Several authors will attend the Books in Bloom literary festival from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Crescent Garden at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs including Diane Ott Whealy, co-founder of the oldest and largest non-governmental seed bank in the U.S. Visit BooksinBloom.org for details.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a preview of one of the four plays that will be featured at the New Play Festival in Fayetteville; and Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor talks about the future of the A-10 aircrafts at the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith.This weekend Theater Squared will let curious people see four plays-in-progress as part of the annual New Play Festival. Sunday, each of the playwrights participated in a forum at the Fayetteville Public Library that Kyle Kellams moderated. This week we’ll hear highlights from each of the writers. Clinnesha Dillon Sibley’s script “Uprooted” will be the first play to be presented.
Learn more about the plays at www.theatre2.org.
The Diavolo (Dia is Spanish for “day;” Volo is Latin for “I Fly”) Dance Company will perform tonight and tomorrow night at Walton Arts Center as part of the Artosphere Festival and Ten By Ten Series.
You’ll need a kid to accompany you! Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us about a fun event coming up that lets children and their adults build a city from cardboard boxes. Also, the Artosphere Festival continues.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center talks about the festival and other upcoming events at the arts center.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has more details about the Artosphere Festival that starts today.
The music festival returns to Memphis this weekend, says Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, the University of Arkansas unveils a mobile solar energy laboratory; and a preview of this year’s Artosphere Trail Mix Concert Tour. Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s Grant Tennile gives us an insight into Governor Mike Beebe’s trip to China; and we preview the Eureka Springs May Fine Arts Festival.Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere Festival will present the Trail Mix Concert Tour this weekend. KUAF’s Robert Ginsburg will curate the concert tour. He spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams about his plans for the event.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, how to stay safe and entertained this summer. Also, we learn about a tick-borne illness called bobcat fever that's affecting local cats.
Teacher insurance and the future of health care in Arkansas were front and center yesterday.
Palisades Park by Counting Crows
Roby Brock speaks with gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson about his jobs plan for the state of Arkansas, including workforce education.
Yesterday, Walmart hosted its first Made in USA Open Call event in Bentonville.
Younger by Seinabo Sey
Becca says the Shiloh Museum's photo exhibit on medicinal springs in NWA is on display through December.
Eureka Springs Hospital is one of the tiniest and oldest in Arkansas, built in 1929. A for-profit medical facilities management firm, which leases the antiquated hospital wants to build a brand new facility on the outskirts of town. But to make it happen, the city of Eureka Springs will have to provide a major infusion of money.
Fanshawe by El Ten Eleven
