A service learning project used by student interns to teach the importance of community service to elementary school children works with the real life organization Chicks for Children. We visit as fourth and fifth graders wrap up the project with a song and dance.
Ozarks At Large
Becca says the ACO Chorale is preparing for its Spring Concert May 4th at Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A sustainability summit hosted yesterday in Rogers gave a forum for some of the largest food, agricultural and beverage manufacturers to promote their newest product sustainability efforts.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talks to Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas about lawsuits and the electric chair.
The declaration means that federal assistance will be available for individuals, local governments and businesses. Also, the number of child abuse cases in the state declines.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how members of clergy, support organizations and a T-shirt maker are helping spread relief to towns devastated by Sunday's tornadoes, and information about how anyone else can aid recovery efforts.After Sunday's tornado devastated Vilonia, Mayflower and the surrounding areas, several businesses began offering a slew of options to provide additional support to relief efforts, some traditional and others more novel.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
The fourth One Book, One Community collection of events uses the book The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David Shipler to engage the region in conversation.
Web Exclusive: Extended Conversation With David Joliffe
More people in the state are spending money to try to make money, according to Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net.
After two years the film Up From the Hills will premier this week at the Fayetteville Public Library.
"Wait a Minute" by The Seldom Scene
Becca gives us alerts for art at ACO in Springdale and some great music tonight in Eureka Springs.
Mondays in the fall are particularly busy at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Academy of the Arts. We have some examples to prove the point.
