hear music today by Florence Price, Geroge Walker and Nkeiru Okoye.

On today's show: art, social justice and more. A new episode of Undisciplined is out and host Caree Banton talks with Sharon Killian about Black art and social movements. Plus, writer and performer Tim Miller is in residency at the University of Arkansas, working with students and performing while here, and much more.

Our Wednesday edition begins with Governor Asa Hutchinson's tax cut plan, a slowing of COVID-19 cases in Arkansas, and a northwest Arkansas barista headed to the world championships in Milan.