
Ozarks At Large


Michael K. Honey's new book Sharecropper's Troubadour gives us details of the life of John L. Handcox.



The state Department of Workforce Services releases March unemployment numbers for Arkansas, though they remain slightly above the national rate. Plus, the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage will either be reaffirmed or struck down in the coming weeks.


As you Like It will be performed by the University of Arkansas, and an Earth Day Celebration is just around the corner. Becca Martin Brown has What’s Up.
Here are the ten clips used in our salute to jumping:
- “Jump Around” House of Pain
- White Men Can’t Jump
- “Jumpin Jive” Joe Jackson
- Dirty Harry
- “Jumpin Jack Flash” Rolling Stones
- 21 Jump Street
- “Jump in Line” from Beetlejuice
- Divergent
- “Jump” Van Halen
- Tony Danza on Sesame Street
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
Becca is on a mission – a mission to introduce you to almost every museum, big or small, in our listening area. Today she talks about Shiloh Museum of Ozark History and Rogers Historical Museum.
“Flight Over Rio” by Al Di Meola
The Buffalo National River Partners, a volunteer-based organization, is hosting a presentation “Fish and Their Neighbors in the Buffalo River” at the Boone County Library in Harrison on Tuesday.
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is in the process of designing an Arkansas state parks license plate. The design hasn’t been finalized yet.
Malco Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville is sponsoring Superhero Saturday tomorrow to support Camp Alliance Inc.
More information is available at www.campallianceinc.com
“Spiderman” by The Ramones
Local band Total Defrag stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to discuss their concert tonight at Orchard's Park in Bentonville.
More information about the band is available at www.totaldefrag.com.