In the latest installment of our monthly “3 Things You Should Know” series, we learn about theatre etiquette.
Ozarks At Large
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will officially announce expansion of courses ranging in topics from tree identification to Irish poetry during an open house Friday from 2 to 4 p.m..
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.
Ahead on Ozarks, four legislators from northwest Arkansas discuss the fiscal session that begins today in Little Rock. They’ll examine the chances the private option is or isn’t funded by the time lawmakers adjourn. We’ll also get a small preview of some of the musicians heading to Fayetteville this summer for the fifth edition of the Fayetteville Roots Festival.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, looks back at a week that included new inductions to the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame and conversations about political tax plans.
The city of Springdale says it is prepared for more winter weather with restocked supplies of sand and salt, and long-range planning for dealing with roads slickened by winter storms. Governor Mike Beebe says that the repeated winter weather is hitting Arkansas farmers especially hard. And Allens Canning Co. has a new owner.
Ahead on Ozarks, we talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about Governor Beebe's words for Whirlpool's departure from Ft. Smith and what to expect for the 2014 Legislative Session. Plus the Arkansas-born-and–raised woman who helped Pete Seeger learn songs like "We Shall Overcome."
A woman born and educated in western Arkansas played a big part in making "We Shall Overcome" a popular anthem.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an event fit for your very own Pagnozzi princess, and a one-woman performance parodies what happens after 'happily ever after.' Plus, a new facility helps one organization provide goodwill to the state.
Becca Martin Brown has more on the first installment of a series in the Knox Street Book Club at the Clayton House in Fort Smith.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, casts a skeptical glance at polls that rank presidents from best to worst.
"Lady Bug" by Edsel Gomez
Rose Bunch grew up in northwest Arkansas. She takes the changes she's seen to her hometown and incorporates them into her fiction and non-fiction. Soon, she'll compare changes in the Ozarks to changes halfway across the world with a Fulbright Fellowship.
Rose Bunch also talked about her novel-in-progress and more when she visited KUAF. Hear more of the conversation here.
"Prelude" by Richard Gilewitz
Folk duo Still on the Hill is this year’s recipient of the Governor’s Art Award for Folklife and Traditional Art. Tomorrow, the group will celebrate the completion of its new Ozark documentary with a screening at Shiloh Museum, complete with apple pie. Visit www.stillonthehill.com for more information.
To hear more of the conversation with Still on the Hill, click here.
"Interlude" by Stan Kenton
Even if the bikes are gone, there is still much to be done for entertainment.
Vampires, the Beaver and more in our history capsule for October 4.
