Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art anticipates welcoming its one millionth visitor this week and have organized a number of events to mark the occasion.
Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, has the details on a busier-than-usual August week in Arkansas politics and business.Two special elections will be held tomorrow, one to fill a vacant city council seat in Springdale, and one regarding a 1 percent sales tax for water and sewer improvements in Paris. And, the Rogers School District, like many others in the area, will start the new school year with more bandwidth, to allow for a more connected classroom.
After listening to speculation about Tom Cotton's political future for months, he finally, formally announced his intention to run for a Senate seat. This week's montage focuses on other cottons:
- Zooey Deschanel's Cotton commercial
- Michael Jordan's Hanes Lay Flat T-shirt commercial
- Golden Corral cotton candy commercial
- "Cotton Candy Land" by Elvis Presley
- :Peter Cottontail" by Gene Autry
- A clip from Francis Ford Coppola's movie The Cotton Club
- "Cotton Mouth Man" by James Cotton (featuring Joe Bonamassa)
- "Cotton Fields" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "Pickin' Time" by Johnny Cash
- "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex
Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership recently received more than $1 million to install green infrastructure along area trails and at the watershed sanctuary in Cave Springs. We find out what it is, and what impact it can have.
UA-Fayetteville Journalism Professor, Dr. Patsy Watkins, has volunteered her time to organize the state’s first index of historic photographs held in museum and library collections. The website has been constructed and is being hosted by Mullins Library Special Collections staff. From millage elections to sales tax votes and even a run for U.S. Senate, we've covered a lot of political ground in the past seven days.
Michael Tilley with The city Wire explains how Arkansas has lost fifty-thousand manufacturing jobs in ten years and why full-time jobs are growing in number as quickly as part-time jobs.Recently, the duo Air Loom stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a live performance.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, February 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about the week in business and politics. Plus, members of the cast of "Good People" discuss why audiences connect with the Tony-nominated script. And, The Tri-tones; Ben Harris, Adams Collins and Drew Packard; sit down with Robert Ginsburg in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and perform some original music.
The 40th Annual St. James Episcopal Church Silver Tea event is tonight in Eureka Springs, and many holiday-themed theatre shows are opening this weekend.
“Hjartao Hamast” by Sigur Ros
The senior Flute Choir from the UAFS-Academy of the Arts visited KUAF earlier this week. They perform inside the Breedlove Auditorium on the UAFS campus on December 12th at 7 p.m. Admission is free.
It seems like there are probably about 655,000 events lined up for the holidays at Walton Arts Center. Jodi Beznoska from the center has the details.
“Svanur” by Rokkurro
Last summer, the US Geological Survey began an ambitious biological sampling of the Illinois River in Washington and Benton Counties. We provide a progress report.
A group seeks to pass an amendment requiring voter approval on all tax increases by the state, and its counties and cities; the proposal to review all sales tax exemptions in the state under scrutiny; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
