Ahead on Ozarks: Governor Mike Beebe, Walmart and Redman and Associates come together to announce new jobs headed to northwest Arkansas. And John Brown University in Siloam Springs continues to move ahead with the establishment of a nursing program after the announcement of a six-million dollar gift. We'll also find out why glue has an important role in the latest exhibit at the Fayetteville Underground and get an idea of the deep connection between a church and the city of Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks: Governor Mike Beebe, Walmart and Redman and Associates come together to announce new jobs headed to northwest Arkansas. And John Brown University in Siloam Springs continues to move ahead with the establishment of a nursing program after the announcement of a six-million dollar gift. We'll also find out why glue has an important role in the latest exhibit at the Fayetteville Underground and get an idea of the deep connection between a church and the city of Bentonville.
This month's gallery show at the Fayetteville Underground includes photography, painting, mixed media works, and sculpture, including these hot glue sculptures by artist Robert Lemming.Becca Martin Brown says there are so many Halloween-themed events around the region, she needs a month to tell us about them.
First Presbyterian Church of Bentonville will acknowledge more than 180 years of history at a special ceremony this Sunday.
A lead gift of six-million dollars is a big step forward for a nursing program at John Brown University in Siloam Springs.
The Bentonville City Council tonight will consider an ordinance allowing on-premise liquor sales in the city, effectively eliminating the current ordinance for private clubs. The Southwest Springdale Overlay plan gets closer to being formally approved by the city. And road work in Springdale will mean lane closures on two busy highways this week.
Ahead on Ozarks…an algae with a funny nickname…didymo…has been found in the White River watershed. The plan to keep it form spreading has been put in motion. And writing a book through facilitated communication: Holly Fields explains how her non-verbal daughter, Stephanie R. Marks, wrote the book "Paula’s Journal: Surviving Autism."
Holly Fields discusses raising her nonverbal, autistic daughter Stephanie R. Marks who is now the author of "Paula's Journal: Surviving Autism".Becca Martin Brown gives us a brief history of the Elizabeth Richardson Center as it nears its fiftieth anniversary.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, a conversation with one of the authors of the Mustasia series for young readers. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has plenty of suggestions for how to ring in the new year, and more.
The 15th annual Komen Ozark Race for the Cure is later this month.
"Taxman" by Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Gloria Goodwin Raheja is a professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota and spoke on the University of Arkansas campus this spring. Her upcoming book is titled Logan County Blues: Frank Hutchison in the Sonic Landscape of the Appalachian Coalfields, which explores the injustices committed by the coal mining companies against coal miners, and how the miners fought against the companies through music.
Tartufi is a trio from San Francisco coming to Nightbird Books in Fayetteville tomorrow night. Their latest CD is “These Factory Days.” As OAL’s Katy Henriksen reports, the trio… made up of Lynne Angel, Brian Gorman and Ben Thorne… doesn’t always do things conventionally.
This week the staff of the Fayetteville Public Library asked customers: what do you want next?
Web Exclusive: What The Library of the Future Might Include
"Architect" by Trey Anastasio
Christina Thomas visits Timothy Nutt, head of special collections for the University of Arkansas library. Nutt says that the library's collections are directly affected by the death of letter writing.
