Michele Norris, co-host of All Things Considered, discusses her new book, "The Grace of Silence." It is a memoir about family, race and America.
Ozarks At Large
Every month, Jacqueline Froelich takes a look into the drawers of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History and pulls out a featured history. This time it's Al Witte, noted University of Arkansas Law professor, World War II veteran and former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. For more details and more information visit pryorcenter.uark.edu.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a mural at the historic Washington County Courthouse shines brighter, we spend time in the kitchen with one of the cooks from the Chefs in the Garden, hear more from the debate between Congressman John Boozman and Senator Blanche Lincoln and more.
A mural completed nearly ninety years ago looks a bit brighter after a
restoration. Tuesday the art and the artist were celebrated with an official rededication.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, taking care of the first home fay Jones designed and built. Plus the theremin as you may never have heard it before and Haas Hall Academy prepares for a giant book sale.
Haas Hall Academy in Fayetteville, a public charter school, is planning to sell books, thousands of them, this weekend.
Becca says Monday night is a good night for book lovers in the area.
This week's Saturday Market in Fayetteville has art, local food, live music and a new cookbook.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we remember Jefferson Thomas, one of the Little Rock Nine, who died this weekend. Plus a young chef offers healthy cooking classes for young people, the trumpeter swan is released in the Ozarks and along the Arkansas River Valley and more.
Roby Brock of Talk Business takes a look back at the past week in Arkansas business news. For more about Arkansas business and politics, www.talkbusiness.net
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a complaint has been filed against a charter school corporation for teaching creationism in Arkansas. Plus, one local couple has made an investment in the futures of underrepresented college students, and we take a look at what's in a name in Benton County.
Carroll County’s Quorum Court failed to secure an ordinance to establish public rural water system several years ago, after voters repealed it, claiming the project was being pushed and controlled by a minority of developers. But now the QC’s water committee is looking to convince a majority of residents to support a more transparent public water facilities board-facilitated project.
"Eye Can't See" by Nightmares on Wax
The just-published Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music has entries about the most famous Arkansas musicians like Johnny Cash and Louis Jordan. It also has lesser known, but still very important, figures like the musician known as Moondog and Bob Burns.
The UA Center for Advanced Spatial Technology starts a study to try to get a more accurate attendance count during Bikes, Blues and BBQ. UA Chancellor David Gearhart answers questions by state legislators regarding a recent audit of the University's Advancement Division. Walmart gives a sizable grant to the NWA Council to help improve the quality of life in northwest Arkansas. And, the American Cancer Society is starting a new long-range cancer study this week across the nation, with survey sites as follows.
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 17 at Hope Cancer Resources in Springdale
2 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 18 at the Fayetteville Public Library
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday Sept. 19 at the Mercy Family YMCA in Rogers
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday Sept 20 at the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary's in Rogers.
"Boy With A Coin" by Iron & Wine
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses Governor Beebe weighing in on the teacher insurance crisis and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
"Let Her Go" by Passenger
A new study by UA Department of Education Reform on how students are effected by a field trip to Crystal Bridges is being published in the journal Education Next.