Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Monday, August 5, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks. A Facebook-job-posting-a-day approach to getting people in the Fort Smith region who are looking for work. Work Fort Smith is taking a small, but consistent, path to connecting those seeking work to those seeking employees. We'll also review the past seven days in Arkansas politics and business with Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and two approaches to solar power…including area high school students taking to a swimming pool to test their solar-powered boats. And Meredith Martin Moats continues her series on books about Arkansas with a review of a study of the man who brought electricity to the state, Harvey Couch.
On Your Mark Academy, a private nonprofit school for children with special needs and autism is hosting a fundraiser November 9th at 7pm at the Fayetteville Town Center with comedian Josh Blue, winner of NBC's "Last Comic Standing." Jacqueline Froelich provides a preview. Tickets are available at the door or online at onyourmarkacademy.org.
Author Brock Thompson talks with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams and Ozarks Unbound's Christopher Spencer about his book "The Un-Natural State: Arkansas and the Queer South," in this latest installment of Unlicensed Opinion.
Kevin Fitzpatrick is co-author, along with Mark LaGory of Birmingham, Alabama, of the new book "Unhealthy Cities: Poverty, Race and Place in America." He'll discuss the book Saturday afternoon at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
"Swaorn Statement" by Wide Hive Players
The first weekend of November includes dance, jazz, theatre, and more. Becca Bacon Martin, the editor of What's Up in Northwest Arkansas newspapers, gives us the list.
"Johnny's Love of Majik" by Matt Costa
Free opera on Sunday, free hugs from roller derby league members today.
"Queen of the Roller Derby" by Leon Russell