Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says Toto (and Dorothy) will be here soon.
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In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Isayah's Allstars performs inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, details on a festival that celebrates edamame, and Michael Tilley from The City Wire gets us up to date on the week in news.
The core trio of an ever-evolving band comes inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio
We announce the winner of free passes to next weekend's Blues in the Natural State festival.
The city of Mulberry will host its inaugural Edamame Festival from 10am to 5 pm tomorrow at the city park. Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Media, says two classic period pieces are coming to area stages.
Bob Livingston is spending some time in Eureka Springs...writing, playing, teaching. He's a founder of the Lost Gonzo Band and has played all around the world.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how members of clergy, support organizations and a T-shirt maker are helping spread relief to towns devastated by Sunday's tornadoes, and information about how anyone else can aid recovery efforts.
The former Arkansas senator served Arkansas’ Fourth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years. Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business, spoke with former Congressman Ross just as 2012 was drawing to a close.
“Congressman” by Groundation
Gage Mountain in eastern Carroll County has long been referred to by locals as “Crystal Mountain.” And as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, rock crystal harvested from the surface of the mountain was, more than eighty years ago, used for a very noble purpose.
A triptych, coming from the Greek word for three fold, is a work of art, usually a panel painting that is divided into three panels. A new book takes a closer look at the antique artform. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spoke with University of Arkansas art historian and assistant professor Lynn Jacobs about her new book, which attempts to reinterpret the early Netherelandish triptych.
“Triptych” by Rumspringa
Catch Me If You Can and a pair of performances by the Oberlin Dance Company are all that’s in store for January at the Walton Arts Center, but Beth Bobbitt, the center’s manager of public relations says that more is on the way in February.
Individuals seeking a GED have always enrolled and tested for free in Arkansas--one of the last states to offer it at no cost. But by 2014, the program will be privatized and digitized--and students will be charged a hefty fee. We visit a GED Center housed at the former Jefferson Elementary School in Fayetteville to learn about the changes.
