The alt-country band Damn Arkansan credits Smoke and Barrel Tavern for helping them make it as a band, so they helped organize a benefit concert to help the bar buy a new sound system.
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The alt-country band Damn Arkansan credits Smoke and Barrel Tavern for helping them make it as a band, so they helped organize a benefit concert to help the bar buy a new sound system.
Web Exclusive: Video of Damn Arkansan Inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio
The Valley of the Vapors music festival turns Hot Springs into a hotbed of DIY and experimental music each March. There's a new documentary film out about the fest making its Northwest Arkansas debut at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville this Saturday. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen has more.
In reaction to the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre, Arkansas schools continue to bolster security—from hiring armed guards to installing heavy surveillance. We check districts around the region, talk with school security experts, look at current state legislation, and hear from former U.S. Congressman Asa Hutchinson on the status of his National School Shield Emergency Response Program, commissioned by the National Rifle Association.
Bishop Gene Robinson, elected in 2003 as the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church will speak at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville February 9th and 10th. He took an early retirement from his post late last year and is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C. We speak to him by phone about his life and vocation, in advance of his visit.We've had another week with news about organizations that provide services to the community. Timothy Dennis looks at those stories, plus repercussions from the week's severe weather, in this week's Week in Review.
Ahead on Ozarks: All of the Harry Potter books and movies...condensed. Antoinette talks to the creative force behind the show Potted Potter. They'll be at Walton Arts Center this month. Plus the next step after more than 200 people met yesterday in Rogers to discuss making the region healthier. Plus Yoonie Han, guest artist at tomorrow night's concert by the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, sits down at the Mary Baker Ramsey Steinway Piano at KUAF to give us a preview of her performance of Rhapsody in Blue.
The comedic, two-man show "Potted Potter" condenses all seven Harry Potter books into a 70-minute production that is coming to the Walton Arts Center.It took an extra month, but Wayne Bell has seen enough films to now make his Best of 2012 list.
The 5th annual Interfaith Harmony Day is scheduled for 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville. The event is free and will include a variety of events including music, poetry, food, children's activities, and discussions. More information is available by calling 832-754-1791.We catch back up with one of the start-ups we met at last year's Ark Challenge, Sooligan. the co-founders of the social media platform have made good on their promise to launch at the biggest sproting event in the country.
You can learn more about the next Ark Challenge here. You can follow Sooligan at their Facebook page or on Twitter.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation from this year's Mozart in the Museum with the classical music trio Time For Three. Plus, 47 miles a day: that's how far, on average, a female hiker hiked to make it through the Appalachian Trail in fewer than 50 days. Hiker and author Jennifer Pharr Davis stops by the studio, and we get some tips on how to get into running.
The Arkansas General Assembly is far from convening. Timothy Dennis has this review of what lawmakers have been working on in the past week.
Dan Craft, special projects editor at NWA Newspapers tells us about a recent report by the Walton Family Foundation that looked at the quality of life in northwest Arkansas. His story in today's newspaper, looks at the amenities in the area, who uses them and what other recreation options area residents have on their wish lists.
"Red Cross Store" by Mississippi Fred
March is national Red Cross Month. To raise awareness about the organization, Christina Thomas travels to Tontitown to speak with Jeff Patrick, director of communications for the northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross.
The pipeline, which will pump heavy crude oil mined from Canadian tar sands through Cushing, Oklahoma to Texas Gulf Coast refineries is providing hundreds of jobs for Oklahomans and sourcing steel pipe in Arkansas. Opponents claim the project is environmentally disastrous and only serves petrochemical industry interests.
(Photo courtesy of David Druding)
"Pipeline" by The Chantays
Becca Martin Brown fills us in on an archeological survey being done at Carden Bottoms near Dardanelle, as well as other dig-related events coming up in March.
