Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Benton County students participate in a surgical simulation, Arkansas’ Second District Congressman Tim Griffin talks to Roby Brock about the economy, and a reunion of three members of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Also, participating artists talk about the July edition of the Fayetteville Underground and Wayne Bell on disappointing movies.Search and rescue dog handler Vynn Stuart and her two German Shepherds travel thousands of miles annually from their home in Ashdown, Arkansas to help locate missing persons.
Things to do this weekend fall into three columns. Column A is theater, column B is music and column C is art.
Becca gives a midsummer reminder of even more markets where we can get fresh, locally-grown produce.
Call Sudhir at 426-4308 or Sachin at 366-3021 for more information. To register for The Art of Living Part 1 course, click here. To register for the Youth Empowerment Seminar, click here.
The City of Fort Smith and Advertising and Promotion Commission agree to a temporary lease agreement to manage the Civic Center. Plus more River Valley updates from Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com.
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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.
On Your Mark Academy, a private nonprofit school for children with special needs and autism is hosting a fundraiser November 9th at 7pm at the Fayetteville Town Center with comedian Josh Blue, winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." Jacqueline Froelich provides a preview. Tickets are available at the door or online at onyourmarkacademy.org.
Author Brock Thompson talks with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams and Ozarks Unbound's Christopher Spencer about his book "The Un-Natural State: Arkansas and the Queer South," in this latest installment of Unlicensed Opinion.
Kevin Fitzpatrick is co-author, along with Mark LaGory of Birmingham, Alabama, of the new book "Unhealthy Cities: Poverty, Race and Place in America." He'll discuss the book Saturday afternoon at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
"Swaorn Statement" by Wide Hive Players
The first weekend of November includes dance, jazz, theatre, and more. Becca Bacon Martin, the editor of What's Up in Northwest Arkansas newspapers, gives us the list.
"Johnny's Love of Majik" by Matt Costa
Free opera on Sunday, free hugs from roller derby league members today.
"Queen of the Roller Derby" by Leon Russell





