Maser, an artist from Ireland, was back in Arkansas to work on another new piece of public art.
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Becca Martin Brown says the first day of October is a good time to become aware of all things Halloween happening for the next 30 days in the region.
The shutdown that went into effect at midnight last night is already impacting operations at Beaver Lake, though more impacts could be felt if the shutdown continues.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, discusses health care and the federal shutdown with John Brummett, political columnist.Governor Mike Beebe speaks about potential effects the federal government shutdown will have on Arkansas, while the state Department of Health works out a deal with the USDA to keep a nutrition program running for now. And the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace begins open enrollment today even with the federal government shutdown in place.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we meet an emerging Ozarks Marshallese community organizer. Plus, we talk to the author of "Arkansas Late in the Civil War."
Tonya Lewis Lee helped bring Christopher Paul Curtis' novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham to Tv this month. Tonight the film is being shown, for free, at Bentonville High School and today we talked with Ms. lee about the project that premiered earlier this month on the Hallmark Channel.
Years after, and miles south, of the well-known battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, the Civil War continued to be fought in central and southern Arkansas. David E. Casto writes about the fighting in his new book, Arkansas Late in the Civil War.
Melisa Laelan, the state’s first certified Marshallese court interpreter, is also organizing Arkansas’s first islander-operated non-profit group---the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit a local yarn shop to speak with local knitters about how and what they're working on this holiday season. Plus, a discussion with a local man who lost his grandson in the Sandy Hook massacre last December, and how a church reaches out to the community with its healing touch.
This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Parent blogging isn't a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one. Some of the more successful practitioners can catch the attention of ad agencies.
Blessings are part of many lives. Almost everybody thinks of them differently in some way.
For our monthly spaces series, we tour the Tulsa National Weather Service office.
Our ten clips saluting science!
1. Thomas Dolby and the 80s anthem, She Blinded Me with Science.
2. Greer Garson as Marie Curie in the 1943 movie, Madame Curie.
3. Those kings of nerd rock, Barenaked Ladies, sing The History of Everything,
4. Peter Sellers (and Peter Sellers) in Dr. Strangelove.
5. Blondie and that 80s anthem, Atomic.
6. The work of the Absent-Minded Professor becomes public to the citizens of Medfield.
7. Oingo Boing and that 80s anthem, Weird Science.
8. Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox and a DeLorean in Back to the Future.
9. Colin Clive, as Dr. Frankenstein, is somewhat proud of his creation. His attitude will change.
10. Tom Leher (of course!) sings The Elements.
Apologies to: the other kings of nerd rock, They Might be Giants, all of those other mad scientists, The Andromeda Strain, Jesse Pinkman and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker (two of the best muppets). Maybe next time.
