Exxon Mobil Corp. contributes $125,000 to the Arkansas Community Foundation to assist with long-term disaster recovery efforts in Central Arkansas. Two state legislators call for another financial impact analysis for the state's Private Option program, and postal workers across the state will collect food items Saturday for one of the larger food drives in the state.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: we visit the traditions surrounding Ozark foods, and we learn the secret to a perfect pot of beans. Plus, we continue our series of conversations of this year's Arkansas gubernatorial candidates with Republican hopeful Asa Hutchinson.Historical author Velda Brotherton discusses foods she remembers eating and some she still cooks from growing up in the Boston Mountains prior to her taking part in an event this Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Many events this month head outdoors including this picnic benefitting SpayArkansas. Dogs are welcome.
According to a new report, the funding disparity between traditional school districts and charter schools has increased more than 54 percent in 8 years.
University of Arkansas officials yesterday unveiled a new chamber in the Human Performance Laboratory will allow researchers to have a temperature and humidity-controlled atmosphere in which to study physiological effects that heat has on the human body.
President Obama was in Central Arkansas yesterday, visiting victims of the recent storms and tornadoes that ravaged the area. Meanwhile, state legislators heard testimony from state finance officials regarding fiscal forecasts for the next few years.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation from this year's Mozart in the Museum with the classical music trio Time For Three. Plus, 47 miles a day: that's how far, on average, a female hiker hiked to make it through the Appalachian Trail in fewer than 50 days. Hiker and author Jennifer Pharr Davis stops by the studio, and we get some tips on how to get into running.
D’Lorah Hughes, an associate professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, discusses how “Pro-Bono Week” emphasizes on the idea of providing legal services free of charge to people in need.
Sean-Paul and Juliane will engage you with astonishing feats, all part of “Intrigue Theatre,” staged this autumn in the downtown city auditorium. Intriguetheater.com
“Ghost Under Rocks” by Ra Ra Riot
West Side Story opens tonight at Walton Arts Center. Also on tonight’s list - “Letters Home” at Alma Performing Arts Center, and more.
University of Arkansas Razorback volleyball team will conclude a five-match home stand tomorrow night. Coach Robert Pulliza has the details.
“Pow Pow” by Dengue Fever
Exciting times are in store for us at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. UA-Fort Smith Academy of the Arts’ Executive Director Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell explains.
“If I Only Had A Brain” by Earl Klugh
