Photographer Jerry Taliaferro’s exhibition “Women of a New Tribe” hopes to present the beauty of African-American women in a new light.
To listen to how NPR helped Taliaferro name this exhibition, click here.
(Photo Courtesy: Jerry Taliaferro's www.blackartphotoart.com)
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Photographer Jerry Taliaferro’s exhibition “Women of a New Tribe” hopes to present the beauty of African-American women in a new light.
To listen to how NPR helped Taliaferro name this exhibition, click here.
(Photo Courtesy: Jerry Taliaferro's www.blackartphotoart.com)
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, two sides of Valentine's Day: an anti-Valentine’s night of stories and music will be celebrated on the 13th, and the band Still on the Hill will release their CD of love songs on Valentine’s Day. We also examine municipal eminent domain practices in our region and state.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, reports on Arkansas Technical University-Ozark campus’ plans to offer a Registered Nurse program, Fayetteville Police Department honoring the city’s first African-American police officer killed in the line of duty in 1928, and the status of state's health benefits exchange under the federal health care program.Comic Kristin Key will be at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville this Sunday evening for a performance. She talks to us about her comedy style, and what it's like to be a female comic.
Blues artist Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo') will perform tonight at Walton Arts Center at 7 p.m. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about a conversation she had with him.
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen has a preview of the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery's first show this semester.
Fayetteville’s Advertising and Promotions Commission is planning to revive the Old Post Office on the Fayetteville Square. We take a tour of the building that's nearly a century old.
To take a video tour of the Old Post Office, click here.
The Avid Readers Book Club met at 1 p.m. this afternoon at the Springdale Public Library. Tomorrow, “Sandwiched In” with John Cross about Eureka Springs' history will take place at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
The Northwest Arkansas Curling Club was formed in the '90s. Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda finds out more about the sport.
Happy new year! On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Drs. Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields from the University of Arkansas' Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society discuss a few findings of the path-breaking 2011 Blair-Rockefeller Poll. Also on the show today, Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers compares his list of favorite 2011 music with that of Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: we find out, kind of, why Dr. Lonnie Smith is a “doctor.” The legendary jazz master of the Hammond organ will play in Fayetteville this weekend and he talks to Robert Ginsburg about his music and his career. And a survey to help gauge the direction for the city of Rogers as growth continues.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
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.
A half-mile wide tornado killed at least 16 last night when it rolled across the central part of the state, hitting the cities of Mayflower and Villonia especially hard. Meanwhile, the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross begins coordinating its response teams to help in the recovery efforts.
"Bizness" by tUnE-YaRdS
The Human Rights Campaign based in Washington, D.C. has announced plans to aggressively expand operations in Arkansas and two other southern states. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the group has committed $8.5 million dollars to make it happen. (Photo: Chad Griffin, HRC President and Arkansas native)
Plus, Wal-Mart pays large sums in legal fees. Roby Brock has more in this week’s Talk Business and Politics Update.
“In/Out” by Dan Croll
