Several musicians and singers will gather for a free Pete Seeger concert and sing-a-long.
Ozarks At Large
A woman born and educated in western Arkansas played a big part in making "We Shall Overcome" a popular anthem.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers begins her advice on how to spend Valentine's Day.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses Governor Beebe's comments about Whirlpool and more from the week in news.Wagers on electronic games of skill set new Arkansas records in 2013. Martha Shoffner is indicted on federal mail fraud charges. Congressman Tim Griffin is considering a run for lieutenant governor. And Senators Pryor and Boozman are honored for their work on Capitol Hill on behalf of National Guard troops.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an event fit for your very own Pagnozzi princess, and a one-woman performance parodies what happens after 'happily ever after.' Plus, a new facility helps one organization provide goodwill to the state.
Echo Sibley's one-woman show, "Flipping Channels in the Estrogen Zone," will be performed Sunday and Monday nights at the Stolen Glass, and Friday night at Caribe Restaurant in Eureka Springs.
Pagnozzi Charities is hosting its first Princess for a Day event Feb. 22 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.Becca Martin Brown has more on the first installment of a series in the Knox Street Book Club at the Clayton House in Fort Smith.
Today's Hunstville District Court has been rescheduled for next Thursday, send applications for Fayetteville City Boards and commissions to city_clerk@fayetteville-ar.gov, and grab a snack pack tomorrow morning.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, March 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about new standardized public eduction testing that will be tried in schools as part of the new Common Core cirriculum. Also, Little Chief performs a song of their new album.
We turn our monthly music review over to two not-so-new Christmas CDs we think are worth your attention.
Meredith Martin Moats lets us hear how one long-time gardner in Yell Countyhas gone about his work.
"Cornbread and Butter Beans" by The Carolina Chocolate Drops with Joe Thomspon
The Chemical Engineering Department at the U of A in Fayetteville gets a $3 million gift from an alumnus of the college of Engineering. A new poll shows that a majority of Arkansans support some kind of immigration reform. And a local running store is voted among the top such stores in the nation.
"Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother" by Sufjan Stevens
Along with the Kings River Watershed Partnership, which formed in 2001, and the Illinois River Watershed Partnership which organized in 2005, the Beaver Watershed Alliance, established three years ago, is also working to improve regional water quality. We meet Board President, Bob Caulk (left) and director, John Pennington, on a very impaired tributary, to talk shop.
