Liberace, Facebook and more in our history capsule for February 4.
Ozarks At Large
A professor at the University of Arkansas has co-authored a new book designed to help colleges deal with ethical issues.
Our History Doctor, Bill Smith, uses the naming of a new White House press secretary to take a look back at the history of the position.
On this edition of Ozarks, the University of Arkansas is gearing up for the third year of its One Book, One Community Program and welcomes Walmart to its Garland Street Center. Also, a Skills Swap Conference teaches local professionals how to communicate more effectively online and more.
This annual project encourages participants to read the same book in order to foster intellectual conversations throughout the region.
Ron Breeding talks with an Arkansas prison spokesperson about a potential plan to send some inmates south.
On this edition of Ozarks, the Northwest Arkansas Council looks to the future. Plus downtown Springdale also considers what's ahead and our History Doctor considers just what history is.
Theater Squared's next performance is "Sundown Town." The script takes a bold look at race relations. We'll hear some of the discussion about the script held last night at the Fayetteville Public Library. More from the conversation will be included in upcoming editions of Ozarks at Large. Visit www.theater2.org for more information about "Sundown Town".
Today on the program, Eddie L. Armstrong, a leading young community activist, prepares to speak the University of Arkansas Fort Smith during its Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Also, Meals on Wheels is looking for more drivers to help deliver food to seniors, the Northwest Arkansas Lacrosse League prepares for its fifth season, and more.
Zooey Deschanel, Queen Liliuokalani and more in our history capsule for January 17.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, distance education will have a strong presence in a program on the University of Arkansas campus next fall, plus Rogers Little Theatre brings a comedy classic to the stage. We go behind the scenes with The Man Who Came To Dinner.
The art department at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has taken over the basement of the Bank of America Building on the square in downtown Fayetteville for the month of April with sUgAR's pop-up gallery featuring work from BFA honors students and MFA candidates. Katy Henriksen has this report.
Web Exclusive: Images From the sUgAR Gallery
Nathan Vandiver from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock provides a wrap-up of this year's Legislative Session.
As a free, two-night poetry festival approaches, we hear from another participating poet.
LINK: For more about the festival, click here.
The first Farmers Market of the Season will open up bright and early Saturday morning in Bentonville.
The state's Department of Human Services holds a rally on the steps of the state capitol to raise awareness that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. One of Northwest Arkansas' two public transit operators get ready to expand certain bus routes in an efficiency reorganization. One economist at the University of Arkansas thinks that construction will help the state, and the nation, recover from the lingering effects of the economic recession. And Walmart sets a record for the amount of donations given by a retailer in a given year.
"Never Say Never" by Romeo Void