The week ahead is National Suicide Prevention Week, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Melody Kouchehbagh and Jenni Kirstein of the Arkansas Crisis Center about how the organization helps people at risk.
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Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look back at the past week's stories involving education.
Katy Henrikson gives us a preview of tonight's KUAF Sunday Symphony, featuring three symphonies from the World War Two era.
Springdale schools get passing grades on benchmark exams, farmers' markets in Fayetteville earn top ranks, and the University of Arkansas plans construction of a new building.
On today's edition of Ozarks, a big money announcement this morning on the University of Arkansas campus. And all the work behind the scenes to make sure drinking water is safe in Fort Smith.
The second week of Noises Off begins Thursday night. After Sunday's matinee, many of the members of the cast and crew discussed the scripted chaos. For more information, visit theater2.org.
Brooks Tipton wanted a flexible work life so he could continue to play music. He also wanted to give some under-appreciated Arkansas artists more attention. He figured out how to do both with a screen printing business.
For more information about the AR Art project, visit Tipton's website here.
Web exclusive: A Few More Minutes With Brooks TiptonThe Bentonville school board last week approved certain expansion plans for some schools in the district. Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis spoke with superintendent Michael Poore about the plans.
Becca Martin Brown tells a story of musician Gary Pihl's luck as well as information about the week's upcoming entertainment events.
Katy Henrikson gives us the lowdown on what to expect on this week's KUAF Sunday Symphony.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, February 14, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us keep with the moving pieces in the puzzle that is the 2014 Arkansas election. Plus last-minute Valentine’s Day plans courtesy of Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Shannon Wurst explains one inspiration for writing love songs.
This morning, the Bentonville Public School District broke ground on its new high school project in Centerton.
In early May, Arkansas’s ban on same-sex marriage was struck down as unconstitutional by a state court. Hundreds of couples obtained wedding licenses before a stay was ordered by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Now a second lawsuit, filed in federal court, will soon be considered. Jacqueline Froelich talks with Little Rock attorney Jack Wagoner about his case.
UA Professor Angie Maxwell argues that the attention the South received throughout the 20th century in regards to three particular events has shaped the Southern Identity that exists yet today. She discusses her book The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiorty, and the the Politics of Whiteness with Ozarks’ Christina Karnatz.
