A damaged phone booth in Prairie Grove is attracting all kinds of attention...and reminded us it starred in an OAL story first aired in 1995.
Ozarks At Large
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, talks about the latest details regarding an acquisition of Hillshire.The Arkansas gross domestic product grew in 2013, particularly in some unexpected sectors. With one of the architects of the Arkansas Private Option defeated in a primary runoff this week, the future of the Medicaid expansion is in doubt, but Governor Mike Beebe is undeterred. Plus, this weekend marks the 149th anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S., and the 17th annual NWA Juneteenth Celebration will mark the occasion in Springdale.
Yet to make it to high school, the five member group Xcluded has already released a full length, all original album and played gigs. The album Shadows is available on Spotify.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.Last night Kyle Kellams moderated a public discussion at the Fayetteville Public Library about one of the new works included in this weekend's Arkansas New Play Festival.
But when you do, you might not feel so good about it. A University of Arkansas marketer and her colleagues test the “bottom dollar effect.
Picking a name for a new magazine is part art, part science, part luck. We talk with editors and publishers of three regional publications for the latest "what's in a name" feature.
Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics assesses the state's political landscape in the aftermath of the primary runoff election.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”
Christopher Spencer, the owner and publisher of ozarksunbound.com joins Kyle in the studio to talk about Community Access Television with two of the staff from the unusual channel.
There was much more from this week's collaboration with ozarksunbound.com. You can hear some of the conversation here.
"Smooching" from the soundtrack of Local Hero, performed by Mark Knopfler
Tomorrow in Fort Smith, students from sixteen area schools will show off their robot works-in-progress.
"Dance VIII" by Philip Glass
This fall the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center will host an exhibit about Haiti...before and after the earthquake. In conjunction, the Center is sponsoring an essay contest for Arkansas high school students. For more information, visit clintonpresidentialcenter.org.
PJ Robowski recently talked with W. Dale Warren of the Univeristy of Arkansas about the upcoming UA Wind Symphony concert at Walton Arts Center.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Roger Maris and more in our history capsule for October 1.
