Ahead on Ozarks, gay and lesbian-owned businesses in Eureka Springs are forming their own guild. Jacqueline Froelich has that report. Plus women who were and are Arkansas pioneers are the subject of a new exhibit opening at the Fort Smith Museum of History this weekend. And we were there last night as the entire cast and crew for a new play met for the first time…just days before the staged reading of the work. Kyle has the final installment in our start-to-finish series highlighting a new play in progress.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, gay and lesbian-owned businesses in Eureka Springs are forming their own guild. Jacqueline Froelich has that report. Plus women who were and are Arkansas pioneers are the subject of a new exhibit opening at the Fort Smith Museum of History this weekend. And we were there last night as the entire cast and crew for a new play met for the first time…just days before the staged reading of the work. Kyle has the final installment in our start-to-finish series highlighting a new play in progress.
We were there for the first table read, now we sit in on one of the last rehearsals before a new script goes public in Fayetteville.
The century-old national organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters, celebrates its 20th year in Northwest Arkansas this month. In honor of the anniversary and to fill a need, the organization has launched a 20 men in 20 days campaign.The Fort Smith Museum of History opens an exhibit this weekend honoring women responsible for breaking barriers of all kinds in Arkansas.
As many as sixty gay and lesbian owned businesses operate in Eureka Springs, and to better promote their industry, operators are organizing a business guild--the first like it in Arkansas.Exxon-Mobil is laying the blame for the March rupture of its Pegasus pipeline in Mayflower on manufacturing defects, though the Sierra Club of Arkansas doesn't buy into the claim. Senator John Boozman says that the solution to lowering interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans is to tie those interest rates to rates on U.S. Treasury notes. And the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program yesterday announced more than $2 million in grants to projects in 41 counties, including several in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas River Valley.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, improving access to preschool education. Plus, jazz in the summertime and the continuing trend of food trucks in Northwest Arkansas.
Bob Dorough wrote for Miles Davis, we wrote for Mel Tormé, and he wrote for generations of school kids. He will perform Saturday night as part of the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series.
Our KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series may be underway, but Ozarks at Large “bird man,” Joe Neal has discovered jazz in the woods, performed by the illustrious thrush quartet! Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press. Centennial Bank has named Speaker of the Arkansas House Davy Carter the person they want to lead the company as it merges with Liberty Bank of Jonesboro.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with Arkansas photographer Tim Ernst. Also, singer/songwriter Joe Pug pays a visit to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers lets us know what we should look forward to at this year’s Wakarusa at Mulberry Mountain.
You can keep up with Kinder at his blog www.nwatunedin.com.
Growing up, everyone told Adam Grant Campbell he would be a famous artist one day. He brushed off such remarks for years--even stopped making art for spell. But he’s taken up the palette again. His portraits and paintings hang all this month in the Fayetteville Public Library Reading Room. A reception will be held May 17th from 5:30 to 7:30. For details: adamgrantcampbell.com
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Northwest Arkansas Community College sets out to acquire a piece of land in Springdale, its latest step in creating a permanent Washington County instructional center.
