Today she brings us Mugs for the Eureka Spring May Arts Festival, plus the town's new park.
Ozarks At Large
Marla Steele, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, is one of just a few researchers studying a rare, Asian eagle.
To see the website devoted to Marla's work, both past and future, click here.Bucky Ball, a geometric, LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal, is the first temporary outdoor installation for the museum. The work gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, an architect who designed geodesic domes. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Villareal about this and other works.
Partnerships, whether new or evolved, were in the news this past week. As such, Timothy Dennis tells us about some of those partnerships in this week's Week in Review.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing about Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
Comic Book Stores and Libraries around the region will be participating in National Free Comic Book Day. 52 special editions are available this year. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited a participating venue and has this report.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the ideas behind those lights about to be turned on at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. We talk with Leo Villareal, the artist behind the first temporary outdoor installation at Crystal Bridges. And we’ll also hear a conversation with Pat Ryan Key inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio and he'll play a couple of songs as well.
Pat Ryan Key's alt-rock trio I Do Declare Is gaining attention from beyond northwest Arkansas and his acoustic solo acoustic performances are becoming more common, too. This week he came to the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.Bucky Ball, a geometric, LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal, is the first temporary outdoor installation for the museum. The work gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, an architect who designed geodesic domes. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Villareal about this and other works.
Fourth District Representative Tom Cotton has been making the media rounds lately, and a recent article in Politico credits the Congressman with creating interest for a possible Senate run next year. Nancy Pelosi speaks in Little Rock, Arkansas' reputation for cycling improves, and outdoor events at tonight's First Thursday in Fayetteville are cancelled because of the unfavorable weather forecast, though the indoor shows go on.
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Friday, March 14, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us a list of St. Patrick's Day events happening this weekend, and we have a preview of the William S. Paley Collection exhibit at Crystal Bridges. We also learn about the latest plans for the new high school in Bentonville.
Rural and urban public access trails are trending across America. And a new sector of professional trail building firms have emerged to meet demand. Jacqueline Froelich bundles up and goes cycling on a blustery afternoon in Bentonville, with the founder and foreman of Progressive Trail Design based in Fayetteville.
A roundup of events and news for the next few weeks include an alternative way to deliver a Valentine.
APEI is part of the $140 million Next Generation Power Electronics Innovation Institute.√
Mercy Health used an innovative walking program to become one of the healthiest workplaces in the country.
"Beserkley" by Mark O’Connor
Though the plans are in the early stages, The University of Arkansas Fort Smith may begin offering its first Master's degree in a few years.
"Photographs and Memories" by Jason Reeves
