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Ozarks at Large Stories

News and Culture Stories about Northwest Arkansas, the Arkansas River Valley and more from Ozarks at Large

Latest Episodes
  • Two non-profit agencies are teamin up with each other and dozens of other organizations to provide help. We talked with the executive directors of HARK and Arkansas 211.
  • Queer non-binary photographer, Ann Guyton, was awarded a residency at Fenix Arts where they are exploring the intersection of identity and body liberation. Guyton is exhibiting several exemplary self-portraits in the "The Hand," a group show now on display in Fenix gallery through mid-November.
  • The musical Chicago may be set in the 1920s, but the issues discussed are relevant to the 2020s. Chicago is on stage through Sunday afternoon at the Walton Arts Center.
  • The 24th annual Arkansas Poll reveals feelings of likely voters ahead of 2022 midterms.
  • Carnegie Public Library assistant director, Cass Schallhorn was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to gather and archive Eureka Springs oral histories. Library director April Griffith says the project will preserve important stories that otherwise would be lost.
  • For three decades J. Bill Becker was the president of Arkansas' AFL-CIO. This week's archives from the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History help us learn more about him.
  • Recreational marijuana is on this year's ballot in Arkansas, and travel guru Rick Steves says the many tropes about marijuana use are untrue and that regulating recreational use provides users the civil liberties they deserve.
  • One of Arkansas' main proponents of marijuana reform is speaking out in opposition of a proposed amendment to allow recreational use of the drug.
  • Michael Tilley, with Talk Business and Politics, discusses an FOIA request regarding teacher pay in Fort Smith and a continuing building permit rise acorss the Arkansas River Valley.
  • Becca Martin Brown, the features editor with the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, gives us options for museums, theater and early holiday shopping.