Nearly 40 families and individuals affected by a major tar sands oil pipeline rupture two months ago in Mayflower, Arkansas--25 miles northwest of Little Rock--have filed lawsuit against Exxon-Mobil. We talk with a lead attorney on the case, as well as query Exxon about the suit.
Ozarks At Large
The Walton Arts Center Council yesterday voted to move the Arkansas Music Pavilion to Rogers, near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade. WAC officials say that the move will open up more opportunities for the venue.
Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley of The City Wire discusses recent signs the Arkansas economy is improving, Adams Collins plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and sounds of a rain-drenched first day at Wakarusa.
The Adams Collins Jazz Trio will be the first performance in the Mountain Street Stage Music Series Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library.Web Exclusive: Adams Collins Talks Shop About the Vibraphone
Nearly 40 families and individuals affected by a major tar sands oil pipeline rupture two months ago in Mayflower, Arkansas--25 miles northwest of Little Rock--have filed lawsuit against Exxon-Mobil. We talk with a lead attorney on the case, as well as query Exxon about the suit.
On this edition of Ozarks, a botanical sanctuary in Carroll County is just one of a few in the country, and the only one in the state. Plus, the changing face of community theatre in the area: one long-standing company has dissolved while others are considering their future.
The Walton Arts Center has classical music, three days of wine and tickets for the most famous guitar trio from Texas.
Yvette Ortiz, a native Spanish speaker, recently picked up her fourth language, Yiddish. The University of Arkansas graduate student has received a scholarship to attend an immersion program in New York this summer. We speak with her and one of her professors, Jennifer Hoyer.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, November 25, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a look back at the second wave of feminism in politics, the new face of Arkansas' voter ID law, and Roby Brock tells us Tyson has been doing chicken right in his Talk Business Arkansas update. Plus, the use of insects in music; it doesn't happen often.
The music director and conductor of the Fort Smith Symphony has a preview of the symphony’s opening concert.
The River Valley Regional Food Bank in Fort Smith is running low on the amount of protein available for distribution.
For more information on the food bank, visit www.rivervalleyfoodbank.com.
“Dinner” by Yo Yo Ma
With one in every 110 children now diagnosed with some type of autism, what is the prevalence among adults? Where are they? What are they like? And what prejudice do they face?
An 1857 massacre of more than 120 people, many from northwest Arkansas, earns “historical landmark” designation, Senator Mark Pryor succeeds in getting a measure included in a spending bill that’d let FEMA waive repayments of disaster assistance the agency mistakenly gave to other Arkansas families, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Tonight's list includes Huey Lewis and the News in the Walton Arts Center’s parking lot, Arts Live Theatre’s “Bright Box Mailbox Suicide Note,” “Mississippi Innocence” screens at the Lyric Theatre in Harrison, and “Painting Churches” at Arts Center of the Ozarks. Much more is lined up for the weekend.
“I Want A New Drug” by Huey Lewis and the News
