Ozarks culture

Since February, Nixa's new performing arts center has booked a magician, a hypnotist and an award-winning dance troupe.

Vance Randolph dedicated his life to finding and preserving music, stories and jokes from the Ozarks.

In our latest segment of KSMU's Sense of Community series on "Rural Entrepreneurship in the Ozarks," hear how chambers of commerce assist local businesses in smaller communities around the region.

Along with this morning's segment of KSMU's Sense of Community series on "Entrepreneurship in the Rural Ozarks," in this episode you'll learn about small business life, values and culture through the Christian County town of Ozark. We begin at the century farm of Arianna Russell and her family.

In the next two parts of KSMU's Sense of Community series on "Entrepreneurship in the Rural Ozarks," you'll learn about small business life, values and culture through the Christian County town of Ozark.

In this segment of KSMU’s Sense of Community Series Entrepreneurship in the Rural Ozarks, hear how the owners of Gooseberry Bridge Farm and farmers like them are developing new ways to connect with consumers through agritourist experiences.

Missouri State University's 11th president began serving in an interim role on June 27, 2011.

For our pop-up series KSMU Summer Reading, reporter Gregory Holman interviews Susan Croce Kelly about her new biography of a legendary Springfield journalist.

Lillian Stone is a humor writer from Springfield, now living in Chicago. For KSMU Summer Reading, reporter Gregory Holman interviews Stone about her first book, "Everybody's Favorite: Tales from the World's Worst Perfectionist," published July 18.