
Ozarks At Large



Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers gives a litany of entertainment options for Mothers' Day gifts.

Two public meetings were held late yesterday in Jasper to address concerns about the large CAFO in Newton County. Picasolar took home several thousand dollars from an MIT competition earlier this week. Fort Smith has finished automating trash collection, but now the city's sanitation department is turning its eye to automating recyclable collection. And speaking of Fort Smith, Senator Mark Pryor demands answers from the U.S. Air Force regarding the future of the 188th Fighter Wing.



Ozarks at Large's Meredith Martin Moats recently sat in on a conversation with Bud Rector, who will turn 99 later this year and has lived almost all his life in Yell County. We conclude her two-part report on his recollections of an Arkansas that has nearly vanished.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
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.
Today, Eagle Watch Tours, and performances of It’s A Wonderful Life, and a gallery talk on Edward S. Curtis at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art tomorrow will help you keep busy.
Little Rock rapper 607 will perform tomorrow night at Smoke and Barrel in Fayetteville. He spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Meredith Martin-Moats about his music, his fondness for Tupac Shakur and Fiona Apple, and his banjo-playing ability.
You can find his music at http://iam607.bandcamp.com/album/yik3s and http://earfear.bandcamp.com/. Be advised, his music contains language that may be offensive to some.
“Free Geek Arkansas,” located off the Fayetteville square, provides free technical assistance, how-to advice and low-cost refurbished computers. The non-profit is staffed by volunteers. To learn more visit freegeekarkansas.org
“Snowfall” by Esquivel
Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell from the UA-Fort Smith Academy of the Arts suggests you get your tickets for the Gospel Fest as soon as possible.