A new arcade featuring old school games is nearly open in midtown Fayetteville's Evelyn Hills Shopping Center. Ozarks at Large's resident geek Timothy Dennis visits the arcade for a preview.Ozarks At Large
A new arcade featuring old school games is nearly open in midtown Fayetteville's Evelyn Hills Shopping Center. Ozarks at Large's resident geek Timothy Dennis visits the arcade for a preview.A book talk and theatre auditions are the only things on Becca Martin Brown's entertainment agenda on this fairly quiet Monday.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks: more and more classrooms in Arkansas are becoming single-gender classrooms, but does splitting up little boys and little girls have an affect on students learning? And we speak with the Boys and Girls Club of America's "National Youth of the Year," who just happens to be a freshman at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.As we move further toward the end of the year, the ideas of "giving" and "thanks" are prevalent ideas for many, but as this week's look back shows, some have already caught the giving bug.
Katy Henrkisen gives us a preview of what's ahead on tonight's KUAF Sunday Symphony.
Last month, freshman Trei Dudley was named the Boys and Girls Club's National Youth of the Year, making her an ambassador for the 4 million kids involved with the national organization.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we look at the possibility of Madison county going wet. Plus, conversations with two of our regular commentators. Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers tells us what's up in entertainment this weekend, and Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses jobless rate numbers, Oklahoma's new “open carry” gun law and more.Historians Eric Gellman and Jarod Roll discuss their new dual biography The Gospel of the Working Class: Labor's Southern Prophets in New Deal America.
In honor of Homecoming at the University of Arkansas, Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers gives us a list of where we can find several pig art installations (part of Ozark Literacy Council's Pigshibition project) around town.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire, who marked its fourth anniversary yesterday, gives us an update on the jobless rate in the listening area, discusses Oklahoma's new “open carry” gun law and more.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a chapter ends for a bankrupt landfill in the Ozarks. Plus, the new president of the state's largest advertising agency talks about his new post, and the Fort Smith Board of Directors holds its first quarterly brainstorming session.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business ands Politics, reports the state of Arkansas is targeting motorcyclists as potential tourists.
at end of show: "Keep on the Sunny Side" Roe Family Singers
Congressman Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor traded verbal blows late last week as each addressed the Delta Grassroots Caucus, which held its annual meeting in Little Rock. Enrollment in the state's Private Option continued to grow last month, as evidenced by a new report released by the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the University of Arkansas System moved forward with its future online university programs last week by hiring the school's first three employees.
"Shuckatoom" by American Top 40
Students begin to lose gains made throughout the academic year almost as soon as the final bell rings for summer vacation. An open forum tomorrow at the Jones Center in Springdale will address opportunities to keep students' minds active during out of school times. Many organizations will be involved, including the Arkansas Out of School Network.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics, says it was an especially busy week for economic matters in Arkansas, including Tyson Foods' attempt to acquire Hillshire Brands.
Children's House in Springdale is designed to help some of the youngest victims of abuse and neglect in northwest Arkansas.
"Twilight" by U2
