With autumn around the corner, hunting season will soon begin. But with the new season comes some new rules and regulations.
Ozarks At Large
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the latest unemployment figures and how bloggers have made an impact on the Arkansas political landscape this month.The chief political scientist at UALR says that Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's decision to drop out of the race for Congress isn't overly surprising, as the political climate in Arkansas has recently been rife with scandal. And, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is working with other agencies to convert farmland back into woodlands and wetlands.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, how a growing human population is also causing Arkansas's deer population to grow. Plus, from quidditch to rugby, almost any sport you can imagine is offered to University of Arkansas students, and the challenges of growing fruit in Northwest Arkansas.
The annual Clothesline Fair at Prairie Grove Battlefield Park takes place this weekend. Becca Martin Brown has more.
More than two dozen club sports exist on the University of Arkansas campus, and this week the bowling, skeet and other squads were looking for new members.
We speak with an urban wildlife biologist from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on the increased number of deer in Arkansas.
For years, organic farmer Guy Ames grew conventional varieties of fruits in Newton and Washington Counties. But he was forced to abandon farming, after watching his orchards collapse from disease and pests. Ten years later, he’s farming again, cultivating hardy Ozarks-adapted apples, grapes, paw paws, pears as well as novel drought-tolerant fruit tree stock to sell to local growers. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to visit orchardist, Guy Ames.
TheaterSquared opens its 8th season with the original work The Spiritualist. This month members of the cast, as well as director and playwright, talked to Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the production in front of an audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Ahead on this Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks: music, shopping and a holiday cocktail. We find out how local businesses work to attract shoppers in the midst of the Black Friday weekend. For music, we talk to Fort Smith native Josiah Hawley about his career after being a finalist on NBC's The Voice and his homecoming concert this weekend. Plus, Rosanne Cash discusses the work on her father's childhood home in Arkansas and get a preview of Aaron Diehl's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And our cocktail comes from a house in Fayetteville dedicated to creating unique drinks.
Here are the clips for today's montage dedicated to the subway:
1. Duke Ellington performs one of America's best compostions, Take the A Train.
2. Elaine Bennis endures a legendary trip on New York's subway on a classic episode of Seinfeld.
3. Petula Clark's version of Don't Sleep in the Subway.
4. Sounds from the trailer the original Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 with Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.
5. Tom Waits' Downtown Train.
6.The most famous clip from the drive-in classic Warriors.
7. The Kingston Trio sings a song about the Boston subway.
8. Marilyn Monroe's dress flies up in the classic scene from Seven Year Itch.
9. Neo takes care of business in The Matrix.
10. The muppets (the muppets?) sing Subway!
Apologies to Amelie and all those Beauty and the Beast stories.
This year's Shakespeare in the Park by The Classical Edge will include free performances at Lawrence Plaza in Bentonville.
For information on other live theater visit:
Rogers Little Theater
Arts Center of the Ozarks
Arts Live Theatre
The UA Drama Department
The chief political scientist at UALR says that Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's decision to drop out of the race for Congress isn't overly surprising, as the political climate in Arkansas has recently been rife with scandal. And, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is working with other agencies to convert farmland back into woodlands and wetlands.
"Walking Papers" by Booker T. Jones
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the latest unemployment figures and how bloggers have made an impact on the Arkansas political landscape this month.
A ceremony yesterday afternoon marked the official launch of Circle of Life Hospice Foundation.
