
Ozarks At Large

From new ways to find out what's going on, to new ways of getting around it, Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis brings us those stories and more in this morning's Week in Review.



We finish our week-long series about summer camps with a preview of Camp Invention at Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Fort Smith. For more information about any Camp Invention in the area, click here.

Congressman Tim Griffin has some questions for the top IRS official who resigned earlier this week. A festival of short films comes to Eureka Springs next month. Arkansas drivers can expect lower gas prices this month. The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has plans for increasing the amount of college credit with which students graduate. And the region four headquarters of the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department makes the move from Fort Smith to Barling.


We continue our series of profiling summer camps with an overview of drama-themed camps. Several summer camps around the area are geared toward children bitten by the acting bug. Some of the more popular camps are held by Trike Theatre
Some other drama summer camps in the area:
- Summer Camp Explozion at UAFS
- Many camps by Arts Live Theatre
- Summer Academy for Young Actors at TheatreSquared
A conversation with Susan Szenasy, the editor-in-chief at Metropolis Magazine, about the future of design and architecture.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the author of "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind." Plus, a report on recent changes for Kendrick Fincher Hydration for Life.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will officially announce expansion of courses ranging in topics from tree identification to Irish poetry during an open house Friday from 2 to 4 p.m..
"Time Moves Quickly" by Noah Gunderson and after notes: "Over When it's Over" by Eric Church
In the latest installment of our monthly “3 Things You Should Know” series, we learn about theatre etiquette.
at end of show: "Leavin' Kind" by Samantha Fish
The biennial fiscal session of the Arkansas Legislature began yesterday, leading with talks about the Private Option and preventing a special election for Lt. Governor. USA Truck's most recent earnings report still shows continued, but shrinking losses. And the special election regarding a rural ambulance service district in Benton County is today.
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" by Shirley Temple
In 1980, more than 125,000 Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime were boatlifted to America and processed at military compounds including Fort Chaffee in Arkansas. Among the population were gay Cubans and prisoners that Castro had purged from his prisons. The Cubans were widely portrayed by the press as criminal—a stigma that's persisted. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, historians are working to clarify the record. Photo: "Task Force Commander, Colonel Don E. Karr with Cuban refugee family"--Courtesy Fort Chaffee Museum
Last week a panel discussion about health care on the University of Arkansas campus included different philosophies regarding health care.
"Edison Lights" by Herb Ellis