Northwest Arkansas Community College will stage The Giver this weekend and the tech crew has been at work on the production for some time.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says movies, art and more are geared toward teens this week.
The annual event attracts thousands to Rogers and raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for area agencies.
This spring a number of Arkansas public schools and districts are applying to the state department of education to become “Schools of Innovation.” As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the new innovation school model is more collaborative compared to the public charter model. (Photo: applicant Leverett Elementary in Fayetteville)
State officials yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant program, and a water project 20 years in the making is finally complete.
Ahead on Ozarks, Mercy Hospital continues its commitment to sustainability with a new recycling program. Also a conversation with the author of “Sharecropper's Troubadour.” Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.
A screening of the documentary film Girl Rising aims to raise local awareness to the challenges girls face globally in education. Hosted by GIRLS Rock of Ramay Junior High, the screening will be at 6:30 Thursday evening at the Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center.
In his weekly recap, Roby Brock discusses Home BancShares reporting a record first quarter profit and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
Thursday morning at 10:15 central, millions of Americans will “drop, cover and hold on” as prescribed by the “Great Central U.S. ShakeOut.” Jacqueline Froelich reports.
Visit www.shakeout.org/centralus for more information.
"I Feel the Earth Move" by Boston Pops
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net talks to Dr. Jay Barth, a political scientist from Hendrix College, about a joint poll being conducted by talkbusiness.net and Hendrix College regarding Arkansans' perspectives on the State Legislature and political figures.
"Glass" by the Banjo Consorsium
The opening of Beaver and Table Rock Lake dams' floodgates after Monday's rainfall -- on today's Ozarks at Large Half Time.
"Small Footprint" at the University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery and Othello at the university theater, and free Chamber music performance at UA-Fort Smith.
Western Arkansas Ballet prepares for their April 30th performance of Alice in Wonderland.





