Ozarks At Large


We continue our series previewing this weekend's poetry festival at Nightbird Books. Katie Nichol grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and says she started writing poetry when she was about 12 years old:
For the past few months there have been meetings, open to the public, to discuss making Fayetteville a city of compassion. We met with two of the organizers of the meetings to find out what it might take for a more compassionate place.
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Katy Hneriksen gives us a preview of this week's KUAF Sunday Symphony, as well as a look at this month's Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
Wednesday’s topics for the 88th General Assembly included taxes and immigration. Our colleagues at KUAR covered the votes and discussions in Little Rock.
An abandoned historic African American Church in Fort Smith is scheduled to be demolished unless two advocates for the structure manage to raise the necessary funds to save it. Jacqueline Froelich first visited the Mallalieu Church last year, and provides an update. To contribute to the Mallalieu Project call 479-629-0994.
Michael Tilley from www.thecitywire.com talks about rising gas prices and the possibility water rates may soon go up in Fort Smith.
George Thorogood, the Voice of America and more in our history capsule for February 24.