Becca suggests checking out the band Slightly Stoopid at George's Majestic Lounge.
Ozarks At Large

The UA prepares for the Dalai Lama's visit, FEMA continues its work in Arkansas, and a local Rotary club raises money for polio vaccines.

The mile-long Keeping Pace with Parkinson's Walk/Run hopes to benefit patients of the disease and their caregivers.
Becca offers “completely off-the-wall” and “less of-the-wall” options for your Mother's Day weekend.

We discuss Fort Smith's fire department's ISO rating and more in our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, january 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what's in a name like the Wampus Cats? We learn the stories behind Arkansas high schools' mascots. Plus winter treats to warm on a final weekend of ice skating in Bentonville, and Mount Comfort Cemetery is set to get a marker commemorating its part in the Civil War.
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.
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)
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says this Mother's Day has more than enough choices for Mom. They're free, too.
"Born to Win, Part One" by Hurray for the Riff Raff
Our content partner KUAR in Little Rock is interviewing Arkansas' gubernatorial candidates. Today's conversation is with Curtis Coleman. An extended version of the interview is available here.
Cletus Got Shot will perform at the 2014 Artosphere Celebration and the Block Street Block Party next weekend.