A triptych, coming from the Greek word for three fold, is a work of art, usually a panel painting that is divided into three panels. A new book takes a closer look at the antique artform. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spoke with University of Arkansas art historian and assistant professor Lynn Jacobs about her new book, which attempts to reinterpret the early Netherelandish triptych.
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Ahead on the program: how the closure of a rural landfill has repercussions across the Ozarks. Jacqueline Froelich reports on the fallout from a decision to default on a landfill’s revenue bond payments. Plus The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs is not gone after all. Timothy Dennis has the latest on efforts to keep the Eureka Springs attraction open. And Robert Ginsburg, host of KUAF’s Shades of Jazz, has his picks for the best jazz recordings of 2012.Robert Ginsburg, host of KUAF’s Shades of Jazz, has his own list of favorite music recorded and performed in 2012.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers brings us a list of events for adults and a list for bored children, including an exhibit today and tomorrow at the Bentonville Public Library, and country music tomorrow night at George's Majestic Lounge.
Seven years ago, the Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District, which serves Boone, Carroll, Newton and four other counties, purchased an old leaky landfill and hauling company, near Mountain Home, to centralize district trash collections. Board members envisioned making the necessary ecological repairs and paying off the note within 15 years. Instead, in late November they voted to abandon the project. 
The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs was shuttered nearly a month ago. But as Ozarks at Large's Timothy Dennis reports,a last-minute fundraising effort means that the threat of foreclosure has abated, at least for the time being.
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, tells Kyle that the deal hammered out by Congress this week won’t be enough to get the Mitsubishi plant in Fort Smith open. They also discuss retail numbers for December and the new Board of Directors in Fort Smith.Tax revenue for the state was up in December, though officials don't expect the same gains this month. Governor Beebe is in favor of state legislators resolving the Medicaid debate in the upcoming regular session rather than during a special session later. Fayetteville-based Mitchell Communications Group announces it has been acquired by a Japanese communications conglomerate. And a new program by the NWA Children's Shelter to give children a brighter look ahead.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a new look at a mediaeval form of art, Arkansas Congressman Mike Ross on retirement, and a visit to Crystal Mountain.Catch Me If You Can and a pair of performances by the Oberlin Dance Company are all that’s in store for January at the Walton Arts Center, but Beth Bobbitt, the center’s manager of public relations says that more is on the way in February.
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, what implementation of the Affordable Care Act may mean for Arkansans; our final piece explores what long-term care patients can expect. And, Shakespeare returns to the park, Plus, the future of print media from the Washington Post to the Arkansas Times. How the print and digital worlds are changing and trying to survive. Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks with Blake Rutherford of McLarty Companies about how national and local media companies are adapting to changing times.
Katy Henriksen has this retrospective of cotton, Arkansas, and music and how they're connected.
Kyle Kellams talks to the executive director of The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange. More information about available at MemphisCottonMuseum.org.
“I Never Picked Cotton” by: Johnny Cash
A three-run home run earns the Naturals a win, United Way prepares for its annual Stuff the Bus event and more.
“Fencing” by: Joseph LoDuca
Yesterday, the Northwest Arkansas Council unveiled a new brand for the region. For more information:
www.nwacouncil.org.
Yesterday the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission hosted a public forum on its draft fiscal 2013-16 Transportation Improvement Plan for federally-funded transportation and transit projects in Washington and Benton Counties. For more information, visit www.nwarpc.org.
