Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, two Northwest Arkansas legislators, one from each party, tackle wage theft. Plus, Robert Ginsburg talks to Claudia Burson, and she sits down at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway piano to play an original composition. We also get a preview of the Regional Art Museum in Fort Smith that opens tomorrow night.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, two Northwest Arkansas legislators, one from each party, tackle wage theft. Plus, Robert Ginsburg talks to Claudia Burson, and she sits down at the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway piano to play an original composition. We also get a preview of the Regional Art Museum in Fort Smith that opens tomorrow night.
Claudia Burson sits down at the Mary Baker Ramsey Steinway to play an original compostion for KUAF's Robert Ginsberg.
The Fort Smith Regional Arts Center will have its grand opening tomorrow night. We take a walk through the museum before its opening as the first travelling exhibit is being installed.Scott Carroll's first exhibit in Arkansas opens Tuesday in the Joy Pratt Markham Gallery at Walton Arts Center. He is influenced by the outdoors.
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Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Media says the humdrum Januarys of the past have been replaced by winter calendars full of activity. Case in point: now.
The first week of the 89th General Assembly has ended, but in the coming weeks will bring a flood of filed bills. One of those expected bills will deal with the problem of wage theft.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the latest in the fate of the 188th at Fort Chaffee, the mysterious super project mentioned by the governor and more.Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the latest in the fate of the 188th at Fort Chaffee, the mysterious super project mentioned by the governor and more.Northwest Arkansas is ranked among the 200 best performing cities in the state, and several cities within the area get state and national recognition. And the Arkansas Supreme Court rules that it will not reconsider its ruling regarding school districts and excess property tax revenue.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the University of Arkansas Fort Smith has a book it wants you to read. The third installment of the UAFS "Read This" program begins later this month. And the things people collect. Last weekend dozens of collectors showed of thousands of their things at the Cabin Fever Reliever at Shiloh Museum in Springdale. From accordions to pottery, the collections were on display for one day only.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn more about the implications of new research on tornadoes. Plus, a conversation about ethics in Arkansas politics.
Last Friday, former president Bill Clinton was at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where doctors are working to find genetic causes of childhood cancer. It’s work that would not be possible without the first map of the human genome, which was completed while Clinton was President. Eleanor Boudreau from our partner station WKNO in Memphis filed this report.
Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas talks to Matt Melson, a wildlife biologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, to find out how wild animals survive in extremely hot and dry conditions.
“New Slang” by The Shins
The Migration Policy Institute based in Washington D.C., with financial support from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in Little Rock, commissioned Dr. Rafael Jimeno to conduct a scientific survey of Marshallese migrants who’ve settled in Springdale, the first study of it’s kind.
"When I Survey" by Various Artists
First United Methodist Church in Springdale will host a community block party next month.
"Community" by Cluster
Author Megan Bergman talks to Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen about her book “Birds of a Lesser Paradise,” a collection of short stories that was just cited by the Huffington Post as a must-read.
