
Ozarks At Large

Jodi Beznoska, VP of Communications at Walton Arts Center, tells us about the center's busy upcoming week and offers a preview of the 2011-2012 season.
Becca suggests music, dance, poetry, comedy or drama for today's entertainment picks.
Heavy rains, floods, winds and twisters this past week have taken a toll on the state's parks and forests.

The opening of Beaver and Table Rock Lake dams' floodgates after Monday's rainfall -- on today's Ozarks at Large Half Time.
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.

Ozark Poets and Writers Collective meet at Nightbird Books, UA Fort Smith Chorale Ensembles performances at the Fort Smith Convention Center and The Whigs at George's.
A U.S. poet laureate's visit to the University of Arkansas, National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and Eureka Springs' announcement of its 2011 Grand Illumination Grand Luminary - on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half Time.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, making inroads in the battle against lung cancer in Arkansas. After years of steady increases, the rate is dropping in the state. Plus shifts in the testing for a GED certificate in Arkansas, and a closer listen to one of the bands scheduled to appear at the 2014 edition of Wakarusa.
In our "What's in a Name?" series, we learn about George Peabody, the namesake of the UA's Peabody Hall
A 2014 Artoshpere exhibit actually grows with help from the community. We visit one of six locations of these unique terrariums.
Becca Martin Brown tells us that a famous science fiction writer from the 1970s is in Eureka Springs today.
Discussing faith and religion does not have to create an argument.
In this month’s music review, we revisit an album of summer’s past. Abra Moore’s “Strangest Places” was released in 1995, but the whimsical folk vibes have us rolling down our windows and driving to the tunes again this year.