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.
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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.
Erin Morgenstern’s novel The Night Circus is her first book. The bestseller is set inside a mysterious circus where almost anything can happen and arrives on the outskirts of town with no warning.
For more about the book and Erin Morgenstern, visit www.erinmorgenstern.com
"Two Hours From Tulsa” by RJ Mischo
We’ve put together nine iconic sounds of songs, movies, theater and TV connected to work.
The montage includes, in order: 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton, Glengarry Glen Ross, the BBC version of The Office, Sam Cooke’s version of Working in a Coal Mine, Norma Rae, 16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Apartment, The Devil Wears Prada, Coffee Break from the new Broadway cast recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Office Space.
With the price of natural gas at a ten year low, due to a drilling glut, some members of Congress are pushing the Department of Energy to hurry up and construct liquefied natural gas export terminals to ship U.S. methane overseas.
Recordist and essayist, Joe Neal illustrates the transition from summer to fall made apparent by the quell of songbirds. Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book is “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”
Ozarks At Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look at infrastructure news from the past week.
