A service learning project used by student interns to teach the importance of community service to elementary school children works with the real life organization Chicks for Children. We visit as fourth and fifth graders wrap up the project with a song and dance.
Ozarks At Large
Becca says the ACO Chorale is preparing for its Spring Concert May 4th at Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A sustainability summit hosted yesterday in Rogers gave a forum for some of the largest food, agricultural and beverage manufacturers to promote their newest product sustainability efforts.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talks to Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas about lawsuits and the electric chair.
The declaration means that federal assistance will be available for individuals, local governments and businesses. Also, the number of child abuse cases in the state declines.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how members of clergy, support organizations and a T-shirt maker are helping spread relief to towns devastated by Sunday's tornadoes, and information about how anyone else can aid recovery efforts.After Sunday's tornado devastated Vilonia, Mayflower and the surrounding areas, several businesses began offering a slew of options to provide additional support to relief efforts, some traditional and others more novel.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has a round-up of last week’s business and political news from around the state.
Author Vivienne Schiffer grew up in the small Southern town of Rohwer which was the site of a large Japanese internment camp. Her book Camp Nine is a fictional work that examines loyalty, patriotism and culture.
"Big Big Love (Fig. 2)" by Foals
Carrie Underwood and Aerosmith will be in town this week, thanks to Walmart’s annual shareholders’ conference. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
Paul Kelso, the host of the Generic Blues Show every Friday night at 9 on KUAF, recently spoke with Charles Ragsdale, director of Eureka Springs Blues Weekend, about this year's lineup.
For tickets or more information about the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend, visit www.eurekaspringsblues.com.
We preview a special three day festival to be held in Eureka Springs June 8th through the 10th to celebrate the village’s more than two hundred cold water springs.
More information is available at www.celebratethesprings.org.
