Ozarks At Large
Walton Arts Center released a study yesterday showing that field trips to the arts center have positive impacts on school children. We learn more about that, and get a preview of the production "Bear State of Mind."In this morning's Week in Review, we look at the stories we've covered concerning the partial shutdown of the federal government that started as the calendar flipped over to October.
Ahead on Ozarks…Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about what area business leaders think about the partial shutdown of the federal government and what we might expect from an announcement early next week from Governor Mike Beebe and Walmart. Plus, Block St. Hot Club joins us for a performance in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Block Street Hot Club, who you can often find performing at the Fayetteville Farmers Market, stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. There is music from Mongolia, Nashville, Texas and Arkansas all over the place this weekend.
Huntsville resident, Tobe Bohannan just turned 100. But instead of being idle like most of his peers, "Mr. Tobe" continues to work full time-- as a security and maintenance man at a local primary school. Plus? In the summer, he operates his own private concrete finishing business. And he has a handshake to prove it.Fourth District Congressman Tom Cotton says that he thnks the government shutdown will negatively impact national security, while Senator Mark Pryor gives his account of yesterday's shooting near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Arkansans for Compassionate Care get their proposed ballot title approved by the state attorney general. And John Brown University gets a sizable contribution toward the school's forthcoming nursing program.
Ahead on Ozarks, the University of Arkansas receives the largest federal research grant in school history. And, innovative methods for teaching children history, arts and science.
Transporting Transformations: Cuba In and Out is the new exhibit just up at 21c Bentonville. This diverse exhibit explores paradox in the years following Fidel Castro's retirement. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen speaks with Alice Gray Stites, chief curator and director of art programming for 21c, about the exhibit, as well as her philosophy "art is a verb," which she presented for the TEDx conference at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm. Web Exclusive: Pictures of the new 21c Exhibit
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an examination of primary races. Plus, researchers monitor the environmental impact of a hog farm on the Buffalo River Watershed.
Dan Craft, special projects reporter for Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, tells us about what police do with the goods they seize from drug dealers.
The Ozark dialect is rooted in Appalachia and traces back to the British Isles, yet it can elicit a certain stigma. Susan Young with the Shiloh Museum of Ozark history, a fifth generation Arkansan, lectures widely on her culture and dialect. We bring her into the studio to talk Ozark.
"Nevermind" by Dialect
Becca Martin Brown gives us the lowdown on today's music, theater and other events.
Springdale schools get passing grades on benchmark exams, farmers' markets in Fayetteville earn top ranks, and the University of Arkansas plans construction of a new building.
“Zig Zag” by The Wailers
Michael Tilley from TheCityWire.com discusses this week’s news about a possible sale of the Whirlpool building.
