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.”
Fayetteville and Springdale Public Libraries screen movies, and a band called Narrows performs tonight at the Dickson Theatre in Fayetteville. Becca Bacon Martin with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us more.
“Along Time Listening” by Agent Fresco
Child poverty rate in Arkansas on the rise; children with mental illnesses in the state may soon be able to access mental health services through virtual checkups; and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen spoke with the Central Arkansas doom metal band called Pallbearer who performed at South by Southwest – a music, film and interactive conference hosted annually in Austin, Texas.
More information is available at www.facebook.com/pallbearerdoom
A team of University of Arkansas researchers recently received a large grant from the National Science Foundation to use age progression as a tool in the search for missing children. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas speaks with Dr. James Lampinen, a member of the research team.
For more information, contact Dr. James Lampinen at lampinen@uark.edu.
“The Concubine” by Beirut
The Ark is a coordinated initiative to increase regional competitiveness. Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar visited the launch event Wednesday afternoon to find out more.
More information is available at www.arkchallenge.org.
