Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the effort to create Nerdies, a project designed to give young people not interested in sports a place to explore other hobbies and passions. We'll also visit a piece of land in Fayetteville that will soon be a teaching farm, letting young students get a hands-on approach to growing and eating healthy foods. Plus Christian Howes, one of the most critically acclaimed jazz musicians performing talks to Robert Ginsburg about Howes's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And what's really happening in our brain when we listen to that music we really like again . . . and again . . .and again. We'll talk briefly to Lisa Margulis about her new book On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind.
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Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers is intrigued about a discussion at the Shiloh Museum about a small community she has not heard of.
A new exhibit at Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale takes patrons along the length of the White River.
Web Exclusive: Seeing Images of the White River Before the Dams
Comedian Ralphie May is returning to Arkansas for a handful of performances in the state later this week.
Fourth Congressional District Representative Tom Cotton weighed in on several prescient national issues over the weekend during a stop in Texarkana. Congressman Tim Griffin urges President Obama to disclose more to the American public about the nation's financial situation. State House Speaker Davy Carter says that the issue of a Medicaid funding shortfall is the biggest issue facing the upcoming legislative session in Little Rock. And the Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History has a new director.
"See See Rider" by Lightnin' Hopkins
The University of Arkansas spring semester begins today. But some professors and students have already been gathering around the “Blackboard”—a virtual classroom where a syllabus, class assignments, articles and even discussions are posted. But “Blackboard” also provides the means for instructors to catch student plagiarists.
"Fascimile" by Koufax
