It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors center...and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in downtown Fort Smith,
Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and David Goins talk to Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Jason Rapert about the state's public school employee insurance crisis.The Arkansas Department of Human Services has released numbers that show thousands of low-income Arkansans have shown intent to sign up for the state's Private Option insurance plans. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a report detailing inequality of enrichment opportunities between schools across the state. And furloughed work-study employees at Northwest Arkansas Community College returned to work this morning after a two-day suspension and before negotiations in Washington showed promise.
Ahead on Ozarks, the effort to help residents with some college credit finish their degrees will get a big boost next week when six area institutions of higher learning will combine for a Come Back to College Fair at the Jones Center in Springdale. Plus, we explain the place where advanced math and crochet meet....and looking for the place where mindfulness and mental health intersect.
An effort to improve understanding in the classroom led to astonishing art.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has still more Halloween events to tell us about today.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast comes back to Walton Arts Center this weekend and we talk with the set designer about what we see behind the characters.
And interdisciplinary seminar on mindfulness and mental health titled “Mirror Program for Health and Happiness,” is taking place October 18th through the 20th on the University of Arkansas campus, facilitated by Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Thupten Dorjee. To register visit artibet.com.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, January 3, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: how to make it to age 100 in Huntsville, an odds-defying collaboration between a renown musician and Trike Theater and the creation of the Ozarks at Large quiche cup.
Ozarks at Large’s tech expert Tyrel Denison discusses the recent changes to Google’s privacy policy.
“Private Eyes” by Hall and Oates
The Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet stars Cody Slaughter as Elvis Presley. Slaughter is a native of Harrison, Arkansas. He discusses the opportunity and the show in this story.
Sunday night’s Grammys paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Whitney Houston, and presented Adele with half a dozen awards. Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com has the details.
“My Funny Valentine” by Chet Baker
Regional healthcare agency franchises, hospital-based agencies and the Arkansas Department of Health in-home health serves are all undergoing regulatory and financial challenges and changes under approaching health care reform.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has an update on business news of the past week.
“Teardrop” by Vitamin String Quartet
