Ozarks At Large


We continue our series previewing this weekend's poetry festival at Nightbird Books. Katie Nichol grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota and says she started writing poetry when she was about 12 years old:
For the past few months there have been meetings, open to the public, to discuss making Fayetteville a city of compassion. We met with two of the organizers of the meetings to find out what it might take for a more compassionate place.
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Katy Hneriksen gives us a preview of this week's KUAF Sunday Symphony, as well as a look at this month's Community Cinema event at the Fayetteville Public Library.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Republican Attorney General runoff candidates discuss medical marijuana and the death penalty. Also, we take a look back at the desegregation of public swimming pools.
Jean Button is the Queen Mother of the Fayetteville Mardi Gras celebration, which includes a parade tomorrow and much more.
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"Mardi Gras New Orleans" by Professor Longhair
Tomorrow almost every discipline of study in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas will gather together for a full day of discussion. We have a preview of the first-ever Fulbright Colloquium.
Michael Tilley from thecitywire.com discusses another plan that might change Arkansas’ Third Congressional District and the latest consumer confidence numbers for Fort Smith.
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The March exhibit at the Fayetteville Underground on the downtown square is up—and Jacqueline Froelich takes us down for a preview. A First Thursday reception at the Fayetteville Underground will take place tonight from 5 until 8pm.
This weekend orchids are the top plant at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.