On this edition of Ozarks, the Stieglitz Collection is ready for its viewing at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Plus Michael Tilley from The City Wire on rising home sales in the region and the band A Good Fight sits inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio to perform and give their last radio interview before they split up.
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Formed in 2007, the Fayetteville band A Good Fight quickly gained national recognition. But after a few iterations and with one of its members soon leaving the area, the band is holding a farewell concert this evening at George's Majestic Lounge.
In August of 2012, Fisk University, a historic African American college located in Nashville, Tennessee announced an agreement to share half-interest in its prized Alfred Stieglitz Collection of modern masterpieces with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. “The Artist’s Eye: Georgia O’Keeffe and the Alfred Stieglitz Collection” opens tomorrow. Jacqueline Froelich attended a private media preview. To reserve tickets: visit crystalbridges.org (Photo: Dr. Victor Simmons, longtime curator and director of Fisk University Galleries)
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the improving numbers for home sales in the region and what James Lee Witt's entry into the 2014 election might mean.
The Arkansas Supreme Court is hearing a case regarding a man whose gay partner is prohibited from staying overnight when his 12 year old son is present, while Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approves a potential ballot measure that would eliminate the amendment to the state constitution that bars same-sex marriage in the state. And a Mulberry elementary school is one of nine schools classified by the Arkansas Department of Education as "exemplary" in the department's annual school accountability report.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, stories of Elizabeth Richardson, the namesake of the now 50-year-old disabilities service organization. Plus, Veterans' Day has been celebrating the heroism of those that serve America since President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 the holiday in 1919. And, A Celebration of the Mind, an event this Saturday honors a man who brought mathematics to many through his column Mathematical Games.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, stories of Elizabeth Richardson, the namesake of the now 50-year-old disabilities service organization. Plus, Veterans' Day has been celebrating the heroism of those that serve America since President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 the holiday in 1919. And, A Celebration of the Mind, an event this Saturday honors a man who brought mathematics to many through his column Mathematical Games.
Congratulations for a concrete win, Warrant Amnesty Day, and a couple of art receptions.
Apple Seeds Inc. is calling for community support to launch an educational farm on two and half acres of of College Avenue in Fayetteville to teach teachers how to start school gardens.
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Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville may be a secret for now, but it won't be for long. We'll explain why, and we find out how distance education will have a larger footprint in the University of Arkansas School of Law next fall.
With temperatures expected to crest in the triple digits for most of the next week…if not beyond…it is a perfect time to seek out things you can do in air conditioning. Our music reviewer Katy Henrickson says there is a new recording available from a Brooklyn-born musician that challenges description and isn’t quite like anything else you’re likely to find right now. For more information, visit: XeniaRubinos.com.
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, we visit Buster Austin at his nineteenth century Ozarks homestead that’s been occupied since the mid-1800s. We also visit with a historian at the National Homestead Monument, to get some big history. For more information, visit the history and culture section of the National Park Service website: www.nps.gov.
Monday night, three of the first African-American men to play football at the University of Arkansas shared some of their playing-days’ stories at the University of Arkansas Library. Monday afternoon, a few hour before the panel discussion, the three athletes: Brison Manor, Johnnie Meadors and Dennis Winston met with reporters to talk about being recruited in the early 1970s to the University.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine has named Fayetteville as one of the five best cities for mid-career professionals. For more information, click here.
Becca Martin Brown shines a light on Steven Hunter, author of “Looking for the Light: A Photographer's Journey,” in today's entertainment segment.