Ahead on Ozarks, Roby Brock hosts a political roundtable to discuss the problematic launch of healthcare.gov. Also, Siloam Springs creates an online farmers' market. Plus, the Artmobile rolls into town, three things you should know about philanthropy and more.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, Roby Brock hosts a political roundtable to discuss the problematic launch of healthcare.gov. Also, Siloam Springs creates an online farmers' market. Plus, the Artmobile rolls into town, three things you should know about philanthropy and more.
Becca reminds us its time for Eagle Watch Cruises on Beaver Lake. More information is available at 789-5000.
The Arkansas Arts Center's art mobile is over 50 years old and one of few that remains in the nation. This week, it visits two area junior highs with its 2013-2014 exhibit "The Art of the Story."
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to a panel about the effects of imperfect roll out of Healthcare.gov.Republican gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson yesterday announced his plans to cut taxes for middle-income Arkansans, though some disagree about the potential budget impact the plan would have for the state. Fayetteville voters yesterday approved extending the current HMR tax to help fund development of a regional park and to help fund expansion of the Walton Arts Center, which still has quite a bit of fundraising left to do. Bentonville breaks ground on its community center, and two Springdale parks will soon have new bleachers for baseball and softball fields.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: art for you . . . and possibly art by you. We talk to the artistic eye behind a new exhibit of photographs exploring street art in Lebanon and we'll also take a quick tour of the Community Creative Center, where everybody and anybody is encouraged to make art. And, research into the water quality of Beaver Lake by scientists at the University of Arkansas.
"Beirut Speaks" is a photography exhibition by Jaime Holland that highlights street art in Lebannon. It's now on display at Coco's Lebanese CafeThe Community Creative Center wants you to try your hand at creativity.
Beaver Lake, a fresh water impoundment on the uppermost White River in northwest Arkansas is warming, and my be changing due to climate change, according to new research gathered by University of Arkansas limnologist Thad Scott.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we meet a cartographer on the Ozark Highlands Trail, just in time for Spring hiking season. Plus, we take a Sunday drive to the roadside cafe, The Valley Inn, for a slice of their famous pie.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses a River Valley auto group is expanding into Northwest Arkansas and more.
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre is a collective ensemble company that is dedicated to storytelling through the process of experimentation. Next week, the group will invite audiences to explore the Nature of Place with a performance throughout the landscapes of backstreets, lots, and structures of downtown Fayetteville. For more information, visit ArtLabTheatre.com.
"At the Dark End of the Street" by: Ry Cooder
Several authors will attend the Books in Bloom literary festival from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Crescent Garden at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs including Diane Ott Whealy, co-founder of the oldest and largest non-governmental seed bank in the U.S. Visit BooksinBloom.org for details.
A new program aimed at teaching inmates responsibility while helping prepare them for re-entry into society is having a profound effect in some of Arkansas’ prisons. Beth McEvoy from our partner station KUAR in Little Rock recently visited one such prison and discovered the program is creating a stir.
As part of the the Arkansas New Play Festival, Janelle and Troy Schemmer will share their play about siblings who grew up in Texas, but now both live in New York. More information is available at Theatre2.org.
