Becca Martin Brown says Still on the Hill has received a grant to produce songs about Beaver Lake.
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William Lyle, the current executive chef at Ella's Restaurant has been hired as the new executive chef at Eleven.
Soil Cycle, a project of Feed Fayetteville, collects restaurant food waste the green way, then composts it for use on the soil of community gardens.
The Ozark Natural Science Center was in dire straits earlier this year, but a fundraising campaign is nearing completion and students are expected to be at ONSC this fall.Fourth District Congressman Tom Cotton officially announced his bid for U.S. Senate yesterday, ending one of the worse-kept secrets in Arkansas politics. The special election date is set for Fayetteville voters to decide whether to extend bonds that were originally used to build the Fayetteville Town Center. And a lawsuit is the latest chapter in the saga surrounding C & H Hog Farms, the Farm Services Agency and the U.S. Small Business Association.
Ahead on Ozarks, how community clinics will change, and not change, with the roll out of The Affordable Care Act. We continue our series on how the act will affect Arkansas. Plus a warm documentary made during the latter part of Levon Helm's life will have its northwest Arkansas premier Friday night at the Fayetteville Public Library…we’ll hear from the film’s director. Plus Joe Neal returns with the sounds of his high-flying neighbors…American crows. And the music of Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line shines in their 2013 release, Carnival. They’re coming to Fayetteville later this month as part of the Roots Festival and we'll have a review of the album.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says you can find live music every night this week.
Winners in all kinds of competitions have area connections.
When Joe Neal is not out in the field counting and taking audio recording of birds, he’s at home—counting and taking audio recording of birds, including some new “folks” in the neighborhood. Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, November 11, 2013
On this Veteran’s Day edition of Ozarks, Christina Thomas talks to Warren Blaylock. He lives in Alma and he'll be part of a special Veteran's Day event in Crawford County tonight. He was a medic in World War II and served during the D-Day invasion and at the Battle of the Bulge. And some of the sounds from a ceremony Saturday at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville as additional land was added to the location. We also have Roby Brock's look back at the week in business and more.
The 10th anniversary of Wakarusa was full of live performances and rain. Check out our photos of the festival here.
Judge Leon Holmes rejects former state treasurer Martha Shoffner's guilty plea after being unsatisfied with her testimony regarding activities that led to her indictment. Senator Mark Pryor lashes out with his own ad against negative publicity regarding his voting record on gun control. Governor Mike Beebe lauds the state's Unemployment Insurance Program for bouncing back after running out of money a few years ago. Ozark Regional Transit offers free rides throughout the summer to children aged 17 and under. And Tyson Foods acquires a California-based ethnic food operation.
"Sixty Dollar Train" by Brandi Disterheft
In his weekly look back at the past seven days of business and political news, Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas looks at the Dassault Falcon expansion in Central Arkansas, and the replacement that will take Martha Shoffner's place as state treasurer.
Leo G. Mazow, an Associate Professor of American Art History at the University of Arkansas, recently was awarded the Eldridge Prize from the Smithsonian American Art Museum for his book Thomas Hart Benton and the American Sound.
"Busted Bicycle" by Leo Kottke
92-year-old Warren Blaylock, a resident of Alma and an off-and-on again resident of Crawford County, was yesterday’s speaker at the Drennen-Scott House in Van Buren. As a 12-year-old in 1933, he was fascinated by the stories he overheard about the crime-spreeing duo Bonnie and Clyde.
"Bonnie and Clyde" by Jay-Z and Beyonce
