Tatsuya Nakatani is a composer, percussionist and innovator. He returns to northwest Arkansas Friday night for the latest concert in the Trillium Salon Series.

A new movie about Tammy Faye Bakker benefits from a great performance from Jessica Chastain to tell the story. Courtney Lanning, a film critic with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , says Chastain's performance is amazing.

At the top of our show today: a lowering of new daily cases of COVID-19, an NEH grant to digitize more minority- and women-owned newspapers of Arkansas' past, and Women Rise will help women in Arkansas navigate through professional barriers.

A box fan, some duct tape, and a few air filters can get you a homemade and high quality air purifier. Hugh Churchill, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas teamed up with Arkansas Research Alliance Academy to create Clean AR Air , where people can buy or donate these kits.

Canopy of Northwest Arkansas, a local resettlement agency, is preparing to intake 49 Afghan refugees as soon as mid-October. Governor Asa Hutchinson announced last week that the state would receive nearly 100 evacuees from Afghanistan, the other half will be resettled in central Arkansas by Catholic Charities.

The Arkansas Legislature will take up redistricting before ending the 2021 session. John Brummett, a political columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , considers the session with Roby Brock, from our partner Talk Business and Politics .

The new book The Silken Thread , by Robert N. Wiednmann and J. Ray Fisher, takes five different insects and examines their roles over millenia.

Albert Cummings was supposed to bring his guitar and his kind of blues to the Lyric in downtown Harrison 18 months ago. Then the pandemic hit. Now, finally, he's on tour and hitting the Lyric stage.

At the top of our show today: Dr.Joe Thompson with ACHI says virus symptoms can last a long time for people who contract COVID-19, the Bella Vista Bypass has an opening date scheduled, and the NWA Naturals rally into the AA Central Championship Series.

The new book You Are What You Click offers a roadmap to using social media in ways that will reduce anger, frustration and sadness. Dr. Brian Primack, the dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas, explains his motivations for writing the book .