Seven finalists, including several with ties to our region, have written what could be a new song for Arkansas.
Ozarks At Large
The latest Theater 2 production, Good People, raises questions about identity and class while making audiences laugh. The script was nominated for a Tony (for best play) in 2011.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says try...just try...to do everything worth doing this weekend.

The Arkansas Senate yesterday passed the Private Option appropriation, while the House again defeated the bill. Fayetteville Public Schools gets a waiver to hold classes on Memorial Day, and new public transit routes are coming to Rogers.


Students from Woodland Junior High School prepare to head to Little Rock for the Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association state championship on Saturday.
Jim Belushi cancels on northwest Arkansas, and Matt McClure is nominated for a James Beard Award.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, those amphibious harbingers of spring--frogs and toads--are being counted all over Arkansas. We'll find out how the frog watch works, and if the number of frogs in the state is diminishing. And, the AMP is being prepared for its first show. The seats aren't in yet, but work is going on almost around-the-clock to meet a June 1 completion date.
Because the event nearly doubled in size this year, it outgrew the church it was held in last year and will move to the Fayetteville Town Center.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there is a Civil War battle and a whole lot of holiday cheer this weekend.
The Holiday Market brings many of the usual farmers and crafters to the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks for one December Saturday.
:Skinny Love" by Bon Iver
Wayne Bell tries to pick the nominees for Best New Artist announced next week.
A firearms manufacturer announces big expansion plans in Fort Smith, Arkansas' Senators talk about the fiscal cliff, and students at Fayetteville High School hold their annual event to help the homeless.
"Circus '68 '69" by Charlie Haden