Becca Martin Brown , with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, says the Little Craft Show will be in two locations this year. First, the show will be in Fayetteville on Nov. 25 at the Fayetteville Town Center and then at Record Downtown in Bentonville on Dec. 16.

Leigh Wood, host of The KUAF Vinyl Hour on KUAF 3, gives us a small preview of her next show. Earlier this year, the Vinyl Hour hosted an "80s Ladies" party at Stage 18 in downtown Fayetteville, and Sunday evening at 5 o'clock, we'll hear highlights.

Ozarks at Large takes you inside the artistic process as Fayetteville-based theater director Kholoud Sawaf brings her hometown of Damascus Syria to life for US audiences. Sawaf is adapting Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in a project at TheaterSquared that aims to let audiences in northwest Arkansas, and beyond, learn more about her native country and city. Today we begin a series of behind-the-scenes stories leading up to the production.y.

In October, Sears announced it would be closing its stores at the Northwest Arkansas Mall and Central Mall in Fort Smith. Mervin Jebaraj, the interim director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas discusses why Sears was a game changer in the past and what has happened since, as well as how department stores and malls are trying to stay relevant in today's retail landscape.

Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics , sits down with veteran political observers Rex Nelson and Shane Broadway to discuss the building political season for the upcoming new year.

NWA-based artist Caleb Ryan Martin was invited to play during the Grand Ole Opry preshow this fall. He recently stopped by the studio to discuss the experience. He'll be performing in Nashville again Nov. 29 and you can stream the concert at www.opry.com.

Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette gives us a partial list of Christmas parades, lights and more. The season launches at 6 p.m. tonight with the Lights of the Ozarks on the Fayetteville Square.

Katy Henriksen, the host of KUAF's Of Note says she has an unfinished symphony on her Sunday show and a special Thanksgiving idea for Thursday. Of Not can be heard at 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays on 91.3 and each Sunday through Thursday morning at 9:00 on KUAF 2.

Farai Gonzo, a journalist and scholar from Zimbabwe who was forced to leave her country, was on the University of Arkansas campus this week. She was a guest of the UA chapter of Scholars at Risk and delivered a talk about the power of remaining positive.

The Prison Story Project: On the Row is attracting attention beyond Arkansas. The reading, based on the words of men on Arkansas' Death Row, has already been produced once in Colorado and other productions may be in the future.