
Ozarks At Large

To adopt a pet at the Fayetteville Animal Shelter as it will be closed Saturday for the installation of new flooring. Plus a couple of events as the weekend nears.

The University of Arkansas Libraries formally opened the papers of Senator Dale Bumpers to researchers yesterday.
As promised, the state legislature overrode a line-item veto by Governor Mike Beebe to allow sand used in natural gas drilling to be exempt from sales tax. And, several organizations through the state accrue grant funding.


Mary Kay Zuravleff is the author of Man Alive, a story about a physician whose life changed after he was struck by lightning. She will speak tonight at Nightbird Books.

Last week, a federal judge struck down much of Arkansas' Heartbeat Protection Act, passed last year by the state legislature. We speak to two people, one from the pro-life movement and one from the pro-choice movement, to hear what they think the ruling means.
As Becca continues her week of themes, today's art theme includes events at Crystal Bridges and Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, other ways to teach and other ways to learn. We go inside a local school of innovation, and we'll go on stage in Bentonville as Northwest Arkansas Community College prepares their staging of The Giver.
Thursday morning at 10:15 central, millions of Americans will “drop, cover and hold on” as prescribed by the “Great Central U.S. ShakeOut.” Jacqueline Froelich reports.
Visit www.shakeout.org/centralus for more information.
"I Feel the Earth Move" by Boston Pops
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net talks to Dr. Jay Barth, a political scientist from Hendrix College, about a joint poll being conducted by talkbusiness.net and Hendrix College regarding Arkansans' perspectives on the State Legislature and political figures.
"Glass" by the Banjo Consorsium
The opening of Beaver and Table Rock Lake dams' floodgates after Monday's rainfall -- on today's Ozarks at Large Half Time.
"Small Footprint" at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery and Othello at the university theater, and free Chamber music performance at UA-Fort Smith.
Western Arkansas Ballet prepares for their April 30th performance of Alice in Wonderland.