Our insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkraus suggests a few gifts to encourage children's interest in insects and nature.
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Justin Minkel, a Springdale elementary school teacher and 2007 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, has just written a new book aimed at young readers.
Justin Minkel, a Springdale elementary school teacher and 2007 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, has just written a new book aimed at young readers.
Dr. Ellen Leen-Feldner, the director of the Arkansas Interdisciplinary Sciences Laboratory at the University of Arkansas, has a new study designed to find out how parents and adolescence cope with stress and post traumatic stress disorder.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit a local yarn shop to speak with local knitters about how and what they're working on this holiday season. Plus, a discussion with a local man who lost his grandson in the Sandy Hook massacre last December, and how a church reaches out to the community with its healing touch.
The Early Morning Bourbon Girls play another song inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio, titled "Mountain Lion."
We visit a Knit Night and visit with local knitters about the ways to knit both old and new.
Becca Martin Brown discusses numbers six through ten of the top entertainment stories of 2013. She'll tell us the top five stories on next Sunday's edition of Weekend Ozarks.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the week in business and politics. Plus, members of the cast of "Good People" discuss why audiences connect with the Tony-nominated script. And, The Tri-tones; Ben Harris, Adams Collins and Drew Packard; sit down with Robert Ginsburg in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and perform some original music.
After a lengthy meeting between legislators and the state treasurer, some lawmakers still want more information about the office's investment practices.
Becca Martin Brown, features editor at Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us details about several concerts happening in the region over the next week.
Last week, 7 Hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville sent out a request to the community for supplies they urgently need. An updated list is available at the organization's Facebook page.
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Sunday night's Emmy Awards will likely mean more awards for cable stations than their broadcast counterparts. Wayne Bell, who writes the column Culture Club for the Fayetteville Flyer, offers a preview.
