The Ozarks Genealogical Society's annual conference is scheduled for Sept. 13-14 in Springfield, Missouri, and the featured speaker is D. Joshua Taylor (http://www.djoshuataylor.com).
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers discusses entertainment options in the region, including a Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Benton County native, Joe Woolbright, operator of Ozark Ecological Restoration, contracts with local and state nonprofit agencies, to help bring native grassland prairies on both public and private land back to life.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas speaks with Axiom executive Jerry Jones, the chairman of a task force called FASTER Arkansas, that's working to improve broadband access to public school students.Opponents to Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban are asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction to prevent the law from ever being enforced. Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport gets a $3.4 million grant that will be used for pavement upgrades, a master plan and more. Mount Sequoyah Gardens in Fayetteville is getting upgrades to make it a more appealing overlook. And, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is holding several public meetings around the state regarding a revised statewide ten-year solid waste plan.
The owner of a new drums-only store in downtown Springdale thinks Emma Avenue has unique potential to become a destination community.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we begin a series on what the Affordable Care Act will mean for Arkansans. In the first of five reports Jacqueline Froelich outlines how many parts of the new act will work. Plus a national convention devoted to recipients of the Purple Heart is coming to Rogers and will include a keynote address from Eric Shinseki, the Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs. And we spend some time with an Ozark ritual: decoration day at a local cemetery.
This weekend the annual Composer’s Showcase concert in Fayetteville will include original compositions of Rick Salonen.Though it may seem like a foreign concept to transplants to the region, natives of Washington County's rural areas still carry out the tradition of Decoration Day, on which families gather at cemeteries for fellowship and in honor of previous generations.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with Arkansas photographer Tim Ernst. Also, singer/songwriter Joe Pug pays a visit to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
As part of the 2nd annual Artosphere Festival, a trail in Fayetteville will be blanketed in music next weekend.
"Coast to Coast" by Daniel Sanchez
Becca tells us where to catch the Kiev Trio, who is playing at unusual venues this week as part of Artosphere.
"Lion in a Coma" by Animal Collective
Social media sites like Foursquare are allowing people to update others on their current locations.
Many newly installed riparian buffers were battered by recent flash floods. Streamside water quality extension agent, John Pennington, describes ways to prevent such damage. He’s hosting a free workshop Saturday May 7th in Fayetteville: 444-1755.
A café within the Northwest Arkansas Center for Nonprofits in Rogers hosted a formal dedication yesterday.
