Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman-Strauss returns to ponder the solution to a puzzle about baseball players, and put us to work on another.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we begin a series about social work in our region. TheatreSquared readies for its third play this season, and we meet with Lamar Pettus, the interim executive director of the Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center, who has more details on the second in a year-long series of concerts called Music on the Mountain.“Willy Wonka, Jr.” comes to Rogers; Mother Nature returns to Hobbs State Park; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hosts a gallery talk. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
Lamar Pettus, the interim executive director of the Mount Sequoyah Retreat and Conference Center in Fayetteville, talks about the year-long series of concerts on Mount Sequoyah called Music on the Mountain. Singer-songwriter Randall Shreve performs tonight in the second concert of the series.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we find out more about an emergency communications network being developed by University of Arkansas researchers, and little libraries in people’s front-yards. We also speak with a member of classical trio Time for Three who perform tonight at Walton Arts Center, and math expert Chaim Goodman-Strauss about numbers, words, baseball and polar bears.Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman Strauss talks about numbers, words, baseball and polar bears.
Recently, Arkansas Tech University-Ozark campus received approval for its proposed Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The move will allow the university to offer its students the Registered Nurse program.
Carol Prusa’s art is influenced by physics, architecture, medicine, Tibetan monks, mathematics, and other esoteric elements. Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen spoke with Prusa about her art and exhibit at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery.
Arkansas’ unemployment rate drops; Governor Mike Beebe visits the Arkansas River Valley; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Millions of people visit Buffalo National River Park every year, but few venture onto the park in winter. We take a hike into Lost Valley with a park interpreter who, along the way, provides winter recreational tips.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Ahead on weekend Ozarks, how nurse practitioners will fill a potential shortfall of primary care physicians, the 2014 renovation plans for the Arts Center of the Ozarks, how Scrabble is being used as part of an annual fundraiser for the Literacy Council of Benton County, how one business is cashing in on the latest juicing craze and more.
This month's Grammy Awards try to recognize artists from a wide swath of musical types. Wayne Bell, of the Culture Club at www.fayettevilleflyer.com, offers a preview.
The nearly 35-year old institution has long range plans for a new space.
John Brummett of the Arkansas News Bureau talks to State Senator Gilbert Baker about the rest of the legislative session. The conversation was recorded for www.talkbusiness.net.
An upcoming event at the University of Arkansas is intended for parents and children to learn about financial literacy together.
Philip Glass, the first TV daytime soap opera and more in our history capsule for January 31.
