Last Friday, the Hope Supply Center, a service of the Breast Cancer Society, opened on Walton Blvd. The center will offer supplies, such as wigs and bras, to those affected by breast cancer. Ozarks At Large
Last Friday, the Hope Supply Center, a service of the Breast Cancer Society, opened on Walton Blvd. The center will offer supplies, such as wigs and bras, to those affected by breast cancer. Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby collaborated on a documentary about their years-long art road trip. They discussed the project while at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art last month.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.
A study released by Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families says that the state’s juvenile detention system is broken. But as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, two Northwest Arkansas detention centers have found a fix.The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services points to a handful of reasons as to why employment and unemployment numbers in the state keep improving. The Arkansas Supreme Court grants a stay on a Pulaski County Circuit Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriages to occur in the state last week, and Arkansas Tech's board of trustees approves tuition increases for the coming academic year.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we'll hear wedding bells in our Sunday Morning Montage, and we'll talk about talking about faith. And, we visit two different buildings in downtown Fayetteville that have been around for about three-quarters of a century.
Here is the list we'll call the "Congratulations Christina and Sam" montage:
- The Marvelettes sing Going to the Chapel.
- Luke and Laura get married on All My Children and live happily ever after. Just kidding, it was a soap opera.
- Billy Idol pumps his fist to White Wedding.
- Miss Piggy and Kermit come *this close* to marrying.
- The Fifth Dimension and Wedding Bell Blues.
- Steve Martin panics in the remake of the Father of the Bride.
- Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling in Royal Wedding.
- The ending of Four Weddings and a Funeral with Andie McDowell and Hugh Grant.
- Sarah Harmer sings Open Window (the Wedding Song). Best song with wedding in the title, by the way.
In this month’s music review, we revisit an album of summer’s past. Abra Moore’s “Strangest Places” was released in 1995, but the whimsical folk vibes have us rolling down our windows and driving to the tunes again this year.
Discussing faith and religion does not have to create an argument.
Sidney's Emporium has been located on Dickson Street for about two decades, and has been located in the old UARK Theatre building for the past 14 years. This month, the business is getting back to its mobile roots with a move to the Yacht Club on College.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, what has been termed by some as mommy-blogging has become big business in the area. We learn about the legality of earning money for blogs and reviews. Plus, we go behind the scenes at the National Weather Service in Tulsa.
The city of Tontitown may soon create a new police department, Madison County voters will get the chance to decide on the wet-dry issue, and students at a Gentry boarding school are sent home with symptoms of the measles.
Starálfur” by Sigur Rós
With the price of natural gas at a ten year low, due to a drilling glut, some members of Congress are pushing the Department of Energy to hurry up and construct liquefied natural gas export terminals to ship U.S. methane overseas.
A quiet meeting between business leaders from Northwest Arkansas and Central Arkansas took place last week with little fanfare or public knowledge. Roby Brock from our content partner TalkBusiness.net caught up with some of the event's attendees and has this report.
Becca Martin Brown previews a banjo festival in Eureka Springs this weekend, and the opening of "Noises Off" tomorrow night.
“Zissou Society Blue Star Cadets/Ned's Theme Take 1” by: Mark Mothersbaugh
The city of Bentonville is taking advantage of a growning culinary atmosphere by creating a partnership with the James Beard Foundation. For more information, visit the foundation's website here.
