Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is four years old. There have been some bumps along the way, but the games of chance have provided hundreds of millions of dollars for scholarships. We'll talk to the lottery's second director, Bishop Woosley. Plus 40,000 students in elementary and middle schools across northwest Arkansas create art in a single day and the marvels involved with a staging of Carnival at the Alma Performing Arts Center. The show has steam punk costuming, puppets and music.
Almost every Tuesday evening several dozen people from across the region gather together to sing. This week and next , they’ll perform three public concerts. For more information on the concerts or the chorale, click here.
The number of patient visits to the Northwest Arkansas Free Health Center has increased from two thousand in 2000 to more than eleven thousand in 2011. Now the center is moving to a new, larger space.
"Free" by G Love
Patients at the Booneville Human Development Center have an important job to do. They make rugs as part of the center's Rugs Project, which brought in more than $8,000 through craft fair sales just last month.
A new program is being introduced at Bentonville Public Schools. The program puts bicycles in each of the district's elementary, middle and junior high schools.
"Bicycle" by Livingston Taylor
Becca Martin Brown tells us what's up with shopping for crafts this holiday season.
"Arts and Crafts" by Maceo Parker