Last week the University of Arkansas Libraries hosted a panel discussion about Daisy Bates. Janis Kearney, Roy Reed and Gerald Jordan participated in the forum. (Photo: UA Libraries Special Collection)Ozarks At Large
Last week the University of Arkansas Libraries hosted a panel discussion about Daisy Bates. Janis Kearney, Roy Reed and Gerald Jordan participated in the forum. (Photo: UA Libraries Special Collection)
Jacqueline Froelich takes us on the Ozark Highlands Recreational Trail to meet a cartographer who maps our bioregion on foot and by water
Becca tells us Cher, Bruno Mars, and the Dave Matthews Band are among those performing in Tulsa soon.
Over the course of the next few months, Ozark Regional Transit will be making changes to many of its routes, guided by residents' input at sessions like one recently held in Fayetteville.]
Roby Brock speaks to State Senator Jane English about how her vote for the private option could lead to changes in workforce education in Arkansas.
The Arkansas House yesterday didn't bring the Private Option up for a vote, leading some to wonder if the votes are there to pass the appropriations bill. And, Judge James Moody's appointment to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is confirmed by the U.S. Senate, more than six months after he was nominated.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a chapter ends for a bankrupt landfill in the Ozarks. Plus, the new president of the state's largest advertising agency talks about his new post, and the Fort Smith Board of Directors holds its first quarterly brainstorming session.
The Red Cross has a new app for pet owners to help in emergencies.
Trike Theatre will present "Fantastic Mr. Fox" this weekend at NWACC's White Auditorium. For more local theater, visit these links:
http://rogerslittletheater.org
drama.uark.edu
http://theatre2.org
http://bentonvillek12.org/arendarts
http://www.artslivetheatre.com
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has a partial list of events for the MLK Holiday.
“The Orchard” by Louis Phillippe
Work continues on a monument of General William O. Darby.
Pearl Brick will perform Jan. 25 at the inaugural Ozark Mountain Music Festival.
at end of show: "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" by Simon and Garfunkel
Enrollment numbers are in for Arkansas' Private Option insurance plan, and more younger people have enrolled than their elders. The National Labor Relations Board yesterday issued a complaint against Walmart for how the retailer allegedly handled employee protests in 13 states. And a Frank Lloyd Wright house has been acquired by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
"Avant Gardner" by Courtney Barnett
SFC Fluidics recently received a $1.5 million grant to further advance its development of the MD Analyzer. It's a device that aims to improve the monitoring of patients with severe brain injuries.
