Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers discusses entertainment options in the region, including a Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers discusses entertainment options in the region, including a Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Benton County native, Joe Woolbright, operator of Ozark Ecological Restoration, contracts with local and state nonprofit agencies, to help bring native grassland prairies on both public and private land back to life.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas speaks with Axiom executive Jerry Jones, the chairman of a task force called FASTER Arkansas, that's working to improve broadband access to public school students.Opponents to Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban are asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction to prevent the law from ever being enforced. Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport gets a $3.4 million grant that will be used for pavement upgrades, a master plan and more. Mount Sequoyah Gardens in Fayetteville is getting upgrades to make it a more appealing overlook. And, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is holding several public meetings around the state regarding a revised statewide ten-year solid waste plan.
The owner of a new drums-only store in downtown Springdale thinks Emma Avenue has unique potential to become a destination community.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we begin a series on what the Affordable Care Act will mean for Arkansans. In the first of five reports Jacqueline Froelich outlines how many parts of the new act will work. Plus a national convention devoted to recipients of the Purple Heart is coming to Rogers and will include a keynote address from Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs. And we spend some time with an Ozark ritual: decoration day at a local cemetery.
This weekend the annual Composer’s Showcase concert in Fayetteville will include original compositions of Rick Salonen.Though it may seem like a foreign concept to transplants to the region, natives of Washington County's rural areas still carry out the tradition of Decoration Day, on which families gather at cemeteries for fellowship and in honor of previous generations.
Becca Martin Brown gets us ready for The King and I in Rogers and an adaptation of Jane Austen in Fort Smith.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, traveling by horseback along the Buffalo River with the Buffalo River Back Country Horsemen. Plus, a discussion of the one-dimensional stereotype by which Hollywood has portrayed Arabs for more than a century.
A police K9 unit, consisting of a handler and his dog, helps detect narcotics and track individuals, and shares a relationship based on love and trust.
Photo courtesy of the City of Fayetteville website: www.accessfayetteville.org.
Wayne Bell of www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses Emmy nominees for the more popular categories.
“Theme from The Game of Thrones”
The Brick Fields Duo will take part in the Ozarks Blues Society Challenge tonight at George’s Majestic Lounge on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.
For more information, visit www.brickfieldsmusic.com.
But a significant portion of the long-vacant Mallalieu Church in Fort Smith is being preserved from demolition so it can be used as an entrance for a new community academic center.
“Moonlight” by Charlie Haden
The non-profit Youth Bridge, which provides services to at-risk teens in northwest Arkansas, is hosting Starry, Starry Night to raise money for a teen homeless shelter.
For more information, visit www.youthbridge.com or the Youth Bridge Facebook page.
