Volunteers and photographers who participate in Help Portrait NWA creates portraits for those in need. Ozarks At Large
Volunteers and photographers who participate in Help Portrait NWA creates portraits for those in need. 
Arkansas residents across the state continue to recover from last weekend’s massive winter storm. But did you know that during a declared emergency, certain state laws go into effect, to protect you from crooks? The Economic Policy Institute and the AFSCME release a report, Greenwood residents approve a sales tax increase, and more.
On this edition of Ozarks, what happens when snow and ice force a college to re-schedule finals…including putting finals after commencement? We'll talk to Ray Wallace with the University of Arkansas Fort Smith about how an ice storm can create problems with an academic calendar. And coffee isn't just for breakfast anymore…it's also for a canvas. We'll talk to some people making art out of coffee. And a conversation with Devon Powers. She's written about communication, social media and the commentary economy. She spoke on the University of Arkansas campus recently.
The winter storm last week altered the finals exam schedule for the University of Arkansas Fort Smith.
A fire broke out and was quickly contained yesterday in a non-nuclear section of Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. Greenwood is holding a special election today for a sales tax that would help the city provide more space for its police department. Wlamart announces the next CEO of its international division. And Bank of the Ozarks announces plans to merge with a Texas-based banking operation.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Linda Leavell has long studied the poetry of Marianne Moore. As it turns out, Moore was among a group of artists that included Alfred Stieglitz.
Ankur Singh spent part of his freshman year of college traveling the country, asking high school students about learning. His documentary about the experience will be screened tomorrow night on the University of Arkansas campus.
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Monday, March 17, 2014
On this St. Patrick's Day edition of Ozarks, a conversation with Christopher Leonard, author of “The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business.”
For the fourth consecutive year the city will be the site for a district convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Organizers are preparing for about 43-hundred attendees the weekends of June 29th and July 6th and another 38-hundred people the weekend of July 20th.
“Summer” by Vivaldi
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about a variety of things that can be done today.
This morning, Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor discussed his opposition to the “Farm Bill” with Kyle Kellams.
“Summertime” by Louis Armstrong
The annual University of Arkansas Literacy Symposium is staging a reader’s theatre on the life of American author and humorist, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. The performance is based on newly released double CD “Mark Twain: Words and Music” jammed with noted actors and musicians, conceptualized and created by Cindy Lovell director of the Mark Twain Museum in Hannibal, Missouri.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us about the last few performances that will mark the end of the 2012 Artosphere Festival.
