This week's look at live music happening through the region includes some classical, blues, folk, and plenty of other styles. Wednesday Oct 24 Dawson Hollow, Becky Adams at Stage 18 (Fayetteville) - $5, 8 to 11 p.m. Shotgun Rider at George's Majestic Lounge (Fayetteville) - $12, 9 p.m. Charlie Marie, Dylan Earl, Jess Harp at Lalaland Gallery (Fayetteville) - donations for the touring band, 8:30 to 11 p.m. Thursday Oct 25 Ashtyn Barbaree & Nick Caffrey at Dickson St. Pub (Fayetteville) - 8:30

The four-day Ozarktoberfest will feature music, food, drink and even fire. We get a preview of this weekend's festivities from Kelly Syer, executive director of the Downtown Springdale Alliance.

A study published this month suggests Tornado Alley might be shifting east. The study found that there was an increase of conditions that favor tornadoes in Arkansas during the past several years. We speak with a meteorologist from the National Weather Service to find out what the study means for northwest Arkansas.

Tony Alamo was an infamous religous leader for decades in Arkansas. Debby Schriver's book Whispering in the Daylight: The Children of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries and Their Journey to Freedom explores the plight of children involved in the Alamo religious organization. She talks with us about the book and about the history of the Alamo Ministries.

A new series of documentary interviews tells the history of Tontitown including the Grape Festival, the spaghetti dinners and more. We hear from Scott Davis, who produced the series, and mayor Paul Colvin, about what the interviews say about the city.

A multimedia show that boils down nearly 14 billion years of history into 90 minutes will be on stage next week at Walton Arts Center . Kealoha, the first poet laureate of Hawaii, created The Story of Everything, and he talks to us about the show prior to its arrival in northwest Arkansas.

Shindigmusic has launched a new music video series that highlights music being created throughout Arkansas. ShindigmusicTV airs every weeknight at 10 p.m. on Fayetteville Public Television , which is on Cox Cable channel 218, AT&T U-verse channel 99, and on the Fayetteville Public Television Youtube stream. We sit down with Robert Locke of Shindigmusic and Dan Robinson from Fayetteville Public Television to learn more about the new series

Votes on issues regardinng term limits and tort reform will not be counted after they were struck from the ballot by the Arkansas Supreme Court. In their weekly conversation, Roby Brock of Talk Business and Politics asks political writer John Brummett about the possible effects of the late changes for the Arkansas ballot

More than two-thirds of Arkansas counties have secured new, electronic voting equipment in time for this year's midterm elections. We speak with a county elections coordinator and with a county election commissioner about the new equipment. We also learn how security is built into the new systems and how electronic voting offers convenience for voters and election officials.

Becca Martin Brown , features editor at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, reminds us that the Wild and Scenic Film Fest is coming up this week. She also tells us that this week is the last chance to see an original stage work at UAFS.