The Fort Smith food pantry is in need of canned goods, beans, cereal, and other dry and canned food items to provide assistance to low-income families and disabled individuals.
For more information call 479-782-5074 or log on to www.csclearinghouse.org.
Ozarks At Large
Malco Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville is sponsoring Superhero Saturday tomorrow to support Camp Alliance Inc.
More information is available at www.campallianceinc.com
Becca is on a mission – a mission to introduce you to almost every museum, big or small, in our listening area. Today she talks about Shiloh Museum of Ozark History and Rogers Historical Museum.
On this edition of Ozarks, Arkansas-born poet CD Wright talks about her friend Margaret McHugh who marched across the state for civil rights and the Fayetteville Roots Festival expands from one day to an entire weekend of musical acts. An annual tomato-tasting event will be held this weekend at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, and a new satellite clinic is set to open later this summer in Springdale for the migrant Marshallese and immigrant Hispanic population in the region.Poet CD Wright talks about her friend Margaret McHugh, a white homemaker from rural Arkansas who left her town, husband, and seven children to join a small band of black activists on a march from West Memphis to Little Rock.
The Arkansas Department of Health is opening a satellite clinic later this summer in Springdale to serve migrant Marshallese and immigrant Hispanic residents.On this edition of Ozarks at Large, fiddler Babette Allen talks about the upcoming fiddle camp at Ozark Folkways and a little something before Saturday night’s opening concert of the 13th Annual KUAF Summer Jazz Festival. Senator John Boozman talks about the debt-ceiling discussions. Also, are Ozarks lakes at risk of being contaminated with a blue green algae toxin? We find out.
Babette Allen will be teaching fiddle at Ozark Folkways in Winslow next weekend.
Visit www.ozarkfolkways.com or www.raynababette.com for more information.
The University of Arkansas System selects a new president and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Senator Mark Pryor talks about the ongoing efforts to reach a compromise over the debt-ceiling dilemma and Michael Tilley has updates from the River Valley. The United Way of Northwest Arkansas organizes a school-supply drive and a new home goods store in Bentonville lets people design their own decoration pieces.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, December 16, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, we talk to a Fayetteville resident whose grandson was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting a year ago. Plus, we learn more about Healing Ministries at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
A police K9 unit, consisting of a handler and his dog, helps detect narcotics and track individuals, and shares a relationship based on love and trust.
Photo courtesy of the City of Fayetteville website: www.accessfayetteville.org.
Wayne Bell of www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses Emmy nominees for the more popular categories.
“Theme from The Game of Thrones”
The Brick Fields Duo will take part in the Ozarks Blues Society Challenge tonight at George’s Majestic Lounge on Dickson Street in Fayetteville.
For more information, visit www.brickfieldsmusic.com.
But a significant portion of the long-vacant Mallalieu Church in Fort Smith is being preserved from demolition so it can be used as an entrance for a new community academic center.
“Moonlight” by Charlie Haden
The non-profit Youth Bridge, which provides services to at-risk teens in northwest Arkansas, is hosting Starry, Starry Night to raise money for a teen homeless shelter.
For more information, visit www.youthbridge.com or the Youth Bridge Facebook page.
