Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert about the first eleven weeks of the Arkansas Legislature’s current session…and the few weeks remaining.Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert about the first eleven weeks of the Arkansas Legislature’s current session…and the few weeks remaining.When Rachna Muldoon moved to the area last fall, she quickly became enamored with the local arts scene, but something was missing. So, she rolled up her sleeves and started The Big Picture House.
In winter we hear a few chirps, but with spring upon us our feathered co-inhabitants are vocally staking their nesting claims. Wildlife recordist, Joe Neal waxes on about the call of the cardinal. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us the scoop on what's ahead for TheatreSquared and the Walton Arts Center.
If you've been waiting for a novel set in Miami with four good friends, a python, a Haitian family seeking a better life and the line "hyperactive poo-flinging banshee," then you're in luck. More simply, if you've been waiting for the next crime-tinged novel from Dave Barry, then your're still in luck. Even better still, Barry is headed for the Fayetteville Public Library April 12.
Legislators return to the state capitol this week following developments last week on the legislature's biggest decisions this session: the state's Medicaid program and whether to approve a $125 million state investment in a steel mill in northeast Arkansas.
One worker is dead and others injured after an accident yesterday at Nuclear One in Russellville, unemployment in Arkansas remained stable in February, say officials with the state's Department of Workforce Services, and an annual film festival gets ready to raise the opening curtain this week in Batesville.
Here are the selections for today's pop culture montage celebrating the Easter Bunny.
- Cadbury Bunny – 1980’s Cadbury Egg Commercial
- Jessica Rabbit – Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Harvey
- Little Bunny Foo Foo
- 1980’s Trix Commercial
- “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane
The Matrix - Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit from Songs of the South
Becca Martin Brown gives the down low on a new museum exhibit in Springdale that explores the history of the city, particularly it's original name.
Asa Hutchinson is seeking the governor's job in 2014. He tells Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas why.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, March 3, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, several Arkansas towns have been identified by the University of Arkansas to participate in a sustainability report card program. We speak with Michelle Halsel, managing director of the Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas to find out about the program. Plus, the idea of Southern Art History; how we talk about it depends on how we define it.
New in-store retail technologies, such as iPhone barcode scanning and self checkout lanes are transforming how we shop. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, these innovations may increase theft—what the industry refers to as “shrink.” (Photo courtesy StopLift Checkout Vision Systems)
The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra Fayetteville Public School District, and Carnegie Hall team up for a special concert on Friday.
As we continue our series on summer camps, we explore options for dance and music camps in the area including a NWA Conservatory of Classical Ballet
Additional camps:
The Art of Motion
Infiniti Athletics
Rogers Activity Center
School of Rock
U of A Music camps
Western Arkansas Ballet
Jersusalem Jackson Greer author of "A Homemade Year," is among the 14 writers at this year's Books in Bloom in Eureka Springs.
One Little Rock author has come out with a children’s book she hopes will help parents bring their child’s early educational experiences to life.
