Northwest Arkansas Community College will stage The Giver this weekend and the tech crew has been at work on the production for some time.
Ozarks At Large
This spring a number of Arkansas public schools and districts are applying to the state department of education to become “Schools of Innovation.” As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the new innovation school model is more collaborative compared to the public charter model. (Photo: applicant Leverett Elementary in Fayetteville)
State officials yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant program, and a water project 20 years in the making is finally complete.
Ahead on Ozarks, Mercy Hospital continues its commitment to sustainability with a new recycling program. Also a conversation with the author of “Sharecropper's Troubadour.” 
A screening of the documentary film Girl Rising aims to raise local awareness to the challenges girls face globally in education. Hosted by GIRLS Rock of Ramay Junior High, the screening will be at 6:30 Thursday evening at the Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center.
In his weekly recap, Roby Brock discusses Home BancShares reporting a record first quarter profit and more.
P3 Waste Consulting has helped develop a program for Mercy Hospital in Rogers to recycle blue wrap used to keep surgical instruments sterile.The state Department of Workforce Services releases March unemployment numbers for Arkansas, though they remain slightly above the national rate. Plus, the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage will either be reaffirmed or struck down in the coming weeks.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a conversation with author Joyce Carol Oates prior to her lecture in Fayetteville. Plus, a bit of tinkering before the Amazeum opens to children and the community next fall.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, highlights from a lecture given by David Pryor last night in downtown Fayetteville. Also, the region's population prepares to reach the half-million mark.
Apple Seeds Inc. is calling for community support to launch an educational farm on two and half acres of of College Avenue in Fayetteville to teach teachers how to start school gardens.
What happens when we hear that song again . . . and again . . . and again . . .
Here are the ten clips we used to celebrate repetition. Here are the ten clips we used to celebrate repetition:
1. Philip Glass explores repetition in Metamorphosis.
2. Bill Murray begins to realize something is up in Groundhog Day.
3. The repeated brilliance of the beginning of The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction.
4.Stewie seeks attention on Family Guy.
5. Bill Withers makes a single exclamation over and over in Ain't No Sunshine.
6. Abbott and Costello work out the details in their Who's on First routine.
7. The repeated lyrics in Mr. Ed's theme.
8. Rowan and Martin with their familiar goodnight.
9. The repeating bass line of Queen's Another One Bites the Dust. (deduct ten points if you guessed Vanilla Ice)
10. Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison prove practice makes perfect in My Fair Lady.
Apologies to nobody this week...we'd just do it the same way next time.
Christian Howes has gained national recognition, including from the Downbeat Critics Poll, and will play two shows Friday night at Walton Arts Center.
"Left Hand Corner" by Mark Elf
The Arkansas Supreme Court is hearing a case regarding a man whose gay partner is prohibited from staying overnight when his 12 year old son is present, while Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel approves a potential ballot measure that would eliminate the amendment to the state constitution that bars same-sex marriage in the state. And a Mulberry elementary school is one of nine schools classified by the Arkansas Department of Education as "exemplary" in the department's annual school accountability report.
"Mugshot" by Russell Malone
