The annual event attracts thousands to Rogers and raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for area agencies.
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This spring a number of Arkansas public schools and districts are applying to the state department of education to become “Schools of Innovation.” As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the new innovation school model is more collaborative compared to the public charter model. (Photo: applicant Leverett Elementary in Fayetteville)
State officials yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant program, and a water project 20 years in the making is finally complete.
Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.
In his weekly recap, Roby Brock discusses Home BancShares reporting a record first quarter profit and more.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with author Joyce Carol Oates prior to her lecture in Fayetteville. Plus, a bit of tinkering before the Amazeum opens to children and the community next fall.
As you Like It will be performed by the University of Arkansas, and an Earth Day Celebration is just around the corner. Becca Martin Brown has What’s Up.
On Saturday, the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality and P.R.I.D.E.--People Respecting Individual Differences and Equality at the University of Arkansas held a statewide LGBT summit on the UofA campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, transgenderism was a key issue.
Before the Amazeum broke ground on a permanent space this morning, we visit their tinkering studio to learn through experience. One of the country's most accomplished and most respected writers is coming to the Fayetteville Town Center Monday night.
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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.
Kelly Toner, a senior in the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing at the University of Arkansas, is developing a volunteer orientation module for “Midwives in Haiti,” an organization that educates Haitian women in providing prenatal care and skilled birth assistance to their fellow Haitian sisters.
Maria Haley, the executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, passed away yesterday; residents of Rogers pass a tax extension, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Six Pianos” by Steve Reich
Today, short films about the oil spill in the Gulf screen at the Fayetteville Public Library plus, a circus comes to Parsons Stadium in Springdale.
Earlier this week, the Fulbright Trio performed inside the Firmin-Garner Performance studio in advance of their tomorrow night’s performance in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Three-person teams visit homes of students who’ve quit school to provide them with any assistance they might need to finish their diplomas.
“Let’s Call This” by Thelonius Monk
