For today's fun, Becca from NWA Newspapers suggests auditions for “Steel Magnolias,” a concert by the UA Symphony Orchestra, or a one-night-only performance of “Biloxi Blues.”
Ozarks At Large
The show's new host Guy Raz, formerly the host of Weekends on All Things Considered, spoke to us about the show.
A bipartisan duo of Arkansas legislators plan to file a bill this session to end wage theft in the workplace. Jacqueline Froelich gives us an update from the bill's sponsors, and she speaks with a state wage theft expert.
Arkansas receives a $43 million grant to help the state lower health care costs while increasing the quality of service, In Governor Mike Beebe's absence, Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr signs into law a bill privatizing a list of concealed carry permit holders. And, more information is released from the newest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll.
Katy Henriksen gives us some background on the music for this week's Sunday Symphony, as well as another tune from Shawn James.
We look back at legislative stories from the past seven days in today's week in review.
Shawn James, a Chicago native, hasn't been in Fayetteville that long, but he's quickly become a staple of the local music community. He stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio recently to play some tunes with Mark McKinney, banjo, and Nick Shoulders, harmonica. Their cover of John Legend's "Who Did That to You," which was captured on video by Anna Hutchison of Spring Street Portraits, has already gone viral.
Ahead on Ozarks, the longest zip line in Arkansas, the possible effects of sequestration on Arkansas, how small town advocates are getting a boost from the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and a preview of this weekend's Gospel Fest in Fort Smith.Opponents of sequestration say jobs and revenue could be hit hard in Arkansas if lawmakers don't act.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a walk around the trails at Lake Fayetteville will take you past acres of charred land. We learn about the benefits of prescribed burns such as these. Plus not one, but two area towns are in the running to take over the March Madness bracket of the Greatest Southern Town. And, we climb a tree to visit the serene world of a children's treehouse, and get ready for Spring Break with options for movie lovers.
Vincent Gaffney is the chair in landscape archeology and geomatics at the University of Birmingham in England. Tonight at 6:30, he’ll deliver a lecture about “The Secrets of Stonehenge” on the University of Arkansas campus.
“At the First Sign of Trouble” by The Beautiful Girls
The President of Northwest Arkansas Community College Dr. Becky Paneitz announces retirement; more than 40% of students who receive Arkansas Lottery scholarships don’t keep them for a second year; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about performances by Boston Mountain Brassworks and vocal pop group Straight No Chaser.
Professional Actor Keith Scales is staging a midnight theater production at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs based on the life of Norman Baker, who operated a popular and unorthodox cancer hospital at the Crescent in the 1930s. Shrouded in mystery, Baker has finally been brought to light, based on Scale’s historical research.
“Gone gone gone” by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses movies, music, TV shows and more.
