Maser, an artist from Ireland, was back in Arkansas to work on another new piece of public art.
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Becca Martin Brown says the first day of October is a good time to become aware of all things Halloween happening for the next 30 days in the region.
The shutdown that went into effect at midnight last night is already impacting operations at Beaver Lake, though more impacts could be felt if the shutdown continues.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, discusses health care and the federal shutdown with John Brummett, political columnist.Governor Mike Beebe speaks about potential effects the federal government shutdown will have on Arkansas, while the state Department of Health works out a deal with the USDA to keep a nutrition program running for now. And the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace begins open enrollment today even with the federal government shutdown in place.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we meet an emerging Ozarks Marshallese community organizer. Plus, we talk to the author of "Arkansas Late in the Civil War."
Tonya Lewis Lee helped bring Christopher Paul Curtis' novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham to Tv this month. Tonight the film is being shown, for free, at Bentonville High School and today we talked with Ms. lee about the project that premiered earlier this month on the Hallmark Channel.
Years after, and miles south, of the well-known battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, the Civil War continued to be fought in central and southern Arkansas. David E. Casto writes about the fighting in his new book, Arkansas Late in the Civil War.
Melisa Laelan, the state’s first certified Marshallese court interpreter, is also organizing Arkansas’s first islander-operated non-profit group---the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit a local yarn shop to speak with local knitters about how and what they're working on this holiday season. Plus, a discussion with a local man who lost his grandson in the Sandy Hook massacre last December, and how a church reaches out to the community with its healing touch.
Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net discusses the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll. Governor Beebe’s favorable numbers are high, but his influence on state legislative races might be small.
"Black Birds" by Ghost Orchard
Alma High School’s tech team is a four time national champion in the International Thespian Festival’s Tech Challenge. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited the Alma Performing Arts Center to meet with the team.
Last month, the Old 78s (Curly Miller, Carole Ann Rose, Melanie Palmer and Ray Palmer) performed inside Eleven, the restaurant at Crystal Bridges Musem of American Art. This is one of the songs from that September night, "Cold Morning Shout."
"Train on the Island" by Joy Kills Sorrow
Gustav Carlson is a Newton County native, and his graphic novels Backwood Folk and Eve of the Ozarks are set in the north Arkansas county.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, lists some of the Halloween events this week. Haunted houses, ballet, cemeteries, mayhem on a trolley and your chance to fire paintballs at the walking dead are all on the list.
