Becca Martin Brown has some last minute activity to do with your mom or do yourself or your kids if you are a mom, or not.
Ozarks At Large
The idea of Community varies from person to person. A year long project at Fayetteville High School concludes with an open house showcasing juniors’ and seniors’ ideas of community as seen through each of their camera lenses.
The past week in Arkansas saw a visit from President Obama, hundreds of new jobs announced, and expansion plans for one decades-old stadium move forward. We have more in this morning's Week in Review.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley talks about a new owner for some long-abandoned real estate in Fort Smith, and the official announcement of a Whole Foods in Fayetteville. Plus, Cletus Got Shot gets ready to perform at a few festivals in the next month.
Cletus Got Shot will perform at the 2014 Artosphere Celebration and the Block Street Block Party next weekend. Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says this Mother's Day has more than enough choices for Mom. They're free, too.
An undocumented Arkansas college student who traveled to Mexico to attain a nursing degree back in 2011, was forced to flee back across the U.S. border this winter, and risk arrest by immigration officials in order to save her own life. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, Marisol Soto somehow made it all the way back home to Pea Ridge, Arkansas. (Photo: Marisol, Andrea, and Marianna Soto)
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses a sale of some former Whirlpool real estate in Fort Smith and the eventual arrival of Whole Foods in Fayetteville.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, May 30, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Michael Tilley talks about a potential multi-billion dollar acquisition by Tyson Foods and a less-than-expected participation rate for upcoming elections in the City of Fort Smith. And, a preview of two very different ways to spend tomorrow night: the rumble of monster trucks will be in Springdale, and music from the Artosphere Festival Orchestra will be in Fayetteville.
Christopher Spencer, the owner and publisher of ozarksunbound.com joins Kyle in the studio to talk about Community Access Television with two of the staff from the unusual channel.
There was much more from this week's collaboration with ozarksunbound.com. You can hear some of the conversation here.
"Smooching" from the soundtrack of Local Hero, performed by Mark Knopfler
Tomorrow in Fort Smith, students from sixteen area schools will show off their robot works-in-progress.
"Dance VIII" by Philip Glass
This fall the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center will host an exhibit about Haiti...before and after the earthquake. In conjunction, the Center is sponsoring an essay contest for Arkansas high school students. For more information, visit clintonpresidentialcenter.org.
PJ Robowski recently talked with W. Dale Warren of the Univeristy of Arkansas about the upcoming UA Wind Symphony concert at Walton Arts Center.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Roger Maris and more in our history capsule for October 1.
