Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Friday, January 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
The band plays live in our performance studio and talks about their role in the upcoming production of Sundown Town.
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission announced this week a six-month ban on any new natural gas drilling wastewater disposal wells which may be linked to a recent swarm of earthquakes in Faulkner County. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
Jodi Beznoska, VP of Communications for Walton Arts Center, explains that the center's upcoming performances will provide entertainment from a variety of genres
"Dancing Queen" by Symphonic Rock Project
Step 1 Theatre prepares for The Chamber, its latest production which debuts tonight. www.step1theatre.org for more information.
Jerome Kern, Lewis Carroll and more in our history capsule for January 27.