On this week's Capitol View, Roby Brock and David Goins speak with sate representative Warwick Sabin and political animals club Rex Nelson about recent political scandals, and the call for ethics reform in the state.Ozarks At Large
On this week's Capitol View, Roby Brock and David Goins speak with sate representative Warwick Sabin and political animals club Rex Nelson about recent political scandals, and the call for ethics reform in the state.The Springdale School District is educating its students about how to stay safe on social media, the Fayetteville City Council will consider regulations regarding parking boots on cars in privately owned parking lots in the Downtown Entertainment District, the University of Arkansas is ranked as one of the fastest growing public research universities in the country and several small town museums in the area get a little help in the form of grants.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we take a closer look at soybean research in the Natural State. Plus, we mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Those are the respective years that 3 music producers have been hosting jazz and blues shows on KUAF. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas speaks with Robert Ginsberg, Paul Kelso and Daniel Estes about how they got their start and what motivates them to keep going during the launch of our series, 3 People.
Pickin' Post host Mike Shirkey discusses his long-time relationship with music.
In 1963, Al Kuettner covered the March on Washington and Dr. King's speech on August 28, 1963. In 2007, he talked to Ozarks at Large about that day. His memoir is titled March to a Promised Land and was published in December, 2006. He died in May 2009.
Becca Martin Brown gives us a roundup of concerts within a few hours of driving from Northwest Arkansas.
Jacqueline Froelich takes us to Mulberry, Ark., where a new factory is processing a special variety of Arkansas-grown non-GMO soybeans into edamame, a popular Asian appetizer and snack. (Photo: American Vegetable Soybean & Edamame co-founder and CFO Raymond Chung)Agricultural production represents a sizable portion of the Arkansas economy, and a major part of that production involves soybeans. Timothy Dennis takes a look at how researchers at the University of Arkansas produce soybean varieties that allow the state's farmers to keep track with trends in the marketplace.
Arkansas native Daisy Bates was one of the featured speakers at the 1963 March on Washington, which happened 50 years ago today. Meanwhile, the Rogers city council last night approved an ordinance allowing liquor-by-the-drink licenses to be issued in the city. And the Fayetteville city council will consider limiting noisy construction activity by private developers.
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the CEO of Arkansas Children's Hospital. And we experiment with a new app that selects a color palette based on a song.
It's not too early to get your holiday portraits made. And if you have them made at an upcoming event at Mt. Sequoyah, your sitting fee will benefit the Northwest Arkansas Family Network.
Transporting Transformations: Cuba In and Out is the new exhibit just up at 21c Bentonville. This diverse exhibit explores paradox in the years following Fidel Castro's retirement. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen speaks with Alice Gray Stites, chief curator and director of art programming for 21c, about the exhibit, as well as her philosophy "art is a verb," which she presented for the TEDx conference at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm.
Web Exclusive: Pictures of the new 21c Exhibit
Becca Martin Brown tells us about an upcoming concert at Crystal Bridges featuring a new composition by Bruce Adolphe which is inspired by the works of Mary Cassatt.
The Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace begin enrolling residents for coverage yesterday, though demand was so high it made it difficult for many to access the Web site for the exchange. The effects of the federal shutdown are still being weighed, including the shutdown of National Wildlife Refuges and the eventual impacts on research at the University of Arkansas. And a statewide prescription drug take-back program grows with sixty more drop-off locations added across the state yesterday.
"Not a Bad Thing" by Justin Timberlake
At 12:01 a.m. ET yesterday, the continuing resolution funding the federal government wasn't the only legistlation to expire. We speak with an agricultural economist to find out what the Farm Bill's reversion to 64-year old policy means for Arkansans.
