Becca tells us that even though some events have been postponed because of the ice and snow, there are still some certainties ahead on the events calendar.
Ozarks At Large
From Thanksgiving to Super Bowl Sunday, area police officers are on high alert for those that might be driving while intoxicated. We talk to officials about why Fayetteville has more DWI's than any other Arkansas city.
The new(ish) restaurant 28 Springs, in downtown Siloam Springs, uses a mix of food, atmosphere and science to explore culinary ingredients.
Students from Elkins High School spent time inside a local Walmart, learning about retail basics.
Four years after Woodstock, a circle of friends living in Eureka Springs decide to stage an Ozark heritage family folk festival on a remote and rugged Carroll County wilderness. But instead of parents with children, an estimated hundred fifty thousand hippies showed up. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to visit the site, on the fortieth anniversary. (Photo: April and Dustin Griffith, landholders, hold up an artifact found on a festival campsite.)
Ahead on this snow day edition of Ozarks at Large, our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley of The City Wire; plus the violent explusion of an African American settlement in southeastern Crawford County comes to light, ninety years after the fact.
Pianist Ashley Eriksson recently was in Northwest Arkansas for a performance at the Fayetteville Underground. While she was in town, she stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to play a few songs.
Ninety years ago, an African American colony which had settled in Catcher in southeastern Crawford County was driven out by a throng of angry whites. The truth behind the violent expulsion is finally coming to light.
After months of preparation, the event's organizers say that the weekend's craft fair will still go on, regardless of the weather.
Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that a meeting will take place next week to best decide how to move forward on the water park project for Fort Smith and Sebastian County.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.
The brand new educational standard, called Common Core, is being introduced, initially, to K through 2nd grade students in state public schools this fall. We visit with teachers at Shaw Elementary in Springdale to see how the interdisciplinary, participatory curriculum works.
Christopher’s House provides transitional housing for homeless families while they are trying to get back on their feet and establish a more permanent living arrangement for themselves. The project is a partnership between the First United Methodist Church in Springdale and Seven Hills Homeless Center in Fayetteville.
The Claudia Burson Trio (or rather Quartet tonight!) will perform a collection of holiday tunes tonight at the Unitarian Church on Cleveland Street in Fayetteville.
Comedian Larry Miller performs tonight at Walton Arts Center, and there’s a choice to be made between the ridiculous and the sublime.
Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas is taking us on a tour of businesses that produce liquor locally.
