The northwest Arkansas chapter of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is getting ready to host Soup Sunday. The event helps raise funds to finance the non-profit’s advocacy efforts. I spoke with Laura Kellams, the director of the organization in northwest Arkansas.
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Italian Consul General Hon. Fabrizio Nava visited KUAF’s Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to discuss cooperation efforts between the state of Arkansas and Italy. Nava is in charge of cooperation efforts in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Share some “Love Gone Bad” stories and music at this unique fundraiser that raises money for Seven Hills Homeless Center.
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Tonight, a book talk about “The Blasphemer” will be hosted at the Fayetteville Public Library, and the band Railroad Earth performs at George’s in Fayetteville. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
The nonprofit “A Little Free Library” was launched to keep books alive. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas reports on the movement gaining momentum in northwest Arkansas.
The Titanic Museum in Branson will host this year’s National Ice-Carving Championship. Kyle Kellams speaks with Jaynie Vandenberg, a spokesperson for the museum, to find out more.
Arkansas legislators look at cost-of-living raises for state employees; the Arkansas trucking industry -- on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year. We take a look at its history and various programs.
Jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco will perform at Legacy Blues in Fayetteville this Friday. KUAF’s Robert Ginsburg spoke with him to find out more about his life and career.
Another flock of blackbirds collapsed from firecracker fright again in Beebe over New Years. Our flocks, however, were not disturbed. Essayist and recordist Joe Neal spent time beneath several local roosts to tell their story. He is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” as well as his latest book, “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
Ground will be broken early this new year on a much-anticipated northwest Arkansas highway project, known as the “Fayetteville Flyover” which will create easy access from North College Avenue to both the mall district and Interstate 540.
Outdoor recreation specialist Dr. Gregory Benton has researched the people who participate in reenactments of battles that happened 150 years ago. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Dr. Benton about why the reenactors take part in historical battles, such as the one happening at Prairie Grove Battlefield Park this Saturday.
A collection of area musicians from several bands has recorded a new, Christmas-themed ska CD. The release party is Saturday night at Rogue on Dickson Street in Fayetteville and proceeds help Spay Arkansas.
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The senior class at Haas Hall Academy had a summer reading assignment. That book has inspired a movement at the school.
With a program dedicated to the Christmas Truce of 1914 on stage tonight, Walton Arts Center launches an ambitious holiday schedule.