
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.
The 4th annual KUAF/Fulbright Summer Chamber Music Festival returns Thursday with a free performance at the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus.
For more information: FulbrightSummerMusic.uark.edu.
Director David Stricklin takes us into the vault to sample some personal papers and describe an array of manuscripts, maps, photos, genealogy – even art – archived at the Butler Center, located in Little Rock’s revitalized River Market District. Learn more at Butlercenter.org.
Bill Flanagan, a former caretaker of the cemetery, shares the history of Evergreen and the those who are buried there. For more information, click here.
Becca Martin Brown gives us three places to wander to today.
“Knuckle Down” by: Man Man
The Artist's Laboratory Theatre is a collective ensemble company that is dedicated to storytelling through the process of experimentation. Next week they will invite audiences to explore the Nature of Place with a performance throughout the landscapes of backstreets, lots, and structures of downtown Fayetteville. For more information visit: ArtLabTheatre.com.