Becca Martin Brown , features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, tells us about an upcoming concert featuring the work of Florence Price, a Valentine's concert by Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, and other events happening this weekend.

Me Like Bees is a Joplin-based band that is no stranger to northwest Arkansas. The band will perform Saturday night at Smoke and Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville. The band recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk about their music and to give us a preview.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants to reduce the state's top marginal tax rate from 6.9 percent to 5.9 percent over two years. Members of a coalition called Arkansans for Better Spending are concerned what impact the governor's plan could have on programs around the state.

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit Artspace has returned to northwest Arkansas after a year-long study . We learn more about what the study found about artists' needs for living and working spaces in the region.

David Jaffe is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs at American University's Washington College of Law. He was recently in Fayetteville to talk to law students about mental health.

Leigh Wood, host of the KUAF Vinyl Hour Saturdays at 5 p.m. on 91.3, gives us a preview of this week's show.

In today's Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report, we hear news regarding the banking and commercial real estate markets in Benton County, and we learn more about the ALICE Project.

A dozen town halls will soon be held throughout Benton County to present the case for a new sales tax to voters. The tax would fund construction of a new county courthouse on the Bentonville Square. The sales tax will be up for a public vote in March, but opposition to the plan is building.

Ten diverse northwest Arkansas nonprofits are collaborating under a new grant initiative. The TRUE Northwest Arkansas program is intended for nonprofits to learn and share best practices. The program is administered by the Arkansas Community Foundation, and it is funded by the Walton Family Foundation and Walmart Foundation.

The Local Color Radio Hour is an ongoing performance and podcast series that is inspired by the radio variety shows of yesteryear. The live show features local talent and also has an emphasis on history local to the Arkansas River Valley. We visit with several of the show's organizers to learn more about the show and how it benefits the Fort Smith Historical Museum.