Sidney's Emporium has been located on Dickson Street for about two decades, and has been located in the old UARK Theatre building for the past 14 years. This month, the business is getting back to its mobile roots with a move to the Yacht Club on College.
Ozarks At Large
A few not so typical opportunities to donate money, goods, and time in the next few days.
Roby Brock and Dr. Jay Barth, Professor of Political Science at Hendrix College, look at some of the season’s political ads and poll results of Republican voters.
Ben E. Keith Foods announces it will add more than 70 jobs to the state's economy, and some law experts say that its unsurprising that a number of counties stopped issuing marriage certificates for same-sex couples after doing so for a few days.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.
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.
Discussing faith and religion does not have to create an argument.
Last night, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization based in Washington DC, announced an $8.5 million push into Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, HRC’s President, Chad Griffin, an Arkansas native, says its time to open the “Southern closet.”
Senator Pryor and Congressman Cotton visited acres of idle pipeline in Central Arkansas yesterday, and they both issued renewed calls to approve the Keystone XL. Plus, several roadways in the area are closed, either for bridge inspection or condemnation.
Nerdies is offering summer sessions next month, Apple Seeds is hosting a teaching farm tool drive, and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a visit to a jeweler's studio where she makes trinkets of beauty with stones, sterling silver and words on metal. Plus, we talk with blogger Mat Campbell of the Blue Hog Report about how the lawyer-turned-journalist uncovers and covers political happenings in the state.
The Fort Smith Northside High School Jazz Band will hold a fundraising performance at UAFS’s Second-Street Live Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.. This professional-caliber show will raise funds to send these student musicians to summer band camp.
. . . Becca Martin Brown gives you something at Arts Live Theatre to lighten your mood.
Kyle Kellams spoke with SoNA director Paul Haas about Saturday’s performance, as well as what it takes to produce a master work.
"Under Pressure" written by Queen
Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway will play some Irish folksongs to get you ready for the Irish holiday. Jodi Beznoska of Walton Arts Center gives us this preview and more.
Prior to South-by-Southwest, many bands will be stopping in Fayetteville on their way to the week-long festival in the Texas cultural oasis. Katy Henriksen gives us this rundown of the line-up that can be seen locally.