
Ozarks At Large

From a book sale in Eureka Springs to a Comeback to College Fair in Springdale, we have this list of happenings in our listening area.


As a November reduction in SNAP benefits approaches, the River Valley Regional Food Bank is getting ready for an increase in demand for their services.
Arkansas two U.S. Senators sound off about the end of the partial federal government shutdown. Governor Mike Beebe calls a special session of the Arkansas Legislature in order to solve the crisis facing the state's teachers' insurance system. And the Sebastian County Library System begins looking to the future as a needs assessment is conducted.

The fifth annual Eureka Springs' Voices from the Silent City Cemetery Tour, which portrays Depression-era Eureka, is set for Friday and Saturday evenings, October 18th and19th, as well as October 25th and 26th. Jacqueline Froelich provides a preview. For tickets call 479-253-9417.
It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors center...and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in downtown Fort Smith,
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a look at the increasing educational accountability standards placed on the nation's 5-year-olds. Plus, Michael Pakko discusses the state's economy, and more.
Wayne Bell, author of Culture Club at www.fayettevilleflyer.com, discusses films featuring female leads.
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
Our Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas attended the 2nd annual Trail Mix Tour this weekend and has this report.
Several years before his sudden death, the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History conducted a formal interview with writer E. Lynn Harris.
More information is available at www.pryorcenter.uark.edu.
“Speak Low” by Hank Mobley
Fayetteville High School senior Angel Rodriguez reads his poem about his "third place".
This wearable art event will feature seven designers paired up with a writer/poet each to inspire creative collaboration.