Our monthly survey of theater opportunities lets us sing in the rain, go barefoot in the park and sing with the little mermaid.
Ozarks At Large
In the early 1900s, Minnesota entrepreneur William Kruse had a vision he would strike gold on some farmland in Rogers, Arkansas. He spent a small fortune constructing a mining operation. We visit the site, and prospect details from the archives of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Photo courtesy Rogers Historical Museum.The Army Corps of Engineers and Beaver Lake Foundation formalize a resource-sharing partnership today. Thousands of prospective Arkansas college students get word about being awarded lottery scholarship money. The port in Helena gets its first permanent tenant since being built in 1993, and Bentonville Public Schools officials hold meetings to get public input on another millage election.
Ahead on Ozarks, behavioral health coverage under the new University of Arkansas health plan, mental health explored through musical theatre, and running for Alzheimer's.
Rita Harvey, one of the cast members of Next to Normal, and Amy Herzberg, the director of the T2 production, came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk about the production in mid-run and provide a musical sampler from the play.
Click here for more information about the special Wednesday night performance hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Psychiatric Research Institute. For more information about the musical and T2, click here.
The University of Arkansas System changed health plan administrators this year to save costs and expand coverage. But certain mental health care providers in Northwest Arkansas claim the new plan discriminates against them.
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.Governor Beebe says that tax cuts placed in next year's state budget may need to be revisited in future years, Representative Greg Leding, Arkansas' House Majority Leader, says that despite partisanship in the state capitol, state legislators were able to pull together by the end of the legislative session last week. Apartment recycling may get some change this year in Fayetteville if a state grant is approved. And the Sierra Club plans to mark the one month anniversary of the Mayflower oil spill.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, paper dresses fit for Little Red Riding Hood, not so creepy Tales from the Crypt and Bucky Ball.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: skydiving for charity, an odd windy phenomenon that is at home in the Ozarks, Dave Barry on writing and everything you wanted to know about the Wiener Mobile.
We talk with Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com and Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net about the life and legacy of Don Tyson.
To view the Don Tyson introduction video for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame click here.
The Fayetteville Underground is hailing the new year, as Jacqueline Froelich reports, with a fresh exhibit and First Thursday reception tonight. For details visit www.fayettevilleunderground.blogspot.com
Earl Scruggs, Walter J. Lemke and more in our history capsule for January 6.
Becca says while there is plenty happening tonight, there is even more this weekend.
"Work Song" by Cannonball Adderley
PJ is back for her first film score conversation of the new year. Today, how one composer provided the score for two versions of the same film. Sort of.
