A woman born and educated in western Arkansas played a big part in making "We Shall Overcome" a popular anthem.
Ozarks At Large
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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how the Office of Human Concern is helping low-income residents stay warm this winter. Plus, a conversation with a cast member of I Love Lucy Live on Stage.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: how soup in Ft. Smith can help some area children have a better weekend. Plus students at the University of Arkansas will be in charge of soup, salad and everything else at the Crescent Hotel for an upcoming weekend. We also have a wrap up of the month ahead in visual arts and go to a church to learn more about how art and faith can be closely related.
The River Valley Regional Food Bank has organized a soup drive to ensure elementary students have food to eat during the President's Day holiday weekend.
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with authors Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady. Plus, Mercy Fort Smith opens its new breast center.Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady are novelists and visiting associate professors at the University of Arkansas. They'll read from their work Thursday night at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
Ahead on this Super Bowl day edition of Weekend Ozarks, Christina talks to three different coaches about their line of work, Kyle goes super-bowling, finding out about the trend of Arkansas high schools' inclusion of bowling as a varsity sport.All are topics in this morning's week in review.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, workforce officials try to improve job training to meet industry demands. And, we look at the University of Arkansas' autism intervention program.
We talk with Charlaine Harris, the popular supernatural mystery writer, on whose stories HBO’s “True Blood” series is based. She was in town raising awareness about the Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs this past weekend.
“Scrapple From the Apple” by Miles Davis
On the list today – a concert on the lawn at Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, a reading and book-signing with author Cary Groner at Nightbird Books, and a performance by Trout Fishing in America at the Alma Performing Arts Center.
The blues and jazz lounge and restaurant in Fayetteville hopes to impress northwest Arkansans with great music, delicious food and elegant decor.
Crafts, dance, and musical performances will keep northwest Arkansans busy this month. Jodi Beznoska of Walton Arts Center has the details.
A beautiful preserve operated by the city of Eureka Springs could be a draw for green tourists, but some worry development could disturb a habitat home to a rare species of lizard called “Mountain Boomers.”
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