Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton talks to Roby Brock about why he supports military action in Syria. Plus the new art gallery, Bottle Rocket, prepares for lift off in Fayetteville. We also hear comments from Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. He spoke yesterday on the University of Arkansas campus.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton talks to Roby Brock about why he supports military action in Syria. Plus the new art gallery, Bottle Rocket, prepares for lift off in Fayetteville. We also hear comments from Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. He spoke yesterday on the University of Arkansas campus.
A new art gallery, dedicated to showing controversial and confrontational works, will open this month. We meet the curators at the new Bottle Rocket gallery.
Fourth District Congressman Tom Cotton this weekend told Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, why he supports military action in Syria.
Dr. Rajiv Shah spoke at the University of Arkansas yesterday. In his lecture and the Q&A session that followed, he called for more public-private partnerships to invest in the developing world.The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care is working to improve conditions at nursing homes throughout the state. And tax elections are taking place today in Madison County and Siloam Springs, while early voting begins for a millage increase in Bentonville.
Becca Martin Brown gives us as much advice about attending local entertainment as is possible in 90 seconds.
Ahead on this Monday edition of Ozarks: the inspiration for the novel The Red Kimono. Jan Morrell explains how her family's history was a starting point for her book about American citizens taken to internment camps during World War II. Plus the campus of Arkansas Tech University-Ozark prepares for a milestone and why changes to the Arkansas River are part of a plan to help the entire region grow.
Jan Morrill used the real-life events of her mother’s life to serve as inspiration for her novel The Red Kimono.For more about the novel, click here.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says you can stay home for great music…but you can also get in the car and drive, too.
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Ahead on this snow day edition of Ozarks at Large, our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley of The City Wire; plus the violent explusion of an African American settlement in southeastern Crawford County comes to light, ninety years after the fact.
Opponents to Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban are asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction to prevent the law from ever being enforced. Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport gets a $3.4 million grant that will be used for pavement upgrades, a master plan and more. Mount Sequoyah Gardens in Fayetteville is getting upgrades to make it a more appealing overlook. And, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is holding several public meetings around the state regarding a revised statewide ten-year solid waste plan.
"They Were Wrong" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas speaks with Axiom executive Jerry Jones, the chairman of a task force called FASTER Arkansas, that's working to improve broadband access to public school students.
Benton County native, Joe Woolbright, operator of Ozark Ecological Restoration, contracts with local and state nonprofit agencies, to help bring native grassland prairies on both public and private land back to life.
"When We Both Are Cats" by Bombadil
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers discusses entertainment options in the region, including a Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
The owner of a new drums-only store in downtown Springdale thinks Emma Avenue has unique potential to become a destination community.
