Michele Norris, co-host of All Things Considered, discusses her new book, "The Grace of Silence." It is a memoir about family, race and America.
Ozarks At Large
Every month, Jacqueline Froelich takes a look into the drawers of the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History and pulls out a featured history. This time it's Al Witte, noted University of Arkansas Law professor, World War II veteran and former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. For more details and more information visit pryorcenter.uark.edu.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a mural at the historic Washington County Courthouse shines brighter, we spend time in the kitchen with one of the cooks from the Chefs in the Garden, hear more from the debate between Congressman John Boozman and Senator Blanche Lincoln and more.
A mural completed nearly ninety years ago looks a bit brighter after a
restoration. Tuesday the art and the artist were celebrated with an official rededication.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, taking care of the first home fay Jones designed and built. Plus the theremin as you may never have heard it before and Haas Hall Academy prepares for a giant book sale.
Haas Hall Academy in Fayetteville, a public charter school, is planning to sell books, thousands of them, this weekend.
Becca says Monday night is a good night for book lovers in the area.
This week's Saturday Market in Fayetteville has art, local food, live music and a new cookbook.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we remember Jefferson Thomas, one of the Little Rock Nine, who died this weekend. Plus a young chef offers healthy cooking classes for young people, the trumpeter swan is released in the Ozarks and along the Arkansas River Valley and more.
Roby Brock of Talk Business takes a look back at the past week in Arkansas business news. For more about Arkansas business and politics, www.talkbusiness.net
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a complaint has been filed against a charter school corporation for teaching creationism in Arkansas. Plus, one local couple has made an investment in the futures of underrepresented college students, and we take a look at what's in a name in Benton County.
One of the Little Rock Nine will be remembered tomorrow at a memorial service. We hear a report about what Jefferson Thomas said the last time all of the nine Little Rock students were together.
"Reuben" by Paul McGowen
Carol Higgins Clark is the keynote author for this year's Conversation Series sponsored by the Rogers Public Library Foundation. In a conversation this week she talked about many topics, including how she became a novelist.
For more about Carol Higgins Clark's visit, www.rplfoundation.org
For more about the author, www.carolhigginsclark.com
To hear more from the conversation with Carlo Higgins Clark, click here.
The University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform Monday night at Walton Arts Center. PJ Robowski talked with Bob Mueller, the conductor, about the concert. To see a list of upcoming University-related musical performances click here.
Kool and the Gang, the Great Chicago Fire and more in our history capsule for October 8.