The Benton County School of the Arts anticipates a name change for the coming school year in order to avoid confusion and build their community base.
Ozarks At Large
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses consumer dept, political filings, Fort Smith permit numbers and more.State lawmakers yesterday debated on how to spend about $100 million in state surplus, and Crawford County officials say that they have a potential site for a new county jail, if voters approve funding for the project.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, as the state prepares for a busy election year, one county makes changes to its polling sites. Plus, a physical fitness event this weekend celebrates two very different causes, and we visit with a founder of the Soweto Gospel Choir, which is performing tonight at Walton Arts Center.Sunday afternoon, the lawn at Old Main will be a buzz with sororities, fraternities, area residents and the special needs community as participants take part in the first ever Swetnam Physical Challenge benefiting the Down Syndrome Connection's I Can Shine Event.
The Ouchita and Ozark-St. Francis National Forests system is in need of Resource Advisory Committee applicants. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the positions are voluntary, but projects help to support local communities and economies.
To servoe on the RAC, visit fs.usda.gov, then click on "Projects and Policies" to find the "Secure Schools and Community" section. Or call (501) 321-5318.
To servoe on the RAC, visit fs.usda.gov, then click on "Projects and Policies" to find the "Secure Schools and Community" section. Or call (501) 321-5318.
Lady Razorbacks in various sports prepare for an eventful weekend and as we prepare for spring, a few outdoor activities to look forward to.
We visit a methadone treatment center in Springdale to learn how the medication works and visit with a recovering opiate addict.
With a primary election nearing and the general election later this year, election commissioners in Sebastian County have made a few changes to polling sites in the county.
A lawsuit succeeds in striking down new, more stringent rules for ballot measure petition canvassers, and several schools across the state petition the Arkansas Department of Education for waivers in an attempt to cut down on the number of snow days to be made up this year.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we'll hear wedding bells in our Sunday Morning Montage, and we'll talk about talking about faith. And, we visit two different buildings in downtown Fayetteville that have been around for about three-quarters of a century.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently completed a study, concluding that the use of sequential pricing based on real-time knowledge of shopper preferences could increase retailer profits. Ozarks at Larges Christina Thomas spoke with Cary Deck and John Aloysius of the Walton College of Business.
"Dream Sequence" by Spyro Gyra
This week a business plan from Picasolar took top honrs, and big money, at a competition at MIT.
"La La La Means I Love You" by Jackie Brown
Charles Banks Wilson, an American artist, was laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Miami, Oklahoma. He was born and passed in Arkansas. Wilson is best known for his works of the American Indian. Wilson's works are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world, including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capitol where four 13 feet tall and 27 feet wide murals line the rotunda, and the Gilcrease Museum, which owns more than 300 pieces of the artist's work.
Bear hunts, mermaids and dinner, Becca Martin Brown offers plenty to occupy your Mother's Day afternoon. Plus, the upcoming season at the Arts Center of the Ozarks.
Here is a guide to clips used in our Sunday montage salute to computers:
The band Kraftwerk sings "Computer Love."
A seemingly innocent beginning to a complicated relationship in the movie War Games.
A computer discussion from The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes, released in 1969.
Styx and that very odd song, "Mr. Roboto."
A not-so-innocent continuation of a complicated relationship in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
A computer foul up in 1957’s Desk Set starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
"You’ve Got Mail!"
A very terse answer that reflects a complicated relationship in the movie The Social Network.
An ominous warning about a complicated relationship in the original, 1982 version of Tron.
The Jetsons theme.
