How not to be bored the next few days: standup comedy, a walk around Lake Fayetteville and Arts Live presents a modified musical.
Ozarks At Large
Surveys conducted through site visits to Arkansas school districts that conducted PARCC field testing this spring showed that most districts will be prepared for Common Core technology requirements this fall.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says there are drums, guitars and horns in our near future.
Community Health Workers in Arkansas have formed a network to better deliver public health services and share best practices.
The rainy weather has caused a delay in planting for some farmers, while late freezes are causing concern for others with winter wheat crops. The state Republican party gets permission to intervene in a lawsuit regarding rules for absentee voters as part of the state's Voter ID law. And Fort Smith directors consider a set of rules regarding how city employees interact with city residents.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a Pea Ridge family works to bring a family member home, a new trail lets walkers, runners and cyclists see a part of northwest Arkansas that's pretty much been a secret, and the lowdown on voodoo from a guest speaker who visited the University of Arkansas campus late last week.
The newest section of the Razorback Regional Greenway is also the first trail section to open in Johnson.
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us a list of free lectures, discussions and more taking place in the next few days.
Last week Tim Landry, a scholar studying voodoo, spoke on the University of Arkansas campus.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the duo Still on the Hill talks about their new album, and how Beaver Lake inspired the songs. Plus, we learn about how Gunderpickles started with a family recipe, and we honor the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day in our Sunday Morning Montage, a song from Cletus Got Shot and more.
The Bike Route is one of the sponsors of LifeSource International's Hike or Bike Against Hunger event. The bike shop owner offers advice on selecting and caring for a bicycle.
Here the group performs the song "Quarter to Four" from inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Crystal Lake Farms in Decatur uses old and new methods to raise chickens.
"Chickens in Love" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Becca Martin Brown wears us out with details of how performers will soar through the air during the production of The Wizard of Oz.
Here are the ten clips from this morning's salute to beds and bedding materials:
1. The Australian group Midnight Oil sings its biggest American hit, Beds are Burning.
2. John Lennon speaks from the John and Yoko "bed in" in Montreal.
3. Music from the (somewhat odd) Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
4. Linda Blair's bed levitates in The Exorcist.
5. Gromit forces Wallace out of bed in The Wrong Trousers.
6. The Bangles sing My Side of the Bed.
7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar in Pillow Talk.
8. David Jack's version of Five Little Monkeys.
9. Florence and the Machine sing Hospital Beds.
10. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks discuss a famous quote from The Godfather in the movie You've Got Mail.
at end of show, "The Break Through" by Hank Mobley