Singer/songwriter John Legend spoke on the UA campus last night as part of the Distinguished Lecture series.Ozarks At Large
Singer/songwriter John Legend spoke on the UA campus last night as part of the Distinguished Lecture series.
Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas gives us his weekly look back at business and politics news from the past seven days.
Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."
Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication. Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala Sunday night at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that the latest tax revenue report for the city of Fort Smith has some good news, and the latest hospitality numbers in Northwest Arkansas look promising.We continue our series previewing this weekend's poetry festival at Nightbird Books. Katie Nichol grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and says she started writing poetry when she was about 12 years old:
For the past few months there have been meetings, open to the public, to discuss making Fayetteville a city of compassion. We met with two of the organizers of the meetings to find out what it might take for a more compassionate place.
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Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication.
This weekend more than 20 poets, both local and from out of town, will read their work during the Burning Chair Readings at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a float along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a hog farm started business near the waterway, and a brand new water park in Siloam Springs is almost ready for the public. And speaking of being ready for the public, the Walmart AMP in Rogers last night had its public debut. Blake Shelton was the first headliner to perform in the new venue, but a few days earlier, we got a sneak preview of the facility.
Texas-based musician Patricia Vonne and her guitarist Robert LaRoche were in Fayetteville in May for the Gulley Park Summer Concert series.
Christy Hall and Jason Suel are local musicians and actors who make up the comedy duo Black & Tan. They visited the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio in August.
“Rainbow Road” by The One Ups
There’s a lot more to do besides shopping today; however, if you did survive Black Friday shopping and shoppers today, congratulations.
Local musicians Chase and Missy Gipson, who make up the duo ChaseMissy, visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance Studio earlier this year.
The No Impact Man, during his visit to Fayetteville, was a part of a moderated discussion for the Eighth Gathering of the Groups at the Fayetteville Public Library.
In full disclosure, Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams moderated the discussion.
