Becca discusses today's events at Jones Center, Fayetteville and Rogers Public Libraries, etc.
Ozarks At Large
Dr. Janine Parry, director of Arkansas poll, chaired an advisory committee to the D.C.-based Institute for Women's Policy Research in 2000-2004. She talks about the history of women representation on a state level in Arkansas.
On this edition of Ozarks, Walmart tests the concept of smaller stores, we hear opening arguments in the Act 1 case in the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the Arkansas House and Senate agree to a $35 million package made of six tax-cuts. Plus, Kevin Kinder talks about this year's South by Southwest highlights and other music festivals.Spring break day trips closer to home - Branson's Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure in the north and Fort Smith Museum of History in the south.
On this St. Patrick's Day edition of Ozarks at Large, more updates from the Arkansas Legislature await. Our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley from thecitywire.com on news from the Fort Smith region; plus, a documentary film based on the War Eagle Creek screens today at the Fort Smith Public Library. We will also have the third in an Ozarks at Large series of interviews with undergraduate students conducting research with the help of SURF grants and Jodi Beznoska from the Walton Arts Center has an exhaustive list of events that are coming up.Walton Arts Center's Jodi Beznoska discusses SoNA's opening performance tonight. Later this week, Pink Floyd Experience and folk musician Arlo Guthrie; plus, a rundown of events through
April 9.
April 9.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, an update from the Arkansas Legislature, a review of the earthquake insurance options available to Arkansans, and a concert featuring seven bands that sees to benefit seven non-profits associated with children's issues.
Plus, a quick preview of tomorrow's "Songs in the Ville," and we meet Brittany Rogers, a history major and second in the Ozarks at Large series on undergraduate research being conducted with the help of SURF grants.
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Monday, January 6, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, an assistant professor of landscape architecture works to preserve a cemetery in Rowher, Arkansas. We also preview a free credit workshop.
One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Jonathan Story sits down at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway.
