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.
Hundreds of people will recite some of the most famous lines from True Grit next week in Fort Smith as the city celebrates a new film version of the novel by Charles Portis.
Boyz II Men, the Boston Tea Party and more in our history capsule for December 16.
The holiday-themed events are approaching their zenith in the region and Becca has the details.
For PJ's weekly film score selection we meet George Bailey and the residents of Bedford Falls once again.
A church in Van Buren is trying to make sure everybody can stay warm as winter approaches.