State revenue numbers for April show a higher than forecast amount collected during the month. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks about her hopes for the next presidential election. And, the head of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals steps down to take a new job in Nevada.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the ideas behind those lights about to be turned on at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. We talk with Leo Villareal, the artist behind the first temporary outdoor installation at Crystal Bridges. And we’ll also hear a conversation with Pat Ryan Key inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio and he'll play a couple of songs as well.
From a trail of music to a celebration of beer (and, of course music), Artosphere is back with a full weekend agenda.
Pat Ryan Key's alt-rock trio I Do Declare Is gaining attention from beyond northwest Arkansas and his acoustic solo acoustic performances are becoming more common, too. This week he came to the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.Bucky Ball, a geometric, LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal, is the first temporary outdoor installation for the museum. The work gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, an architect who designed geodesic domes. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Villareal about this and other works.
The Arkansas legislature passed Act 1160 this session intended to blunt animal rights activist incursions on factory animal operations. Although the Arkansas measure was mostly gutted, the intent reflects a growing “ag gag” movement. (Correction: a dozen bills have been proposed this year, not all have been enacted, as originally reported). Fourth District Representative Tom Cotton has been making the media rounds lately, and a recent article in Politico credits the Congressman with creating interest for a possible Senate run next year. Nancy Pelosi speaks in Little Rock, Arkansas' reputation for cycling improves, and outdoor events at tonight's First Thursday in Fayetteville are cancelled because of the unfavorable weather forecast, though the indoor shows go on.
Though the spring weather has subsided for this Thursday, UA students celebrated yesterday's favorable weather with a carnival.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, now that Legislative Session has ended, Roby Brock talks with Rex Nelson about how the session went. Also, this weekend is jam-packed with events including a writers' workshop hosted by the executive producer of Tales from the South, and Daniel Hintz from Downtown Bentonville discusses First Friday.
First Friday in Downtown Bentonville will help Artoshphere get started, celebrate the return of the Farmers' Market and provide plenty of music as well.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, stories of Elizabeth Richardson, the namesake of the now 50-year-old disabilities service organization. Plus, Veterans' Day has been celebrating the heroism of those that serve America since President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 the holiday in 1919. And, A Celebration of the Mind, an event this Saturday honors a man who brought mathematics to many through his column Mathematical Games.
Chief meteorologist Dan Skoff with KNWA gives us the history of the holiday and the weather and tells us whether we can expect six more weeks of winter.
Monday the Community Clinic in Rogers marked a milestone, celebrating the 100,000th patient served in the fifteen years of service by the clinic.
"Community" by Ludwig Goransson
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge located in Southern Carroll County is now also an artist’s colony. But the painters are not human. Tigers, an occasional lion, and one very big brown bear create original abstracts. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the furry creatives are earning their keep: the paw paintings are fetching a great deal of cash.
Web Exclusive: A Gallery of Fine Art From the Felines
Web Exclusive: A Video of Lines and Tigers and Bears. Oh My!
"Dirty Paws" by Of Monsters and Men
Shannon Wurst headed to Montana to record her fifth studio CD, Lionheart Love. But the CD release party will be in her native state this weekend.
"Mountain Goat Song" by Trunks and Tales
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says you have one last shot today to see a staged reading of Goat Song Revel, a play by Springdale native Dan Borengasser.
