Ozarks At Large


Mark O'Connor gives some musical advice prior to his performance tomorrow night at Walton Arts Center.
The Walton Family Foundation gives the University of Arkansas more than $2 million, Fayetteville prepares to host NCAA championships, and more.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, February 14, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us keep with the moving pieces in the puzzle that is the 2014 Arkansas election. Plus last-minute Valentine’s Day plans courtesy of Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Shannon Wurst explains one inspiration for writing love songs.
The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith presents “South Pacific;” an indie rock show will play at a place called Paradigm Shift; the first of the Clayton Conversations at Clayton House; and finally, Elizabeth Cook will be at Second Street Live. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers asks - what other reasons do we need to take a trip to Fort Smith?
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen spoke with Paul Haas, music director of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, about tomorrow’s Masterworks concert, and the challenging pieces it’ll feature.
“Winter Bones” by Stars
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman-Strauss sheds light on the significance of the year 2012.
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is deciding whether to destroy or preserve remaining relics of an early 1900s summer resort built in a spring-fed forested valley south east of Rogers—now mostly submerged beneath Beaver Reservoir. (Photo courtesy: Rogers Historical Museum)
“Smile When the Raindrops Fall” by The Bear Hunters
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses Arkansan politicians’ reactions to President Barack Obama’s rejection of the current KeystoneXL pipeline project, the closure of Huntington Foam’s Fort Smith plant, and more.
“Plink, Plank, Plunk” by Leroy Anderson