Local fine folk artist Linda Sheets is currently working on a book about rescued dogs, a project that hopes to raise funds to help rescue organizations around the country.
More information is available at www.scratchingthrough.blogspot.com and www.blue-eyedponystudio.com.
For a video tour of Sheets’ studio, click here.
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On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a psychology researcher explains the relationship between low-effort thought and the tendency to lean toward conservative ideology; and fine folk artist Linda Sheets works on a book about rescued dogs.Local fine folk artist Linda Sheets is currently working on a book about rescued dogs, a project that hopes to raise funds to help rescue organizations around the country.
More information is available at www.scratchingthrough.blogspot.com and www.blue-eyedponystudio.com.
For a video tour of Sheets’ studio, click here.
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen spoke with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy earlier this week. Wilco performs tomorrow night at the AMP in Fayetteville.
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses upcoming summer movies and TV shows. He also makes a book suggestion.
For those of us sequestered inside this spring time, bird expert, Joe Neal, brings us fresh recordings of spring-fevered Ozarks forests and fields. He is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
For those of us sequestered inside this spring time, bird expert, Joe Neal, brings us fresh recordings of spring-fevered Ozarks forests and fields. He is coauthor of Arkansas Birds, published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir is published by Half-Acre Press.New revenue numbers show Arkansas took in $31 million more than expected for the month of April; Arkansas and Texas A&M will move their football series to campus sites for 2012 and 2013; and more – on today’s Segment A.
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.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Walmart launches several programs under its Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative; and author Geoffrey Oelsner discusses his book about his personal non-ordinary experiences. Dickson Street gets ready to host a “pup-crawl;” and a tribute to legendary musician Levon Helms on Arkasongs.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the band Elephant Revival stopped by the Frimin-Garner Performance Studio this month to talk about their instruments, their music and their social causes, and to play some music before their concert at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services has released numbers that show thousands of low-income Arkansans have shown intent to sign up for the state's Private Option insurance plans. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a report detailing inequality of enrichment opportunities between schools across the state. And furloughed work-study employees at Northwest Arkansas Community College returned to work this morning after a two-day suspension and before negotiations in Washington showed promise.
"Homecoming Heroes" by The Head and the Heart
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and David Goins talk to Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Jason Rapert about the state's public school employee insurance crisis.
Becca reminds us it's the start of the fall arts and crafts festival season.
"No One's Saying Nothing" by The Dismemberment Plan
It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors center...and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in downtown Fort Smith,
The fifth annual Eureka Springs' Voices from the Silent City Cemetery Tour, which portrays Depression-era Eureka, is set for Friday and Saturday evenings, October 18th and19th, as well as October 25th and 26th. Jacqueline Froelich provides a preview. For tickets call 479-253-9417.
"Good To You" by The Avett Brothers
